Deshon Qala Guest House

The hotel has good facilities, and aside from one incident I had no other problems with the stay. I was given two towels, one large and one small for showering, and there was free drinking water and hot water. The kitchen was available, though there was no salt, oil, or other things to use, and tea bags weren't out during the day, only at breakfast. Breakfast was generous, with cheese, ham, and traditional non bread. It wasn't fancy, but it was better than I expected and matched a photo another commenter had posted. They also let me leave my luggage until evening. The problem happened at 10 pm, just before bed. A staff member knocked and asked me to move because I was the only person in my four-bed dorm. I'd booked that room on booking.com and checked in one afternoon in November as usual. There had been no staff at the hostel, so I had to call, which seems normal in Uzbekistan. A woman came after the call and assigned me a bed in the four-bed dorm I'd booked. Everything was fine until that late-night request. They wanted me to move into a twin room where another man was already staying. I could tell because there was a bag in the room. I said no: we weren't a couple, and I didn't want to sleep close to someone I didn't know. I told the staff the other man could move to my room if needed, since I'd booked a four-bed dorm and anyone could stay there. I hadn't booked a two-bed dorm. The staff moved the beds farther apart and asked me again. Tired of arguing through a translation app, I agreed, but I was unhappy about it. I'm sad that the staff didn't consider my comfort and put their own convenience first. Managing the beds and rooms should be the hotel managers' responsibility, not the guests'. It was unreasonable to make me move just because nobody else was in the four-bed room, and it made the stay stressful. My roommate, an Uzbek man, played music and videos loudly on his phone late at night, but I don't blame the hotel for that.