Get to know Black Sea Central better

A hotel reveals itself a little before the reception desk — the moment you step inside and realise how much is brought together under one roof. Black Sea Central at 59 Rishelievska Street is exactly that kind of place: besides the rooms there is a restaurant on the first floor, a pool and a gym, a sauna, and halls for conferences and banquets.

We have gathered photographs from every corner of the hotel and invite you to walk through it with us, from the front door to the windows overlooking the rooftops of Odesa.

Black Sea Central: a place to stay and unwind

The glass facade on Rishelievska is hard to miss: it mirrors the Odesa sky all day long, and in the evening the ground-floor windows glow. This is a large city hotel in the centre of Odesa — Derybasivska, the Opera House and Hrecka Square are a few minutes away on foot, yet the building keeps its own rhythm and spares you a trip outside for everyday needs.

The lobby greets you with a high ceiling, floor-to-ceiling windows and greenery — a space equally suited to waiting for check-in, working on a laptop or simply sitting out the rain with a coffee. Next to it are the lobby bar and a self-service coffee point, for when you need a cup before the restaurant opens.

Finding your way is straightforward: everything is set out on the signs by the lifts. The ground floor holds the reception, the lobby bar, a beauty salon and the entrance to the gym and pool. The first floor is the restaurant. The second is the conference area.

Rooms at Black Sea Central come in several categories, from standard to suites, with different bedding arrangements. The residential floors are quiet and muted: dark doors, electronic locks, long corridors with a graphic carpet. Signs pointing to the shelter are on every floor — in today’s Odesa that is as much a part of hotel wayfinding as the arrow to the lift.

A restaurant inside the hotel

The staircase from the lobby leads up one floor — probably the shortest route to dinner in Odesa. Guests do not have to hunt for somewhere to have breakfast, to take a colleague for lunch or to eat after a long day: Black Sea Central has its own restaurant. Just past the entrance the bar counter with the house logo greets you — morning coffee starts here, and so does the evening.

The room is large but never echoey: sofas, plants and columns break it into zones, so a party of ten and a solitary breakfast with a book feel equally at home. Herringbone parquet, brass chandeliers, an open kitchen at the far end and a separate area with windows onto the street. Some of the paintings shown in the restaurant are available to buy — the staff can tell you what is currently on offer. For those who smoke there is a separate room next to the dining hall.

This is the case where a hotel with a restaurant in Odesa means an actual restaurant, not a few tables in the corner of the lobby.

Gym, swimming pool and sauna

A trip does not have to put training on hold. On the ground floor of the building there is Marchenko Fitness Club with a gym, a swimming pool and a sauna, reachable straight from the hotel. The club is our partner, so visits are paid for separately and are not included in the room rate. Current rates, opening hours and house rules are available at reception or from the club itself.

The pool is a story of its own: underwater lighting, painted walls, a decorated ceiling, a marked lane for those who came to swim their distance, and loungers along the edge for those who came for something else. One detail worth knowing in advance: a swimming cap is required in the pool. After the gym or the pool, the day rounds off nicely in the sauna — wooden benches, warm light and quiet. Massage by appointment and a solarium are available alongside.

The real advantage is not the facilities themselves but the distance: between a workout, a shower and your own room there are a few minutes and no trip outdoors at all.

Conference rooms for business events

The business spaces are spread across the building: the large and small conference rooms are on the second floor, while the compact meeting room is on the ground floor next to reception. Three formats for different tasks.

The large conference hall

Area 290 m², capacity up to 300 people depending on the seating layout. This is a venue for conferences, forums, large presentations and company meetings: a raised stage, a lectern, and room for theatre seating or for tables in a seminar layout.

The small conference room

Area 120 m², capacity up to 60 people. The format for training sessions, seminars, courses and partner meetings: a projection screen, a lectern, seating in rows or at tables.

The Chat Room meeting space

Area 12 m², capacity up to 8 people. The room is on the ground floor next to reception. It suits interviews, short internal meetings, video calls and negotiations on the road: a table, a screen, a large window.

For an organiser this removes half the logistics: participants who came from other cities stay in the same building, the coffee break and lunch can be arranged in the restaurant on the first floor, and nobody has to travel between sessions. A conference venue in Odesa is rarely this self-contained.

A banquet hall for weddings and celebrations

The separate banquet hall speaks in a different register: pale walls, crystal chandeliers, herringbone parquet, classic chairs, mirrored panels and a white grand piano on a low stage.

Weddings, anniversaries, christenings, graduations, company parties and family celebrations all take place here. An off-site style ceremony can be held right in the hall, with an arch, fresh flowers and a photo corner.

And here the thing most standalone restaurants lack comes into play: the guests can simply stay the night in the same building. No transfers to arrange, no taxis to call at midnight, no working out who goes where after the last toast — the rooms are just through the wall. The event, the dinner and the accommodation end up at one address.

A hotel in Odesa with a pool and a restaurant: everything in one place

Add up all the floors and the result is simple: at Black Sea Central you can spend an entire day without stepping outside, and still not be bored. Wake up and have breakfast in the restaurant, hold a meeting in the Chat Room, speak at a conference upstairs, swim your lengths in the pool, warm up in the sauna, and in the evening go down to a banquet with friends or colleagues.

The ground floor of the building also has a beauty salon: women’s and men’s haircuts, colouring and hair care. Like the fitness club, they are our partners — appointments and terms are arranged directly with them. Another of our partners on the ground floor is the Win Boss casino.

For a guest on the road it means time saved. For an event organiser, fewer moving parts that can go wrong. For anyone here in Odesa for the weekend, the freedom not to plan every step in advance.

Black Sea Central, 59 Rishelievska Street — come and see all of it somewhere other than in photographs.

With respect, Black Sea Team

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