Asia Bukhara in Bukhara

3.5 stars in reality. 2 nights in room #104 from 25th April on an Adventures Abroad tour. In an excellent location to the Old Town but tour buses can only get approx 200 m away. Assistance is then given with suitcase transfers. A typical Stan’s hotel with then too many steps up to the entrance door and with no ramp for luggage or mobility impaired guests. Part of the Hotel Asia chain, which seems to have tried to lift its standards in recent times. Very efficient hotel check-in in a very busy hotel; late in the day. Many tour groups would have just come across the Turkmenistan border. Many hotel wings. Our 3 story block had a lift but there are too many level changes to walk around the whole hotel. The door out of reception at the back left is very poorly designed ie too narrow and with a floor protuberance for the constant stream of people with bags attempting to go through it. Why? The room was ok, clean, the window could be opened and had a fly screen. The split air con worked well. The bathroom was very small. In theory, toilet paper was not supposed to be flushed. No facial tissues or small vials of hand lotion were supplied. Such low cost items, that would help make this chain a 4 star stay. Good water pressure and plenty of hot water, though the bath plug was slow to drain. In room wi-fi worked well. No in room safe for a hotel whose bread and butter is international tourists. Why? Good, bright room lights. The power point closest to the desk is very hard to get at and you have to unplug the fridge there to gain access to electricity. Why such poor design?? The king sized bed was well set up. I know that many others find Stan’s mattresses too firm; but that suits us as does the firm pillows. Our AA tour evening meal here was excellent. Breakfast was less inspiring with too much food not labelled and very watery juice. There was at least some fresh fruit and yoghurt tubs. The brown bread was the highlight.

The location is excellent, right in the heart of the old town. The rooms are also quite large, though there are only two floors with no elevator. Overall, it's a good place.

The receptionist was very polite and helpful. The pool was cold but very clean. The breakfast was dissapointing, cold,tasteless porridge, sliced white stale bread, three coffee machines were broken. There was little service from the staff..

This is the second Asia hotel on our tour. The location of the Asia Bukhara is fabulous being right in the old town where there are multiple restaurants, shops and sights. However, the entire chain is three star. Two small bars of soap, tiny bottles of body wash and shampoos and very flimsy towels. The mattresses are well worn with one lumpy pillow and one quilt which is rather thin. The breakfast staff can’t keep up with all the tour groups. But you will find enough at the breakfast buffet to get you through your morning.

We stayed in four hotels during our time in Uzbekistan. This was probably the worst… I hesitate to say worst. Perhaps “least good” is better which is odd when another of their chain (in my opinion) was best. The place was clean, but the wi-fi simply doesn’t reach to the rooms. It works in the lobby. But that’s it. Hotel staff came up to our room, fiddled with our phones and handed them back displaying the message “Internet not Connected”. They then had the audacity to use Google translate to tell us that they had fixed the issue. Sadly the food was mediocre at best, and I feel I should whinge about the coffee machine in the dining area which wasn't really up to the demand. If you are providing breakfast for dozens of people you really can’t use the sort of machine that people use at home. Taking over a minute per cup as the queue grows and grows simply isn’t on.