Hotel Dostuk

This hotel was ok but it was still a littlebit tired and Soviet style. The people who work at the hotel is helpful and speak english. I cannot say i was impressed of the breakfast but it was ok to just get a cup of tea and something to eat before you start a new day. The bed was good but i was missing a movie channel in english on the tv. There is only a short walk from the hotel to the city centre. I stayed at the Club Hotel part of the hotel by the way.

The location is wonderful - it's just beside Victory Square and the Circus, and it's not a far walk from Ala-Too Square on a mild day. Any destination not walkable from the hotel is a very cheap YandexGo trip away. I was kindly given an early check-in, and reception also kindly held on to my luggage at check-out so that I could sightsee further. The "junior suite" (at $50 a night) is an incredibly spacious room for one traveler, and the air conditioning and comfort of the bed were wonderful. The television had a great variety of international news stations and Central Asian music channels. Unfortunately, the mini-fridge did not work at all despite being "on", and there was only one socket where you could charge electronics. Housekeeping staff were kind and diligent, and the hotel's electrician kindly lent me an electrical converter for charging my devices. The only true issue I can think of is that the nighttime staff is ******* by a malcontent male receptionist (he has a large scar on the right side of his head) who wants nothing to do with non-Russian speakers. Apparently, I asked him too many questions about Kyrgyzstan, so he refused to answer me and instead summoned a female staff member to assist me every time after that. A few other staff members also seemed disinterested in and bothered by helping me.