Hotel The Raj, New Delhi

I stayed only a night, and stayed alone.

For the budget minded traveler, Hotel Raj is an excellent choice. The location is close to other hotels with plenty of rickshaws and is within walking distance to the New Delhi Train Station. I stayed at the hotel for 3 nights at the beginning of my trip and one night before departing from India. The hotel and rooms were clean. I always had electricity and hot water, although the hot / cold for the shower was opposite of what I expected and the nozzles were labeled. Staff was always available, even at 5 am and very helpful. At the end of my trip, a handle on my carry-on duffel broke. The porter noticed and offered to take it to get fixed. For a small amount, he took the bag, had it fixed by one of the many street side sewers and returned before I was finished digging through my main suitcase for the items I needed for that evening. Seriously super fast. There is also a travel desk to help with any needs and they arranged for my taxi back to the airport and helped to negotiate a reasonable rate. The only confusion is there is a hotel nearby called Hotel Raja, so just be clear to drivers. It is just around the corner from Hotel Krishna.

First thing about how to locate this hotel. The Google map happens to be often wrong for countries other than the US. Don't confuse this hotel with another hotel, called Raja Hotel. This has Arakshan Raod address but it is not on the main Arakshan Road. To get to this hotel, as your enter Arakahsan Road from the East Side, go 100 yards until you see Hotel Goodwin on the left side. After hotel Goodwin take the first left turn into the street, and you will see this hotel to your right at the corner of Arakashan Road and this street. I was at this hotel from about 3 AM to 12 PM for about 9 hours after arriving from an International flight and needed to shower and a short nap. The best aspect of this hotel is its hotel staff, especially its manager, Sunil. He wa up late in the night to make sure that I am put in a nice room. It worked out well for me. For the price, it was a clean hotel with clean bathroom and clean bed, and that's all I needed. The Wi-Fi was good. In the morning, I needed to use a computer rather than using the small screen on my cell phone, and they gladly offered me to use the computer that they use for their own business purposes. There is a restaurant attached to this hotel, but I didn't have time to use it, and so can't comment, but it looked nice. On my return too I wanted to book this hotel for one night, but I was hijacked by my relatives in Delhi. Otherwise, I would have stayed here.

This was the second time I stayed in Hotel Raj and I am happy to write that my decision to stay here was right. I stayed there for 4 nights in total and the service during this time was wonderful. This is one of the cleanest hotel to stay in this area. I would certainly recommend this to everyone.

Our stay at Hotel Raj was just perfect. Location is perfect. price very good.Service excellent. Staff is very attentive and kind.Hotel facilities are excellent.room were clean.

Best part of this hotel is it's close to ndls. Free wifi and the comp. buffet breakfast . Highly recommend for budget traveller .

Close to ND Railway Station and to the main road are the main advantages of staying here. It is not a 3 star hotel as advertised. Triple rooms are not big and the rooms are very dark. We were a party of 3 adults and 2 children coming from Kolkata. On arrival the hotel manager was doubting our booking through expedia! He later on advised us to take lunch at their sister hotel Aura at their rooftop restaurant where food quality, quantity and reception was suboptimal. We went out of the restaurant unfed and agitated and been never back there. The hotel manager later on apologised. The rooms lights were not working and it took them 1 day to sort the same. Single towel, poor lighting and lack of window in the room doesn't give the hotel a good feel. It is close to the thoroughfare road and always dusty, crowded and dirty outside.

What a nice hotel! Location ok. The rooms were clean, plenty of space.The breakfast was ok. a very busy and dirty street. The service is fine as the staff are friendly. At first glance, the room seemed fairly clean, however, they did not change the linen after the first night, and there were some bed bugs. Since I was in the compact room, The on-site restaurant has good food, but it's definitely pricey.

Friendly, helpful staff who were honest (we left our bags whilst off travelling and all was in tact on our return. Clean hotel. Good reasonably priced taxi to from hotel and available for hire in the day too.

We used this hotel as a base in Delhi (3 separate stays in 16 days) - when arrived in India, when taking connecting flights and at the end of our stay in India. We were travelling with 2 kids aged 11 & 7 and they looked after us. Honest & polite staff (we left our bags as travelled throughout India) who were not pushy in any way. Reasonably priced & reliable taxi service especially to & from airport. Rooms can be noisy (especially the lower the floor - so best to ask for 3rd/4th floor) but this is because the area is noisy. Ashtrays available in all rooms so looks like you can smoke if you want (not ideal if you're a non-smoker). Basic buffet breakfast was included but hotel's restaurant - Copper Restaurant - is clean. It serves up tasy Indian & Chinese meals at very resaonable prices (recommend them). Just don't expect 5 star service eg we had to ask for towels on every visit - but overall a very good stay and excellent value for money. Ghosh Family, Bolton, UK