Movenpick Hotel Tashkent

Rooms and decor

Step into the lobby of Movenpick Hotel Tashkent and the story lands right away: contemporary Uzbek in Swiss-European hands, and it's pitched just right. High open ceilings, warm grey marble floors, large geometric pendant lamps drawn from suzani embroidery patterns but pared back to something Scandi, camel-leather lounge seating, and a faint drift of chocolate from Chocolate Hour hanging around the lobby most of the day. It opened in 2020 as one of the first Accor Mövenpick properties in Central Asia, with 226 rooms and suites starting from 32 sqm — noticeably more generous than the 5-star norm in this part of town. Inside you get a Sweet Dream bed with crisp white linens that's a brand signature, thick soft carpet, a long desk by the window, a small sofa for tea, and a white-and-grey marble bathroom with a rainshower. Higher categories and suites add a separate tub, and some suites have a small balcony where you can stand and watch the TV Tower up close. Rooms facing the tower catch the lit mast at night; the Anhor park and Japanese Garden side is greener and quiet. Plenty of reviews note how spotless the rooms feel — the building is still new and housekeeping is meticulous — and several guests off a long flight say they slept straight through to morning, helped by good sound insulation and a district that's quieter than the center.

Food and amenities

The heart of a stay here is the breakfast buffet in the main restaurant off the lobby, the one thing nearly every review agrees on: loaded and kept hot throughout. There's a full Western spread with eggs cooked fresh, bacon, sausage, just-baked pastries and croissants, a seasonal fresh-fruit corner, yogurt and granola, and espresso from a real machine. The part many wait for is the local Uzbek station with plov (traditional lamb rice), manti (steamed beef dumplings), somsa and nan straight from the tandoor. The surprise highlight is the brand's own Mövenpick ice cream, scooped yourself in the morning and quickly a favorite with kids and adults. But what wins people over worldwide is the Mövenpick Chocolate Hour, a daily ritual around 16:00–17:00 in the lobby, serving chocolates, chocolate cake and chocolate fondue free to guests. In the evening the restaurant shifts to European-Uzbek fusion plates, and the Lobby Bar pours cocktails and draft Baltika beer. One floor down is a serious wellness zone: a square indoor pool open year-round — which matters in Tashkent's sub-zero winters when an outdoor pool is useless — plus jacuzzi, sauna, steam, and the Movenpick Spa with treatments from aroma massage to European facials. The fitness room runs 24 hours with full Technogym kit, and business travelers get a business center, meeting rooms of several sizes, and a ballroom feeding the Expo Centre right next door.

Location and getting there

Movenpick sits in the Yunusobod district north of the center, on Amir Temur Avenue, near the Tashkent TV Tower — a 375-metre mast that's the tallest structure in Central Asia and an icon of the city. You can walk over and photograph the base in about 10 minutes, and the brave can book the observation deck. Practically next door is the Tashkent Expo Centre, the international exhibition venue that runs regional trade fairs and conferences year-round — the main reason business travelers pick this hotel, since they can cross over to their meetings in minutes. Another 10-minute walk reaches the Japanese Garden, a leafy, calm pocket in the middle of the city, and the Tashkent Aquapark is only about 1 km away — which is why parents often choose Movenpick: sightseeing in the morning, water park in the afternoon, back for Chocolate Hour by evening. For anything farther — the old city, Chorsu Bazaar, the Hazrati Imam Complex or Independence Square — a Yandex Go ride takes a few minutes to arrive, runs about $2–3, and takes roughly 15–20 minutes in normal traffic. The nearest metro is Bodomzor on the Yunusabad Line (Line 2), about a 12-minute walk or 3 minutes by car. From Tashkent International Airport (TAS) it's roughly a 30-minute drive.

Things to know before booking

Straight talk to help you decide. The most common note in reviews is the location: Yunusobod, north of the city, is quiet and very convenient for Expo Centre meetings or an Aquapark trip, but it's about 6–7 km from the old city, Chorsu Bazaar and Independence Square. If you plan to shoot mosques and old lanes every day, budget for Yandex taxis and a 15–20 minute ride each way, especially during the morning and evening rush on Amir Temur Avenue. Second, Wi-Fi: it's free hotel-wide, but some rooms — particularly high floors at the south end — drop signal in patches, and a few guests had to call for a router reset or switch to 5GHz themselves. If you work online seriously, keep a Beeline or Ucell SIM as backup. Third, evening check-in can be slow on nights when conference groups arrive together, with queues of about 15–20 minutes; the hotel opens extra counters but it's still uneven, so a late check-in is smoother. Fourth, room service draws complaints about long waits in the evening when the restaurant is full — if you're hungry late, it's often easier to order at the Lobby Bar yourself. Last, prices climb clearly during Expo and major festivals; if your dates are flexible, check a couple of days either side, since a single night can swing by a fair margin.

Our take

After reading through hundreds of real guest reviews, Movenpick Hotel Tashkent is a contemporary European 5-star that's hard-to-beat value in Tashkent — a location close enough to the TV Tower, Expo Centre, Aquapark and Japanese Garden to explore on foot, a loaded breakfast buffet mixing Mövenpick ice cream with local Uzbek dishes, an afternoon Chocolate Hour guests treat as their own ritual, spacious spotless rooms in a still-new building, a year-round indoor pool, and an underground car park roomy enough that you never have to gamble on a space. It suits families bringing kids to the Aquapark, business travelers here for the Expo, and European couples who like the Accor feel, on a budget that starts around $109 a night — the trade-off being the occasional taxi into the old city. If the soul of your trip is soaking up Chorsu Bazaar and the old mosques all day, a hotel in the old city or the central Diplomatic Quarter may fit better. But if you want international luxury, clean familiar European rooms, and one base that covers meetings, downtime and family, this checks every box. Overall we give it 8.7/10.