Inn Kochevnik

The host is a very nice and helpful person (she gave us some good advice regarding local infrastructure and touristic service, helped with taxi, etc.); location is very good – just a couple of minutes walk from the great beach of the Blue Issyk-Kul resort (there was some construction works nearby, but they might be finished before summer). Rooms are clean and bright, with all necessary furniture and even a fridge; bathroom was also warm and clean.

The fridge was quite noisy. Boiler in the bathroom is quite small, so if two people want to take a hot shower in a raw, they must be quick. No hairdryer. Stuff entered our room when we were absent (to clean a trash bin, apparently – and, for some inexplicable reason, to switch off the fridge were our beer was cooling...), and there was no "do not disturb" sign in the room for us to put it outside the door and prevent them from entering (it would be really nice to have one; I usually prefer no strangers entering a hotel room while I live there).

Quite spacious rooms. It has a swimming pool and canteen and quite friendly staff. Balcony is a big plus!

The room was a bit cold. Everything is renovated, but a bit old-fashioned.

Friendly staff Location close to beach and shops Swimming pool 15 minutes walk to Hippodrom and Sports Center (I was in Cholpon-Ata for the World Nomad Games) 10 minutes walk to the good History Museum good on-site Restaurant (especially the Borscht, Pelmeni and Plov have been very tasty) Room all right (bed, wardrobe, table, refrigerator, tv)

a bed-side lamp would have been good to pay deposit via Western Union was unusual, but o.k. - the Deadline was not. Several weeks after my booking I got an eMail, that I had to pay the deposit within two days, otherwise the booking would be cancelled. Luckily I just arrived back home from a three weeks trip and I was able to pay within the two days. If the eMail would have been sent one or two weks earlier, my booking would have been cancelled as I had no internet access while travelling and I would not have paid the deposit within two days.