Reviews of Hostel MANDARIN

didn’t liked it

everything

Low prices and proximity to beaches

I was locked up... The hostel building entrance was locked from the outside and could not be opened from the inside. There was no one else staying at the hostel but me, so I called the reception, but a lady answered me in non-fluent English that she was in Almaty at the moment (why?) and that I should wait a bit. She asked me to wait a moment and hung up unilaterally. I called many times afterwards, but I couldn't get through and no one came to help me. I was really scared; I thought I had no choice but to escape through the upstairs window. I finally got through and she said she couldn't do anything, so I said, "I'm calling the police now, is that OK?" Then she said that she would call someone immediately, and 10 minutes later a man I did not know came to unlock the door. It was after 9pm. The women at reception were unfriendly and handled my check-in in a tedious manner. They did not speak English. Also, the rooms were barely cleaned. Soap bottles were left empty and the electric kettle was covered with dust.

Good location

I don’t like toilets

Great location, clean bedsheets and the staff is friendly although communication sometimes was a bit difficult/slow as no one was fluent in English; price

Both the bathroom and the bedroom could have been cleaner; no wifi; no kitchen or communal space and contrary to the photos, no kettle in the room

It's was nice and clean

No wifi in hostel is only problem, you will have to come to reception to use

Not far from the beach, walking distance, nearby food, supermarket, own bank, my friend and I share a room, although there are four beds, comfortable and clean with air conditioning, good value for money

The location of the navigation on the map is wrong, but the address is correct.

I saw so many negative reviews after I book this hostel. Maybe because of that there was so many empty beds and rooms. I stayed at 4 beds room alone and they gave me the key of the door. It was like a hotel room. Toilet and bathroom was inside. Bathroom a little bit older but everything was working. Even TV on the wall was working. I liked location also. It’s super close to beaches of Aktau.

the hostel is a separate building from the main building, where the first floor is laundry room I think. good location, near to sea side, private bathroom for rooms, hot water good, quiet at night. I didn’t need the wifi so I don’t have the information about that, overall it’s not as bad as the earlier comments described

I have to say the bedsheet I got is not very clean, needs update, and the ventilation in bathroom is not good, there’s weird smell but it won’t bother much if closes the door

location

they dont speak English

Perfect location.

It is not a nice traveller's hostel. There is no common space, no kitchen. But it would be OK if not the terrible.smell from bathroom. Moreover, I havent seen anyone taking out garbage for example.

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I had the room all to myself. It was affordable and located close to old town.

I found 3 cockroaches in the room within 30 minutes. There is no wifi in the hostel. I had no soap to wash my hands in the bathroom and when I was checked into the room they did not give me bed linens. I had to go get them to bring me some, but there was no pillow case. The room was dirty. They did not clean the room before I was checked in. Who ever stayed in the room before me still had the old bed linens on. I found hair and dirt on the floor. The only way to get wifi was through a D-Link where I had to stand at this one spot outside of the hotel. The company who runs the hostel also runs the hotel.

Location

Language barrier

Location

Language barrier