Excellent hotel close to Tvserkaya and the old Arbat. Great lobby and rooms and friendly staff. Breakfast is outstanding if included in room rate, otherwise will cost you 23 euros. Area is very quiet and safe. The only minus is really the 15/20 minutes to the closest tube station.

We spent one night in Moscow before flying home. We had a full day to spend walking around the Red Square area. The Courtyard allowed us to check in early, probably since it was Friday and many of the business folks had already checked out.
My wife in Russian and had lived in Moscow for years, and she even remarked on what a great location this hotel had. Quiet, on a nice street, but sandwiched nicely between two major roads leading right to all the tourist attractions. The hotel itself is an upscale Courtyard, and I believe less than 2 years old. It was clean and attractive. The lobby has a couple of tables for smokers, and I believe you can smoke in the bar. You're in Europe, get over it.
A couple of hints: the car service in the hotel wanted $95 to go to the DME airport. We hired one over the phone for $40. (Yeah, my wife's Russian came in pretty handy). I would think if you DIRECTLY asked one of the front desk people to call and book you a taxi, they'd do it.
Also, just down Nikitskaya St. a couple of blocks, which is your closest main road, you'll find a restaurant translated into "Simple Things". It was excellent, and very popular (make a reservation thru the hotel). My wife recognised a couple of familar faces in the crowd, an actor and a politican. However, don't get the wrong idea: it's very reasonable. We had 4 glasses of wine, 1 app, 2 entrees and 2 desserts for about $115. For the quality of the food and service, that's hard to beat in Moscow.
Finally, this hotel is extremely expensive rate-wise. But since Moscow is reportedly the most expensive city in the world, I guess you could say it was a decent value. We used points! It was only 20,000, which is an absolute steal when you consider that a Courtyard in Raleigh, NC or Roswell, GA would have cost me 20,000 or even 25,000.

I recently had the pleasure of staying at this hotel during a 10 day trip to Russia. I would highly recommend it to anyone. The staff is super, especially Olga, Alena, and Julia at the front desk. I really put them thru the paces in getting help with quite a few things, and the came thru very well each time. There is free hi-speed wi-fi in the lobby, a definite plus. I am very familiar with Moscow, and found the location, a bit off Tverkskaia (behind the mayor's building), one of the main "drags", to be quite nice and quiet. Admittedly, it was a 5-10 minute walk to the nearest Metro, but then one had very charming neighborhoods all around.

The actual lobby/courtyard was very open and relaxing...quite different than what I experienced during a 2 day visit to St. Petersburg and the Courtyard there, where there was virtually no place to relax outside one's room.

Also, a VERY nice fitness center...they actually "under-advertise" as having free weights, but actually have a full range of weight training equipment in addition to elliptical trainers...

Do NOT, however, count on getting coffee in the lobby...their very nice "cafe" charges $7 for a small (European-style) coffee...there is a nice "Coffeemania" right down the street next to the Tchaikovski Conservatory!

Have stayed at this Coutyard a number of times though this is my first review of it. Pleasant, very clean hotel in a quiet location, close to everything. Nice and safe and very easy to get around by foot or indeed, the Metro which is close by. Hotel is expensive at $600 USD a night...but all Western hotels in Moscow carry a similar if not higher room rate. The reason is that there are not enough western hotels in the city and staying in a Russian equivalent is not recommended.

Rooms are spacious with all amenities. Service is nice and poilte and not too obtrusive. Also, English is spoken by most of the staff. Flat Iron bar/restaurant [in hotel]is ok..very Marriottish with OK food. Suggest you take a short walk to a number of eateries close by with prices at less than half of those at the Courtyard. Also free WIFI in the lobby/lounge area is good...although you pay for it in your room.

All in all a good hotel. Depending on rates, I will no doubt be back in a month or two.