Hotel Kazzhol Almaty

Nice enough place, English-speaking front desk, decent central location. Food leaves a lot to be desired, but there are fairly respectable cafes around the corner. Half the price of the International 5-stars.

This hotel was nice and the staff spoke English well. They were helpful and gave us useful information about taxis and such.

Hotel was perfectly located, room was small, breakfest was alright, airco was set on a timer, so in the middle of the night it would stop sometimes, also sometimes power outages, cleaning ladies working in the middle of the night, and one time even mistakenly entered my room, while asleep, overall hotel was good

Reception staff friendly, helpful and spoke good English. The hotel bar offering was very poor, small, limited drink selection, didn't even offer the same drink selection as the dining room, which had a little better choice. The hotel beds provided for a double consisted of two small single beds pushed side-by-side with uncomfortable foam mattresses and lumpy pillows

Hotels in Almaty tend to be either outrageously priced or dismal holdovers from the Soviet era. The Kazzhol is near the city center, new, clean, set back from a major city street (Gogola), and reasonably priced (for Almaty). English was spoken at the front desk. The major drawback was that internet service was expensive, slow, and often unavailable. The fitness center was only available for a fee. Bottom line is that I would stay here again when in Almaty.