The Claridges Hotel Delhi, New Delhi, India - Reviews and Hotel Information

I’m sure lots of people have a lovely time at the Claridges, particularly people who don’t settle their own bill. The hotel seems to attract a lot of international tourists at the beginning and end of their organised tours and an increasing amount of business people, India’s economic boom has made the hotel business a seller’s market, Delhi hotels are bad value and if Claridges is no different.

You get accustomed to being ripped off but our stay was like some sort continual contest against a staff highly skilled in the art separating travellers from their cash, from the people on the desk to the guy who turns on the tap for you in the gents, you simply couldn’t move without being charged for it.

First we were charged double the room clearly shown on our internet booking, we got the room rate down (but not the tax). We were allocated a room which appeared to have been previously occupied by farm animals, there was faeces on the floor and the room was full of flies, I kid you not. I have been around a bit but I have never see anything like that, when we managed to find a manager with the slightest interest in what we had to say things did improve and we were given a suite, after that all was well until the food poisoning.

The coffee house and the Chinese restaurant were not too bad, we didn’t try the Indian or Spanish restaurant but others said they were acceptable but over-priced. The hotel bar was quite nice but again it was spoiled by the emphasis that everyone put on your money, I know the place is a business but this was on the verge of obsessive.

I should say that it’s been a few years since I stayed here and I understand it has changed hands, things can only get better.

The Claridges Hotel Delhi, New Delhi

The Claridges Hotel Delhi

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