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3 out of 5
Tiger Safari Resort
Ranthambhore, Sawai Madhopur, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 63 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff are very tentative, food is good. Organised our safaris and taxis well.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Nicole E.

Disliked: Cleanliness
Could be great!
Hotel is in a quiet but convenient location between the train station and the Safari booking office. Room was dark with only one main light. Bathroom was smelly and water did not drain well after showing. Restaurant was incredibly slow-- 45 min to make dinner. Otherwise friendly staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family stay
Comfortable stay. Needs improvement on room service especially from kitchen. Nice place for family stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

paul, usa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel management made our family (7 people ) wait since they couldn't find the booking info when we reached the "so called resort". THE. PLACE SHOULD NOT BE CALLED "RESORT" The toilet tank was leaking and we found several bugs in the room. Finally the owner/manager gave us another room. The guy who served us breakfast was very nice. I will never recommend this place to anyone.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Jinny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms were quite comfortable enough. The non veg spread in the restaurant was good. Sply the biryani and sandwich

8/10 Good

garryb, Queensland, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean hotel, well managed.
Hotel was nice, but unfortunatelyTiger safari in Ranthambore was poor value. Spent half of the time picking up and dropping off from other hotels, guides seemed keen on getting home again as quick as possible. Viewings of animals poor, would not recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Ryan, USA

Liked: Staff & service
Hotel was decent value for the money.
Our stay was okay. The food was good and they said it was prepared to tourist standards but we got sick eating the vegetable salad. If you make tiger safari reservations online and use the ticket pick up service, I think they take the best zones (where there may be a kill so the tigers will be there the second and third day) and give them to the big foreign tour groups. I had five different reservations and lost my zone 1 (got zone 4 instead). I did get the other four zones that I reserved so it seems fishy to lose only the best one. Our room was very dark. Staff brought up a lamp but it only marginally helped. Other rooms (smaller ones on the ground floor) seemed to be more well lit. Our blanket cover smelled like BO but staff changed it when we asked. You also need to know that a switch controls the in-room water heater (so you need to turn it on in advance before taking a shower). I think the hotel is a little far from the park gate so we seemed to always be the first ones to be picked up by the cantor (a good thing). There is also a small convenience store nearby to get snacks and drinks.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room needs to be more clean. And staff was not so courteous.

8/10 Good

saravana venkataraman, usa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
good hotel for a reasonable price
stayed there for only one night for our ranthambore tiger safari. nicely maintained hotel with good customer service. didn't have any issues.

6/10 Okay

Kuriakose, Santa Ana

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Decent hotel
Really nice rooms and inner courtyard. Staff was so-so. Ate dinner here and had violent vomiting/diarrhea later that night.

8/10 Good

Shwetha, Cleveland, Ohio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful with delicious food!
This was a great hotel for the price close to Ranthambore National Park. The BEST part of the hotel was its restaurant! INCREDIBLY TASTY FOOD for cheap prices. The service staff and owner were very nice thoughtful people as well. I would stay here again.

6/10 Okay

nzmaya, New Zealand

Nice small hotel with indoor and outdoor seating.
Our only reason for being in Ranthambhore was to see a tiger. Booked on-line and reviews seemed good. Was expecting a 'Cottage' but was just an upstairs unit. In-house meals were tasty and authentic. We SAW 2 tigers, so all good. Nothing nearby to walk to. Empty site next to pool was an eyesore, but pool itself was refreshing in the winter.

6/10 Okay

Victor, Wonder Lake, Illinois

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good hotel for safaris, not long stay relaxation.
Clean rooms, and a manager with a sense of humor and good English language skills. The "resort" name is misleading to westerners, as this is an average dated hotel with an in-ground pool only. No gardens, tennis area, etc. to denote a "resort." A distance from the Tiger reserve, and a service charge is made for safari tours, and no choice of regions. Meals are on menu only, no buffet as other higher class hotels, but the food is good. Staff very limited in English proficiency to be a tourist hotel except for the many Indian quests. Hot water is limited to two times a day by set hours. Door man at night for security. Separated toilet seat from shower stall a plus, but no sink counter or place for toiletries in the bathroom. No washroom floor mats. Cable TV has 24 stations with Indian language ONLY, no English stations. No safe in our room, and the ceiling fan was unbalanced and made noise constantly.

8/10 Good

CW, Denver, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice place close to the park
Nice hotel close to Ranthambore National Park. The staff was helpful and pleasant. The restaurant while kind of dark and lacking in ambiance served excellent food. Our room was large and had several windows with a relaxing balcony. The only real negative was that the pool was not in very clean condition when we were there.

8/10 Good

Craig, Michigan, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gateway to Ranthambore
I stayed at this hotel for the purpose of exploring Ranthambore National Park. The hotel is quite nice, especially given the price. The staff were very helpful with the manager being particular so. In addition the manager speaks perfect English, has a good sense of humor, and helped accomodate my special requests. The restaurant is a good option for the area. Given the multitude of options to stay at near Ranthambore, this is a good choice. Unfortunately, the town itself is fairly dirty and offers little outside the proximity to the park.

8/10 Good

vicky, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice option for budget travellers
I stayed here for two nights. The manager of the hotel is kind and very helpful. Service at the restaurant good. Rooms are clean and cottage rooms were spacious, the normal rooms are quite small and had little to no natural light. Good value place to stay in the area as many other places are very expensive or not great quality. Would recommend the stay here. One improvement would be to change table clothes after each guest as they get quite dirty and it is not pleasant to eat from the table afterwards.

4/10 Poor

PRATEEK, Mumbai

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
dont choose
bad experience

2/10 Terrible

Hatim, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the worst
This place has a most arrogant attitude towards customer and others, that one is best to avoid stay at this Hotel. The so called Manager (Rahul Desai) is the most arrogant person on this earth. We witnessed two customer walking out with argument with this guy. He even has audacity to force gratuity given to Rathombore Tger Reserve staff to give it to him. Please avoid this establishment.

6/10 Okay

james, Austin,. TX

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good, not super.
Helpful staff but hot water policy (posted) unsettling. Surprised to find out that although room (& high taxes) could be advance paid by card, this was not acceptabe for premises charges.

10/10 Excellent

SANJAY, DELHI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GREAT HOTEL AT GREAT PRICE
WE HAD STAYED THREE DAYS AT THIS HOTEL,EVERYTHING OF THIS HOTEL WAS AWESOME.THE ROOMS WERE VERY CLEAN & COMFORTABLE,THE STAFFS WERE AWESOME & VERY FRIENDLY BY NATURE SPECIALLY THE MANAGER.YOU DONT NEED TO GO ANYWHERE FOR FOOD BECAUSE THE FOOD IS AWESOME & TASTY.

8/10 Good

Carmen, Minneapolis, MN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Value & Nice Hotel
I stayed at Hotel Tiger Reserve for 2 nights in January 2014. This is one of the few more budget priced hotels in the area, which is growing by leaps and bounds with plenty of high end options. I was exceptionally pleased with my experience. The staff is very helpful and fluent in English. They will make all safari arrangements or in my case, where I pre-booked by safari's online, they took care of the step in which you wait in line for an hour for the lottery assignment and obtaining the boarding pass. The fee charged for this service was very reasonable and with 2 safaris on one day, I greatly appreciated not having to do this myself. If you do want to take care of this yourself, they will arrange for transportation to the boarding pass location at the appropriate time. Both the day of the safari and the day I left by early train, they arranged for wake-up calls They also provide different breakfast seating times for those with and without a safari to ensure those heading out early get something to eat before. There is also the option to have breakfast after the early safari. There were some limitations on hot water due to the use of generators. They make great efforts to ensure you know the hot water timeframe and this worked out well, despite the small limitations. Overall, i would highly recommend this hotel in the area for a reasonably priced option. The hotel and service provided was excellent.

10/10 Excellent

Akriti, Rajasthan, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful place to stay
Hotel is very good in terms of safety, security, hospitality everything. One feels here like home. Hotel staff is very supportive and caring

4/10 Poor

Justin Menard, Ottawa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't expect much… but dining good
Well, with the very poor quality of our room, we were quite surprised by the good food and kitchen service. So our 'super deluxe' room was 1) very cold -had to rent a heater at INS 400 per night, 2) poor water quality -the shower head in the middle of the bathroom spits tepid water just enough to wet your hair (and that's when you abide by the 'hot water' schedule), 3) the beds are anything but comfortable, 4) the electricity keeps going out and the WiFi only works periodically, 5) the lighting is absolutely horrendous. Positive aspect: blankets are complimentary for safaris (and they are needed especially if you do an early morning safari) and the outdoor terrace can be somewhat pleasant. If in Ranthambhore, you should consider your options.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Good budget hotel for students.
Staff were really friendly and opened up the shop next door to allow us to buy jackets for the chilly morning safari. We were delighted to see a tiger on our afternoon safari:)

6/10 Okay

Suvra, Gurgaon , India

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Our stay at Ranthambhore
Service orientation is totally lacking. The staff is very commercially oriented , especially while doing the check out process and booking the tiger safari . All room service payments were done in cash ( very surprising for a hotel booked through expedia).

2/10 Terrible

Hank, USA, Elkins Park PA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible Experience
It was the worst Hotel Stay I had. I was overcharged for the Safari Tour and my car was vandalized on the property. The back window was broken out.

8/10 Good

CHIRAG, MUMBAI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GOOD MANAGER MR RAHUL
VERY COMFORTABLE STAY

8/10 Good

Traveller, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Experience
The hotel was clean, comfortable and well maintained. The manager was welcoming from the moment I arrived. He took the time to answer my numerous safari-related questions (with helpful insights gleaned from his personal safari experiences) and make all necessary arrangements. It is obvious that he is genuinely concerned with providing a great experience to his guests. The dining room opens early to provide breakfast for guests on morning safari. An added benefit of the location (between the booking office and the park) is that you are typically among the first people picked up by safari vehicles, so you can get a good seat.

10/10 Excellent

Johnmac, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location,Location.
Hotel is in perfect location for Tiger Safaris. Comfortable accommodation at V Good price.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
below expectation.
this village/town does not has many hotels so choice is limited. upfront avoid travelling to this village/town altogether. the safari is not worth the effort. room windows were leaky. i stayed in early winter and cold draft from the window made for an uncomfortable sleep. bed/mattress quality for poor. smallish tv had poor signal. hot water supply is limited to a few hours and even then is an on and off affair. food was average. price was unreasonably high for such a small village/town. service was ok but it came at unreasonable price. hotel room rate itself is high. and then everything else is priced unreasonably high. most hotels accomodate late checkout at little to no cost while this hotel asked for half the room rate for only a few hours. taxi availability is poor and costs much. auto ride is uncomfortable. since hotel is located at a distance from everything you do not have much choice. auto/taxi has to be called for or you have to wait hoping somebody would pass and pick you up.

10/10 Excellent

Prof. Jitender Govindani, Hyderabad, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Value for Money
A hotel with a friendly staff, clean bathrooms & worth every penny you pay for. Ideally located between the booking office & the Forest entry gate.

6/10 Okay

Mandar

hotel is good for the price.
tiger safari is hopeless. its know that at time of the year one cannot see the tigers, they should mention it clearly. I am thankfull to our hotel manager who advise us not to book both safaries morning and evening with the hopes to see the tigers. Otherwise everything else is ok, fine.

10/10 Excellent

Herman Boermans, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Helpful efficient staff
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Staff were friendly and helpful. Room was clean and the pool was a real treat! Food was top notch - freshly made. Our questions and concerns over some previous booking errors (made by ourselves) were efficiently resolved and our stay was then worry free. A jeep safari was arranged for us at the last minute and even though we were not lucky to see a tiger up close, others in the resort did. Excellent value for the cost!

8/10 Good

Jamesnange, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good price for location
The hotel arranged for our safari tickets to be picked up so we didn't have to collect at 5am. The staff were very helpful. Food was good in the restaurant. Good price compared to other hotels in the area.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

david bergman

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

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is not a resort but you can say it is guest
This is very expensive compare to the cost of room traiff no facilty availble , ac was not working , changed the room after raised the concern , no parking facility though it is shown in site, no water in pool ,

6/10 Okay

Chiku, Pune

Tiger safari adventure
Rooms and bathrooms are maintained to a satisfactory standards. Frequented by foreigners.

6/10 Okay

ellen kelly

Disliked: Room comfort

6/10 Okay

Doron

Liked: Staff & service

4/10 Poor

Prashant

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Average hotel at higher cost
The hotel is maintained properly. The beds are not much comfortable. Pick up and drop facility is not available from Railway Station.

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Staff & service
Average condition, helpful staff
I stayed in this hotel because it was one of the locations where the Tiger Safari would pick me up. The room was nothing special, but the hotel staff was helpful and I could pay 100 rupees to have them pick up my safari tickets in the morning so I didn't have to get up so early. The hotel had a large backup generator, which was necessary because the power would often go out. The restaurant attached to the hotel was one of the most expensive restaurants I went to in all of India.

4/10 Poor

Dhruva

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
not for family...ok for bachelors
firstly...the location of hotel in google maps is absolutely wrong. It about 10 km away from where it is shown in google maps The room was spacious but linen was dirty. Phone in the room and tv were not working no hot water in bathroom no restaurant in hotel pool was under repair staff were good but for most things they said...'sir..off season'

8/10 Good

Colleen R, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Thanks to the manager a brilliant stay!!
We stayed on the 14th & 15th of April in room 108. we booked through expedia and was very happy with our room. breakfast was included and was great. The Manager?Owner of the hotel was so helpful to us, he booked the safari for us and even arranged for us to get a car when we didnt get on our train. The rest of the staff however seemed uninterested with their guests and seemed put out that guests wanted something, it sometimes felt like we were interupting them. the only reason we gave 4 for staff was because of the manager. Room was clean, food was good. The area of the restaurant is maybe not as clean as it could be considering there were lots of staff about.

8/10 Good

Luc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

8/10 Good

ulf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A very friendly and nice hotel
A really friendly and beautful place. Our room lacked good outlets to charge equipment and the water was not very warm. Apart from that highly recommended

8/10 Good

Andréa

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
hotel limpo e confortável com boa comida
O hotel é menor do que o esperado mas o quarto era grande e a cama confortável. A água quente fica disponível apenas algumas horas por dia, não dura muito e não tem muita pressao no chuveiro. A área é tranquila e segura e não muito longe da estação de trem. O safari é maravilhoso, indico. A comida do hotel vinha bem servida e estava saborosa. O café da manhã é buffet e só há carne - um prato por quarto - no jantar.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
一人旅
部屋は綺麗で、お湯もしっかり出てくれました。スタッフの方も皆明るく快適に過ごすことができました。 ただ、夕飯が少し高いと感じました。味はなかなかだったかな。 当日行ってみたら朝食が混みだったのですが、事前には記載されてなかったのでそこが分かると良いですね。 周りに食事のできるところは皆無なので、ホテルの食事事情はサワイマドプールでは重要です。 また行くことがあったら泊まってみたいです。

6/10 Okay

Satomi, 日本

Liked: Staff & service
昔懐かしい民宿みたいな感じ
親切なスタッフに恵まれ楽しく滞在できました。 ガイドブックに掲載されていたため利用しました。 12月で寒かったのでプールは利用しませんでしたが、暖かかったら楽しく過ごせたと思います。