Stayed here a few months ago and found it to be good value for money. The location is very attractive and central. Rooms are clean and comfortable. People expecting all the amenities of a 5 star hotel will be dissapointed...note that this is a quaint guesthouse, and serves the purpose of a good nights sleep and some small snacks. Will recommend this place and stay again.

We stayed here for 3 nights in Feb 2007. Decent place for the price ($70). The location in Sundar Nagar is excellent and close to India Gate. But I recommend hiring a taxi all day (about Rs 1200) as most Indian cities are not great for walking, the traffic, dust and fumes are a bit overwhelming for my taste.

The rooms are large (we had Double rooms) and the bathrooms are large/sufficiently clean.

Be careful about the breakfast. I recommend masala omlette rather than the fixed breakfast menu. Avoid Orange juice and go for for well boiled coffee.

For the first time travelled, I also discourage staying in Pahar Ganj, Karol Bagh or any old Delhi areas. Stay in New Delhi which is suprisingly clean and beautiful.

Given the lack of decent hotels in New Delhi for under $100, I think Maharani is a good choice. They also arranged a car for the trip to airport (Rs 400). We arranged all day taxis on our own from Kumar Travels listed in Lonely Planet.

The hotel has too many people on staff and they all expect a tip. When we asked for a towel at 1am, TWO people arrived with one towel and expected a tip ! On the way out, I counted about 10 people helping us load our bags in the taxi. I simply paid Rs 100 at the front desk to keep everyone happy.

We stayed at this hotel for three nights while we were in Delhi and would never stay here again. We arranged for airport pickup through the hotel and our driver took us on some scam diversion to a "travel office" where we urged to pay MORE money for our hotel even though we had already paid with a credit card.

After this long diversion, we finally arrived at our hotel room to find that the bathroom was not clean--no need to go into details but I'll just say that it had been used before our arrival.

The next morning we got up at 5:00 am to catch a train to Agra and almost fell over the staff who was sleeping in the hallway. It was bery clear that the staff sleeps lined up in the hallway every night.

Enough said, DO NOT stay here!

i thought this hotel was a dive. really really over rated and over priced by 50% at least. for a little more money you can find a lot better than this dump.