Hotel Hari Vilaas

A wanna-be-good hotel with some flaws. All in all, everything but the room/housekeeping was great. The room and housekeeping had issues. The good: Security at the entrance. Friendly staff. On-site restaurant with a lot of reasonably priced food options. Hygiene standards seem to be good, I had no problems after my dinner there. WiFi is stable. Hot water is available 24/7, no shortage. The bad: unpleasant duvet cover with lint that needs to be retired ASAP. Toilet paper roll was dirty and wet when I arrived. Housekeeping quality is below the norm: took my dirty towels, but didn't bring new ones. I had to go to reception to ask to fix that. Shower gel/shampoo (in individual containers) wasn't replenished. Bad state of the tap (spills water on you). Shower has no curtain which results into all the bathroom being wet. No fridge. However, I'd rather say that by Varanasi standards it is still good value for money. Just be prepared.

Good place to stay

Me (67 yrs), My Wife (56 yrs), My Mother (89 yrs) and My Mother-In-Law (79 yrs) stayed at Hari Vilaas Kashi, D 47/175, Luxa Road, Shyam Mandir, Ramapura Luxa, Varanasi-221010 from 20-23 September 2026 at Room No. 1001 & 1003. Our Stay at the Hotel was very comfortable so far as quality of the Rooms and cleanliness were concerned. We also loved the food of the Hotel Restaurant because of the “Home like quality /taste”. As the primary objective of visiting Varanasi with our two very Old Mothers was “Kashi Viswanath Dham Darshan”, we wanted to ensure that the Darshan becomes hassle -free and through a systematic process. Being very old, our mothers otherwise would not be in a position to stand for a very long time at the queue, withstanding push and physical pressure from the crowd. As such, before coming to Varanasi we did formally enquire from Hotel Hari Vilaas Kashi with regard to availability of any Tavel Desk or Travel Assistance in the Hotel and the formal reply from the Hotel was affirmative. Accordingly, upon arrival at the Hotel on 20 Sept 2026, at the time of Check-in, we were advised by Sri Sanju of the Hotel Reception that his Father Sri Swapan Das is a very reliable and extremely recommended expert person for ensuring a hassle-free and systematic “Kashi Viswanath Dham Darshan” for us with charges of INR 1,500/- per person and the mobility and health related issues of our mothers would be taken care of by him. As Sri Sanju, being the Reception Executive of the Hotel himself had provided us with the Contact Number of Sri Swapan Das and recommended him from the Hotel, we contacted Sri Swapan Das and requested him to meet us for pre-darshan discussion/planning at the Hotel. Sri Swapan Das during discussion with us at the Hotel, inter-alia advised/confirmed the following to us: - We will start at 1500 Hrs. from the Hotel on 20 Sept (Sunday) itself for “Kashi Viswanath Dham Darshan”. He will ensure a hassle-free and systematic SPARSH “Kashi Viswanath Dham Darshan” for us with charges of INR 1,500/- per person (all inclusive) and the mobility and health related issues of our mothers would be taken care of by him, being a PROTOCOL Darshan arranged by him , without going through the crowd. He will personally accompany us and make all transportation arrangement within that charge of Rs. 1, 500/-. We were picked up by Sri Swapan Das at 1500 Hrs. of 20 Sept in his self-driven Auto Rickshaw and after reaching near to the Temple we all had to walk for a considerable distance till we were taken to a ‘Puja Shop’ for keeping our foot-wear there and choosing Puja Flowers etc. Surprisingly, Sri Swapan Das after handing over us to a Priest looking Person there, did not accompany us further thereafter. That Priest looking Person, neither briefed us about the next steps nor told us about the approximate time of completing the Darshan and made all of us walk through Gate Number-4 and made us wait in a queue and then disappeared. There was commotion in the que

Excellent and best. Very courteous staff. Food is excellent. Wishes you all the best for future.

Rooms were good happy staff Smiling faces food was good Mr Aarif reception was very sweet good welcome was give

The hotel is clean and well maintained. The restaurant has good food especially naans and vegetables. It is relaxing and convenient for many attractions

Bathroom kamode flush not working for ever inspite of reminders to the reception and management. Multiple times change the room Rooms not clean lot of dust.and bed sheets also put with stains and stinking.

Really excellent three day stay here in November 2025. Friendly and helpful staff, comfortable room and lovely food in the restaurant. Location was convenient, too: the Ganges was either a 20/25 minute walk or 5/10 minutes by tuktuk. Would certainly recommend.

Menu prices too healthy food quality too weak comparatively. Had dinner with family, soup and starter were serve cold and tasteless. HotnSour Soup full of garlic and ginger, they should have named it - Ginger Garlic HotnSour. Paneer Tikka too blunt without any taste despite of asking it to be spicy. Staff requires training, how to handle or speak to guest. Should not have posted review if anybody have spoken or discussed about the issues. Will wait to see how the management responding to this feedback. Their food is very famous but was totally disappointed on this kind of quality.