Better avoid, but if you stay, please upgrade to a good room
bjerkseth Solo travel
Mar 25,2019
Situated close to Mumbai main railway station and the Crawford Market, its not a bad situated place. However, I had booked a standard room, in second floor, which was absolutely not for me; small, mosquito infested and a lot of noise from both corridor and the small window. A friend of mine recommended to move to ninths floor, which I did; and upgrade which cost 1,000 Indian rupees a night. The room was a totally different world. It was relatively spacious, good bed, television, which I did not use, good WiFi, and a very comfortable bathroom. That was good enough, but when you went down to breakfast, you had to pass through the most dingy, dirty corridor, which obviously was part of the kitchen. It was quite unbelievable. Breakfast had three choices, one of them for western taste, the two others for Indians.
HOtel is situated beside a mosque, and obviously caters for a Muslims from India and abroad. I asked if this was a Muslim hotel, which the reception confirmed. It is also beside a entertainment venue, which at times went full speed, full voice with song and dance. Yesterday they went on to around 10.30 pm, unbelievably loud. Earplugs had zero effect.
Reception people are very nice, porters likewise, taxi at the door, and enough said, if you stay here, please upgrade to a GOOD floor, and a good room, I recommend floor nine, else your trip might take a down turn.
I should mention that I noticed a great number of people stayed around second floor, so it might be me who is a bit spoiled.