Stayed there with family from 27-31 December 2008. Nice to be back again and good to see things starting to buzz again albeit a bit quietly.

Received a warm welcome from reception staff at early hour of arrival. As usual a splendid 5-star hotel. The class shows everywhere. We were in the 15th floor sea-facing deluxe rooms. However, the following could be improved:

a) Room walls painted unsympathetically in dull grey colour (navy ship grey) including all wooden cabinet work / wall cornice mouldings which were once nicely polished natural wood finishes. Somebody's gone paint-brush crazy and ruined a once very fine decor into a bland looking finish. There is also a problem with colour coordination in the room: grey wall, beige floor carpet, light green curtains and odd coloured chairs.
b) The bathroom wall tiles look dated 1960's style (Pound Shop job) and require upgrading.
c) General room cleaning requires good supervision. Greasy marks seen on marble-top table at arrival were still there when we left.

Apart from this, good courteous and polite staff everywhere and it was a treat to be back at the glorious Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai.

It is wonderful Stay..Taj stands as leader in the hospitality sector with mix of Indian Culture & modern trend...The food is worldclass...

I absolutely loved the Taj Mahal Palace, except for one thing that might be more of an issue with the city of Mumbai rather than the hotel itself: the street noise. My room had a fantastic view of the Arabian Sea and the Gateway of India, as well as the very noisy street below. We could hear cars honking below us way into the night, which did not help us battle jet lag. Other than that, the hotel was magnificent and the concierge service was impeccable. Complimentary breakfast at the Sea Lounge was also great. I wasn't blown away by their spa services, but having tea by the pool was just as relaxing. Had we not been so tired from our travels, we(I & family) may have been awake long enough to enjoy the restaurants in the hotel.

The stay was arranged by my company, then Wipro Technologies. There was a seminar for which a one day stay had been arranged.
The experience of room, food, hospitality was so exotic that one would never forget it in his/her life.
That was the day, I realized, that why TAJ is preferred location for most high profile and business magnets of today.
Not much to detail about since our entire day was spent in the seminar and then, we had to had over our rooms.
It is very bad that a bunch of young boys terrorised a country of a 1 billion population. I wish all the staff of Taj, my best wishes for the times to come.