Norik's Guest House

Owner is very kind

Not super clean

Norik was a lovely man who was very accommodating

There was no mention of breakfast at any point but that was okay because food was very cheap locally and kitchen was good

It's the second time I stay here and I'd definitely come again. The house is beautiful and they clearly care about it more than about pumping money out of it. The hosts are my idea of kindness, they are discrete yet available. Nothing feels forced and they seem happy to have you there. Plus, I fell sick late in the evening and Norik stopped what he was doing to drive to a pharmacy and get me medicine even though it could have waited until the morning.

I'm thinking really hard but nothing comes to mind, I'd need to be really really petty to come up with something to reproach.

The location was nice. The host dropped me to a hitchhiking point which was helpful. There were slippers to use, hot water in the shower, and kitchen as well.

I had booked a double room with balcony but they gave me a twin bed room. They said they didn't have the double room. The room lay empty, its door open. Later they gave the double room to someone else. I wonder why they didn't give me the room I reserved and even requested for. The heating was only turned on at night. There were no fresh soaps and even towel was provided upon asking. The kitchen was overtaken by some Russian tourists. It was really dirty. Bread and tea and used cups and plates everywhere in the kitchen. Burnt pan and so on. Wow! I asked the host if it would be so dirty always they said they would clean up in the morning and that the guests had done it. I mean if you had new guests come in you should either clean up or ask your other guests to take care of their mess. The same tourists, who were pretty insensitive and rude btw, left the next day. The good pan was taken away by the hosts and I had to ask for it again. No coffee or tea provided in the kitchen. There was salt and sugar. The hosts came up a few times to switch off lights etc, and they specifically asked to only run your clothes for 29 minutes. Travelers some times have very dirty clothes and need to run them longer. No powder of course. I wish that the hosts weren't so tight about everything. When you expect the perfect payment, you should also let a little lose on some of the facilities rather than keeping such a close eye on them.