Burki Castle & Cellar

Location was really great and convenient to many places of interest. Beautiful sunset views of the vineyards. Very large rooms. It was very quiet. Road noise did not bother us at all. The beds were comfortable. Nice bathroom, great shower and nice bathroom amenities. We loved having a refrigerator in the room. Lots of convenient parking. The elevator worked the entire time. Friendly owner. We really very much loved the rooftop deck where we enjoyed several meals with beer and wine.

We loved the large rooms but they could have had more furniture in one of our rooms that would have been a great help. A luggage rack would be great to put the suitcase on and a proper luggage cart to assist with luggage to the rooms would be useful. Although the grocery cart from the lobby we used was helpful. One of our rooms did not have any chairs or a table. The floor lamp was placed in the corner where there wasn’t an outlet. The wardrobe closet in the room would be more useful if it had shelving and more than four hangers. And finally the TV on both rooms did not work at all during our stay , the owner was made aware and said it would be fixed. Also be aware that if you stay in room 202 facing the pool and vineyards, it does have a beautiful view however it does get sun all day long and may get a little too warm for some despite air conditioning.

המיקום נוח מאוד לטיולים באיזור קאחתי. הצוות מסביר פנים, עוזר ונעים. המלון חדש , החדרים ובכלל המלון מרווח מאוד ונקי מאוד. יש מסעדה מומלצת בקומת הגג. מיטות גדולות ונוחות. חוויה טובה! יש כרמים נהדרים ובכלל האיזור כולו קל לטיול מהמלון עם רכב כמובן.

אכן יש חרקים מקומיים באיזור כולו, לא ייחודי למלון הזה, חלק מהטבע המקומי. ארוחת בוקר טובה אך אפשר היה לגוון יותר. היו לנו כמה תקלות טכניות בחדר אך הצוות עזר במהרה.

Frühstück typisch georgisch sehr gut Zimmer sehr groß Bad neu und großzügig Personal sehr freundlich

Leider wird bei der Hotelbeschreibung nicht erwähnt und die Fotos wurden so geschickt aufgenommen, dass vorher keiner weiß, dass das Hotel nur ca 100 m entfernt von einer viel befahrenen großen Fernverkehrsstraße liegt und dementsprechend hoch die Lärmbelästigung ist. Selbst bei geschlossenen Fenstern sind die rasenden Autos und Lkw zu hören. Wir hatten ein Doppelzimmer mit TV und Minibar gebucht, beides fehlte. Die Zimmer aber auch das Restaurant sind sehr lieblos und spartanisch eingerichtet, der Balkon nur 50 cm breit, aber ihn konnte man wegen dem Lärm auch nicht nutzen. Es gab im Zimmer keinerlei Ablageflächen außer dem Regal für Kaffee und Tee, nur einen Stuhl im ganzen Zimmer, kein Tisch,kein Sessel,kein Spiegel, kein Bild an den Wänden, absolut lieblos obwohl ziemlich neu. Das unangenehmste war der Geruch im Bad. Obwohl sehr gepflegt und neu roch es stark nach nicht abgedichtetem Abflussrohr. Es war nur erträglich, wenn Tag und Nacht der Abzug lief. Wir hatten Zimmer 207. Das Hotelgelände wirkt ungepflegt, Rasen wurde nur dort gemäht wo Gäste auf Heuballen sitzen können. Wir sind sehr enttäuscht und hatten uns vor allem wegen den clever aufgenommenen Fotos viel mehr versprochen. Es gibt in der Weingegend ganz sicher gemütliche und liebevoll gestaltete Unterkünfte. Leider keine Empfehlung für Burki Castle.

Lovely staff and lovely hotel overall, it's been well designed with marble and no expense spared for the design. Big rooms, big beds and comfy, loads of space at the pool and nice breakfast. The setting and backdrop of the mountains and vineyards will take anyone's breath away. Although this hotel is out the way it felt within reach of a few small towns and many brilliant vineyards which all should visit. Food at the restaurant is mostly very good, a few things are not to my liking but that's just personal preference, the chicken and creamy garlic dish they serve is absolutely delicious! The wine cellars are stunning I really think these should be a focus for the hotel guests more as they are beautiful and special for the location, an informal tour is available where you can see the process briefly which we did on the last day. My only request would be that maybe they push this and local wine/spirit tasting as I would have paid to try all the regions offerings (just a thought). They offered wine for free when we were there as a nice touch and considering you're at a vineyard it really added to the experience. Overall we loved it here even with the minor teething issues.

They are clearly having some teething issues as they are a new hotel; Silly things like playing music from YouTube and a phone so it cuts out for calls/texts and for adverts, I'd recommend paying for Spotify or Amazon Music it really would make the experience better mainly when chilling at the pool or restaurant. Not having half the drinks on the menu; not having a few things is normal but genuinely I went through half the menu +mainly cocktails) and they kept saying they didn't have it, alcohol doesn't expire so stock that bar up! This is also for the food at the restaurant, they just need to have this more ready but appreciate this is life sometimes with deliveries. Building work is still not finished for the cottages at the back meaning the fountain and building are still under development. It didn't bother me at all but for some people they just need to be aware this is new and still be finished mainly at the back (out of sight for the most part), I stress there was no noise and it didn't bother me at all for my stay. I know these are minor things but I'd rather give a completely honest review. I loved this hotel over many I stayed in with my family in Georgia and I know the next time me and my family come all this will be fixed as the staff really care about their customers and what they offer, highly recommended.