Chandra Bhavan
SJP Road
Bangalore 560 002
Tel: 080 41140240 / 241 / 22222195
Mobile: +91 9845123554
Email: gautamdinesh1@hotmail.com

How to get there
In the City Market area of Bangalore, Chandra Bhavan can be found at the main junction (entrance) of Avenue Road. Well known by most Rickshaw drivers in the City. 2.5 kms from the train and bus station.

Profile
Chandra Bhavan has been on the same site since 1932. It’s a family business, three generations in fact with the grandson Gautam now looking after the place. It has 37 rooms of different layout, some single, some double and some four bedded, the majority have attached bathrooms and colour TVs. There is a 24 check-in availability, the in-house restaurant, open to non-residents, opens from 6.30 in the morning until 9.00pm.

Buddy Advantage: Not at these prices!

Recommendation
This was recommended to me by a young Graphic Designer and Photographer Yann Razavet from Paris. Yann had been traveling across India and told me about Chandra Bhavan, he was insistent I checked the place out, in his words, very clean and very good value. I went over to City Market, a little dubious but still, Yann was so impressed I had to investigate. I met Gautam at the reception and was bowled over by the enthusiasm and honesty of this guy. He is very proud of is family connection with the Hotel and with his two grandfathers sitting in the corner, it just reminded me of my holidays in Sicily.

Look, it’s not going to cost you a fortune, a single room with bathroom and TV will cost you 270/- rupees, YES, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY Rupees a night!!! You even get room service! Just incredible. If you are backpacking or whatever and have to come to Bangalore for connections or on-route to another destination, check it out, but it really is best to book in advance, its already in “Lonely Planet’! The rooms really are excellent value and the bathroom cleaner than mine, they are obviously basic, the only thing I would say is that redecoration may be overdue but Gautham has already told me they have a regularly decorating schedule.Well worth the recommendation.

Recommended by: Chris Baker (Director: Maxanim)