Rain Tree Hotel Chennai - Reviews and Deals - Chennai

I spent a week in Chennai for business and stayed at the Raintree during this time. The hotel is a trendy new place with very reasonable pricing. None of the posh classic decoration that you'll find in fancy overpriced places but the staff still makes you feel like you're staying in a palace. They are always friendly and greeting you, whether it's the doorman, receptionist, waiter or housekeeping. The food in the Lemon Grass restaurant was excellent: a chef prepares the selections of meat, vegetables and sauce you can select yourself. The only disappointment there was the noise from the nightclub at the other end of the wall that sort of killed the atmosphere. Maybe I should have come a bit earlier.

The roof terrace was a bit too hot in the evenings to have dinner or a drink but the pool that is located there was splendid for a refreshing morning swim before going to the office. Wireless internet
is fast and efficient (use the 2 hour ticket; it allows you to log-in and out over 24 hours), unfortunately it only worked on my laptop since the log-in page was not working on a PDA.

Minbar is reasonably priced and room service was quick and provided excellent food. There's a selection of continental and Inian food during breakfast and an excellent buffet of many different Indian dishes and deserts during lunch. If you're worried about gaining too much weight from the Indian food: there's a nice small gym with a home trainer, two treadmills and some other fitness equipment on the top floor in the Spa.

Only other minor complaints: I didn't get a reply to an e-mail I sent them inquiring about excursions.

Note: if you have some days off make sure you visit Mahabilipurum and Kanchipurum if you like temples and Indian architecture.

Next time I'll definitely be going back to the Raintree.