Houseboat Young Manhattan

Friendly people and treated as well. Place was old but maintained clean.

Food as priced more though we just breakfast.

The houseboat was clean and rooms were clean too. Bathrooms were clean. Staff were helpful. They provided shikara ride from Ghat 7 to the houseboat and back to Ghat 7 which is complimentary. In between if you want to go back to the Ghat it costs Rs.200 one way. After leaving our luggage we had to see the city and paid Rs.400 for the extra back and forth ride. We didnt order any breakfast or dinner so cannot review their quality and taste. In night we bought our own food from outside and were allowed to eat on the dinning table. Incidentally it began to rain and all the houseboats on the Dal lake lost power. The houseboat ran the lights on the inverter whole night. Power came only after 14hours in the Dal lake. So it is better to keep your mobiles fully charged before visiting any houseboats. We scheduled a morning shikara ride for 1.5 hours which costed us Rs.1500. Water bottles were charged to us.

The location of this houseboat on booking.com is completely wrong. I booked this houseboat thinking I could have a view of the Dal lake road. However the actual location is quite inside and there were no proper views from there. Please see image for the actual location. The location advertised belongs to Holiday Inn Group of Houseboat, NOT Young Manhattan. I brought this issue with the owner who was very reluctant to admit that they have their location wrong, either they are not aware of it or they purposely dont fix it on the website. Only Google Maps App (not even Google Maps Website) shows the right location of all the houseboats. So anyone who wants to book a houseboat please check first on the Google Maps App. A TV exists in the living room which is not functional. The windows of the rooms face the west side so rooms become very hot in the summer months as rooms dont have AC, only fan. Opening the windows provide some relief from the outside breeze in the afternoon. Morning and evenings are fine in the summer months.

House boat owner Javed Bhai was so helpful. Houseboat was very clean. Very comfortable to stay here.

Only drawback for this houseboat stay is ... Thier food is very expensive. Please ask for rates before you order .

I stayed 4 nights on Young Manhattan houseboat and it was a very good experience. The boat location is perfect, close to the city but though very quiet, the boat itself is beautiful, confortable, very clean and well maintained, the hospitality and service are amazing. The owner and his family nearby are very receptive and helpful, and they provide good food. Prices are fair. Don't search any further !

I like the way they treated us at the first and the welcoming, the interior, clean and tidy bathroom ( I mentioned while booking). I hope its betta to stay for a day not more than that.

I traveled about 3000km from bike to Dal lake especially to this houseboat. I didn’t like one facility where the electric blanket was not. Working and we have to pay extra 400 per day for heating the room it has to be included because I saw while booking the room that heater is included but being there in that temperature that too -3 in December without the heater is not possible that has to be included and the blanket is also not working so it made us to pay 400 (told 600 and negotiated for 400) per day and our stay was for 2 days and that too it was not used all over the day it was used only for 2 hours maximum! We had one dinner at that house boat costed us 600rs which was shocking while paying. I had my lunch in LAZEEZ which should cost me more but costed less comparatively. Satisfied but not at the best. They also should know that ppl will come all over 3000 km within a budget!

The house boat is so pretty, clean and very comfortable. The location of the houseboat is awesome. Javed bhai and Irfan Bhai are amazing and very helpful. The rooms were very comfortable. The ride to the houseboat in the small boat is so pretttyyyy. Mornings here are so peaceful and just serene.

No complaints

The owner and family is very welcoming and the stay is very pleasant..nice location with mountain and lake views