Reviews of Smyle Inn Hotel

13 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: You have to remvember it's India, so don't compare this with Western hostels. By India standards its very good, and I stayed at some hotels while here and The Smyle Inn was better in most aspects! Free wifi in the bedrooms is great, the staff all speak a good amount of English and are helpful and efficient (especially for India!) the airport pickup was reliable, and the free breakfast is great, for the price you pay it's excellent value. Location is brilliant too, just off the main bazaar which is thriving. I also felt safe here, and I was knocked down and robbed by a motorbike during my stay in a different area of Delhi, so the main bazaar street felt safe to me in comparison.

Disliked: It's in a central location so of course it's not completely quiet at night, but again, this is central Delhi, if you're expecting peace and quiet you need to change your expectations or stay out in the countryside! Hot water is always "iffy" in India, if you get hot water it's a treat (even in hotels too), and we didn't have hot water all the time, it was 50/50, but that was ok with me.

09 February 2012 Rob would recommend this property

Liked: Staff very helpful and room very clean.

Disliked: None

09 February 2012 Rob would recommend this property

Liked: The staff were very approachable and had good knowledge of the local area.

Disliked: None

08 February 2012

Liked: Room was fine and location was near metro.

Disliked: The staff were EXTREMELY UNFRIENDLY. We arrived at 8 am and the website says you can check in if there's rooms available. The doors to the property were locked and no one answered the door for a while then they told us to wait until 10 for our rooms and when we asked about internet they said "It's Sunday so no internet." Were unwilling to try and fix the internet although they were not doing anything better instead. Also I left at 7:30 in the morning and breakfast starts at 8. The manager told me I could only have some juice and bananas not a full breakfast adn when I went down the front desk staff said I could not have anything and the front desk staff were generally extremely rude.

04 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Fast free wifi, basic but filling free breakfast. Rooms clean. Staff friendly and helpful. Close to metro stations and New Delhi Railway station.

Disliked: My room was on the ground floor right next to reception so was very loud with people coming and going and staff talking at night and early in the morning. Cold at night and only a thin blanket provided.

31 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: decent room with clean bathroom

Disliked: little hard to find especially at night

28 January 2012 Steven would recommend this property

Liked: Close to new delhi train station and a metro station. Plenty of places to eat in the area.Quiet location as down alleyway. Staff were very helpful and FREE wifi. I would stay here again

Disliked: The walls between rooms like most hotels in India were thin.

26 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: location and staff are excelent

Disliked: blankets without linen - grrrr

24 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The room was very clean and comfortable. The wifi in the room was very quick and convenient. The bed was comfortable and the room recently renovated.

Disliked: The shower wasn't very hot and it was a bit loud due to the echo of people's voices in the hallway. However, with some earplugs at night this wasn't a problem.

20 January 2012

Liked: free internet and breakfast.travel staff

Disliked: the atmosphere and especially location. it says its a great location. I cannot more disagree.

15 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: You can't expect much because it's cheap. But it's worth it. Too bad I wasn't able to have breakfast... The airport pick up and drop off were on time. Overall, if you're looking a place just to spend the night and you're budget's tight, I recommend Smyle Inn.

Disliked: Well, the receptionists sleep on the floor. It was a bit awkward that when I was waking them up because I was checking out.

15 January 2012 Madeline would recommend this property

Liked: Good value. Helpful. Spoke to owner who was very helpful.

Disliked: Just the area to get to the property. urine smell

09 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Well, the value for money. It's cheap and you get what you pay for (everything was basic) ... no hidden costs. O BTW, the internet connection in our room was fast.

Disliked: It's located in a shanty like area. The general location was dirty... but then again it's India (and you will be comforted that there are many tourists in that area.

02 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Room Nr. 301 was clean and good. Breakfast was ok.

Disliked: The sourrounding is not so nice in the whole area of main bazar. I would not come again.

02 January 2012 EDITH would recommend this property

Liked: staff were friendly and location was near main bazaar and metro which was convenient

Disliked: towels were a little dirty looking. the hot water is only available at certain times (6-9am/pm)

22 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent value for money, very clean, good location only a 10 minute walk to RamaKrishnaAshram metro station, staff was very helpful, wifi working with no problems.

Disliked: Tried to pay my balance by credit card on the morning of our checkout and this facility was not available...almost missed our morning train because of our emergency hunt for an ATM. The street can look a little dodgy if coming back late at night, otherwise everything excellent, would stay there again.

22 December 2011 Karen would recommend this property

Liked: - Good manager, we were placed in the newer wing even though we booked for a basic room in the older wing (probably due to overbooking) and he accommodated our request to being moved to a room wtih a window (makes a big difference). - Offers a free breakfast, was basic but did the job. - Good location

Disliked: - Very hard to find on your own for the first time - Usual cockroaches

21 December 2011 enno would recommend this property

Liked: fast wifi

Disliked: matresses too hard

20 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Big clean rooms, friendly staff.

Disliked: Food offered, very expensive.

20 December 2011 Pauline would recommend this property

Liked: It's comfortable, clean & good location.

Disliked: When I first arrived I was told I would have to go to another site - but when I said I would stay somewhere else a room suddenly was found. The wifi wasn't working - but the computers were free of charge.

19 December 2011

Liked: Clean and good location

Disliked: The staff is no helpful, they were watching TV all the time, so they took very very long on everiything (check in, check out, etc). But the worst thing was that in the nights got very very cold (less than 10°C) and they didn't have blankets!!!

11 December 2011 MOHD FARUHI would recommend this property

Liked: We arrived at 9pm, the hotel staff was upgraded us to deluxe room and the room is very worth compare to hotel rate. Near the main bazar, so u can shopping at anytime...

Disliked: MOHD FARUHI left no negative feedback.

11 December 2011 Thomas Joerg would recommend this property

Liked: guy at the reception very caring/ helpful with organizing train trips, didn't try to make money with us booking with him (same price as at the train station itself); breakfast included and decent; walking distance to Delhi Central Station and different metro stations; helpful map in hostel: "visit Delhi by metro"

Disliked: narrow street inside the main bazar without street name, bit dark, hard to find, had to pass public toilet which stinked like hell when entering the street to hostel, be careful of indian people trying to cheat western travellers, waiting for you in the hostel area, following you around

10 December 2011 joanne would recommend this property

Liked: Friendly staff, good sized beds and free internet, even though we checked in very early on our first day, we were not charged any extra

Disliked: joanne left no negative feedback.

08 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff is very helpfull and nice, complimentary breakfast was nice as well.

Disliked: There was no hot water.