We stayed a night at the Lotte Palace in Dushanbe early last August just before heading out to do the rest of the Pamir Highway. It is a small hotel, I guess you could call it boutique due to the size but it was great for our needs. It was clean, quiet, affordable, with very helpful service and the included breakfast was good enough for us. We would have like to have spent more nights there and definitely will when we get back that way again.