One of the Best Hotels in Srinagar
Srinagar and entire Kashmir have a disturbed area for a long time nearly 20 years. So there is not much of hotels there and house boats are not really very reliable. Since, outsiders ( other than residents of Kashmir) can not buy property here or build any, it is only local rich people they can invest. The owner of this hotel Mr.Mustaq is very rich and very well connected person. He has about 11 such hotels in Kashmir in various places and in Delhi. Since, this is a disturbed area, the hotels need to be built in a very very safe area. This hotel is located in the Civil Lines ( Maulana Azad Road) just next to Office of the Superintendent of Police and other Government offices. Naturally, the area is heavily cordoned off, so you are almost safe from terrorist attacks ( There have been many in the last 20 years ). The hotel is very large having 55 well decorated rooms with a swimming pool. They also have central heating facility which is a must for a good hotel.
Unique Quality: Since, I was given a suite room, I could not be more than satisfied. I had two TVs in the room one LCD at drawing cum second bedroom and the other in the bed room. The hotel has 24 hrs room service, hot & cold shower, a bath tub, tea/ coffee maker in the room, service was always with a smile. They have a Coffee Shop, Sauna, 2 restaurants, handicraft shop etc in the hotel. Beside this their General Manager Mr. Ghulam Mohammad Khandey ( Phone: +91-9906503252) always took care for us. On my request to have the famous Kashmiri Gustava, he also treated us with Gustava one night. It was excellent!