my brother personaly went to kolhapur and booked hotel rooms for my niece's wedding in may 2011. they fixed rates and gave written confirmation of total amount. when we stayed they they said k room rates are higher and they started argueing with us. they didnt give us satisfactory service, according to them our budget was too low. on marriage day itself they asked us to leave rooms at the earliest. so we sent bride to hall to catch muhurat time and we again settled rates with hotel management. they spoiled our good mood. now we decided not to visit shalini palace again.

A genuine palace hotel @Rs 2500 is a fantastic deal. Shalini Palace has the grandeur and trappngs of a palace, with its spacious rooms, long balconies, sprawling grounds and it reaally felt grand to be staying there. We stayed in the Royal Suite on the first floor with a beautiful view of the lake and the gardens. The service was great. They even organised a masseure for us, from a nearby Spa in the city. Especially liked their bar, which is painted in maroon and gold and serve up cocktails @Rs 125. The property now belongs to the Indage Wines group and has been freshly painted and spruced up. If you're going to Kolhapur on holiday, this is the place to stay.

When i was travel to kolhapur i stay in hotel shalini palace its good looking hotel nice staff i m very happy to stay there

It's a very quiet hotel in-spite of being close to Rankala lake. A very good palace converted into a hotel. Surrounded by a very good garden. The rooms are spacious and clean. Most of them have a huge balcony that opens on the lake side.
The restaurant they have serves a very good Kolhapuri as well as usual indian and Chinese food. You must have their Kolhapuri dishes. It is priced very reasonably. The staff here was very helpful. A very nice and cozy place to relax.
It is also very close form the Mahalaxmi temple.
You can just walk to the Rankala chowpaty and do boating or have bhelpuri and other snacks.
Really enjoyed every day of my stay here.