"Noteworthy" accomodation at Mahabaleswar

From Nature - Landscapes

My wife and I visited (and would not like to call it a trip) Mahabaleswar last weekend and we would like to share the bad experience of our stay at a hotel called Sunny Mid Town where we had booked an accomodation for two days through Sai Bless Holidays Services Pvt Ltd.

We reached the hotel by 1:50 PM on 3-July-2010. We had opted for "Luxury room with bath tub". Though we did not expect any luxury as such, the least we expected was that the room would be clean. To our disappointment, the room was very dirty and badly maintained so was the lobby on each floor. For instance, bedspreads and the pillow covers were not clean. The bed was damp. The room was right next to an entrance that opened up to a garbage disposal area. There were also red stains of pan spat on the floor and window sill. Hotel Sunny International, where the food is served for the guests staying at Sunny Mid town was equally unhygienic. It looked like dining hall was never mopped and there were flies all around. The steel plates and glasses which were used to serve food were way too dirty.

The bath room was not clean either. In contrary to what the website claims, there was no 24-hours supply of hot water (we were told that the water would be available between 7 am and 9:30 am). We informed the manager in charge about the room and the bathroom being unclean, but it fell on deaf ears. He was aloof when we mentioned about the lack of cleanliness.

In summary, the so called "luxury room" was in fact unhygienic. We were very disappointed to end up in one such room after paying Rs.1700/- per day. It was not worth even half the money paid.

The hotel staff also did not even bother cleaning the room, in spite of requesting them. We checked out of the hotel at 3:30 PM (within two hours of checking in). Though it was a financial loss for us, the terrific conditions of the room did not give us much choice. We returned to Pune the same evening.

Although the weather was very pleasant at the hill station and the clouds crossed our path as we ascended the hill almost blocking the view ahead (pleasantly foggy), all these came to an abrupt end and our much awaited & planned trip was washed off; all thanks to the "luxuy hotel" called Sunny Mid Town.

From Nature - Landscapes

Mahabaleshwar is breathtaking in the monsoons. So, for all those who are heading to this place to have a good time we recommend to not even consider this hotel for enquiring let alone booking an accomodation.

From Nature - Landscapes

P.S: Kindly note Sunny Mid Town, Sunny International and Sunny Classic are a chain of hotels managed by the same group.

Happy outing!