My wife and I stayed at Lal Niwas in Phalodi in March. It was not a good stay.

The hotel is a converted Haveli in a largely deserted part of town. Reception is in a dark, dank room, and much of the hotel is of similar ambiance. We stayed in the "family suite," a room with low ceilings (and an even lower ceiling fan), crudely framed windows, a badly designed bathroom with a shower that didn't drain properly and a bed that was incredibly hard, even by the standards of Indian hotels. There was a guy who I referred to as our "minder" who hovered over us whenever we had a meal or a beer, and while he may have been trying to provide good service, in actuality he was very annoying.

All of this came for a price of something like $60, which was dramatically higher than merited.

Hotel options in this area are very limited, but even so we suggest that Lal Niwas be avoided.