Garden Hotel

Garden Hotel sits at 42 Garden Road in Colaba. If you know Mumbai, you know Colaba is always moving and never really sleeps. Our building is one of those older ones that has a lot of character, even if the pipes are a bit noisy sometimes or the floorboards creak. It isn't a huge, sprawling place with a lobby the size of a football field. Instead, it’s more compact and functional for people traveling through. We spend our time checking people in, making sure the rooms are tidy, and answering questions about where the best local food is nearby. The street outside can be quite loud with tourists, shoppers, and taxis, especially in the evenings when things pick up. We see a lot of different faces coming through the doors, some staying for just a night and others for a week or more. There’s no big corporate script we follow. We just try to be helpful and keep things running smoothly as best as we can. The furniture is a bit older, and the hallways are narrow, but it feels like a real part of the neighborhood. Sometimes the humidity gets to us, or we have to wait a while for a repairman to show up to fix an AC unit, but that’s just part of managing an old property in this part of the city. It’s a simple operation where we focus on the basics like clean sheets and a working light.