Hotel Shabana

Hotel Shabana is located on the second floor of the Metro Colaba building. We are Flat No 12 A, right next to the Regal Cinema. Being in Colaba, there is always something happening outside, especially with the movies playing nearby. It can get pretty crowded on the street, but we are tucked away upstairs. The building is an old one, typical of this part of Mumbai, with high ceilings and those old stairs. We don’t have an elevator that works all the time, so people usually just walk up. It’s a simple operation we run. My family helps out with the check-ins and the cleaning. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot over the years, but the cinema stays the same. The rooms aren't very big, but we try to keep them neat. We spend a lot of time just talking to the guests about where to get the best cheap food around here. There’s no big corporate vibe here, just us and the noise of the city. Sometimes the rain gets really heavy and we have to watch the windows for leaks. It’s part of living in an old building like this one. We are just a small spot for people who want to be near the center of things without paying for a big fancy hotel. It takes a lot of effort to keep an old flat looking decent, but we do it every day.