Rixos Borovoe♡

Mesmerizing

10.0

Location - The property is located within a picturesque forest, adjacent to a large lake, offering a truly enchanting setting. Pick Up - we requested pick-up and drop-off arrangements from our hotel in Astana, and we were highly impressed with the quality of the vehicles and the professionalism of the drivers. Welcome - upon arrival after a long journey from astana, we were greeted very well by the reception and also the guest relation manager. Room - we were upgraded to a lake view suite room was very spacious and very beautiful it had all the modern amenities, which made it very comfortable. Restaurants - we tried all their restaurants, and I would say that the food was really good special thanks to Chef Gopal & his team for making us feel at home with delicious indian, local & western dishes. Umaida, our server & the restaurant manager during breakfast, made sure we ate well. Activities - The range of potential activities is extensive, including favorites such as the Angry Birds game, walks along the wooden path near the lake, swimming in the pool, and enjoying a sheesha experience at the Skybar restaurant. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation for the exceptional helicopter tour arranged from the hotel, which was a highlight of our Kazakhstan itinerary. Special recognition is due to the pilot and assistant, Luliya, for their outstanding service. Overall: We were so bummed to leave this gorgeous resort, and I totally recommend you check it out! We're gonna try to go back real soon ourselves

Guest review

10.0

Hotel location, facilities and range of activities are all amazing. Food quality is very good.

Very Nice Lakeside Resort Complex

10.0

We stayed three nights at the Rixos Borovoe. It is actually on Lake Shchuchinsk, which is next to Lake Borovoe and the Borovoe or Burabay National Park, in northern Kazakhstan. This is a major resort area north of Astana. Apparently, especially in warm weather, this area can get very crowed, and especially on weekends. However, we opted to visit during the middle of the week. Also, this resort is more expensive than most places in the area, so it which seems more quiet and away from the major crowds, which really seem to gather more around lake and town of Borovoe/Burabay, the main centre of activity. Overall, the Rixos resort is nice, stylish, modern, and clean. The rooms were very nice. We had rooms with a view of the lake. Bathrooms in the rooms were excellent, with nice showers and nice Turkish-style toilets (the kind with built-in bidet/water sprayer). The hotel public areas are very nice and attractive. There are nice restaurants and a nice bar/lounge. We ate twice at the Silk Way, a nice restaurant with a Silk Road them and a Russian and Central Asian focus in cuisine, and had excellent food and service. The bar is very nice and we had pretty good cocktails. There is also a nice upstairs terrace restaurant with outdoor seating facing the lake, another eatery right on the water, and a couple other places to eat. The rooms included breakfast buffet, which was overall very good. The dining area is nice, but this was where we saw the most crowds, as lots of people flood it for breakfast, so it could get very crowded. However, we eat early, so the crowds only gathered as we were finishing, and we also ate on the nice, quiet, outdoor patio facing the grounds and lake. The food was somewhat uneven, but most was great and there was a huge variety. There is also a nice indoor swimming pool, plus saunas, and more. The pool was the other area which often got crowded, especially with families who had children. For both breakfast and the pool, the hotel posts signs indicating how busy each generally gets at certain times, and this is helpful. The location was excellent. There are nice grounds and the hotel has its own swimming beaches on the lake, with bar, showers, etc., as well as an area to rent paddle boards and more. Unlike the pool, the beaches and lake facilities were generally very quiet and had very few people. The same is true of the restaurants and bar, other than the breakfast area.

Shaky start, great finish

8.0

After my first night, there was a violent thunderstorm that resulted in my room being partially flooded, so I had to change rooms as repairs were going to last half a day. The room switch and subsequent communication between reception and their manager was below standards for a hotel of this standing. I had to go to reception to find out what was going to happen and when. The issue was eventually solved, but I wasted 40-60 minutes of my vacation time just waiting around for someone to communicate with me. My new room was identical to the first minus the view of the gorgeous sunset I had in the first room. As compensation for all the waiting, I was granted a free dinner in a location of my choice, but only after I mentioned that it would be good customer service practice for the hotel to make a gesture for the inconvenience encountered, and only after I declined the free dinner at the buffet (this hotel has an all inclusive rate which consists in having all meals at the buffet. If I had wanted to have meals at the buffet, I would have opted for this, but this is just not what I wanted to do.) The hotel is comfortable, clean, and my room was quiet. I had awesome food at 3 locations: the Summer cafe (where I must commend Umida's impeccable service and great English skills), the Chalet, and the Sunset Terrace. Here, I must also commend the staff in all locations including the spa and the beach. The weather cooperated and the beach was delightful. Overall I left refreshed and stocked up with enough vitamin D to last me half the harsh winter in Astana! The way the room change was handled was terrible. Staff needs more training to communicate updates to guests promptly. Service is at times not 5 star quality, undoubtedly due to some language barriers (it is difficult to find staff members fluent enough in English and I don't speak fluent Russian and Kazakh), but also due to lack of proper training on how to handle difficult and unpredictable situations appropriately (e.g., offering some sort of compensation to the guest). However, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the hotel GM, Jesper Francl, who seems to be everywhere on the property at all times! He personally made sure everything was okay with my new room and came to check on me several times without ever being intrusive.

Guest review

10.0

Everything was perfect!

Hotel rixod borovoe

10.0

The rixos borovoe is on bank of lake schu.location amazing. Service superb. Staff so friendly though they do not understand your language. Food for vegetarians is sone problem.the guy at reception was so friendly. The roons are well maintained and well equipped