City Hostel Shymkent

Decent for a one night stay. Secure location. Decent beds and ensuite showers. Very friendly and helpful front desk staff.

So massive and empty! The layout and brutalist design style was giving squid games.

Staying at Guesthouse Ak Ilbirs was one of the unexpected pleasures of my time in Kyrgyzstan. The space is extremely cozy and welcoming with a large garden space and comfy swinging chairs to relax in. Breakfast was excellent, the dormitory bed was comfortable, there was karaoke on busy nights and the beach is easily accessible. The staff were so accommodating and really made me feel like part of the family during my stay. My entire stay here was utter bliss. Thank you!

One side effect of being so close to the beach is the guesthouse is further away from the main town of Bokonbaevo, making it harder to get supplies. However, the guesthouse did arrange taxis anytime I wanted to go into town and they have a fridge with drinks for sale and a small shop (run by the owner's adorable daughter) with snacks and trinkets.

Hostel is super hygienic Value for money And the location, everything is easily accessible Bar, restaurant, super market The staff is also very polite ( Ayana)

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Huge complex, AC, plugs next to bed, big locker room works with code and even your luggage can get in, RFID entrance to the the room, awesome staff and this is the rating for their warm welcome and doing their best to help, towels in the locker and shower full with all necessary equipments

No WiFi in the room. Only at reception but seems like they cant afford having a few extra router while this place was part of the fancy hotel right next to it No windows in the rooms They talk about rules but no one cares. 20 kids running and screaming around till midnight and no one does anything. They accept everyone. Not only the wild noise outside is a reason to skip your sleep and also having creepy old people in the room with their blasting snoring habit is another factor. I left the room and tried to sleep in common room so no chance. They should have some criterias for their guests The metal panel of the bed had some dirt and I think cleaner lady should have done a few things to remove it Long story short; place has great potential if the people who run it cares about instead of letting the facility run itself