Delhi has gone haywire with hotel pricing, so what you could get for a small budget even a year ago can not be found today. The Westend Inn is a very basic hotel. It's generally clean, but make sure you get a renovated room on the side across from the pool. Some fixtures (like the soap dish in the bathroom) are broken, but the bed is comfortable, sheets are clean, the phone works, there's a tv, etc. Westerners should keep in mind that this is India, what you might get in the US is not going to be the case here-no bathtubs for example. The hotel staff speaks limited english (be prepared for that in in India in general) so if you want something complex, the only answer you'll get is yes, but you won't really get what you want. The wifi is a joke-it didn't work for the majority of the time we there, but then again this is an India issue in general. The rooms on the second floor have better wifi reception. The business center is not a business center and again internet only sometimes work. The westend inn is not as horrific as some other reviews make it out to be, but don't expect a 5 star experience, don't expect a US 3 star experience either for that matter either.

And regarding mosquitos, you're in India, they are going to exist and if it's rained recently, they are going to be out in force. Don't open your windows and ask for the repellent plug in you see advertised all over India.

The food is pretty decent here and cheap. Room service is not so great-food was terrible, but the buffet at the restaurant was good as were several of the other items we ordered off the menu.

All in all, a decent experience.

Very bad experience. Stay away.

Hotel employees kept asking for tips and wouldn't leave the room until i've paid them.

More specifically, I called the hotel desk to arrange a taxi to the airport because i thought a hotel arranged taxi would be more trustworthy. When i got to the airport, the Taxi driver asked for 300 Rs. I knew it should cost less than 150Rs to the domestic airport because i came from there the night before. I gave him 200 Rs. The next thing i heard is that the hotel charged an additional 300 Rs on my roommate 's bill when he checked out for this taxi service.

I have recently returned from Delhi where I visited along with some 40 others as part of a cricket tour.Before leaving we were all alarmed at the reports on TripAdvisor.However after our stay of some 10 days the reports were generally unfair.

Our party found the Hotel clean and well maintained (some building work is in porgress to part of the building) and the staff to be very courteous and helpful.

The reports about airport noise are clearly wrong.

The only downside is the location which is isolated from other facilities and involves an adventure in the Delhi traffic.

Stayed here for one night en route back to the UK. I didn't pay for the room myself, but was aware of how much it cost. For the price, I have to say I was expecting a lot better.

Start with the positives: room was spacious, and the marble floor gave a sense of luxury.

Then the negatives: the furniture was a little bit worn, and somewhat dusty. The bathroom was very poor, the walls had patches of mildew and the fittings were covered in limescale. The toilet, even though it had the "sanitary seal" on it, had clearly not been cleaned with a toilet brush. The windows were covered in dust.

However, the worst problem was the noise. The room overlooked a small internal courtyard that was being used as a "utility" area, and the staff were washing dishes late into the night. I put up with this, despite being woken up by the noise at 1230AM and about 115AM. When it happened again, at 230AM, I called the reception. The attitude of the duty manager (I think) was not helpful; he suggested that I was imagining things (I could see the pile of washed crockery out my window), and then said he was "socked" (sic) that this happened etc. At 230AM, with a flight to catch the next day, I came close to "socking" him myself :-) I saw him go down there, and things quietened down, but started again at 7AM.

For what it's worth, a colleague stayed in the same hotel a few days earlier and found it fine. There are apparently "old" and "new" rooms, maybe I got the old rooms.