Star in Almaty

Genuinely, don't stay here

The place is a mess and full of people who are essentially living here.
There are 2 toilets and 2 showers shared between both sexes, keep in mind there's probably about 30-50 odd people staying in here

The beds don't have mattresses, it's essentially a duvet on top of a sheet of plywood you're lying on. Very uncomfortable

The staff member who checked me in was sniggering as he removed a bunch of used tissues from my bed, and then gave me the unclean duvet from another bed

People don't respect quiet time and were talking on phones and doing all sorts until 1am. Which is uncomfortable because it seems like everyone starts to wake up and get noisy again after 6am. People were cooking food at 11pm too. Just keep that in mind

I read the reviews saying not to stay here and thought ehh why not, it's only 1 night and it's the cheapest hostel - at the very least it'll be a laugh.

This place is not worth it, you will find a better sleep on the street

Terrible experience. I stayed in a dorm and the staff were constantly coming in and out shining flashlights and talking about goodness knows what, their flip flops constantly moving and keeping me awake lol. It’s like they were doing admin or something in the middle of the floor and just having chit chat instead of in their office - super bizarre. The guests are quiet, the staff’s noisiness stops people from sleeping (not what you’d expect).

If you stay here… please pay on arrival or they will shine a torch in your face at 2am and demand the money while you’re in bed. We thought you’d pay before leaving since they didn’t ask us to pay on arrival and just showed us to our dorms. Also very unsocial, wouldn’t recommend this hostel to anyone! The location is very good though if you just need to stay for one night - it wouldn’t be so bad. But if you want to sleep for longer than 3 hours then maybe reconsider your other choices!

The worst hostel ever, never recommend this to others , staff very rude and bad attitude even not helpful and the worst breakfast ever. Dirty room and not presentable, the room is very hot anf try to inform one of the staff to turn it on he said NO with angry tone of voice and most staff not speaking English. Wasting of money and time. Never stay with this hostel for your safety.

Ramir the Manager is usually half drunk sometimes crazy drunk to an extent to humiliate you. The owner might seem okay in the beginning but is overshadowed by Ramir tha manager’s wrongdoings.

Also it’s not quiet in the night, difficult to sleep. Ramir threatened to beat.