Property is located on a hilock overlooking madurai city. The propety is well laid out and very green. Peacoks are in abundance. Rooms are spacious. service is excellant. staff is very helful. Driver Lingappa is best is local sightseeing. he showed us some good local eating places in Madurai.

No visit to Madurai will be fulfilled without touching base at the Gateway Hotel Pasumalai. Its an experience of being in the midst of Peacocks , Wonderful ambience and the professional and crisp importance given to quality. From the reception to the kitchen , the quality is visible and excellent value for money. The Executive Chef treated us to some... More

The hotel is an pretty old English mansion located in a big park on the to of an hill. We were book in the main part of the hotel but it was a bit to authentic for us specially the bathroom (with was looking like it was there since the 5O's) so we have been nicely upgraded to one new... More

I am writing this review from the hotel room itself. Could not wait to give compliments to this place else I forget when I am back in hustle bustle of the city life. We actually styaed here accidentally...got a stomach upset on my way back to hyderabad so we decided to halt in madurai for the night. And what a... More

I have stayed here more than one times and have had a very pleasant experience. What i love about the place is it's greenery and space that it offers. You have a tennis court and a swimming pool and a wide area where you can walk in peace. You need to drive the last bit uphill and you enter the... More

We were on our way to Kovalam by car from Bangalore and hence decided to breAk our journey at Madurai. The Gateway chose itself because of the Taj name. We chose an executive room and were assigned a large heritage room. The room was very large with 2 beds which we found very convenient as we did not need to... More

My wife and I were doing a trip through India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives and on our journey we decided Madurai was a must see for the history and the temples. We knew the Gateway would be nice, but we are not expecting it to be as nice as it is. First off upon arrival the staff is very... More

Original part of the hotel is a Mansion built for an Englishman, Sir William Harvey in 1890, so lots of character. Our room was superb with views of the City below but was reached by 42 steps! The Bar was very dark and quite basic with a pool/billiard table, on both my visits there was no bartender on duty (6.10pm),... More

I loved this hotel. It is an old house for travelers that I believe was built by an englishman, but I may have the details wrong. There are many things that I could quibble with - the bathroom is straight out of 1986 - but the overall experience was just lovely. The food is terrific, the bed is comfortable, and... More