Buddha-Maya Garden Hotel is owned and managed by the famous KGH Group. You may wake up to the sound of chirping of birds and religious hymns and take a morning walk to the Lumbini Sacred Garden or mediate in ancient archeological ruins, you can also visit the Monastic Zone to see the fascinating archeological ruins, and magnificent monasteries. In evening, stroll in the Tharu village at Buddha Nagar to observe age old culture and tradition.
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For my overnight stay in Lumbini, I chose to stay at the Buddha Maya Garden rather than a standard guest house because I knew I’d have some free time and the idea of a nice place with a pool to relax in appealed.
The pool was decent, and there were a few sun loungers, although I had to help myself to a mattress and towels. The area was a bit of a mess and unsupervised. Then just after I ordered some lunch, a member of staff began to pressure wash around the pool. Not really conducive to relaxing!
It’s a strange hotel, stuck in its ways and showing its age. Totally lifeless apart from a couple of groups having meetings. Not sure if they were guests or not. I almost felt like I was in the way! The staff were pleasant enough but seem to just go through the motions. Breakfast a bit lacklustre.
My room had the biggest bed I’ve ever seen, but it was pretty well worn and without things like a safe and hairdryer which you’d probably expect at this price point. There was a TV - local channels only, but it didn’t work anyway!
The bathroom, especially the bath itself, was looking very tired. Most frustratingly I couldn’t even use the bath because the water never got any hotter than tepid.
Perhaps the most irritating thing was that the Wi-Fi user name and password kept changing. I was only there 24 hours and I was on the fourth combo when I left!
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Traveled solo
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Given the dearth of good hotels in dusty Lumbini, this may be the most decent option available for now. But it is really just an overpriced, impersonal 2* chain hotel.
First the few goods: The room size is comfortable, and breakfast is actually pretty good by Nepalese hotel standards. There is cable tv and beds are rather comfortable.
Then the bads: Hot water is unreliable (it seems the hotel has the practice of turning off their hot water). Our room heater works some times, then suddenly goes into cooling mode by itself. The doors are thin so you can hear noisy neighbors (it seems guests here have propensity to speak loudly and bang their doors), more so if you have a room near the lobby.
Service is uneven, sometimes okay but other times disappointing. In my opinion a rather overpriced stay for the type of stay.
As other travellers have shared, it is a dusty 10min walk to Lumbini’s east gate (or a Rs200-300 ride). Not a major issue, but the road is unlit at night so better to have a torch if you want to walk. We don’t feel danger on that street but better to find a ride if solo ladies are heading out alone.
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Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Traveled with family
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It is a far from the nearest Gate but it is the most decent hotels in this area.
Breakfast and Dinner buffet are decent with wide selection of food.
The room is fairly large and can accommodate up to 3 beds, the aircon is strong but the wifi can be erratic at times, but it is still comfortable.
The bath room is large, toilet with bidet, and as decent though very minimal toiletries. The hot water at times takes a while to get hot which is a waste of water.
Food at the restaurant is very good, especially on Vegetarian nights. The breakfast are equally good with wide variety of food.
It is an ageing hotel and could do well with much needed renovation.
Do beware this is a tourist hotel and get very busy during peak pilgrimage season.
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Date of stay: February 2023
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Very bad experience. Dirty bed sheets, very old bathtub without water stopper, shower is not working, ventilation in the bathroom sounds like helicopter, bathroom door knob felt off, makeup mirror is not clean, power supply is not stable, TV is not working same as telephone (to contact the reception, you have to come all the way down to the reception desk). Dinner was not tasty and overpriced for what it is, breakfast was very late, the bathroom in the dining area doesn't flush well (I had to flush someone's 💩 before having my meal).
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Date of stay: October 2021Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We stayed at BMG Hotel for 2 nights and booked through a travel agency for our Lumbini trip. It was disappointing as we didn't have a good experience from the very start. When we checked in, we were very tired as our flight was delayed- we were asked to wait at the lobby because we're supposed to get welcome drinks which came later and its absurd that we had to wait for it. It was disappointing to see our room as it had strong smell of mold and I had specifically informed the travel agency that I am allergic to mold. The furniture were really old and dusty. I requested the front desk staff to switch but he wasn't too cooperative. As we were late for our tour, we had to be on our way right away but we were able to switch to another room which looked better at first but then we found out a number of issues in the other room: 1) The condition of the mattress was very poor, it was all torn and there were threads hanging from it, we also saw a lot of bed bug poo on the mattress and bed sheet (as you can see on the photos). Looks like they had beg bugs before and they never cared to change the mattresses which is absolutely disgusting! 2) The lamps looked like they're from an old era- needs changing! 3) The air conditioner was falling apart, looked like it's going to fall out any moment 4) TV was not working and we had to call the maintenance to fix it 5) My mom wanted to drink hot water but the water kettle didn't work as the plugs were not working. 6) The main door doesn't close and we had to use the latch to lock it 7) The bathroom door doesn't close properly 8) Water keeps dripping from the shower tap in the bathroom
It looks like this whole place needs maintenance. We spent so much money to stay here but it's not up to the standards of a KGH hotel and it is not worth it. The food in the restaurant was good and all the kitchen staff were very nice and friendly and I would like to thank them for their wonderful service. This is the only thing good about this resort. I will not be staying at this resort again and I do not recommend this hotel to anyone.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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Trip type: Traveled with family
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Hands down the Best Hotel in Lumbini and Surrounds ! Fantastic Swimming Pool, Excellent Food, Great Service, well trained and super friendly Staff, General Manager really hard working and managing all Facilities “hands on”. Stunning and huge Gardens, Organic Vegetable Fields, Buddha Pavilion for Meditation and so much more. Well appointed Rooms with Individual A/C , Satellite TV and super Bathrooms with 24/hrs Hot Water with good Water pressure. Delightful stay enjoyed by us All.
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Date of stay: January 2022Trip type: Traveled solo
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Poorly placed AC turned our rooftop family room into a furnace. Hotel staff's inadequate solutions, coupled with overpriced, tasteless food, limited parking, non-functional in-room phone, and ambiguous swimming pool rules, marred our stay. We felt overlooked and cheated, hence a disappointing 2-star rating.
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Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Traveled with family
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Service of this hotel is deterioating compared tp my past visit. AC remote not available and when asked, advised to use wall switch to turn on and off. Shower not working. Food below standard for the price we pay. Garden not well maintained. Meeting hall OK but coffee was served late by an hour which affected our schedule. Location is ok. Internet is ok. Garden not well maintained. A twin bed room was assigned to me and when I asked for a double bed (I used another room with doubke bed in my last visit and that was spacious), but they seem not interested to change the room though overall occupancy idoesn't seem high. Looks like they are running the hotel with very limited staff. Needs lot of improvement.
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Traveled on business
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Beautiful and large room that I still had to re-arrange due to the few electrical outlets, hotel perfectly well located in relation to what there is to visit in Lumbini, noisy during the day due to the proximity of the road and the extension work in the hotel but very quiet at night. On the other hand, the impression of being in the Soviet Union as soon as you approach the canteen, my god it's bad, avoid the evening buffet and only order from the menu, you might have some chance. Abominable breakfast, no fresh coffee except at extra charge, no vegetarian choice except fried potatoes, what a disappointment. Too bad there is real potential to do well but for that you would need a real chef not a civil servant. Bad value for money.
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Date of stay: December 2023Trip type: Traveled solo
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This is an older hotel and somewhat run down. They attempted to keep it clean but It was old and a bit seedy. I was unfortunately there during Diwali so there was a lot of noise outside with people celebrating. The food was adequate especially if they stuck with Nepali food rather than trying to make European food.. They had some pretty art throughout the public spaces in the hotel, The individual rooms were very plain. The gift shop had surprisingly good selections, And most members of my group bought something there. The air conditioning worked and kept the room cool. The shower was open to the full bathroom, but it did have adequate hot water if you waited to her 3 minutes.Probably I'm not as objective as I could be because we had stayed against some excellent hotels prior to our stay there
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Hi Amila,
You will need to contact the hotel. I am not associated with the hotel authorities. Like you, I was also a traveler, who stayed there and posted my review.
Regards,
Kurmi
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PRICE RANGE
$53 - $72 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Buddha Maya Garden Hotel
LOCATION
NepalWestern RegionLumbini ZoneLumbini
NUMBER OF ROOMS
65
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