5star Hotel 2 star service

Hotel Hindustan International, one of the heritage 5star hotels in Kolkata is not so premium after all. 
A 1 night stay including complimentary breakfast buffet costed around 5.5k INR.
The hotel has a vallet parking and a huge concierge. The hallway to the room is as messy and dirty as it could get with stuff lying around. I found a few moulds and mushroom growing from the side of the walls.
 The room was alright but not at all a heritage hotel quality. 
A cup of tea is Rs.200 + taxes but the quality was so not worth it.
Anyway, I was looking forward to the breakfast buffet, but it was just another addition to my disappointment.
They only had Indian spread like idly, vada, puri bhaji , in addition to cornflakes, bread, fruits and juices. I was expecting a continental spread as well which is very common in places like these. The did have "make your own eggs/ dosa " on request but if you don't know they do that, none of the staff had the courtesy to inform you that. The plates,cups, cutleries were dirty and covered in dust. I spent atleast a minute to find a washed and clean cup for my tea.
 I still would have let all this go If the food atleast was good, but it was just as tasteless and disappointing as everything else.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tea Tips for you

Image
The best part of traveling in Darjeeling is that you get to experience and walk through these beautiful tea estates which are in plenty and they are strikingly beautiful. Known for producing one of the finest teas in the world these tea estates gives you an insight on how the final product is extracted and reach our households. Trying to capture the beautiful frame you become certain that the tea produced from such a heavenly place must taste equally good and that's what it is.  Follow us for more travel stories. 
Read more

10 Things to keep in mind for your Ladakh trip

Image
1.       It’s important to carry a post-paid connection of either Airtel or BSNL. BSNL gives better connectivity in the remotest areas. 2.       If you wish to consume alcohol, remember to carry it with you because there’s almost no alcohol available in Ladakh. You can only get it in black at certain places which is strongly not advisable. 3.       3 days in a week, you will not find non-veg food in any restaurant due to some puja. This happens in alternate days 4.       Do not rely on electricity to charge your devices as there are frequent outages. Carry a power bank 5.       Do try out the local restaurants, they’ll surprise you. We tried out some delicious kebabs in  Ridhus Kashmiri Wazwaan  and some Asian food in  Ri-Yul  in the  Mall road. ...
Read more

That ray of light

Image
It just takes a ray of light to illuminate the darkness.  We hiked through the pine forest up to the top to reach the “sacred pool of water”, that'swhere we got this shot. Although, the lake is not aesthetically pleasing as one might expect, the view of the canopy of the large tress covering the skies, only letting a few rays of sunshine pass through and the view of the city from up top is definitely worth the hike.
Read more