Mumbai (Bombay) Hotels
The hotels listed have been classified according to price as follows:
$ (up to Rs2,500)
$$ (Rs2,500 to Rs6,000)
$$$ (US$150 to US$300)
$$$$ (over US$300)
Prices are per double room per night. All the hotels listed here are air-conditioned throughout.
Business
The Marine Plaza is a small hotel in a restored art deco building on Marine Drive, boasting far-reaching views over Back Bay. Its principal glory is the magnificent public spaces which have been returned to their 1930s splendour. The period detail, in marble, sandstone and ironwork, is visually stunning. The rooms are most comfortable; the hotel has a rooftop swimming pool.
29 Marine Drive
Tel: (022) 2285 1212.
Website: www.hotelmarineplaza.com
Price: $$$
Situated in the heart of Mumbai's business district, the Oberoi commands an unrivalled view of Back Bay and Malabar Hill. The Mumbai Oberoi is the epitome of restrained sophistication, calm elegance and impeccable service. The hotel boasts several excellent restaurants and every convenience that the modern business traveller could desire.
Nariman Point
Tel: (022) 6632 5757.
Website: www.oberoihotels.com
Price: $$$
Luxury
The InterContinental occupies a restored 1930s building on Marine Drive. The refurbished rooms combine original marble fittings (baths, basins, etc) with the latest in modern gadgetry and design; the results are luxurious and stunningly stylish. The lobby is an essay in elegant restraint. And because the hotel has only 59 rooms, it is more intimate than its larger competitors.
135 Marine Drive
Tel: (022) 3987 9999.
Website: www.mumbai.intercontinental.com
Price: $$$$
A Mumbai institution, the Taj has played host to the rich and famous since 1903. An imposing building in a hybrid Saracenic style on the quayside at Apollo Bunder, it overlooks the Gateway of India, Mumbai's most famous landmark. The passage of time has not diminished its cachet, the quality of its service or its hospitality. The hotel offers several restaurants, a business centre and a wide selection of fashionable shops.
Apollo Bunder
Tel: (022) 6665 3366.
Website: www.tajhotels.com
Price: $$$
Moderate
Set back off a bustling shopping street in Colaba, the Ascot is a small hotel of a high standard. Occupying one of the lovely, old art deco blocks which are so typical of the area, it offers clean, comfortable rooms decorated in an unpretentious, modern style. The staff are friendly and obliging. Unlicensed.
38 Garden Road, Colaba
Tel: (022) 6638 5566.
E-mail: www.ascothotel.com
Price: $$
Located in a side street behind Apollo Bunder, the Gordon House is a small hotel in the centre of South Mumbai. Its decorative scheme is heavily influenced by the Mediterranean; the bright, sunny whites and blues betray more than a touch of the Greek Islands. The hotel boasts a swish modernist bar and a 1960s retro nightclub.
5 Battery Street, Apollo Bunder, Colaba
Tel: (022) 2287 1122.
Website: www.ghhotel.com
Price: $$
This marble-surfaced hotel has some great style, with Arabic influenced décor and art work adorning its walls. The rooms are comfortable and come with balconies. There's also a great enclosed cafe upstairs where you can take tea and rest from the outside bustle
8 Best Road, Colaba
Tel: (022) 2287 1853/4.
Website: www.regenthotelcolaba.com
Price: $$
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Ever expanding and currently housed in several buildings in the same area, this budget option has a huge variety of well-kept rooms. The top rooms have polished floorboards, period furniture and expansive balconies with views onto a quiet nearby park.
17 Oliver Road Colaba
Tel: (022) 2284 1474.
Website: www.bentleyshotel.com
Price: $
The Taj President, located in the heart of South Mumbai, is ideal for the visiting business traveller. For more active types, it offers an outdoor swimming pool, a spa and fully equipped fitness centre; more sedentary visitors will welcome the outstanding business facilities. Two of the hotel's restaurants are well known: one offers excellent Thai food, while the other is an Italian-style trattoria. The hotel exudes the style for which the Taj Group is famous.
90 Cuffe Parade
Tel: (022) 6665 0808.
Website: www.tajhotels.com
Price: $$$
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