Cottage Crown Plaza - new hotel?

princessSeda · Jan 20th, 2008, 05:51

I had emailed Cottage Yes Please with a booking inquiry since I was satisfied with the good reviews it had gotten. But included in their reply email was that they had a new hotel that was associated with them - Cottage Crown Plaza.

Has anyone heard of this place or stayed here?

Just wondering whether it'd be nice to book there instead, since if its a brand new building then presumably it'd be very clean too.

tiyo · Feb 19th, 2008, 15:41

i've mailed them too and got the same reply..

it seems that Cottage Crown Plaza is a new hotel... just near Cottage yes please...

i 'd like to book but don't know if this hotel is better or not..

i can't find more information about this new hotel

kristinm · Feb 20th, 2008, 13:12

I only walked past it - sorry, its just up the road... we stayed at CYP and they had cards for the new one...

tiyo · Apr 29th, 2008, 15:25

kristinm, since you stayed there (CYP) , can you tell me if it's a good place? did you enjoy your stay?

i've booked for the end of June and asked for the airport pick up as well ...I hope they will be there at the airport and everything will be ok.

kristinm · Apr 29th, 2008, 16:46

It was fine- friendly, comfy, not 100% pristine but perfectly clean,secure, not too pushy... A little noisy with tour groups coming and going in the we hours, but then the dogs fighting outside keep you awake anyway! Internet and hot water a bit intermittent, but that's normal anywhere. It was excellent value for the big family room we had. The location is great - out of the heart of Paharganj in a really friendly little dusty corner, great Chai stand directly opposite, friendly newspaper stand, lassi stand, fruit and vegie stand and around the corner is a little supermarket where you can get juice, milk, snacks etc (can't remember exactly how to get there).

It's 1 minute from the metro station (something or other ashram, and near the vegie market and Indian part of Paharghanj - go for a stroll not up the main drag and you'll see what I mean.

There's no restaurant or room service, they order in from over the road, which is well reviewed in LP but we found only OK, but there are loads of eating places and connaught place is 1 metro stop away (10 minutes). Once we got to know the chai wallah over the road we would pop down and bring our breakfast chai up to our room.

They did the weird thing at the beginning when we checked in where the beds only had one bottom sheet and blankets folded on the end - we found this a couple of times and couldn't quite understand what it was about... does anyone know???

But we hassled up a couple of top sheets from the boy and made the beds and all was OK. We were there for 5 nights, and away for one night in Amritsar - we left our stuff in the room that night, but locked it up.

tiyo · Apr 29th, 2008, 16:51

Thank you very much for your review!

I feel better now.
I had some doubts about staying in Paharganj (it's our first trip to Delhi).
If the hotel is near the metro station, that's even greater

kristinm · Apr 29th, 2008, 17:04

We only realised why people are weird about Paharganj when we walked up the main market - CYP is not in the thick of it at all. There's a photo outside the hotel in my gallery.. I'll find it in a minute. When you come out of CYP, and have had your chai!, turn right and explore the streets and lanes in that corner of Paharganj, there's a market and shanties and lots of street and shanty kids and families - its certainly a poor area, but its very vibrant and friendly and interesting.

tiyo · Jun 17th, 2008, 16:21

Kristinm, do you have any pictures of the hotel Cottage yes please or Crown Plaza?

tiyo · Jun 17th, 2008, 16:38

i've also booked a room for a couple of days in July in Hotel Cottage Crown plaza.
I hope it will be fine!

i've found their website:
http://www.yokosoindia.com/hotelcrownplaza/index.htm

Valini · Jun 18th, 2008, 02:06

Coucou Tiyo,

I've stayed in the CCP, in fact I was there while they were still building it during October, November and december last year. It is brand new, very clean, very practical, just around the corner from the metro station and opposite Metropolis for food. The staff are nice and friendly and really I think it's great, even though it is more than many 'budget' places, i think it's a bargain given the quality and style of each individual room. You won't be disapointed.

kristinm · Jun 18th, 2008, 06:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiyo

Kristinm, do you have any pictures of the hotel Cottage yes please or Crown Plaza?

No sorry - only the outside, but if you look at the shots of Paharganj on my gallery some of them are around the hotel.
http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...0/ppuser/18940
http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...0/ppuser/18940
http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...0/ppuser/18940

If you turn right towards the metro outside the hotel rather than go up to the main bazarre & then kind of wander a bit there is a fruit market and lots of people living and working and cows etc - not really a slum, but a shanty area I guess, quite friendly though, no worries to walk through.. we saw a mongoose and cobra show on the street (that's where the photo of the little boy was taken) and it was definitely not a tourist show, just all the local kids and adults gathered around.

tiyo · Jun 19th, 2008, 13:52

thank you!!!!!

I can't help worrying but now i'm sure it will be great!

tiyo · Jul 25th, 2008, 14:06

So here i am, back from my trip to Delhi.

We stayed at the CCP and it was fine.
The hotel is clean, the staff very nice.
The room was also good.We ordered several time room service from the Malhotra Restaurant.

This part of Pahar Ganj looks better than the other part and the metro station RK Ashram is really not far... and a few minutes from Connaught Place.

We had a very nice stay in this hotel and next time, I will definately come back there.

Jan 20th, 2008, 05:51	#1
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Feb 19th, 2008, 15:41	#2
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	i've mailed them too and got the same reply.. it seems that Cottage Crown Plaza is a new hotel... just near Cottage yes please... i 'd like to book but don't know if this hotel is better or not.. i can't find more information about this new hotel

Feb 20th, 2008, 13:12	#3
kristinm Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Beautiful Bondi (not Bundi!) Posts: 1,547	I only walked past it - sorry, its just up the road... we stayed at CYP and they had cards for the new one...

Apr 29th, 2008, 15:25	#4
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	kristinm, since you stayed there (CYP) , can you tell me if it's a good place? did you enjoy your stay? i've booked for the end of June and asked for the airport pick up as well ...I hope they will be there at the airport and everything will be ok.

Apr 29th, 2008, 16:46	#5
kristinm Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Beautiful Bondi (not Bundi!) Posts: 1,547	It was fine- friendly, comfy, not 100% pristine but perfectly clean,secure, not too pushy... A little noisy with tour groups coming and going in the we hours, but then the dogs fighting outside keep you awake anyway! Internet and hot water a bit intermittent, but that's normal anywhere. It was excellent value for the big family room we had. The location is great - out of the heart of Paharganj in a really friendly little dusty corner, great Chai stand directly opposite, friendly newspaper stand, lassi stand, fruit and vegie stand and around the corner is a little supermarket where you can get juice, milk, snacks etc (can't remember exactly how to get there). It's 1 minute from the metro station (something or other ashram, and near the vegie market and Indian part of Paharghanj - go for a stroll not up the main drag and you'll see what I mean. There's no restaurant or room service, they order in from over the road, which is well reviewed in LP but we found only OK, but there are loads of eating places and connaught place is 1 metro stop away (10 minutes). Once we got to know the chai wallah over the road we would pop down and bring our breakfast chai up to our room. They did the weird thing at the beginning when we checked in where the beds only had one bottom sheet and blankets folded on the end - we found this a couple of times and couldn't quite understand what it was about... does anyone know??? But we hassled up a couple of top sheets from the boy and made the beds and all was OK. We were there for 5 nights, and away for one night in Amritsar - we left our stuff in the room that night, but locked it up.

Apr 29th, 2008, 16:51	#6
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	Thank you very much for your review! I feel better now. I had some doubts about staying in Paharganj (it's our first trip to Delhi). If the hotel is near the metro station, that's even greater

Apr 29th, 2008, 17:04	#7
kristinm Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Beautiful Bondi (not Bundi!) Posts: 1,547	We only realised why people are weird about Paharganj when we walked up the main market - CYP is not in the thick of it at all. There's a photo outside the hotel in my gallery.. I'll find it in a minute. When you come out of CYP, and have had your chai!, turn right and explore the streets and lanes in that corner of Paharganj, there's a market and shanties and lots of street and shanty kids and families - its certainly a poor area, but its very vibrant and friendly and interesting.

Jun 17th, 2008, 16:21	#8
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	Kristinm, do you have any pictures of the hotel Cottage yes please or Crown Plaza?

Jun 17th, 2008, 16:38	#9
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	i've also booked a room for a couple of days in July in Hotel Cottage Crown plaza. I hope it will be fine! i've found their website: http://www.yokosoindia.com/hotelcrownplaza/index.htm

Jun 18th, 2008, 02:06	#10
Valini Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bdx,FR--Kanpur Posts: 359	Coucou Tiyo, I've stayed in the CCP, in fact I was there while they were still building it during October, November and december last year. It is brand new, very clean, very practical, just around the corner from the metro station and opposite Metropolis for food. The staff are nice and friendly and really I think it's great, even though it is more than many 'budget' places, i think it's a bargain given the quality and style of each individual room. You won't be disapointed.

Jun 19th, 2008, 13:52	#12
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	thank you!!!!! I can't help worrying but now i'm sure it will be great!

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Jul 25th, 2008, 14:06	#13
tiyo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: paris Posts: 18	So here i am, back from my trip to Delhi. We stayed at the CCP and it was fine. The hotel is clean, the staff very nice. The room was also good.We ordered several time room service from the Malhotra Restaurant. This part of Pahar Ganj looks better than the other part and the metro station RK Ashram is really not far... and a few minutes from Connaught Place. We had a very nice stay in this hotel and next time, I will definately come back there.