Topchan Hostel Tashkent — Hotel in Tashkent

This is one of those places that stays in business just because there isn't enough competition, so they are able to make plenty of money because the good places are full and people have to stay here. Dirty walls and floors with gum stuck to them. No loaner shoes, yet you have to take your shoes off. No lockers and signs everywhere that management is not responsible for theft. Incredibly rude, lazy, and incompetent reception staff, especially the teenager running the reception, and the only good staff is the maids and lady who makes breakfast. I bet the reception staff (the blonde lady and toxic man child) has this job because they know the owner or have some connections, or they would be fired. They are the kind of immature you never grow out of.

The teenager receptionist tried to barge into the women's dorm without knocking at night, continuing to push even when I said I was coming to unlock the door, and he was mad that I looked it. Why do women lock the door? So that entitled, toxic little boys do not try to barge in without knocking when they do not have clothes on. His parents should be so ashamed of him, but perhaps they are the owners, so they will never fire him. The other guest thought he shorted her money, and I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

I was so disgusted by the staff that I left and paid more (not much since this place lies that the tax they do not include more than it is, so you don't save much staying here) to stay somewhere else. When people like that are allowed to be horrible and still make money, and the mistakes they make are usually not limited to rude and childish, but also apply to safety issues and health. Stay away...

I found this hostel just slightly bizarre. I don't know whether I was there at a bad time after reading the other reviews.

Firstly, the cleanliness - my room was not clean at all. The bedding was bad, pillows seemed to be about 10 years old, the bed itself had a horrible smell to it, like a dog had been sleeping on it for a week (it was just on one side of the bed too so I'm not entirely sure this wasn't the case). The bathrooms on the other hand were very clean. The toilets were definitely kept on top of which was great, but the showers seemed to be clean just because nobody else was using them. There were a lot of people sitting around the hostel at all times of day doing nothing or just looking at their phones. There was apparently a breakfast provided but I never ate it as it was really badly organised and there was a large group staying at the hostel who stayed in the breakfast room for hours meaning it was impossible to sit down - fortunately, there was a really great little somsa place around the corner where I went for some breakfast instead.

It's not too far from the airport but further from the centre of the city. The nearest metro is quite far when it's 30 degrees outside - I used Yandex to get around everywhere which was fine, about €1-€2 to the centre of the city.

If I had booked to stay any longer than the two nights, I would have checked out early and gone...

I don't recommend staying there. To put it shortly, it has nothing to offer that would make me wanna consider staying there again and for the price it's better to stay somewhere else I think.

The staff at the reception are not accomodating, they seem to be "bothered" when you want to check in. Don't show around the designated rooms, beds, bathrooms, kitchen, no explanation or any real effort into accomodating guests.

The prices are much higher than on the booking apps so make sure you book through external websites not directly at the reception.

It's quite busy but not in a good way. Lots of kids, families, people who look like they live there instead of travelling. Lots of suspicious characters in both female and mixed dorms just lingering around, lying on the floor, staring etc.

It was kept fairly clean considering the amount of people there and the lady serving breakfast was so helpful and lovely. However the breakfast itself was fairly underwhelming too.

Location is meh, far from metro, nothing to see or do around, when you open the windows it's often loud outside.

There was a smell of gas leak next to mixed dorm for a few days we stayed there. Quite concerning.

My shower didn't have a shower head, it was like bathing with a hose.

Stink of dirty shoes and feet when you walk in.

Nothing good to highlight sadly....