The owners here seemed to not give a stuff and were more concerned for the well heeled tourists coming in for the overpriced meals.
The buffet was excellent, rooms small, but the courtyard great.
Restaurant meals were overpriced

The dorm would be an excellent choice for the single traveller but pretty small and not enough washing and WC facilities. We let some friends use our bathroom because of it.

Later in our travels we were told of a few better places up the street, but we met some friends here at the silk road.

People were just fantastic - stayed in the dorm and everything about this place is fantastic. You hear about this hostel so much when you are travelling anywhere in Central Asia.

Food was absolutely fantastic - the owner is a really nice person.

Make sure you visit Zoroastrian sites in this fantastic city - Atashkadah , Chak Chak , the village and towers of silence ( absolutely amazing at sunset) if you are into that kind of stuff.

Also the ruins of Kharanaq are beautiful.. a must

I am Indian originally but not sure why such an important place of Parsi/Zoroastrian interest didnt have many Indians visiting. such a shame. The owner's wife is Indian and wanted to know how to have more Indian visitors to this place. any suggestions?

would love to go back

This place may go down as one of the coolest hotels I’ve ever stayed in. It has a huge courtyard to chill out in, a restaurant with a wide range of international foods and local specialties, free buffet breakfast and wifi (although it is a little unreliable – my mac connected at first but then refused to acknowledge the connection, but I do know of this problem occurring with macs elsewhere as well). We stayed in a room with a double bed, bathroom with shower, western toilet and – wait for it – toilet paper! It also had air con, a small fridge and a desk. The reception staff are helpful and organised our bus tickets to Shiraz for us. A little pricy at 400 000 a night but definitely worth the cash.

I really enjoyed staying at the silk road. It was the only backpacker style place i stayed at in Iran. Free wifi and some great trips out. This place is bound to be succsesfull. Also a rarity for Iran - decent coffee. I recomend it.