Checking In to a Hotel in Russian: Reservation, Key and Breakfast

Q: How do you say you have a reservation in Russian?

Say У меня бронь на имя… ("I have a reservation under the name…") and add your surname, as in У меня бронь на имя Смит. Бронь is the everyday word for a booking — Russians use it more than резервация. You can also use the verb: Я забронировал номер (a man speaking) or Я забронировала номер (a woman speaking), meaning "I booked a room."

Q: How do you ask what time breakfast is in Russian?

Use the frame Во сколько…? ("at what time…?"): Во сколько завтрак? ("What time is breakfast?"). To check it is included, add Он включён в стоимость? ("Is it included in the price?"). The same frame gives Во сколько заселение? for check-in time.

Q: How do you ask about check-out in Russian?

Say Во сколько выезд? or Во сколько выезд из отеля? ("What time is check-out?"). Выезд is the noun for checking out or departure. For a later time, ask Можно поздний выезд? ("Can I have a late check-out?").

Q: How do you ask for the Wi-Fi and find your room in Russian?

Ask Какой пароль от Wi-Fi? ("What's the Wi-Fi password?") and На каком этаже мой номер? ("What floor is my room on?"). The receptionist hands you the key with Вот ваш ключ ("Here's your key"), or ваша карта от номера for a key card.

Arrivals are forgiving. The receptionist has done this thousands of times and will carry the conversation; your job is just to get four things across — that you have a booking, who you are, which room you're in, and the practical times — and to recognise the few replies that come back. We'll build each phrase around the little frame it uses, so you can swap the details in and out on your next trip.

Step one: "I have a booking"

The quickest way in is the noun бронь (a reservation). In speech Russians reach for бронь far more often than the textbook резерва́ция:

У меня́ бронь на и́мя Смит. — I have a reservation under the name Smith.
Я заброни́ровал но́мер. — I booked a room. (a man speaking)
Я заброни́ровала но́мер. — I booked a room. (a woman speaking)

Two small things are worth noticing. На и́мя… literally means "under the name…", and the clerk may ask it straight back as На каку́ю фами́лию? ("under what surname?"). And the verb заброни́ровать ("to book") is in the past tense here (the form for something already done), which in Russian carries a gender ending: a man says заброни́ровал, a woman says заброни́ровала. The word но́мер is simply the word for a hotel room (it is also the word for "number"). The "I have…" pattern is the same sideways у меня́ you meet in how to say "I have" in Russian.

The lines that get you checked in

Here is the core script, roughly in the order you'll use it. Keep these ready and reception mostly takes care of itself; the sections below unpack the two bits of grammar hiding inside.

Russian	Meaning	When you use it
Здра́вствуйте!	Hello! (polite)	greeting the desk
У меня́ бронь на и́мя…	I have a reservation under the name…	claiming your booking
Вот мой па́спорт.	Here is my passport.	handing over ID
Во ско́лько за́втрак?	What time is breakfast?	meals
За́втрак включён?	Is breakfast included?	checking the price
На како́м этаже́ мой но́мер?	What floor is my room on?	finding the room
Во ско́лько вы́езд?	What time is check-out?	planning departure
Вот ваш ключ.	Here is your key. (the clerk says it)	you're done

Asking times: the Во ско́лько…? frame

The single most useful question at check-in is Во ско́лько…? — "at what time…?". Put it in front of any event and you have your question:

Во ско́лько за́втрак? — What time is breakfast?
Во ско́лько заселе́ние? — What time is check-in? (заселе́ние = check-in)
Во ско́лько вы́езд? — What time is check-out? (вы́езд = check-out / departure)

To ask whether breakfast is part of the price, add Он включён в сто́имость? ("Is it included in the price?") or just say За́втрак включён?. The answer usually comes back as a time — с семи́ до десяти́ ("from seven to ten") — so it pays to have Russian numbers 1–100 and telling the time in Russian ready before you travel.

You mostly need to recognise, not produce. Times are printed on the keycard sleeve and the breakfast sign, and the clerk will often just point. At first, aim to catch the numbers in the reply rather than to say them perfectly.

Your room, and asking for what you need

If you're booking on the spot, or confirming what you reserved, two words describe the room by how many it sleeps:

Russian	Meaning
одноме́стный но́мер	a single room (one place)
двухме́стный но́мер	a double room (two places)
Есть но́мер на две но́чи?	Is there a room for two nights?
Како́й паро́ль от Wi-Fi?	What is the Wi-Fi password?
Мо́жно по́здний вы́езд?	Can I have a late check-out?

The polite Мо́жно…? ("may I…? / is it allowed…?") is the easiest way to ask for almost anything — a late check-out, an extra towel, a hand with a bag — and you'll meet it all over everyday Russian, for example in Russian shopping phrases.

"Your" and "my": passport, key and polite вы

Two little possessive words carry most of the exchange: мой ("my") for your own things, and ваш ("your", polite) for what the hotel gives you.

Вот мой па́спорт. — Here is my passport.
Вот ваш ключ. / ва́ша ка́рта от но́мера. — Here is your key / your room card. (the clerk)

The hotel will address you with the polite вы, never the familiar ты — reception is exactly the formal setting that ты and вы is about. If the endings on мой / моя́ / ваш / ва́ша look unpredictable, Russian possessive pronouns lays out the pattern; here you only need the four forms above.

A tiny arrival dialogue

Put together, a check-in sounds like this:

Who	Russian	English
You	Здра́вствуйте! У меня́ бронь на и́мя Смит.	Hello! I have a reservation under the name Smith.
Clerk	Ваш па́спорт, пожа́луйста.	Your passport, please.
You	Вот мой па́спорт. Во ско́лько за́втрак?	Here's my passport. What time is breakfast?
Clerk	С семи́ до десяти́. Вот ваш ключ, но́мер 305.	From seven to ten. Here's your key, room 305.

That is the whole transaction. For the wider set of travel lines — taxis, cafés, directions — see 50 Russian phrases for travel and everyday life, and for the warm-up before the booking line, Russian greetings.

Try it yourself

Say each of these in Russian. Cover the answers first.

"I have a reservation under the name Ivanov." (Ивано́в)
"Here is my passport."
"What time is breakfast?"
"What time is check-out?"
"What floor is my room on?"

Answers. 1. У меня́ бронь на и́мя Ивано́в. 2. Вот мой па́спорт. 3. Во ско́лько за́втрак? 4. Во ско́лько вы́езд? 5. На како́м этаже́ мой но́мер?

Questions people actually ask

How do you say you have a reservation in Russian? Say У меня́ бронь на и́мя… ("I have a reservation under the name…") and add your surname, as in У меня́ бронь на и́мя Смит. Бронь is the everyday word for a booking — Russians use it more than резерва́ция. You can also use the verb: Я заброни́ровал но́мер (a man) or Я заброни́ровала но́мер (a woman), "I booked a room."

How do you ask what time breakfast is in Russian? Use the frame Во ско́лько…? ("at what time…?"): Во ско́лько за́втрак? ("What time is breakfast?"). To check it's included, add Он включён в сто́имость? ("Is it included in the price?"). The same frame gives Во ско́лько заселе́ние? for check-in time.

How do you ask about check-out in Russian? Say Во ско́лько вы́езд? or Во ско́лько вы́езд из оте́ля? ("What time is check-out?"). Вы́езд is the noun for checking out or departure. For a later time, ask Мо́жно по́здний вы́езд? ("Can I have a late check-out?").

How do you ask for the Wi-Fi and find your room in Russian? Ask Како́й паро́ль от Wi-Fi? ("What's the Wi-Fi password?") and На како́м этаже́ мой но́мер? ("What floor is my room on?"). The receptionist hands you the key with Вот ваш ключ ("Here's your key"), or ва́ша ка́рта от но́мера for a key card.

Check-in is the perfect first conversation to own: it's short, predictable, and it happens the moment you arrive. The way У меня́ бронь на и́мя… and Во ско́лько вы́езд? become automatic is by saying them aloud, in order, many times — which is exactly the kind of practice we build — start your seven-day free trial — no card required. New to the app? Search "Gora Academy" in the Apple App Store or Google Play, or open it on the web.

Sources

OpenRussian, но́мер — number, hotel room (dictionary) — confirms но́мер means a hotel room as well as "number", and lists the usages заброни́ровать но́мер ("to book a room"), одно́местный но́мер and двухме́стный но́мер.
Gateway to Russia, 10 Russian phrases to help you check into a hotel — gives У меня́ есть бронь на и́мя… for a booking (noting бронь is used more than резерва́ция), the breakfast questions Во ско́лько за́втрак? Он включён в сто́имость?, and the check-in line Заселе́ние с 14:00.
Speechling, "What time is check out?" in Russian — confirms the check-out question Во ско́лько вы́езд из оте́ля? and the use of вы́езд for checking out.