Hotel Surya Residency

This place was so scary. First, there were no guests there. It was literally just my travel buddy and me, and then the rest of the hotel staff, who then took to partying right outside our door... loudly. And reception hung up on me when I asked them to tell them to keep it down. Second, this place was sooooo far away from the main center of the town, that it cost us a fortune in rickshaw rides to get anywhere we wanted. And the far location made us really nervous about safety. Then because we were so far away, when we would try to get rickshaws back to the hotel, none of the drivers knew the place. Also, the location was in a place that was NOT safe to be out after dark. Which in India, the sun set at 5:30pm. The rooms are 'nice' compared to general hotel/hostels in India, but the price was way too high for budgets as well as the 'ok' room. Breakfast was included but this was actually in the weird '80's styled cafeteria room next door. They also did not seem to know about health issues for westerners since they gave us juice in glasses with water beads. The plates had water on them and the silverware was dirty. And because we were so far away from anything else, we had no choice but to eat there. Also, the whole cafe (empty of people) was filled with flies non-stop. While suppose to be a luxury hotel with a luxury price tag 2900 rs for a double, it was subpar and too excluded.

Granted, we did book this hotel through a travel agency so of course they got us a 'discount' but now we know it was because the hotel was located so far away from anything. Stay away from travel agencies. Book things yourself.

Note: The pictures on their website are not really accurate. I never saw any reception area that looked like that. The room pictures are similar but I wonder what hotel they actually took the pictures from.