Baikal Plaza

I have no expectation of english speaking TV but it is very common to find one or two english news channels. None here

The hotel is right in the center of town and thus was conveniently located. The restaurant attached to the hotel had very quality local Buryat food.

The hotel is oddly shaped and to get to my room, I had to take the elevator up to one floor below my room, walk down two long hallways, and then walk up the staircase to get to the place my room was that. My room was unfortunately not fully cleaned before I got there. The staff, though friendly, should be a little bit better informed. I asked directions to some important tourist sites and different people working there give me different information. I even almost got into an expensive taxi ride to go to a site that a staff member was telling me about, though this individual neglected to tell me it would be closing soon. This city has a few important sights but there are not that many of them. It would not be difficult for the staff to have ready knowledge of directions and operating hours of these places, or at least to know to quickly look them up before sending a guest away with wrong information.