I've stayed here about four times, over the past 7-8 years.  the rooms are small, but clean. It's located on an intersection, and underneath the intersection is the subway line, very convenient, and about 15-20 minutes to downtown area.  The subways are extremely crowded, but very cheap.   Across the intersection is a well-known American fast-food place which is usually very crowded.  Around the corner is an open-air shopping area, and a nice department store and enclosed shops, all of this is a five-minute walk from the front door.  The last time I was here, in 2008, they had opened up a business center in the lobby where you could rent a computer etc with internet access.  The breakfast buffet is substantial.  There's a casino attached, but I've never been in it.  The rates are higher for non-Belarusians, but that's typical.  Usually the front-desk has at least one English-speaker.  The lobby has a currency exchange booth which is open most of the day.    Getting here from the national airport (MSQ) is about a 45 minute taxi trip.  In the evenings, there's a fair amount of young people lounging around on the front sidewalks around the subway entrances, drinking, but I felt safe enough by myself.  Street crime doesn't seem to be a big problem.