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3.5 out of 5
Sawai Madhopur Lodge – IHCL SeleQtions
Ranthambhore National Park Road, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 40 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty remote location.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Amarendra Mishra on 7 Mar 2024
Dear Ms. Epstein,Khamagani, Thank you for posting such a kind and generous review of our hotel. I echo my colleagues’ sentiments when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed having you stay with us and are extremely glad that you had a wonderful experience. It is our constant endeavour to serve our guests in a manner befitting the reputation of the brand Taj and such positive feedback shall prove to be a source of great motivation for all of us here. It is our belief that we are inspired by the rich heritage and culture of Rajasthan and hope to provide our guests with an immersive experience. Having said that, we sincerely look forward to welcoming you and your family back very soon. I remain for further assistance. Warm regards, Amarendra Mishra

10/10 Excellent

Gurpreet

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very peaceful even though it’s next door to the noisy town. Clean, comfortable and unique in showcasing the heritage of Rajasthan. We loved the food, service by caring staff and evening folk music entertainment.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Amarendra Mishra on 7 Mar 2024
Dear Ms. Singh,Khamagani, Thank you for posting such a kind and generous review of our hotel. I echo my colleagues’ sentiments when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed having you stay with us and are extremely glad that you had a wonderful experience. It is our constant endeavour to serve our guests in a manner befitting the reputation of the brand Taj and such positive feedback shall prove to be a source of great motivation for all of us here. It is our belief that we are inspired by the rich heritage and culture of Rajasthan and hope to provide our guests with an immersive experience. Having said that, we sincerely look forward to welcoming you and your family back very soon. I remain for further assistance. Warm regards, Amarendra Mishra

10/10 Excellent

Sandip

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Amarendra Mishra on 7 Mar 2024
Dear Mr. Kapur,Khamagani, Thank you for posting such a kind and generous review of our hotel. I echo my colleagues’ sentiments when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed having you stay with us and are extremely glad that you had a wonderful experience. It is our constant endeavour to serve our guests in a manner befitting the reputation of the brand Taj and such positive feedback shall prove to be a source of great motivation for all of us here. It is our belief that we are inspired by the rich heritage and culture of Rajasthan and hope to provide our guests with an immersive experience. Having said that, we sincerely look forward to welcoming you and your family back very soon. I remain for further assistance. Warm regards, Amarendra Mishra

10/10 Excellent

jaya

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Amarendra Mishra on 7 Mar 2024
Dear Ms. Sharma,Khamagani, Thank you for posting such a kind and generous review of our hotel. I echo my colleagues’ sentiments when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed having you stay with us and are extremely glad that you had a wonderful experience. It is our constant endeavour to serve our guests in a manner befitting the reputation of the brand Taj and such positive feedback shall prove to be a source of great motivation for all of us here. It is our belief that we are inspired by the rich heritage and culture of Rajasthan and hope to provide our guests with an immersive experience. Having said that, we sincerely look forward to welcoming you and your family back very soon. I remain for further assistance. Warm regards, Amarendra Mishra

10/10 Excellent

Ketan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Amarendra Mishra on 15 Nov 2023
Dear Guest,Khamagani, Thank you for posting such a kind and generous review of our hotel. I echo my colleagues’ sentiments when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed having you stay with us and are extremely glad that you had a wonderful experience. It is our constant endeavour to serve our guests in a manner befitting the reputation of the brand Taj and such positive feedback shall prove to be a source of great motivation for all of us here. It is our belief that we are inspired by the rich heritage and culture of Rajasthan and hope to provide our guests with an immersive experience. Having said that, we sincerely look forward to welcoming you and your family back very soon. I remain for further assistance.

10/10 Excellent

Vikas

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Harshita

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely and homely property with brilliantly courteous staff that you can find only in India. The food was excellent (although over 3 days got a bit repetitive). I loved the rooms, the arrangements, and thank you for the staff for arranging for the safari, the transport onward, and everything else. Memorable stay at Sawai Madhopur thanks to the Lodge.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Naveen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Priya

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The serving staff and chef were very polite and accommodating. The only negative was the check-in experience, we had to wait for more than 1 hr for our room and the hotel only gave us water when we asked for it. There were no welcome drinks or anything. Otherwise the rooms were excellent, the food was good (we got the chef to make us non spicy food) and the staff were very helpful (except for the check-in staff member on the first day).
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Being an old heritage property it has spacious grounds. Unusual in this day and age. The staff are great as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

sachin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We will return to Vivanta again!
Great staff and service! Everyone was very polite and happy to provide the best of service a customer could want! The food and service was top level and the aim was to please what ever you desired! Safari bookings were great and the head of staff really worked hard to get us on the safaris we wanted! Thank you to all of the great staff members for making our trip so memorable!😃
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Gorgeous setting, great service, fabulous stay
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

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Beautiful oasis in Sawai Madhopur
This is a great place to splurge. It's gorgeous spot to stay when visiting Ranthambore National Park. The hotel is a historic building, and has a old English quality to it. The food was delicious and plentiful. The rooms, hotel grounds, and pool were luxurious. The pool was cold and the wifi slow, but I didn't care. Such a great place to relax. There's no reason to leave the hotel, except to actually go on the wildlife drive.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Historic hotel with room to improve service
Beautiful and historical resort in close proximity to the Ranthambore National Park. Rooms were spacious and well maintained. Dining was limited but enjoyable. Service was a reflection of what we experienced in India generally, insistent on small tips for any service provided, lack of awareness for providing inportant gestures (station pick-up and drop-off) or providing meaningful advice on how best to visit the park.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Lovely grounds and staff.
The rooms are very nice, spacious and comfortable. The staff very accommodating. The menu for breakfast is fine but I would have liked a few more Western options for dinner. I love Indian food, but at times need a break from the spices at night so having a few less spicy options would be nice. Also on their website it indicates in 2 places that "complimentary" and free breakfast is included. NOT TRUE! They wanted to charge us an exhorbitant rate for breakfast (rps1000) but when I showed them their own website and the "free" breakfast statements, they capitulated, gave us the free breakfast (rather grudgingly) saying they would take it up with management to revise their website.

8/10 Good

Hannah

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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Experience the luxury of a Maharajah's game lodge
This heritage property from the 1930s gives you a wonderful sense of calm in beautiful gardens with abundant bird life (and hundreds of fruit bats). The food and service are of the usual high Taj standard and the rooms well-appointed and cosy. It is ideally placed for safaris in Ranthambore National Park and the hotel's timetable is geared to supporting guests making early morning and afternoon safaris.

10/10 Excellent

SHAILESH, MUMBAI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
FAMILY TRIP
HOTEL STAY WAS EXCELLENT. THOUGH GOT BORED WITH THE FOOD AS THERE WAS COMPULSORY BUFFET.

8/10 Good

Reenu, Noida

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Best property in ranthambore
Very nice stay.. This is one of the best properties in ranthambore. Good food, good service and very helpful staff. Will go back there for sure

10/10 Excellent

Nitin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

ajaypal, Patiala

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Nice hotel, good stay...
Went there with family and friends, had booked four rooms, two rooms had bathrooms that were not cleaned properly, we got a queen size bed in the suite.. Apart from that the property was very nice and nicely located, the staff was very courteous and helpful, the food was good, only complain being the lack of room service..would like to be back again though..

6/10 Okay

Charlotte

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very charming hotel
The staff here was amazing, it's not the newest property, but it's really a treasure and again, the staff is superb.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Manish, Gurgaon

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice and serene resort in deep forest
Room was great, a really big one, the kind you look for when you wan to relax, however, the service needs to improve a lot before they can claim to be a 5 star resort.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Jairam, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Memorable stay at Vivanta by Taj- Sawai Madhopur
The legendary Taj standards, which is quite high was aptly maintained. The staff there were very courteous and ensured that our stay was a memorable one. The property is very well maintained and is a treat to stay in. We got a free room upgrade too. This gesture was a good one and was done as the room allotted to us was freshly painted and we were a bit uncomfortable there. The leisure activities kept us occupied, the serene and calm ambience was worth staying. Food was really nice with a good mix of vegetarian and non vegetarian mix .We relished it to the core. The place makes you feel like a king during your stay.
The lawns
Front View
The serene ambience
beautifully lit front view

10/10 Excellent

Toni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for tiger safaris
Wonderful.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Food was lackluster
In our travels around the Golden Triangle, this was the priciest lodging we booked, even taking into account that meals are included. The meals however, were pretty ordinary--not much imagination. We did enjoy the ambience of having our evening meal outdoors. This establishment seemed to enjoy its glory days under the British rule--a bit of a throwback with its grand veranda. The rooms are very large and when we first arrived, our room smelled a bit musty, but that seemed to dissipate as time went on. The staff were gracious. But it seems that at the prices charged (granted there are limited choices in the Ranthambhore area), it should be a cut above where it is.

10/10 Excellent

Anonymous

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Excellent Hotel. Room very large
Excellent Hotel. Room very large and comfortable and in lovely grounds and gardens. The service and food were excellent. Very helpfull reception staff. Ideally placed for stay whilst visiting Ranthambore National Park. Would have liked to have stayed longer!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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8/10 Good

Lewis, Toowoomba, Australia

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Amazing
I cannot rave about this place enough. It was extraordinarily good value and NOTHING was too much trouble for the staff.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a pleasant place to stay
a little faded compared to places like the nearby oberoi, but the rooms are comfy and the staff eager to please. a photo on the wall of queen elizabeth from the 60s, with her foot on a tiger she and her surrounding posse shot, would likely be a public relations disaster for buckingham palace if publicized. yes, she did actually stay here.

10/10 Excellent

Paul, England

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Perect Tonic on a busy schedule
We stayed at the Lodge on our way around Rajasthan during the summer off-season. As a result, the hotel was nearly empty but the food and service offered was of a really high standard and it made for a really comfortable stay, especially after the hassle and hectic pace of Delhi and Agra. Would certainly recommend.

8/10 Good

Sam, London

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Would recommend for anyone wanting a relaxing stay
The hotel was lovely, very clean, relaxed and friendly. The pool was a bonus in the heat and although all meals are buffet style the food was of a very high standard and changed every day. Excellent location for anyone wanting to go into the tiger reserve.

8/10 Good

Tiemo, Frankfurt, Hessen

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Gutes Safari Hotel
Das Hotel eignet sich perfekt um Safaris von hier aus zu unternehmen. I.d.R. werden die Touren von Vivanta aus gestartet, so dass man sich besten Plätze in den Jeeps sichern kann. Das Hotelbuffet ist überteuert - hier lohnt sich die Suche nach einem anderen externen Restaurant. Die Anlage ist insgesamt schon und die Zimmer großzügig eingerichtet.

8/10 Good

gilles, la colle sur loup

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Hotel au charme colonial anglais
Très bel hotel. Sul bémol pas de carte disponible au restaurant mais seulement un buffet à prix prohibitif en inde (1500 rps + taxe par personne)