A stay at Elite Apart-Hotel places you in the heart of Astana, steps from Embassy of the United States, Astana and 6 minutes by foot from Hazret Sultan Mosque. This aparthotel is 0.8 mi (1.2 km) from Palace of Independence and 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and a hair salon.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
Make yourself at home in one of the 25 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and microwaves. Your bed comes with premium bedding, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected.
"What they call the Elite Apart Hotel is actually a few separate rooms in a very strange, huge apartment building (one of the blocks of the Highvill residential complex). It feels a bit abandoned – the common corridors have cracks on the walls and ceiling, it's pretty dirty everywhere as if the floors aren't really cleaned, and you wait for the elevators for an incredibly long time. The code for the main entrance door to the building often doesn't work. There's no navigation inside the building, despite having different entrances and a very weird floor numbering system – it turns out D1 to D6 are parking levels, and then the residential floors start from 1. By the way, there’s no physical key for the room; you enter with a code, and I’m not sure if these codes are ever changed. We practically stumbled upon the reception, deep inside the 6th floor, in a room where part of it was covered with plastic film and undergoing renovation. The two-room apartment itself was generally okay, in better condition than the common areas of the building. It's large, as shown in the photos, well-equipped with plenty of amenities, but a bit worn in places – wallpaper peeling in some spots, laminate coming off the chipboard on some cabinets, and a window stopper torn off. The room temperature couldn't be adjusted, and it was too hot. The room cleaning wasn't thorough – dust and hair in the pull-out sofa, stains on the bedspread, and dirt on the shower walls with some mold. We showed the dust and dirt to the manager; she took photos but didn't send any housekeepers.
On the plus side, the location is very convenient. It's a 3-minute walk to the US Embassy, so many people stay there when coming for visa interviews."