Hotel Old Bukhara

We were a family with teenagers visiting from UK. We were very impressed with the Old Bukhara hotel and found it to be one of the best we have stayed on our travels in Uzbekistan. It is spotless and the rooms lovely with good quality bedding etc. The traditional uzbek breakfast was the best we have had too. Staff and management were really accomodating and very helpful. We recommend!!

I just returned from a two-week trip to Uzbekistan, where I stayed at a handful of hotels. The Hotel Old Bukhara was the best. The room was very clean and the hotel's courtyard was nice. The family who owns it was also friendly. They were the only ones during my trip who arranged a driver to pick me up at a reasonable price for a tourist. They didn't overcharge like other hotels will do. The hotel is in a great location down an alley from the main attractions. It takes only a couple minutes to walk to the Kalan mosque and trading domes but you don't feel like you are staying in a busy, touristy area. The hotel provided the best breakfast I had on my trip. It was so large that I usually skipped lunch. Lastly, I slept well during the few nights I stayed at the hotel. I've had bad experiences with noise in American hotels and was pleasantly surprised with the Hotel Old Bukhara, especially because it seems like an older, historic building. I'd be happy to stay there again.

The warmth you feel as soon as you come to Hotel Old Bukhara is something extraordinary and is really special. You honestly feel like you're being taken care of by close family friends. The owner and his family are all so sweet and extremely helpful, ready to help you with anything you might ask for during your stay. I can't even tell you how many times we were offered tea or coffee (morning, afternoon, evening, every time we came back to the hotel from wandering around!!) - it was extremely pleasant and comforting. Take that special hospitality experience with fast wi-fi, beautiful courtyard, great breakfast, one of the best locations in Bukhara, walkable to all the sites, with the beautiful Mir-e-Arab, Kalon mosque and tower, the Ark (and countless other sites) literally steps away. Murad, the friendly and hospitable owner, even helped us set up a taxi for 3am when we needed to catch a very early train to Khiva for a much better rate than we could get from trying to bargain ourselves. Everything went so smooth and we had our best stay in Uzbekistan here, at the Old Bukhara. On top of all of that, the whole hotel is NEW and is SPOTLESS and tastefully decorated. Everything was clean and fresh, it was just perfect. I wouldn't think twice to come back here - it made our friends vacation more special and we are grateful!

I booked this hotel months in advance. Arranged a taxi from the train station with them, when the taxi took me to another hotel I was confused (despite his pick up sign saying Hotel Old Bulkhara). This different hotel told me old bukkara was closed and I was moved there. We were emailing just days before and they mentioned nothing about a hotel move. Ironically later I met tourists who were staying at Old Bukhara, which in fact was not closed. I also had booked with Old Bukhara well before them, yet was "kicked out" to this other hotel. The replacement hotel was a similar quality and similar location, I give a bad review because of how unprofessional that is to give no warning, even as we were emailing just days before. And no appology at all from replacement hotel. I am a seasoned traveler, but if I was an older tourist (as uzbekistan seems to have a lot of ) id feel "kidnapped" by a cab taking me to a different hotel with no warning, and also angered to be taken to a hotel I did not book.