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Jul 9th, 2009, 22:36
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| Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago
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|  The Imperial Hello! I am going to Delhi next week - my friend and I arrive Sunday, which is my birthday coincidentally! Someone recommended that we go to the bar in The Imperial Hotel for a drink, just to get a look at the place without having to get a room there. My question is, what type of dress code do the places in The Imperial require? We are traveling light and the clothes I am bringing are pretty utilitarian. Must one look very chic in order to visit this hotel? We are two white American females, if it matters. Thanks very much in advance! Candice |
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Jul 9th, 2009, 22:45
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| PIO Club  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: dallas, tx
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| Casual nice is enough. I've been there with khakis and a collared shirt, so the female equal of that is fine. And it's a great hotel. If you want to do the 5-star tour, there's also the Taj (the one on Mansingh Road), the Maurya Sheraton, and the Oberoi... |
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Jul 9th, 2009, 23:28
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio
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| I'd not worry about the utilitarian cloths. As a sad legacy of the the era that it celebrates, white skin is typically enough to overcome problems with clothing, if any, at the so called upscale places in India. It is a nice place. I prefer it to the more pretentious Hyatt and others. There used to be a restaurant called Dhaba, where we ate a few times. Wasn't that special, but an easy rendezvous spot. I think it has been replaced by new and improved versions of the same. All the best for your birthday in India! |
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Jul 9th, 2009, 23:46
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Jul 10th, 2009, 00:49
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nouakchott
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| As people have said, you can get away with most things if you have white skin. However, try not to mention the word 'paharganj' if you can  I did, when booking a table for dinner in the (fabulous) thai restaurant there and they were very sniffy with me when i turned up in sandals. Though i had a shirt with a collar unlike others in there.  |
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Jul 10th, 2009, 00:57
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Jul 10th, 2009, 04:55
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio
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| Kabaary - You are right. It seems I confused the two! |
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Jul 10th, 2009, 13:34
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delhi (expat from London)
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| The Imperial Oh how I have enjoyed reading the e-mails above - if you are white you can get away with anything! Batgirl73 - just thought I would recollect a recent visit to The Imperial. Went to the Imperial for high tea in the Atrium with a group of five others (through a friend). We were all white but unfortunately the management had two problems with us. First of all there were too many of us to sit round one table (only 4 allowed) so they wished us to split ourselves into two groups - we said no as we could get 6 of us around one table. Ed, the only male, happened to be wearing karki coloured capri pants NOT shorts - they looked smart, came over the knee and not unlike what European men would wear, with a smart shirt. However, we were informed that 'shorts' did not meet the required dress code of the Imperial and we could not stay in the Atrium. We all left at this point and went around the corner to the Shangri-La who seemed to have no problems with Ed's 'shorts'. I am amazed, with the 5 star hotels here being so empty now and desperate for business (as told to me by a friend in the travel business here) that the can afford to be so picky and choosy. Needless to say I haven't ventured back to the Imperial since. Also not sure they are keen on jeans although I had a pair on and was not asked to leave but I think they may be a bit fussy about these as well. My advice - be careful what you wear if you want to go or perhaps choose another place!
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Jul 10th, 2009, 16:53
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| Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Delhi
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| Aqua @ The Park Hi...i think spending your b'day at Aqua @ The Park will be a good idea...it is a pool-side lounge bar...serves good food, is reasonably priced, attracts good crowd, dress code is casual... there is also a disc in the same compound, AGNI, post a good time at Aqua you can go to the disc... |
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Jul 10th, 2009, 16:58
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| this is Brad. He's cute  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia
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| Just wear long cotton pants and a nice shirt thing, you'll be fine. Don't piss under the table, or scrape your feet on the table. Swearing is definitely a no no. And don't masturbate.
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Jul 10th, 2009, 18:01
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| Naan.tering Nabob  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap
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I've never worn anything but shorts when visiting that hotel & nobody has every said boo. If they did I would demand to see the manager and give him a double blast of hotel etiquette 101 **. Guests who pay up to $400.00/night wander the premises in shorts - how could they/ why would they attempt to discern between someone who is a valuable paying guest from an expendable visitor?  Potentially dangerous consequences one would think .......note: There may possibly be some discretionary judgement/wiggle room by/for the staff during the hours of high tea within the atrium itself in maintaining a certain level of dress code - if only to justify the cost & attempt to recreate the english ambience of this experience. 
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