Hotel Bhairon Vilas

Best Hotel on our trip to India!! Delicious food!! Incredible rooms!! And the most welcoming staff!! Perfect for relaxing and unwinding from the crazy and noisy India. We would 100% decide to stay again on our next visit to Bikaner, India!!

A real regal experience. The staff is very cooperative and the food is very good. The ambience of the place transports you to the bygone era of princes the owner is passionate about the renovation and is an avid collector of artifacts from all over . The rooms are well appointed with modern washrooms and clean linen. TV , Wi-Fi, a tea maker, etc. are all there. The evenings are good in the lawns and one can sip tea with the background natural chirping of sparrows. Overall a very satisfying experience. Very memorable.

We arrived via a chaotic gateway in Bikaner. Half the place was being renovated as it is end of the season and they clearly aren't doing any cleaning. The reception area was so dark and we got bitten within a couple of mins. The staff were miserable and not very welcoming. We were shown to a large spacious and very dark room it would have been nice albeit for the hundreds of mosquitos and the lack of cleaning. The bedding was an old blanket with a stained sheet on top not underneath. There was an external old bathroom door and loads of mosquitos came from beneath it. They offered 2 small plug ins and a coil but we could see so many we knew it wasn't possible to stay there without being bitten. I can't review the rest of the place as we left after an hour.

Crazy cool place with a charming owner. The buildings are old and magnificent. The grounds have seating areas, tables and fire pits scattered around. There are sculptures and antiques everywhere. Much is a little run down but they were busy repainting chairs and tables, sweeping, etc. and it's part of the charm. Room 102 was a stunning room filled with antiques and odds and ends. They provided us with a space heater (it was quite chilly during our visit), a hot water kettle and tons of tea and Nescafe. The bathroom was huge and split; toilet and sink on one side, shower on the other. Very hot water and good water pressure. You have to walk up three steps to then climb down into the bathtub to shower. Very beautiful room, but it could definitely be cleaner. Even after we asked that the room be cleaned halfway through our visit, while the bed was made, it was still dirty (thick layer of dust on the bedside table, dust and hair on floor, etc.). I wondered if part of the reason was because all the staff we saw were men and I'm under the impression that house keeping is a traditionally female job in India. Breakfast was simple but good: tea, Nescafe, cold cereal, toast, butter, jam, bananas, sapota, plain yogurt and they'll make you a yummy, simple cheese or masala omelet. We had dinner there one night (only offered occasionally) but the food was unexceptional. One thing that was not great was the difficulty we had getting information - different staff people gave us different answers. We were told breakfast started at 8 am, but the door was locked and we were then told it was at 8:30am. We were told dinner was at 8 pm but then asked to return at 8:30 pm. At 8:30 pm we returned to be told to go sit by the fire, order a drink, and they'd come tell us when dinner was ready. However, there was a group of friends using every seat around the fire... didn't feel very welcoming, and we never could figure out if there was a bar. We ended up going back to our room and returning for at 9 pm. We were given all sorts of different prices for tuk tuks and getting additional toilet paper and water seemed to throw the staff into disarray. I had the impression that perhaps the place was more geared towards groups, as it seems the small groups that we saw were getting the attention they needed (and drinks!). This place could be amazing with a little more attention to cleanliness and better communication with staff. Even a little card at the front desk or in the rooms indicating meal times or if the "bar" would be open, would be helpful.