InterContinental Tashkent

Rooms and decor

Picture a brand-new 17-storey glass tower standing in Trilliant Business Park in Tashkent's Yashnabad district — that is InterContinental Tashkent, which opened in 2024 and instantly became the newest and most upscale IHG hotel in the city. The first thing you notice walking into the lobby is how fresh everything is: the faint new-hotel smell mixed with fresh-cut flowers, and architecture that plays with geometric lines drawn from Uzbek suzani patterns and mosque domes, reworked in a modern key. All 232 rooms and suites carry the same idea — warm terracotta tones against cream and gold, contemporary Uzbek motifs on carpets and walls, and soft beds that several reviews single out as especially easy to sleep in. The part most guests love is the big windows that open onto wide city views, since the 17 storeys mean almost every room sees the skyline. Rooms on floor 12 and up facing the city catch the Tian Shan mountains stretching out on clear days, a sight that is hard to find in other hotels here. Bathrooms are roomy with marble floors, a big rain shower and good-brand toiletries, and the in-room tech is current — USB-C at every bedside and a smart TV that connects straight to Netflix.

Food and amenities

The thing that sets this place apart is the E'quilibrium Wellness Club, a space that runs 2,500 sqm — the largest in the district and a match for top regional hotels. The highlight is the indoor 30-metre pool, long enough for real lap swimming rather than the decorative dip-pool you find so often. Alongside it is a full 24-hour gym, a spa, sauna, steam and treatment rooms with good products, and several reviews say you can spend a whole day in here without getting bored. The food holds up too: the main restaurant serves both an international breakfast buffet and genuine Uzbek dishes like lamb plov cooked the traditional way, grilled shashlik and fresh-baked Uzbek bread, with a cocktail bar open into the evening. The most-praised feature, though, is the Club Lounge for guests in Club Rooms and suites — food served four times a day, from a light breakfast through midday snacks and afternoon treats to an evening cocktail hour with wine, cava and hot small plates. Several reviews call it the best Club Lounge in the district, and the staff here are warm and attentive, remembering guest names. All of this, together with international-grade service, is why InterContinental Tashkent earned a MICHELIN Key — and it is the first hotel in Uzbekistan to do so.

Location and getting there

The hotel sits in Trilliant Business Park in the Yashnabad district, a modern business quarter of new glass office towers that looks clean and orderly, different from the more winding old town. The strongest point of the location is being close to Amir Temur Square, the city's central plaza, just about 5 minutes away by car — from there you can easily reach the State Museum of History, the Amir Temur monument and good restaurants nearby. The old town with Chorsu Bazaar under its blue dome and the Khast Imam mosque, along with the Kukeldash Madrasah, sits about 15-20 minutes away by car. The easiest way around is the Yandex Taxi app — cheap and easy to hail — or the metro from Mashinasozlar station on the Uzbekistan Line. The Tashkent metro is itself a known photo stop for its lavish Soviet-era decor. Tashkent International Airport (TAS) is about 20-25 minutes away, close enough to make an early meeting, and the M39 highway toward Samarkand and Bukhara starts nearby. In short, the location works well for business travelers in and out often, and still gets you to the city's main sights.

Things to know before booking

Straight talk to help you decide. The first thing several reviews agree on is the business-district location — even though Amir Temur Square is only about 5 minutes by car, this is not a spot where you step out of the hotel and land among the sights. If your plan is walking the old town, Chorsu Bazaar or Khast Imam every day, factor in the cost and time of getting in. Travelers who like to base themselves somewhere and wander the old lanes may want to weigh a central option alongside this one. The second point is pricing clearly above the average 5-star in Tashkent — starting at $234 and climbing to $529 for suites, which runs noticeably higher than nearby rivals, though you trade that for the newness and a wellness club nothing else in the city matches. The third, mentioned in some reviews, is that restaurant and room-service touches are still being fine-tuned as a new opening — a few guests feel the restaurant menu is not as varied as sister IC hotels in bigger cities, and request times can run slower than you would expect from InterContinental. But every review agrees the staff are genuinely trying hard; the feeling is a team still developing, not one that does not care, and another 6-12 months should settle things in.

Our take

Pulling together a stack of real reviews, InterContinental Tashkent sells "the city's newest top-tier opening + the largest wellness club in the district + the first MICHELIN Key in the country" with no real competition. If your picture of Tashkent is sleeping in a room where everything still feels brand-new, waking up to swim in a 30-metre pool, working from a Club Lounge stocked through the day, then grabbing a car for the 5-minute ride into the centre to walk Amir Temur Square — this is the most complete pick. It suits business travelers in and out of the airport often, couples after a luxury stay in a city where hotels at this level are rare, and travelers who value wellness and ease. But if the heart of your trip is wandering the old town's lanes every day, or finding the best value, the business-district location and above-average price may not be the best answer. Overall we give it 9.4/10, best for couples, business travelers and anyone after the newest and most upscale hotel in Tashkent in 2026.