Sinclairs Reviews, Darjeeling

Overall Good. Nothing wrong to comment

The Hotel was goods. I Good rooms, good food, meals etc. Had a good experience and can recommend. Only 1 problems was that dinning table was not clean, as there were lots of stains on the table cloth.

Standard of the hotel is not up to Sinclair standard. House keeping not up to the mark, Overall upkeep of the property also not up to the mark, staff is not adequately trained. Food is ok and can be improved. Linen is also not changed every day and we need to push people for this.

POSITIVES about Hotel Sinclairs: The Hotel is centrally located being just a 5 - 10 minutes walk to the Mall Road. It has a lot of space with a large reception and lobby and big rooms as well as wide corridors. The hot running shower for bath was great. Being at a height, the location of the hotel provides a good panaromic view of the Kanchenjunga Range. They have built a small outdoor seating area from where you can admire the view. There are also nice small gardens with flowers which some of the rooms have a view of. The food quality was excellent (buffet dinner & breakfast) and the service inside the restaurant was great as well. Bed Tea was served early as per our request and the repeat order was quickly serviced as well. NEGATIVES about Hotel Sinclairs: there was old furniture in the rooms and the bed sheets, quilts and towels seemed really old and looked unwashed. The wooden floor inside the room made noises of all kinds while walking. The Kanchenjunga Range could not be viewed from the room we stayed in.The setting inside the restaurant is old and the atmosphere was dark & dingy. The sofas at the reception were in a bad shape and the waiters were mostly not in uniform and would walk into the room wearing chappals.

The hotel appears to be constructed more than 20 years back when the vicinity was not so congested and it was a very good viewing gallery, though the height of the hotel is too high for the plane land people walk around. This problem would have been toleratedhad the vicinity been so conjested.It is a mixed experience with the hotel.