EAST CUC BOBUR HOTEL

Decent hotel for the price, good place for solo travellers. Lots of Chinese here, you can even hire drivers through them. Walkable distance to downtown.

If you book room cheapest price, on reception receptionist demand to pay one more time or cancel a non-refundable room.

I liked the location hotel cleanness and both night and morning shift receptions the only problem is on food :( In Uzbekistan, hotel foods are in Chinese!!! It is good for Chinese but for Uzbeks it is trash! Before my visit they told me not to accept Uzbeks! How come is this? Actually, before checking I booked the Hotel with my Korean Card! They told me you booked already no problem you can stay.. this time but normally our boss doesn't allow uzbeks to stay because our Boss is Chinese!! What the hell? In Uzbekistan Chinese boss is racist! Do your business in China then! What the hell you are doing In Uzbekistan?

Upon arrival at the hotel, I was happy to hear the familiar Mandarin in a new destination from the friendly manager/owner. After seeing my booking's printout, the manager mentioned that I had booked a wrong room, to be exact, a single room. I told him that my printout clearly stated a double room for two persons and with breakfast for two. His local worker went through the printout and confidently said I had booked a single room. Finally, it was my turn to explain to them in both Mandarin and English. I told them the amount of payment may look small(over RM170), which is almost equivalent to RMB280. Now, the manager must have woken up from his sleep that my friend and I were not mainland Chinese but Malaysians. Immediately, he said my booking was now correct. Soon after, he asked for another 110,000 Som/about RMB63 for local taxes, which I duly paid. The App, Trip.com, had never mentioned this amount when I did the booking. Perhaps Trip.com had overlooked this matter. This post is not to insinuate something negative about the hotel reception on the day of my check-in but to point out that don't judge a book by its cover, namely a smaller amount of a currency may be very deceptive if the reader jumps into conclusion that a Mandarin speaking guest is always from China.

The hotel is just okay. It had a “hostel” vibe. It’s in a convenient location to reach the airport. I didn’t stay the night as I had a 2am flight but I spent the day here. The girl who checked me in was a bit strange and wasn’t able to tell me if there was pharmacy nearby. The shower didn’t heat up so had to have a cold shower before the airport. Also, there’s a rooster somewhere nearby which kept crowing.

The room is very clean and tidy. The owner is very friendly and helpful! I recommend this place and I will stay here again in the future if I come back to Uzbekistan.