Clean, neat. We were in the lodge for the night. The houses are warm and clean. There was water and a kettle in the room. The rental price of the house included tickets to the pool and spa. Breakfast is included. We are happy with the rest.
A heavenly place. Everything about him is fine. To improve the cuisine in restaurants a little and there will be nothing to complain about.
See original · Русский
1
Е
Елена Дутова
Level 6 Local Expert
May 21, 2024
The place is interesting, there is a place to walk, a very large territory, a good thermal spa area, one of the minuses of the two declared restaurants worked and the price tag in the restaurant is steep.
A cool park. Here you will find bicycles, pools, spas and a lake with ducks. True, restaurants do not please with their portions and tastes, well, or we always come across this way)
A great place for a good rest, there is everything you need in one place (for me)green + clean air as there are a lot of trees, there is a pool, restaurants, you can go fishing (although I do not like this kind of ready-made fishing), in general it is easier to count what is not there. :)
See original · Русский
3
Екатерина Сверкунова
Level 6 Local Expert
January 11, 2024
Mixed impressions.
Positive:
1) The rooms are very clean, except for the unkempt hair. Where do they come from with such cleanliness is the question :)
2) There is water in the room - 2 bottles for two, shampoos, dental kits
3) It's warm in the room, it doesn't blow anywhere, it's comfortable to sleep
4) Good SPA area, no complaints
Minuses:
1) Long waiters in Arowana. They take a sooo long time to come up, despite the almost empty hall
2) The food is definitely not 5 stars. A canteen "boar cutlet" of microscopic size with a huge amount of bread in the composition. Goose with caramelized pear is delicious, but the pear is like boiled
3) I feel sorry for some of the animals in the kennel because of the conditions of detention. The minipig has long hooves that twist (And it's obviously cold outside
4) Arowana is a 24-hour restaurant, but there is no lighting on the territory. Finding your room in pitch darkness on the territory is another quest at 12 at night. It's dark, even if it's an eye! Where to go? Yes, who knows, you don't come here every day 🫣 In the evening at 8 it was also dark near the rooms, the hanging light bulbs on the trees did not work.
5) The entrance to the spa is single, this is the first time I see such a concept
6) The territory is large, but boring
Our favorite vacation spot! But lately there have been a lot of guests at the resort . And prices have gone up in restaurants. 2 adults + 2 children - the average check is 35-40 thousand tenge. And they need to be fed three times)))
Friends of 8 Lakes is a wonderful place! The atmosphere is just magical. A small piece of Europe! It is better to go overnight because in one day you will not have time to really relax! A very healthy place, I recommend it!
I really like this place. It's not the first time. The pools are large due to this, there is no feeling that you are in a frog house when there are a lot of people. Of course, toilets could be cleaned more often. But in general, it doesn't bother me.
It is better not to order lemonades. There's syrup and water. The kitchen is delicious.
Tea with lemon, they say, is Tashkent and costs 3500, chocolate cocktail 2200, 2 people paid 23,000 for the whole time of the tea party, and about 7000 months ago
There is a large space to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city, in summer you can cool off in the pools, although the water is cool there, in winter it is fashionable to visit a thermal spa with two pools, one of them outside with a water temperature of 37 degrees. The rooms are quite large, the food in the restaurant is quite tasty. It seems that you can still catch trout, have picnics, there is a rope park for children, bicycles, a zoo and probably a lot more, but I haven't had time to visit yet
A great place for a family vacation, the prices are above average, but it's worth it. And safaris, and restaurants, and lakes and a huge swimming pool)
A great place to relax, located in an ecologically clean area. A huge swimming pool like in a Turkish hotel, towels, bathrobes, and slates are available for rent. Everything is very civil. One small disadvantage is that the restaurant is very slow to serve in the summer, most likely, the level of service is affected by a large number of visitors.
When booking, 100% payment for rooms is required, the full conditions of check-in are not disclosed by phone, upon check-in, it feels like you've come to prison for your money. You can't bring fruit to the room with you, drinks are not allowed, hookah is not allowed, and so on ... you go pay money but you are limited in everything at the same time, when you apply for a refund, they will tell you we will not refund them, write a statement, wrote a statement asking you to register it, they tell you we will not do it ... conclusions are made I'm going to sue!
The park itself is good, we often come with our family. But restaurants suck, it's dirty, tables are always not cleaned, you can't wait for a waiter. As if you need to beg. A pot of tea was brought with hair, I imagine that in the kitchen! The zoo causes only pity.
Probably the only place (I'll say that in the city, because it's just a little bit (30 minutes)) where you can swim very well, eat, and then fall into a flophouse. Take more money and don't take anything with you from food and drinks, because they don't let you in with yours. Don't swear too much at the staff, they are a little wooden there at least for the last 5-6 years, maybe it has become a little more flexible, but I have a feeling that figs to me and to you dear reader. So I put 8 out of 10 due to the fact that there are no such places in Almaty and its regions anymore.
I liked everything, great pools, hospitality from the staff. The only thing was that the water pressure in the shower was weak and the hot water was working intermittently..
Advantages of the territory, livestock, warmth, well-groomed! Children are delighted.
Cons, there were 4 years ago, breakfast was delicious, porridge was eaten with a bang and fresh. This year we didn't eat anything that wasn't delicious! The service and the kitchen have gone bad, the service lasts for hours! Dirty tables are not even wiped! Poisoned and 2 days of spoiled vacation!
1) housing
The rooms are of course already old, broken) there were booklets, the menu was all old, the pages were torn off and it was cold in the room at first
2) the territory
It was very beautiful💓 we were in the nursery, but many barriers were empty, (maybe no one lives there🙂)
3) The skating rink is beautiful, but the ice is bad, it would be good if it were updated every 3-4 hours (((((
4) The spa is just magical) I really liked it
5) restaurant- the food is delicious, but the tables and chairs are sooo not comfortable (what we wanted was not on the menu at the Vostochny restaurant, so we had to have lunch and dinner at the central restaurant. (The view of the restaurant is confusing, there is no comfort, I want at least a tablecloth on the tables, cats climb on the table😬)
Breakfast surprised! Everything is delicious👍
For the second year in a row, I rest at "8 Lakes" a unique place in the Almaty region, you can say in the steppe,a vast territory,pine forests, fruit trees,fishing, a nature reserve,and a swimming pool, above all praise,restaurants,cottage settlements,a rental point,of course there are shortcomings,but in general!!!!!
In general, the idea is not bad for a recreation center, if:
- the price corresponded to the service (sometimes there is a feeling that it is not here and probably will not be),
- an object of state destination , with a specially protected status , otherwise how to explain the inspection as at the airport, through rapidscan,
- you can 't even bring baby food , and it doesn 't matter that you won 't be offered it 🤮🤮🤮,
- pandemonium in the pools and so on is common,
In general, if you go , then only on weekdays ... a place for one time
The service is good, the staff is polite, I would like to raise the level of food quality, the price does not match the quality of the food, I wanted to eat delicious...
In the contact zoo at the recreation center "Eight Lakes" animal cruelty. To date, most of the animals are in terrible condition: dogs are sitting without water in the open sky, rabbits with sores, a raccoon with an injured paw, and also a mini pig that cannot walk. "One of the employees said that they had already collected a bag of dead rabbits and thrown them away.
I accidentally drove up the wrong road and got up 100 meters from this recreation area after looking at the map,a guard ran up, ran 100 meters and said that it was impossible to stand here, I did not argue,I was in a good mood and also did not want to spoil it for other people))
They try to maintain a high level of quality of service and environment here. You can come both in summer and winter. Excellent SPA, several restaurants, cottages are a separate topic. It's like being in Finland