I've spent fifteen years in hospitality — writing about it, and working inside it. Long enough that you stop noticing the food first. You start noticing the colour of the walls, the shape of a lamp, the sound of footsteps on marble — whether a room was made by someone who actually cared.

Hedonist List began with a simple wish: to gather the most beautiful places in one city and put them in the hands of the people who would care about them too. Almaty is full of such places, and no one had ever made a proper guide to them. So I did.

I didn't choose the famous, the new, or the loud. I held all fifty to a single question — does this place make you want to stay? — and was ruthless about everything that didn't make the cut.

This isn't a list of sights. It's an invitation to look more closely, and to keep what lingers. The rest, I hope, becomes a Hedonist List of your own.


Andrey Syedin
CEO