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Reviews of Ganga Monastery

3 out of 5
Ganga Monastery
N-1/2 RM, Near Ravidas Ghat, Assi-Nagwa Road, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 22 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 22 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 22 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 22 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 22 reviews" "

6.2/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Sathiyan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I got bad experience too cold inside, hot water is not coming, power plug point not working, staying at hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Frederik

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The initial room that I was allocated was on the main floor; drak, dungy and smelled badly after sewage. I tried to leave the hotel after one day, but management did not approve a refund for the other four days that I had booked. Through Expedia.The pictures are not representative of the main floor rooms. Expect Indian 2 star standard. The hotel location is quite good, at the Ganges and close to Assi Ghat. There is a thing though with cleanliness and disrepair and Indian culture and standards. The very friendly Indian staff just seems to have a blind eye for dirt and broken and damaged things, even though they hang around and have lots of time to fix things, clean things, and make them look good. I guess that is more of a European and North American expectation. Very helpful and friendly staff though.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Shekhar

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very disappointing experience!
This hotel is well located but that is where the good news stops! service is terrible, rooms are spacious but not maintained well. we had to ask for soap and toilet paper (which were then given to us) and for shampoo (which was not- we were asked to buy it from nearby shops). there was a bad smell in the toilet. Kitchen was extremely dirty- one would not like to eat any breakfast after having a look there. workers do not keep good hygiene. Altogether- not a place to stay. KEEP AWAY!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel away from the noise and craziness just 10 mins walk on the banks of the Ganges to the start of the ghats. Serene surroundings very relaxing Would use again and recommend this place.
Pleasant walk along the banks of the Ganges
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from sandeep on 10 Dec 2022
Dear sir" greetings from hotel ganga monastery varanasi"thanks for your stay with us, awaiting your next stay.thanks regardssandeep

10/10 Excellent

RAJENDRA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property location, just facing Ganga is excellent and also nearness to the Assi Ghat. The only issue was its approach road from the main road, a beat clumsy, else All Well
Response from sandeep on 10 Dec 2022
Dear sir" greetings from hotel ganga monastery varanasi"thanks for your stay with us, awaiting your next stay.thanks regardssandeep

10/10 Excellent

Tamal

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful Stay
The hotel staff were awesome and welcoming. The hotel is in a good location. The rooms were spacious and well decorated. Bathroom was cleaned thoroughly. Plenty of storage space in the room. Overall a pleasant stay overlooking the Ganga.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from pankaj on 3 Nov 2020
thx for review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Pankaj on 18 Jun 2019
Thx for review us

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Pankaj on 12 Jun 2019
Thx for review us

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I am sruggling to find anything positive about this place
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Bernard, Dublin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room with a holy view.
I highly recommend The Ganga Monestary. It is a nice easy walk along the Ganges to Assi Gaht, the southernmost of the Varanasi gahts.it is very quiet. My room had a beautiful view of the Ganges. There is a nice rooftop patio as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Pankaj on 27 Mar 2019
Thank you sir for review us.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good location
Overall our stay was good. The room was nice, the view was interesting and the location was good for experiencing the Ganges River. Our frustration was with how aggressive the staff was about optional taxi excursions. We did some of them and paid their obviously higher priced for the ease of not having to figure it out. But when we declined to pay their double rate for a ride to Bodhgaya, we were shamed and browbeaten for not using them. I know it's India and everyone is always selling, but when you want a relaxing place to chill without deflecting hustling, this went too far.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Road leading to hotel is pits. Loose stones and bricks all over. Watch for musquitos. View of river is nice. Sunrise is spectacular. W Watch
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
THey are at the end of thr strip, there is a lot of noise, and they need to get their WiFi figured out. But generally nice spot.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from Pankaj on 7 Feb 2018
Thx sir

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fine quiet conveniently located hotel.
We needed a quiet hotel convenient to take a boat ride and close to BHU where our conference took place. This was well located, quiet, clean, new, with a great view of the river and a 5-10 minute walk to Assi Ghat along the river.
Response from Pankaj on 28 Dec 2016
Thank you sir for you good review. Hope you will visit again in Ganga Monastery.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Half the price would have been a fair price
I did not realize when booking this hotel that it belongs to a certain hotel chain which I generally try to avoid, if their name is mentioned in the hotel name I will not book it, but sometimes, as in this case the hotel name gives no indication that it belongs to that chain and I end up inadvertently booking one of their hotels. The room was good enough and quite large, generally I would have been perfectly satisfied with this hotel if the cost, including tax, were about half of what it was. I think half the price would have been a fair price. That has consistently been my experience with hotels belonging to this chain, actually this is one of the better experiences I've had with that brand.

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lo mejor es la ubicación y las habitaciones que dan al río que son muy bonitas y confortables
Stayed 9 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Horacio Ramon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disfrute sin Aglomeraciones
Ubicado próximo al ghat Asi, en el extremo por lo que las actividades propias de los ghat, se realizan sin tanta aglomeración y sin la continua interrupción de varqueros y vendedores de todo.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from pankaj on 13 Nov 2019
thx for your excellent review

4/10 Poor

M

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
エアコンが壊れていて夜遅くに修理に来たのに結局直らず、暑い中寝たので何度も起きてしまった。
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Pankaj on 30 Jun 2019
Ok

8/10 Good

catman

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Pankaj on 12 Sept 2018
Thx sit

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The staff was friendly, but my friend got really sick after eating in the hotels restaurant.