Hotel Shymkent
Republic Avenue 6-A Shymkent, Kazakhstan
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“Great potential, low result”
argieuk 3 contributions
United Kingdom 
Apr 10, 2011
This was probably a good hotel in its day, but its day was long ago.
In western standards this would struggle to rate 2 stars, the rooms are sad, the breakfast looked as if its don e on the basis that if you don t eat it today, you'll get it tomorrow until you do eat it. Juice was thin, pancakes were cold and nothing to go on them, loads of fried eggs, how old are they?
Wifi only works in the foyer, altho there is a signal on the floors, but it doesnt connect
Poor but very expensive
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