Grand Aiser Hotel — Hotel in Almaty

Well we booked this hotel by walking in off the street. As an emergency hotel it was okay. ||The hotel was very dated, the bedding had holes in it and there was a party going on in the hotel which you could hear until the early hours of the morning. ||It cost £174 for 3 rooms for the night and included breakfast, not that I ate the grey egg, very pink sausage and bowl of honey. It was cash only.||The young guy on reception was nice and tried to speak English best he could which is hard to find in the area of the world. He was friendly and helpful. ||Now, we went to our rooms on for an hour later a local mad attempted to enter our room, which we had locked. He had a card that could enter the room, the only reason he didn't make it in was because we had put the safety chain on. He had successfully got into one of our other rooms, this was very surprising. I told the staff and had to speak to someone on the phone to translate the problem. No other issues after this all night. ||TV on has channels in Russian, no English available. ||Now for the title of this post. The view from our room we could see the ski jumps which was nice but everything else you could see was broken. But this still isn't the reason for the title. In the picture I have attached you can see that there is a large window from the room to the toilet, just incase you would like to see your, partner, spouse, friend or other family member relieve themselves on the toilet. The shower was cold and barely worked. The bars of soap weren't worth having. Shower curtain didn't cover the whole window and the light for the bathroom could be turned on and off from the bed... Why would anyone need that, or is it so you can make someone go the toilet suddenly in the dark for a laugh. The decor of the room is very outdated. ||There is a McDonald's next door which is helpful, as the grey egg was not getting eaten. ||If you want a real experience of a night this...

Stayed in 2017 for a business conference. The hotel is huge with lot of amenities but language is a big problem as most of the staff didnt speak English.The rooms was comfortable ,had a small balcony with a good view of the hill but the washroom had a glass wall with a very thin curtain as i was staying with my colleague, it was very unpleasant and uncomfortable. They switches off the air-conditioner at the middle of the night, used to wake up every single night and open balcony to avoid suffocation.They had sensor-system to light up the common area, which is a very good way to save electricity but as soon as you wait for lifts the sensors didnt work and made me stand in complete darkness. The breakfast spread was very average and didnt have much options. The location of the hotel is not very close to any major tourist area. Overall...

We were a group of 40 people out to Almaty for a business conference & our stay was in Hotel Grand Aiser. The hotel is centrally located within easy access to shopping areas & local sightseeings. But as far as hotel is concerned, there was nothing which could make our stay pleasant. It is just a basic hotel without even standard amenities, like there was a kettle but no tea/coffee sachets! Even the lift got struck at one occasion & we were left stranded at our own, we could escape only after someone from the group literally opened the doors from inside. Altogether it was an...