Very cheap but the building itself is absolutely horrible, the rooms are jailcells (literally), obviously dirty room and bathroom, but they have a restaurant in the top floor with a nice view where you can easily socialize with other travellers... They charge the wifi per hour in the restaurant (20 rupees) and u can actually see rats walking on top... More

After reading the review of this guesthouse on our Lonely Planet guide we were very disappointed when we walked into Shanti guesthouse. The owners were anything but friendly, the pool table was not in use and the roof terrace was run down and not open 24 hours like it said on the guide book. The rooms are very sad looking,... More

I paid 250rps for my room with own bathroom - and that was also the way it looked. It was a simple room with a queen size bed. The bedsheets looked ok, so I suppose they were fresh. The bathroom was a bit dirty - but what can you expect for that price. I slept well there for 2 nights,... More

Awful awful awful. I still have nightmares about shanti. We stayed in the deluxe room but here was nothing deluxe about it. The beds were hard with no sheets or blankets. No towels were provided, and hot water was out of the question. There wasn't even a lock on the door! And there were monkeys peering in through the window... More

For 400 rupees a night this place is pretty decent. The bed was comfy (if a little damp) and the in house restaurant was good and cheap. It is right next to the main burning ghat but that's not a problem and all the staff we're helpful. The hot water did come in a bucket though. Took-tools can't get to... More

There is no Wi-fi, the ''free pool table'' was broken of course, and the manager didn't seem to feel sorry about it. My room was on the sixth floor, the walls in the stairs were black and brown, I seriously don't know how walls can be this dirty. There was no hot water in the ''bathroom'', We could hear the... More

We arrived very early in the morning at about 7am and had to wake the man up in reception which he wasn't too happy about and told us to go and sit at the rooftop restaurant for a while which was fine because we were hungry! The room was quite basic, without a window and there was no hot water... More

I arrived at Shanti Guesthouse in my 2nd day in Varanasi, after spending my first night in a wretched guesthouse amongst the Southern Ghats. Although it wasn't luxurious by any means, Shanti Guesthouse felt like an oasis in the mad hustling alleys of Varanasi. The guesthouse is a stark building nestled in the Ghat alleyways, near the main (Manikarnika) ghat,... More

Like many others I picked this place due to the L.P review. One really annoying parasite followed me all the way there supposedly looking for a commission. Not sure if he got one as I knew the price already having made a reservation by phone. I paid 600R for a large windowless a/c room. It was quite bare, the only... More