Great hotel, great room, great location, very central yet very quiet as it is set back from the main road within a green enclosure, only a few steps from Shimkent's largest and newest shopping mall. The staff at reception were also very helpful, quiet and timid which may seem cold at first, but actually I reckoned they just feel coy about their English (which was absolutely fine!) and when asked they did everything they could to help!! Breakfast is a sore point, why ask for an exact time and selection of items the night before, if the next morning they still make it up from scratch? Also it could be more abundant, but only a minor issue on an otherwise great experience.