Budget Hotels & Hostels
Apartments
Guesthouses and B&Bs
Hotel Broadway
Semiluxurious Broadway, between the old and new cities, has some rooms with views over Old Delhi. Room standards vary (some are sleek and smart), so look at a few...
Hotel Palace Heights
An excellent restaurant serving Mughlai cuisine and designed to feel like an airy terrace.
The Corus
A new, smart kid on the block, the Corus has clean, swish, compact rooms, with dazzling white sheets. More money buys you a lot more space. But readers report mixed service and occasional problems with hot water...
The Uppal New Delhi
Peacefully positioned on 10.5 acres of manicured gardens, this boutique-style and environmentally-conscious establishment doesn't have particularly huge rooms, but they're super-suave and furnished in soporific tones...
The Imperial New Delhi
The inimitable, Raj-era Imperial marries Victorian colonial classicism with gilded art deco, houses an impressive collection of 17th- and 18th-century paintings, and has hosted everyone from princesses to pop stars...
Hyatt Regency Delhi
This huge and ritzy five-star hotel is essentially geared towards the business traveller, but still attracts its fair share of holiday-makers from around the world who know exactly what to expect of this reputable international chain...
Taj Palace Hotel
If you have a penchant for bedding down at international-class hotels that run like clockwork and have chic (if somewhat carbon copy) rooms, as well as the usual bundle of comforts found at five-star chains worldwide, then the Taj delivers...
Eurostar International
This is a smartish option, clean, if occasionally musty – a good choice for budget travellers who want to snuggle down close to the airport.
The Taj Mahal Hotel
The Taj pulls out all the stops, with high-brow Indian artwork, Persian rugs, glossy silk furnishings and manicured lawns. The luxuriously appointed rooms have all the five-star frills.
Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi
Radisson’s rooms are business-hotel comfortable. But oh, what a joy to lie down on soft linen and orthopaedic beds after a long-haul flight. On site are Chinese, kebab and Italian restaurants.
Maidens Hotel, Delhi
Set in a 3.2-hectare garden, Maidens is a graceful wedding cake, built in 1903. Lutyens stayed here while supervising the building of New Delhi. The high-ceilinged rooms are traditional, old-fashioned, well-equipped and some have good views.
The Manor New Delhi
If you’re looking for a more intimate alternative to Delhi’s opulent five stars, this 16-room boutique hotel is it...
The Connaught
This 79-room hotel has had a thorough revamp: rooms are decorated in designer oriental style, featuring white with strong colours, Chinese silks, and genuine flair. A couple of extra Rs1000s buys you a lot more space.
Anoop Hotel
Cleanish, light rooms.
Shangri La Hotel New Delhi
This skyscraping Shangri-La is a place of sumptuous comfort and restrained design. Rooms are dark and masculine, with Oriental touches, cushion-laden beds covered in sugar-white sheets, and LCD TVs.
The Park New Delhi
Conran-designed, large-scale boutique hotel that has a smashing spa.
Shervani New Delhi
Sleek Shervani is Sunder Nagar’s smartest place to stay. The rooms have parquet wooden floors, LCD TVs, cocoa-brown furniture, electronic safes, tea-and-coffee-making facilities and fridges. A 20% discount is offered fairly readily.
Hotel Prince Polonia
Total respite in central Paharganj is an impossible dream; however, there are a smattering of hotels that are situated a little away from the commotion of Paharganj's busiest strip, Main Bazaar. Prince Polonia is one such place...
Le Meridien New Delhi
This glassy monolith has contemporary, comfort-packed rooms, styled in pale ochres and pearl-greys, kitted out with the usual five-star trappings: stuffed minibars, fluffy bathrobes and bathroom goodies.
Bajaj Indian Home Stay
This highly professional place has 10 immaculate, well-decorated rooms, with safes, fridges and hairdryers. The tariff includes complimentary tea/coffee, local telephone calls and airport transfers. There’s a rooftop restaurant.
Hotel Grand Godwin
Located north of Main Bazaar in Ram Nagar, the Grand Godwin has a snazzy lobby, glass-capsule lift, and clean-and-tidy rooms, but off-hand reception staff. Facilities include wi-fi and room service.
Hotel Ajanta
Reasonably clean, plain rooms: more money buys you an extra degree of comfort and glitz. There’s a pleasant rooftop and a good restaurant. Service, however, receives extremely mixed reports.