Samode Haveli

Traffic is sucks road are too narrow

The Samode was probably our favourite hotel on the whole of our 3 week trip to India! It is a truly gorgeous place with beautiful bedrooms, courtyards, gardens, bars and lounges where you can spend quiet time. We also loved the sundowner rooftop bar and enjoyed a very atmospheric combination of flying black and white kites, birds, illuminated buildings and the callings to prayer from the mosque and Diwali fireworks. The pool, jacuzzi and changing facilities were excellent and the gym and spa looked good (even though we didn’t manage to use them) The shops were great too The restaurant in the courtyard was magical with nicely spaced tables, beautiful lights and a fantastic old banyan tree. Each night we enjoyed evening musical entertainment. The maitre d gave excellent advice on menu & drink choices and saved us from over ordering at least twice! All the food was delicious - both dinner and a fabulous spread for breakfast Shivani was a lovely meet and greet person when we arrived and she gave us a quick and informative spin around the hotel once we had freshened up We took the hotel morning walk with one of the staff Sujit and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the city wake up, the temple and the milk, flower, fruit and veg markets plus a stop for some Chai and street food - Sujit was a great guide and shared his knowledge and love of the city. He also introduced us to time lapse which was enlightening in the flower and veg markets The hotel location was great to see all the sights of the Pink city

This is a lovely property. There were many things we liked. Our room was very spacious and well decorated/maintained, housekeeping excellent. The pool area is beautiful. The main restaurant served the best food we ate in India, with excellent and attentive service. It is also set in a courtyard which is pleasant by day and absolutely stunning by evening. There are a couple of things we felt needed attention: - Service at the main restaurant was excellent, but at the courtyard bar and poolside service was often extremely slow with one or two staff members who seemed to be having a consistently bad day. It seems pointless to me to have a wine list when most of what we asked for seemed to be unavailable. - It could be quite difficult to get a restaurant table in the evening, I suspect given the quality of the restaurant and setting there are outside guests, but feel there should be some priority for those staying in the hotel. It is a beautiful property and I would happily stay again.

The Hotel has a lot charm. The staff is very attentive and nice.

We had the most wonderful stay. The hotel and gardens are beautiful, the food delicious and the staff very accommodating. The concierge was excellent and very helpful. The hotel driver Mr Singh, really made our stay- he is an excellent driver, very knowledgeable and professional and he went out of his way to make our stay a very special one. We felt very well looked after.