Air conditioning
Every room is cooled, which is the first thing that matters in a Kolkata summer and the last thing you want to negotiate after a long journey.
Three rooms,one standard of care
The accommodation here is designed for straightforward comfort rather than display. Every room is air-conditioned, with a private bathroom and the everyday facilities that matter on a short visit: a flat-screen television, an electric kettle, fresh linen, storage for luggage and clothes, free toiletries and wireless internet that reaches the whole building.
Three categories are available, and they share that same specification. What separates them is the bed and the way the room is arranged, so the choice usually comes down to who is travelling and how long you intend to stay rather than any difference in how the room is looked after.
A guest room with the standard specification: air conditioning, storage for a suitcase, a kettle within reach and a private bathroom behind the door.
Deluxe Room, one full bed
Superior Double, one queen bed
Family Room, one queen bed
The room is arranged so that a suitcase can stay open without being in the way, and the desk-side space is enough for a laptop and a cup of tea at the same time.
Housekeeping is offered daily at an additional charge, and the front desk can hold luggage on the day you check out if your flight is later in the evening.
Deluxe Room
The Deluxe Room is the most direct expression of what this hotel does well: a clean, air-conditioned room with a full bed, a private bathroom and everything needed for a night or two in the city, without anything extra to pay attention to.
It works particularly well for solo travellers here on business and for guests catching an early flight, where the point of the room is to unpack lightly, sleep properly and leave again without fuss. The kettle, the television and the wardrobe are all present, and the network reaches comfortably into the room.
Superior Double Room
The Superior Double Room offers a queen bed in the same calm, air-conditioned setting, which makes it a comfortable choice for couples and for longer stays where a little more sleeping space is genuinely welcome rather than merely nice to have.
The private bathroom, kettle and flat-screen television are all included, along with the same free wireless internet. Room service is available if you would rather eat upstairs after a long day, the front desk is staffed around the clock, and breakfast can be brought to the room when the morning starts slowly.
A queen bed with room to move around it, which changes how a stay of four or five nights feels.
Every category has its own bathroom, with toiletries provided at no charge.
Family Room
Family rooms are available for guests travelling together, arranged around a queen bed with the same air-conditioned comfort, private bathroom and in-room facilities as the rest of the property. Children of all ages are welcome at the hotel.
Cribs and extra beds are not available, so it helps to think through sleeping arrangements before you arrive rather than at midnight on the first evening. Where the listing shows a charge for a family room, that charge is confirmed by the property when you book.
The restaurant downstairs is family-friendly and unhurried, kids' meals can be arranged at an additional charge, and breakfast can be taken in the room on the mornings when gathering everybody feels like too much.
Families staying several nights tend to use the room as a base and the restaurant as the meeting point, which the layout of the building makes easy.
What comes with the room, whichever one you choose
None of the following depends on the category booked. They are the baseline the hotel holds itself to, and they are worth reading properly because they answer most of the questions that arrive by phone before a stay.
Private bathroom
Each room has its own bathroom with free toiletries provided, so nothing has to be shared along a corridor.
Flat-screen television
A television is fitted in every category, which is a small comfort on the evenings when going back out holds no appeal.
Electric kettle
Tea at an unreasonable hour is a fair expectation in this city, and a kettle in the room takes care of it without calling downstairs.
Linen and storage
Fresh linen is provided and there is wardrobe or storage space for luggage, which makes a stay of several nights considerably easier to live in.
Wireless internet
The free network reaches the rooms as well as the public areas, steady enough for work in the evening and for calls home.
Check the dates you have in mind and see which of the three rooms is open for your stay in Lake Town.
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