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Reviews of Kantipur Temple House

3 out of 5
Kantipur Temple House
Chusyabahal, Jyatha, Thamel, Kathmandu

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 253 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Victor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room, it’s bigger than any hotel I’ve been to, also looks very historical and exotic, a special stay
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay at Kantipur. Best staff ever!
The staff were incredibly helpful and accommodating. They went over and above to assist me in finding a taxi and ensuring all went well. My highest recommendations!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kantipur Temple House is a hidden gem in the Thames district of Kathmandu. Painstakingly reproduced Nepalese architecture from a bygone era. Hugely spacious and comfortable rooms. Many small alcoves to enjoy delicious Chai Masala. The food is organic and exquisite. Yoga on the rooftop. The staff goes above and beyond every expectation that I had. Unexpectedly, I met the owner one day at the front door - and we shared stories for nearly an hour. Forget the higher priced places. Kantipur Temple House is far better at half the price. When I return to Kathmandu, the only place I will consider staying is Kantipur Temple House. A big thank you from me to everyone at Kantiour the made my stay so enjoyable
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed the fact that the property was tucked away from the noise of the city. The architecture was really appealing as well. The staff was so helpful and professional. Great stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kantipur Temple House is a great place to base yourselves when exploring Kathmandu. The staff are very accommodating and the rooms are spacious. The city is dusty and noisy but only a little of both finds it’s way into the rooms. Good breakfast and we would commend this hotel for all that they are doing to minimise plastics etc. Hot water bottles in your beds in the evening is a very welcoming start to a good nights sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Soo

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
I’m really in two minds about my recent stay. Great location and character filled building, great staff, lots of little nice touches. Some things really irked such as cold building, overpriced drinks, lousy showers etc Overall it was OK but relative to others probably overpriced.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

yuhua

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent hotel with lots of ambiance, friendly and helpful staff, great breakfast, and an excellent location in central Kathmandu
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tradtional design of the building and deco
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Frances

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful but lacking
This hotel is really beautiful. If you’re looking for that perfect Instagram pic you’ll definitely get it here. Great location, helpful staff. However, a few things you need to know. It’s an “eco” hotel- there’s no AC or heat. No TV. And it’s dark. Like, you can’t get ready or see in your room at night. The bulbs in the room were 5 watts- we literally almost went out and bought new light bulbs when we stayed here. It’s just... odd. The bathrooms are also pretty spartan but whatever- you’re in Nepal. Overall a beautiful property but a few small tweaks would really push it over the top and make it fabulous instead of just okay.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Erik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kindness and comfort at Kantipur Temple Hotel
If you are looking for a unique small hotel with a lot of charm, and can live with no pool or cable tv, then Kantipur Temple is well worth a try. I can honestly say that it is one of my favorite boutique hotels anywhere. The architecture is dedicated to preserving the 16th century brick and ornate wood traditional style and the owner/ staff are committed to being organic and green. The garden is lovely and the restaurant is very nice. The location is fabulous because it is just 2 little black class from a main Thamel street but it offers a peaceful setting hidden from the madness:) The WiFi is basically good, the rooms tend to be dark, but that saves electricity. I was a little sick and they had an electric blanket ready for me. Nights can be very cold!! This seems to be a favorite spot for hundreds of European trekkers. Friendly, warm and helpful staff. I was very happy there.huge luxury hotels could learn a lot from Kantipur Temple house.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Guillermo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
The place is beautiful, charming and well located, but is really cold and dark, they give you electric blankets and electric heaters or hot water bags that in my case make me feel some ill because that only warm a little area and the rest remains cold very cold. In fact, I had the booked another hotel for the second night (It was already paid) in order to prevent getting more sick before I go trekking, That and the noise made by the machines they are using in remodelatiions in the front area (I had to asked to be changed to a rooms in the back) made my stay in this hotel not good.Maybe it was just bad luck
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hazel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Green and beautiful hotel
We realised that 3 days is simply not long enough to see Kathmandu & must one day return to also go beyond Kathmandu. I loved being close to the tourist shopping area but did not appreciate the environmentally friendly chill of the hotel. They try to compensate with electric blankets, hot water bottles and smelly gas cylinder heaters in the bedrooms but the public areas are still very cold in February.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
Amazing. Hot water bottles and electric blankets and a total oasis in the midst of the city. Would recommend and stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay Situated in Thamel, but on a quiet street. Staff always ready to help. We stayed in January, it was a bit cold, but we were provided with heaters.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff and the food were wonderful! The hotel is beautiful! We loved everything about our stay at the Kantipur House and would stay here again. It really is a special place!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Durga, Bandipur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Located in peaceful area in thamel. Nice courtyard to chill which iis really great. Stayed 2 nights in a deluxe room which is on 1st floor facing toward courtyard. Highly recommended :)
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An oasis of calm in Thamel - a rare find
Kantipur Temple House Hotel was an oasis of calm in the craziness that is Thamel. Beautiful architecture, nicely furnished rooms and very friendly and helpful staff. The hotel has a green ethos and provides clean water without encasing it in plastic, cloth bags for shopping and solar panels provide wonderfully hot water to the showers. Even free yoga each morning in the garden at 8am, perfect for when you’ve just come down from the mountains!!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great potential but falls short in many ways.
This hotel didn't quite deliver what we had expected, it was an interesting building displaying the local architecture and building skills to their best but the hotel was let down by some very dark rooms with virtually no daylight and poor artificial lighting. Also, the promised toiletries actually comprised 2 small soap bars for our 4 night stay, similarly the hair dryers and ceiling fans didn't exist, contrary to the hotel description. The staff were good, especially the lady on reception and the hotel's airport pick up ($10) was reliable. The included breakfast was OK but unchanging over our time there and not replenished very quickly, if at all, towards the end on the breakfast period. In conclusion the hotel is well located and its construction interesting but the nightly rate is quite expensive and we felt it didn't really represent good value given the deficiencies described above.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Melissa, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful property, clean rooms, and friendly staff. The food at the restaurant was also incredible.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very peaceful in Thamel, great old building, nice ambiance
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Priscilla

Outanding choice
Kantipur Temple was an outstanding place to stay in Kathmandu. The decor and architecture is exquisite, the beds comfortable, hospitality outstanding and food delicious. We were so happy staying here and grateful for the opportunity. As a side note they saved a package from the US addressed to us, until our arrival.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ayon

Great
Great experience. Blissful stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The opposite of a cookie-cutter hotel, Kantipur Temple House offers an authentic Nepalese experience. Beautiful carvings, stonework, flowering gardens abound, and the morning yoga on the lawn was a treat. Great location in Thamel, but on a secluded alleyway. We loved our stay!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dandy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nirvana !
What a bliss to enter this hotel after the busy street of Thamel, Kathmandu. The staff are super friendly and helpful. They found out about my birthday and gave me so many presents, all staff wishing me on that day. The owner invited me and my friends to his beautiful restaurant. Yoga class in the morning is a treat too. Beautiful building and architecture. Great location!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Deb & Lorenzo, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quiet, welcoming inn out of the bustle
On a cold night, the staff had turned on an electric blanket below our bottom sheet, and the bed was toasty and wonderful. Kathmandu was fascinating, but busy, noisy and SO polluted...somehow this inn helped us detox; even the air quality was healing. Good job, Kantipur Temple House.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carole, Ottawa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed Kantipur, and the decor and architecture of the hotel was most charming and pleasing, like being back in the time of Baktapur. Kudos also to the hotel for going green and solar without compromising comfort. And the daily yoga class in the garden adds a nice friendly touch. Would without a doubt recommend to anyone staying in Kathmandu.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Scott, Oregon, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great people. Amazing architecture of hotel. Restaurant was great! Near enough to busy Thamel but not stuck in the noisy areas. Quiet, peaceful and a welcome place to return to after being out in busy Kathmandu
Stayed 12 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Subechhya on 17 Feb 2018
We are so happy you enjoyed your stay with us and appreciated our teams service and hospitality and our quiet yet central ambience.

10/10 Excellent

Navvin Kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Subechhya on 17 Feb 2018
Thank you for choosing to stay with us

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Kantipur team on 5 Feb 2018
Thank you for enjoying your stay with us.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I had a noisy room- dogs start barking at around 4:00 am. -tiny, dark bathroom with stained tiles and grouting. -not very clean sheets with torn hems -blanket in it’s cover and the pillow smelled of perspiration. -breakfast was not very interesting
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Anthony, Perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Well located hotel
Overall a very good experience at the hotel. Well located with friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Peter, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Boutique hotel - great location in Kathmandu
Stayed twice, really enjoyed it. Hotel staff are excellent, and restaurant food likewise. Love the design of the hotel. Rooms are a little dark due to the design, but this adds atmosphere & a romantic touch...
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quite & picturesque
Amazing place. will take take my wife when I am in the country again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location in Thamel but out of the main bustle
This is a new hotel designed to look like a very old one. This is a very beautiful hotel in a garden setting, close to the dirt and noise of the main streets in Thamel. So a perfect combination. Everything in the hotel is designed carefully to look traditional and beautiful, including the breakfast settings. But no a/c, no tv, and definitely no plastics. So could be a bit of an adjustment, but in the spirit of the old and sadly mostly lost Kathmandu.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful traditional hotel
Staying in this hotel was a great experience. The architecture of the hotel and court yard was authentic and very beautiful. The breakfast was good too.

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie, Bend, Oregon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Restoration, grounding and calm amongst chaos!
Love this place, people and the quiet surroundings of this lovely hotel! I will be back! Thank you for such a wonderful stay. ❤

10/10 Excellent

ColB, London, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An oasis of calm in chaotic Kathmandu
My second stay in this central hotel did not disappoint. Built in traditional Newari style, there are plenty of architectural features to feast the eyes on including carved wood, a fountain and statues. The quiet courtyard and garden are great for relaxing in while taking a break from browsing the shops in nearby Thamel. Good restaurant with plenty of regional choice (Nepali, Indian, Chinese). The owner is making a huge effort to be eco-friendly in one of the world's most difficult cities in which to be green. Organic vegetables. Home-made apple jam at breakfast. No plastic bags ... you can borrow fabric ones. No individual plastic water bottles are sold here ... but filtered drinking water is provided free every day in the bedrooms and restaurant. My room was spacious and kept very clean. Plenty of hot water for showering. An hour of yoga and meditation offered every morning. Staff attentive, friendly and helpful.

10/10 Excellent

Rudy, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect 👌🏾
A beautiful hotel perfectly located near Thamel and Durbar Square. The architecture and the gardens are lovely. Rooms were well cared for and the staff are kind and take pride in their impeccable service. Oh, and the breakfast is the best! I can't wait to return.

10/10 Excellent

Sarita, Spain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous location, amazing restaurant
We arrived at the Kantipur Temple after having roughed it for a week, and were greeted by an incredibly warm and professional staff and an architecturally exquisite building and grounds. The rooms vary greatly in size and detail, so ask for one facing the inner courtyard. Fast internet, warm (hot) showers, nightly turn-down service complete with water bottles, electric matress pad covers, and darling brass water pitchers with matching (very local) cups next to the beds. And on top of everything else, the restaurant is spectacular. Seriously, the food is first class. Don't even bother going out to find something "local" because the hotel restaurant is 5-star, Newali food at incrediblly low prices. In every aspect, this hotel is an oasis in crazy Kathmandu. It's a gem.

8/10 Good

Hal Hasan, istanbul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Temple like architecture with an exotic garden
Templee like architecture with an exitice garden Makes this hotel uniquevin Kathmandu. Very well staff behaviour, clean and orderly rooms. Good brekfast end free Yoga sessions in the mornings.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel built in traditional style
This hotel has been recently built using traditional Nepalese craftsmanship and has been beautifully executed. We loved the wooden carving, marble floors, the garden area and the overall peaceful ambience. Staff were very attentive and helpful and we liked the eco policy of the hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Locally-owned eco-hotel
Wonderful locally-owned eco-hotel in a very aesthetically-pleasing style based on historical architecture. Good location in Thamel, close to restaurants, markets, and Durbar Square temples. Staff was kind and accommodating, and the owner was on-site to greet us and chat. Great restaurant serving Nepali and Indian cuisines. Free roof-top yoga every morning! Beautiful gardens and grounds.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice hotel, very friendly staff. \The only problem is that the rooms are a little dark, they should add more lights.