My Hostel Nizami street

The location is good, near the city centre (while for the bus stop to the airport it is a 30-minute walk). The room was spacious and there is aircon (which I didn’t use because it’s not needed as the place is thermically isolated). The kitchen is fully equipped and there are two common toilets (one with and the other without shower). The Wi-Fi works well, although only in the rooms side of this “big flat”. Since I arrived with a late evening flight, I had no local currency to pay them and I could pay the following day (but I found a couple of money changers open even at night which you may use if you stay in the hotel just one night: one is in front of the funicular to the Flame Towers and the other is in front of the Double Gate).

There are young men (some working as delivery guys) sleeping massively all together in the two living rooms and this may not look appealing to everybody, but they are the sweetest people on Earth (I enjoyed their company, but I understand the first impact some people may have when looking at the place). The window in the room had no curtains and there was so much light since 4 am. The communication with the hotelier was the main issue: initially they did not want to tell the precise address of the hostel (which is NIZAMI STREET 43/A) and they insistently asked several times to cancel my reservation on Booking.com (which is usually a huge red flag, but after staying there I can tell they are honest). The receptionist is there only on the day you check-in and only speaks Russian. Although the property is so concerned in cancelling official reservations, I think they really need to keep them because they are actually good and the thing is more about how they present themselves for which I hope this can help clarifying.

the location is really good and its cheaper compared to a lot of places

the staff tried to ask me my booking code. the beds are old and they could have been better