Alma-Ata Hostel

I found one member of staff here to be particularly rude and unhelpful. Though both did not really have any patience for questions and seemed to think I was deliberately trying to inconvenience them, this did not make me feel very welcome. The shared rooms themselves, the mens at least, do not have any privacy, youre on an open bunk bed, not an enclosed one with a curtain as would normally be in a hostel. Otherwise the facilities are reasonably clean and the location is fair.

No curtains for the dorm beds nor plugs (Extension plugs are around but you have to fight with the other people for them) kitchen is small, and while the bathroom (and singular shower per gender) is fine and wifi, my main complaint is that the woman in charge was not REMOTELY interested in being useful or friendly to the tourists to her country. She wasn't available, made ZERO effort in translating/ understanding foreigners, begrudgingly answered basic questions and tried to divert them to her assistant (who wasn't around a lot) whenever she could before vanishing again