This hotel has an colonial elegance style to it. We booked through the hotel directly (cheaper) so we managed to get a free car pick up from the airport ,it was great to just get off the plane and not have to fight to get a taxi , We arrived at 8 am in the morning and the upgrade room (older style) was ready for us when we checked in , Truely Amazing Room !!! , The service is first class in all areas . We had pre booked the Spice Route Restaurant in the hotel as it was our wedding anniversary that evening, this is the Thai / Eastern Restaurant , Dont bother ,the service was rubbish and the food very average , the price is expensive for what you get. But 10 minutes before we left the hotel manager walked a round the restaurant and suddenly all the staff came to life but we were leaving by then . So we left the restaurant very deflated for the1911 bar, we told the waiters how dissappointed we were with the restaurant with it being our anniversary as we ordered our drinks , 10 minutes later they have a full cake in front of us , 2 glasses of champagne singing etc it was so lovely , The bar supervisor Adishek had arranged for the restaurant Manager to come and see us. The manager was so apologetic & she brought a lovely craved woodern box of spices and more champagne. She managed to handle a tricky situation correctly &pull back our view on the situation.
The following day we took a metered taxi cab from the front of the hotel around all the sights , Red fort , Jama Masjid (big Mosque) , India Gate and Humayun's Tomb,(this is brilliant do not miss it out). Shopping is good at the Cottage Emporium straight accross the road from the hotel (get both gifts,woodern & bronze ,carpets, paintings & Indian style clothes Kaftans etc.
In the evening we went to the hotels Indian restarant Daniel's , It was truely amazing!! , Food excellent , atmosphere great ,live Indian music playing and service brilliant but unintrusive. This is by far the better restaurant, would highly recommend along with guys in the 1911 bar. The Buffet Breakfast is included with the room price in the 1911 restaurant so dont miss out on this as this is also excellent & good to fill up on before a days sight seeing (sit outside on terrace when sunny , its lovely outside). The pool was closed during our stay which is really dissappointing as a dip mid afternoon would be briiliant but they class january as winter (80F) and think its cold so they close the pool
This is an brilliant olde worldly hotel with excellent service and i would definately recommend this over an ultra modern hotel in delhi . Enjoy!!!
