Submission date: 2007-08-18 - Date of Stay: July 2007
Submitted by: Jamie - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Business Traveller - Age Group: 31 - 40
Disappointing
There are many good points and features of this hotel such as the range of restaurants and food, gym and pool area. That is where it ended for me.
The room we received which was not just the standard room was incredibly pokey in size and really inappropriate for business use. I had taken my girlfriend there with me whilst on a business trip. In terms of being able to work from the room, this was impossible. There was hardly enough room to move around. We had originally booked to stay there for 8 nights but ended up leaving after 6 due to this.
As well as this, the night after we left, I took some clients to the Enigma nightclub which is in the hotel. We were of course refused entry as we were not hotel guests and we were an all male party. I had left the day before and settled a bill of around £1400. This fact did not matter. I was embarrassed and insulted as other groups of all males were permitted entry. A complaint by email upon my return home regarding the issue yielded no re...Read more
Submission date: 2006-02-12 - Date of Stay: January 2003
Submitted by: Suzanne O'Neill - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Business Traveller - Age Group: 31 - 40
The Best Hotel in the World
I spent 12 weeks working in Mumbai, the first 6 weeks I stayed in the Taj Mahal Hotel and the second 6 weeks were spent in the JW Marriott hotel. I can honestly say that this is the best hotel that I have ever experienced in the world.
You are met with the grandest entrance to the hotel and on entering reception, you can see right out to the pool and the horizon. Make sure you are here for sunset - it is an awesome sight!!!
I stayed in both the standard and deluxe rooms at the JW and would be happy to stay in either again. The standard room had two double beds and a fabulous view over the pool. The bathroom was an excellent size the standard of cleanliness throughout was fab. My deluxe room was larger than the standard room with a larger bathroom. The bathroom had shutters which opened into the bedroom. Again, it was a fab room.
The standard of cleanliness throughout the hotel was amazing - I have never before seen men in the swimming pool cleaning every inch of the pool, inc...Read more
