Having stayed in a variety of hotels/homestays in the South of India, we decided to indulge in a bit of luxury for our 4 nights in Mumbai. Expecting our time here to be fairly frantic we booked a superior suite in the 5 star Oberoi which has a brilliant location at Nariman Point, overlooking the Marine Drive promenade.
We really couldn't fault the room or the view although I found the attention from the staff a little overwhelming so we resorted to hanging the Do Not Disturb notice on our door handle most of the time. The room had all the things you'd expect - mini-bar, tea/coffee facilities, dressing room, safe etc., but additionally we had personal slippers, silk robes and terry towelling robes. TV in the bathroom as well as the bedroom. Remotely controlled shutters on the bathroom and bedroom windows.
We had a personal butler and housekeeper (both of whom obviously felt a bit put-out by our failure to make use of their services)
choice of 5 types of pillow
Weather forecast for the next day
and then the housekeeper left us bags to put our shoes in when not in use, and a pouch to put our phone/camera battery charger in
and the next day she left a screen cleaning spray and cloth for us!
The open air pool is a bit on the small side but I couldn't have used it as I don't own/refuse to wear a bathing cap!
Morning tea/coffee in the lobby overlooking the bay (just before we checked out of the hotel)
the view
My overriding memory of this hotel though is the smell of lilies everywhere ... in the lobby, reception, breakfast room and our bedroom (a little overpowering actually)
Our room
We really couldn't fault the room or the view although I found the attention from the staff a little overwhelming so we resorted to hanging the Do Not Disturb notice on our door handle most of the time. The room had all the things you'd expect - mini-bar, tea/coffee facilities, dressing room, safe etc., but additionally we had personal slippers, silk robes and terry towelling robes. TV in the bathroom as well as the bedroom. Remotely controlled shutters on the bathroom and bedroom windows.
We had a personal butler and housekeeper (both of whom obviously felt a bit put-out by our failure to make use of their services)
choice of 5 types of pillow
and then the housekeeper left us bags to put our shoes in when not in use, and a pouch to put our phone/camera battery charger in
and the next day she left a screen cleaning spray and cloth for us!
The open air pool is a bit on the small side but I couldn't have used it as I don't own/refuse to wear a bathing cap!
Morning tea/coffee in the lobby overlooking the bay (just before we checked out of the hotel)
the view
My overriding memory of this hotel though is the smell of lilies everywhere ... in the lobby, reception, breakfast room and our bedroom (a little overpowering actually)
Our room
Mm wouldn't mind a bit of that luxury
ReplyDeleteYes it was a lovely hotel Di, we deliberately went for a bit of luxury as we knew we'd be having a 'hectic' time touring Mumbai - our treat!
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