Featured Hotels near Memorial To The Famine, Almaty

A classic Soviet icon building, beautiful lobby, that's where it ends. The rooms are ANCIENT - old big-box tv in the room, no safe and no refrigerator as advertised. Drilling noises in the early morning from my room. Old mattresses lying on the bedroom floors. Rooms clearly haven't been updated for 30 years. No sockets placed conveniently in room so have to put the tea tray on the floor to use it. Insane! No thought put into the comfort for guests using the room. Treated like a number instead of a guest. Not enough staff on reception. Breakfast very good but busy. Have a look inside and get a bite to eat maybe, but stay someplace else!

Stayed here for just one night in April. Service received was fantastic (given I arrived early in the morning) - check in was quick and the staff spoke excellent English. I found the room to be comfortable, very clean and of a good size. I got the impression the hotel is relatively new. It’s around 20-25 minutes from the airport and maybe around 10-15 minutes to the centre of Almaty using Yandex which is very cheap. Would highly recommend this hotel.

The breakfast was good, but not fantastic. The room was good and clean, there were some supplies in the toilette. Parks and places around the hotel are nice, and you can have a good walk around, if you wish. There were always noise (I'd assume cleaners did some work) quite early in the morning. Another issue is that the breakfast time in the morning is until 10am sharp, which is not convenient for people travelling from Europe for leisure. As I understood, there're no alternatives available. We asked a bottle of water and an additional blanked to the room, and it was challenging to get them. Particularly, with the bottle of water, as they refused to put the cost of it on the hotel room, but requested a cash payment. It was a surprise for us.

Our July 3-12, 2023, family stay at the Novotel Almaty City Center Hotel for our son and daughter-in-law’s Qyz Uzatu bride’s wedding was memorable and outstanding. The staff was accommodating beyond expectations. Examples of services and assistance furnished include: 1) gorgeous congratulatory bouquet of roses, cake, and bottle of champagne for bride and groom upon their arrival, 2) Front Desk Receptionist Elmira ordered, negotiated, and “babysat” multiple wedding flower bouquets the day of the bride’s wedding event, 3) Deputy General Manager Yevgeniy personally helped finalize five 10-day room reservations, following up multiple times ensuring our full satisfaction, then emailing us a farewell and thank you note for our stay, 4) Front Desk Manager Altyn happily assisted with various requests, 5) entire staff was cooperative, positive, and professional, and 6) hotel restaurant’s breakfast buffets were delicious, and lunches were quite satisfying, too. Additionally, the hotel location was fantastic b/c: it’s adjacent to the large public plaza with memorial and fountains, as well as the tram to the nearby mountaintop which had restaurants, zoo, amusement park, etc.; walkable city center with nearby restaurants, shopping, green spaces, and more. Based on our family’s experience, we zealously endorse and recommend the Novotel Almaty City Center Hotel and will fondly remember our stay and the hotel’s kind, thoughtful, and service-oriented staff for taking care of our family.

Warm service, Facilities: OK Hygiene: tidy

I had an 11 hour layover between my flight from Dubai to my flight to Atyrau and was really searching for a hotel near the airport that was convenient and reasonably priced. Grand Hotel Erbil is both of those. I made the booking online with the option to pay on arrival. The booking made provision for a free shuttle pickup from the airport and a very reasonable transfer back the following morning. The hotel confirmed everything by Whatsapp. Contactless payment. Clean room. Clean linen. Friendly and efficient service. I ordered a simple burger and chips via WhatsApp and the food arrived hot and fresh. Minibar is fully stocked and reasonably priced. Their menu is extensive (55 page book) and they cater for everything from a bowl of hummus to platters of meats, cakes, cocktails, etc. For a traveller, this hotel is well worth it. Thanks, Grand Hotel Erbil!

The hotel was already made aware multiple times about time of arrival and the occupancy in each room. We paid for the night of 28th September even though we arrived at 2 am on 29th September. 4 one bedroom apartments were booked for. But only 2 one bedroom apartments allocated and 2 studio rooms. None of the rooms were ready, when they already knew the number of occupants in the room the least they should have done is to keep sofa beds and extra beds ready. It’s 3.30 am and the rooom extra beds are still not sorted. Horrible and negligent customer service. Still at the hotel, super tired after a long flight and furious about the abject lack of professionalism by the hotel.

The most advanced hotel in Almaty, with a good view, you can see the snow-capped mountains and there is a very large shopping mall downstairs, there are free apples and juices at the front desk, the service at the front desk is very good, and there are dedicated service staff Guide us to the room.

My partner and I stayed (briefly) in the Royal Tulip in December 2022. To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement and to see an average rating of 4.0 suggests most reviewers have no concept of what a good hotel is. Firstly, on arrival, the ‘non-smoking’ room offered to us had obviously been occupied by a heavy smoker so clearly the hotel cannot enforce their own policies (we should have taken this as a sign of things to come but we were given another room). Secondly, the rooms are advertised on the official website as 'air-conditioned'. During winter months this is simply not the case as the entire hotel is cranked up to furnace levels of heat. We complained for over a week about this matter and were consistently fobbed off with excuses until it was ‘fixed’ and although better, the temperature control of the room was never satisfactory. Thirdly, the noise in the room was excessive with road noise audible at all times of day. On the 16th of December an event had been held at the hotel after which staging etc. was being dismantled. Not normally a problem, but given it was at 3 AM and involved scaffold being hurled into the back of a lorry for three hours it soon became one. Reception was made aware and did nothing. Manager was made aware and never even apologised. Having booked (and paid) for a moth’s stay we decided to leave after 10-days. When checking out, the hotel alleged a ‘technical issue’ with their bank and could not refund the difference of approximately $3700 USD to us (this is still an ongoing issue). Royal Tulip alleges that their bank accounts have been blocked by Kaspi Bank which is very alarming if true. The General Director of the hotel was very apologetic and alleges he knew nothing about the problems reported until the point we decided to leave. That should also worry potential customers in that it suggests hotel management are completely disconnected from the day-to-day operations of their own establishment. The Royal Tulip Almaty markets itself as a 5-star international hotel. As a seasoned global traveler, I can assure readers of this review that it comes up as a 3-star at best. The facilities are dated and do not function as intended (AC as example). The staff are inattentive to problems, dismissive of genuine complaints and do not even know their own facilities – after we left the Booking Manager messaged my partner to ask where it is stated that all rooms are ‘air-conditioned’ to which she sent the link to the official Royal Tulip Almaty website (where it is clearly stated). What an embarrassment of a hotel.

I stayed at Hostel Doma three days … nov 2023 .. it was a very pleasant stay.. the hostel is very clean and cozy .. nice location , easy access. The receptionist Jameela was very nice and helpful.. will visit again 😊