Shahi Jameel Hotel

Shahi Jameel Hotel is located on Sultania Road in Bhopal, right in front of Biglee Ghar. We are near the Imami Gate area. This part of the city is very old and has a lot of history to it. You can see it in the buildings and the narrow streets around here. Our hotel isn't one of those new, shiny places you see in the magazines. It is a practical place where people can come to eat. We stay quite busy because of where we are located. Imami Gate is a landmark, so everyone knows the way. The traffic on Sultania Road is usually a bit of a mess with buses and bikes everywhere. We just keep our entrance clear and the kitchen running. It’s a family-run kind of feel here. My cousins and I take turns managing the front and the back. We don't have a fancy website or a marketing team. We just rely on the fact that people know we are here and have been for years. Sometimes the power goes out in this part of town and we have to use the generator, which is loud, but we make it work. The food is what we focus on most. We spend a lot of time prepping the ingredients every morning. It’s a lot of hard work and long hours, but it’s what we know how to do. We just keep the doors open for anyone who walks in hungry.