Just loved Pondicherry and Hotel de Pondicherry. We spent 4 days there and it was a little time out from the crazy mahem of Tamil Nadu. The hotel is well situated near the sea,lovely restaurants, old colonial houses covered in bougainvillia and wonderful little boutiques. The area around has a French colonial feel, even the police wear Kepis. The hotel... more

Just spent four nights at the hotel, and had a great experience. Beautiful old Colonial palace with lush gardens. We arrived in Pondicherry after a wedding in Calcutta, so we were happy for the calm, more serene atmosphere. Staff was great, ate many meals at the restaurant. Forget your western standards, your in India now, service is slow and mistakes... more

Luckily this hotel had a single room available (on the 40th Anniversary of the MatriMandir at Auroville). The hotel is itself lovely, beautifully decorated with a bar, restaurant and gift shop. I only stayed one night and at first sight the room looked perfect...however after a few hours i wondered why the papers I had left out were feeling damn...then... more

We had a great 3 day stay at Hotel de Pondicherry this week. The Hotel, which is located in the old French part of Pondicherry, is an old French mansion converted into a hotel with 10 rooms, each of which has a different theme and decor. We stayed in the "Rangapillai Room" which is clean, cosy and comfortable. The staff... more

I go to India every year and love to try colonial hotel. We stay one night in this beautiful lovely colonial hotel. The reception person was friendly, the room very cleaned, beautiful and the bed comfortable. My only complaint is the very loud American music playing in the garden restaurant which made it difficult to talk during dinner. The music... more

We stayed at the end of Feb after arriving in Pondicherry without a booking. Its difficult to get a room on a weekend in this town so we were willing to take what we got. However, we were pleasantly surprised with this hotel. The front desk experience was a bit hit and miss but the room was lovely. It had... more

On a trip to volunteer at a school near Pondicherry, I first booked into the Anandha Inn. It was fine - clean, efficient, and good service but not in a very appealing area of Pondicherry, especially for a single woman traveling alone. I looked around and found the Hotel de Pondicherry. Slightly worn around the edges but very pleasant with... more

We arrived in Pondicherry at 4am. The hotel we had booked (Ajantha Beach Guest House) told us the room had been let. It is hard to find a room in India at 4am, and after 1 hour of fruitless enquires, Hotel de Pondicherry came to the rescue. It is expensive - for India (2250 Rs) but it has a kind... more

I was part of the group from SCOTLAND, after a hectic time at the wedding this was just the place to relax.Although the decor had perhaps seen better days it was part of it's charm. The staff in the restaurant were very helpeful and would speak to the chef if we requested something not on the menu , it was... more