I stayed at the Le Meridien New Delhi for three nights in February 2013. Instead of hallways with rooms on both sides, the rooms were arranged in a circular fashion on each floor with the other side exposed/opened. The room was spacious and clean, with all the usual modern amenities for comfort. I especially like the device on the nightstand to control the lighting in the room. I liked the spacious shower.

The hotel is centrally located close to Connaught Place (called CP by the local people), which was just about a mile away. I didn’t walk to the nearby attractions (i.e. India Gate) but the hotel website indicated that they were quite close.

I had breakfast buffet at the casual restaurant. The international food was delicious with a good selection of items to choose from. I also dined at the same restaurant for dinner twice. The dinner buffet was quite expensive, and the selection was not as good as the breakfast one, although they had a variety of dessert items. On the second night, I ordered the mushroom pizza that tasted a bit sour, perhaps it was the variety of mushrooms (I believe the waiter said enoki) they used that do not quite complement pizzas.

The staff was efficient and friendly. The only person who didn’t appear to have experience working at a hotel of this caliber is Sunil who supposedly was the manager of drivers at the Tour Desk, which I was told by the reception desk is the Concierge Desk. He needs training in customer service. I had wanted to use the car service again for a pick up at 11pm the next night. I felt safer arranging transportation in advance for that time of the night. He tried to discourage me from using the private car services a second time by indicating that it wasn’t worth it for the hotel to take me to/pick me up from CP for just 375 rupees each way, which actually is more than three times more than using just a regular taxi for a five minute drive to a place about a mile away. It’s unbelievable that a manager would prevent a customer from using the hotel’s car services. Perhaps the hotel should not offer the car services to CP in the first place or hire a person who understands customer service. I was surprised that a Starwood hotel of this type doesn’t appear to have a bonafide Concierge desk. I had wanted to book some city tours through the hotel but decided not to based on Sunil’s unprofessionalism.

Aside from that one incident, I enjoyed staying at the hotel.

Like many Meridian hotels, this one also fulfills all the requirements announced on their amenities page. Confortable, staff friendly and cooperative. Although Indian Cuisine is rather heavy and spicy, you have plenty of choice to have a digestable food. ( with the abundance of various spices, you may have some digestion problem any time in India ). Both breakfast and dinner were very satisfactory.

The major issue for us was the air conditionning. In cold winter days, you need some heating in rooms but even you bring the termostate to its maximum, AC blows only fresh (!) air. Instead, they suggest you to bring an electrical heater. For a 5* hotel of that reputation, this sounds a bit funny !

The hotels is well located in a clean and centrally located area (10 mn. to walk to Connaught Place) and you have plenty of restaurants around. Unless you expect the standard of any Meridian hotel in EU countries, you may stay in this hotel without any worry.

We stayed at this hotel for 2 nights early January 2013. The hotel is quite busy, and has a modern design with lavish interior decoration. Breakfast and dinner buffets were great with tons of variety and a mix of cuisines. We paid good rates through a travel agency, but am not sure how expensive it is. It is certainly worth it.

It was really an amazing experience for us. I stayed at Le Meridien Hotel with my family for 3 nights. The Metro stations are located around the hotel. You can easily reach the hotel. The Rooms were really very good and clean. The food was amazing. The service was very good and staff was very nice. We really had a very good time and enjoyed a lot. Will plan again to go there in future.