Malika KHIVA Hotel — Hotel in Khiva

A unique budget but actually a boutique themed hotel right in the heart of the internal city. The gorgeous silk draped cafe is very, very, popular with day time visitors and serves excellent homemade meals and high quality draft beer - we took all our meals here as it was just too good to pass by. Staff are hard working and friendly and stay on to handle breakfast which is good quality and served in a beautiful Russian empire style restaurant room. By night time, once the tourists have departed, the cafe calms to a more local and chilled vibe which suited us perfectly. Rooms are simple, cool, but very large so you can unpack in the vestibule - the room's tea set is the one I have been looking for!!!! I'd have asked to buy one but by then my case was laden. Tim on reception speaks excellent English, Russian, and no doubt other languages and is extremely efficient - they can also arrange for a massage therapist which my friend made use of after the long journey and he recommended it. Wish we could have stayed a little longer....

This hotel is within the ancient city walls of Khiva and location couldn't be better. Others you have to walk into the town via the gates- here you are right on top of everything yet it's a peaceful quiet haven. All hotels around Khiva are low star ratings so don't expect luxury accomodation, but this hotel is clean and comfortable and has what you need. We loved staying here because of the feel of the place but especially because of the outside eating area where, aside from tables there are a number of traditional 'sofas' to recline on after walking the streets and where we ended up relaxing with a cold drink and a book at the end of each day prior to showering and changing for dinner (see photos). The breakfasts are typically Uzbekistan plentiful and buffet style, and rather than sitting in the restaurant we took ours outside each day - lovely! Staff are helpful and friendly. There is a safe in reception for valuables and a courtyard off receptoion provides access to the rooms on two floors. We would...

Malika Khevaek was the only hotel inside Khiva’s walled city – what a fantastic location! Everything was within a hundred meter reach! Everyone else had to enter the walled city gates every day to see the sites. The hotel operated a covered outdoor restaurant, one of the most picturesque eating places in the walled city. Breakfast food was quite limited. But dinner was very good. It was obviously a family run affair. The small informal lobby led to the courtyard. Around the courtyard were two floors of guest rooms; clearly, this had once been a rich merchant’s villa. The walls are nicely decorated with desert-caravan-bazaar scenes. ||We found it odd that there was no trash can in the room. The phone didn’t work so my wife had to keep going down to talk to the front desk. The rooms had tea sachets and cups, though we had to ask for a hot water kettle. Breakfast wasn’t...