Amritara Suryauday Haveli

Stay away from this hotel. I reserved 2 rooms in March 2024 for a stay in April. I paid a deposit for half of the total amount on my credit card. About a week later, I cancelled and they agreed to refund me the whole amount but they asked for my bank details to do this. I asked them why they couldn't just refund my credit card, as that was the original payment method. They gave no reason and just said they would refund my bank. It has been almost 2 months and I have received no refund. I have sent about 20 emails to them and they just say that they sent the money. So I've now asked my credit card company to investigate. This hotel and company behind it is not professional and I would stay away.

The Amritara Suryauday Haveli is right on Gangaji. The rooms on the second floor facing the river are great. Our room was 206 and for the overnight stay was perfectly appoinnted. Do ask on checkin if you can get a Ganges view room. Suffice to say you only realistically need to sleep in Varanasi - well unless it is TOO hot. The waiting staff in the restaurant were attentive and there was more than adequate food selection - both Vegetarian and Western.

The food is the best. Vikas and Sandeep did a very good job. And location is superb as it's on ghat and morning trip on boat was amazing.

The vibe of this hotel is so amazing that you feel at home and at peace. The hotel staff was really helpful and helped us even for kasi ***dir darsan tickets. They tried their best to make us feel at home. We went on boat rides in the evening arranged by the hotel itself for ganga aarti. The breakfast was indian and really tasty. Jyotikisan and vikas really helped us with the daily breakfast needs and made our stay even more special. The ganga ghat is really close to the hotel and it was amazing to see it from our room as we took the river view room. Overall an amazing stay

Location, location, location! The location of this hotel (Haveli) is wonderful. It directly overlooks the Ganges River, and I could sit in my air conditioned room and watch a variety of activities in the water and on the Ghat (boardwalk), or I could go to the outdoor relaxing rooftop and observe. The Haveli is about a 15 minute walk from the “center” of the Ganges action where a nightly ceremony occurs (Aarti). The ceremony is visually stunning, and draws a HUGE crowd every night (it’s loud). I loved that the hotel was a little distant this event. The staff was extremely friendly, and the room and bathroom very comfortable. A few things to keep in mind: 1. Try and get a room overlooking the Ganges. The Haveli has about 16 rooms. Half have river views, half don’t. 2. The Haveli will be very difficult to find on your own, and the narrow street/alley does not accommodate cars or tuk-tuks. Hire a guide assist you in finding it on foot - especially if you have luggage. 3. The Haveli has a lovely cafe (4 tables in the courtyard and 6 tables in an air conditioned dining room), and the menu is strictly vegetarian. There is no alcohol. They have a good espresso machine and the staff makes very good coffee drinks.

We had a lovely stay here, and were amazed with the view of the Ganges. The location is great, easy to get to the main spots from. Jyotikishan was very helpful with any of our needs. The food at the hotel was perfect, we didn’t need to find somewhere else for a meal once.

i stayed here for 2 nights. it was so wonderful to stay in this hotel. location is very close from ganga, comfortable to go to main road. food was for vegeterian but it was nice. seeing sun rise on the roof-top, Yoga was great experience. can access free boat tour to watch Puja ceremony. thanks for staying here. especially Hasan, Sandeep, Brijesh, Vikash, Jyitikishan 2박 하였고, 아주 좋았습니다. 강가도 가까웠고, 큰 도로도 가까워서 어디든 가기 편했고, 직원들의 서비스도 아주 훟륭했습니다.

Very decent and respectable hotel, probably the best one next to the ghats if you don’t want to pay a fortune at the palace further up the river. AC works well in the rooms especially with the fans, good hot water for showers - just need to make sure you click the button downwards on the wall to enable the boiler to turn on 15 minutes before the shower as it’s an older building. They ask for remote authorization to charge your credit card but it’s just their phone policy and they honor your rate at booking - no problems here. Staff very friendly, they helped me fix my broken computer bag, and in particular Hassan at the front desk is very helpful in assisting your arrival to the hotel and Faiyaz in housekeeping is very friendly and always goes the extra step to make sure your room is clean and adequate amounts of water etc. Would recommend to anyone staying in Varanasi with a stress free walk up the ghats to avoid the throngs of people. If you stay further away you’d need to commute through the heavy traffic every day - not as fun.

We visited Varanasi for travel, This was a Very welcoming and nice hotel. There were complimentary morning or evening boat ride/tours and morning yoga as well. Which was a nice surprise. Completely vegetarian menu and meals. Like a lot of hotels in Varanasi cannot get complete to access to hotel from the main road but will great you at near by street. Good rooftop area.