A rare find - a quiet hotel in New Delhi

Advantages: Calm professional staff, quiet setting
Disadvantages: If you can't get it at a bargain rate, it's not worth the price.

...Ciao must despair of some of us members and the near-geological timescale we seem to work on. I requested this hotel over three years ago and have finally got around to writing about it. Proof at last that if I'm given long enough I'll eventually get round to almost anything. When and Why? We visited Delhi at the beginning and end of a tour to Ladakh, high up in the Himalaya range. Ladakh is at such high altitude that you really can only sensibly go in the summer months and since there's no option other than to go through Delhi to get there, that's an absolutely dreadful time to be in the city in terms of the heat, but a fantastic time to get a bargain on a hotel deal. The Metropolitan was one of our summer bargains. My love for Delhi I love Delhi and nothing gives me more pleasure than to stay a few days in this...

koshkha 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi

One of the world's best hotels - in Delhi!

Advantages: A landmark hotel
Disadvantages: It's a long way from home

...and cons of the different options and then did what every good woman should when faced with a tough and rational shopping decision. That's right, I chose the place I really wanted to stay and then developed a complex story about why it was actually not such a daft thing to do after all. I followed my heart and went for The Imperial and it was worth every penny. A word of warning on hotel taxes in Delhi ********************************** I've read a lot of Delhi hotel reviews on various websites in my pursuit of a good deal and there's one gripe that comes up time and time again - taxes for 4 and 5 star hotels. This seems to be a particular problem in Delhi, caused by the local government changing the taxation system a couple of years ago. Instead of taxes being calculated as a percentage of the room rate that you pay, the new system is...

koshkha 09.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Imperial Hotel, New Delhi

Delhi - shopping for discerning people

Advantages: AFFORDABLE; WHOLE SPECTRUM OF SHOPPING
Disadvantages: NO REGULATORY MECHANISM, HIGH INCIDENCE OF CHEATING AND DECEPTION

...and thugs. You should start bargaining at 25% of the quoted price to be able to strike a decent price. Palika Bazaar is an underground market in the central plaza of CP. Lately it has lost a great degree of its sheen but still it is a good place to hang around and for cottons, VCDs and very colourful and shimmering lingerie! Pahar Ganj Pahar Ganj or the hotel world opposite New Delhi Railway Station offers everything from cottons to incense sticks to ethnic artefacts. But you need to know the market as it is full of cheats. And of late it has become more of a market for professional shoppers from rump states of Soviet Union. Avoid shopping in Pahar Ganj if you can. Let it remain known for staying alone. There are other shopping places like karol bagh, greater kailash, sarojini nagar, chandni chowk which are more of local markets. Avoid...

IDTD 17.04.2005 (19.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of Delhi (India)

NEW LOOK

Advantages: Good Range of Clothes
Disadvantages: none

...New Look (clothing retailer) This is a very popular store with my two daughters and I have spent many a time in the New Look shop. Going around the store one would find many offers and often you will see if you buy one you will be able to get the second one free or at a reduced charge. My younger daughter found this very good value as she had to buy certain clothing for college and it certainly did not burn a whole in my pocket luckily. I am not sure whether these clothes are very well made but there is the choice at very reasonable cost and one will be able to vary the clothes they can wear .at at reasonable cost . The store has been in operation since 1969 and it first was set up in Taunton.The founder was a Mr Tom Singh and the headquarters are in Weymouth. In 2008 there are over 600 stores in open in United Kingdom...

ruth1957 08.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of New Look (Shop)

A New Look at New Look!

Advantages: Something for everyone, Reasonable Prices
Disadvantages: Not always easily Shoppable, Rude Staff

...and their leather range which proves to be very popular. * Tailoring - They also stock a large range of suits including jackets, shirts/blouses, trousers & skirts. * Footwear - My favourite part of New Look with a large range of boots, going out shoes, flat shoes, party shoes, Boots, Flip Flops, Slippers and more! They also do shoes for people with wider feet as well. * Accessories - This includes jewellery, Belts, Bags, Scarves & Gloves, Hosiery, Umbrellas and more. * Lingerie & Nightwear - They have a large lingerie range some of which is designed by Kelly Brook & is very sexy. They also sell nightwear such as sleep sets and robes/gowns. ***THE QUALITY*** I shop in new look regularly and I have never found a fault or problem with an item of clothing from their yet. Some of their going out dresses & tops are made with beautiful...

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Review of New Look (Shop)

The Madonna without the corset and stockings

Advantages: great location, clean rooms, fair prices
Disadvantages: The single towel

...) on the metro from the centre of New Delhi. The journey will cost you 8 rupees or about 10 pence. It's near enough and convenient enough that we popped in and out of town several times per day. The nearest metro station is called Karol Bagh. To get to the hotel, leave the KB metro station on the side of the road where the train coming out of town arrives. Go down to the street and turn left for 50 m or so then take the first left - this is the street where the hotel is. Say hello to the security guards who sit beside the road and calm the traffic - we always think it's a good thing to smile and say hello to anyone in a uniform; you never know when you might need them. The walk is just a few blocks through an area of small shops but not the kind where anyone will try to drag you in and sell you something. The road is easily wide enough to walk in...

koshkha 17.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Madonna, New Delhi

I'm deperate for a new look!

Advantages: so much to choose from
Disadvantages: It takes ages to find anything

...The nice weather is here and after having a sort out I was left with absolutely no summer wear for my bottom half and two vest tops to cover my top half. I actually have less clothes than my husband and I wasn't being harsh, everything was too big for me. I went on a quest around Plymouth City Centre to try and find myself a new wardrobe. I trailed my poor husband and boys through each and every shop in the hope that I would find something that looked nice. Unfortunately I didn't find any thing that fitted me properly let alone looked nice. I spent quite a lot of time in New Look confident that I would find something but 'No', it just wasn't to be. Before anyone rants about how it's not appropriate to be writing a review when I haven't actually bought anything from that particular shop, Well, don't bother because I have in the past...

claribella 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of New Look (Shop)

One of the top shops, NEW LOOK

Advantages: Great Prices, loads of different ranges
Disadvantages: can be a bit dis-organised

...New Look is one of the main shops i shop in as i'm a teenager and its got some wicked clothes at cheap prices. For teenagers they do a '915' range which is supposedly meant to be for 9 - 15 years of age lol, but i never buy from there as personally i think all them clothes are too cheesy with lots of sparlky pink girly girly girly girlyyyyyyyyyyy clothes lol also ya no how in some shops.. the sizes are all mixed up so say your a size 8 in a proper good quality shop and then u go in another and all of a sudden a size 8 pair of trouser wouldn't fit on one leg! lol well new look is good for its sizes, and has good fitted clothes and also good quality There is always a great variety of colours such as shocking pink, cool blue, khaki and black and much more.. there is also alot of designs of jeans ya can get baggy ones, cool...

angel_love2k2 08.06.2003 · Read review
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Review of New Look (Shop)

new look

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: --

...****New Look**** I think that this shop is great.Fashion without the very expensive price tag. **Shoes** My favourite thing to buy from this shop,the shoe collection is amazing. I saw this pair of boots i liked in a magazine for £110 and got a similar pair from New Look for £22.Same with canvas shoes-they can cost about a tenner here and they look the same/last as long as more expensive brands.In most of the shops the shoe area is huge so chances are you will find at least one pair you like. ** generation 9 - 15** Not a range i now use.This range is great for ages 9-15(or those who are short)and the clothes are cheap that they could probably buy stuff themselves with a few weeks pocket money.My friend likes it as it is one of the few places she can get jeans that are short enough but still look like they could be for adults...

katie22008m 07.09.2008 · Read review
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Delhi, hard work but well worth it

Advantages: Great people, great value, great sights
Disadvantages: noisy, crowded and hard work sometimes

...Arriving in Delhi from Bangkok, the first thing I noticed was the lack of air pollution, which was definatly not what I was expecting. I arrived at New Delhi airport in late February and after Bangkok's humidity and pollution New Delhi was litterally a breath of fresh air. The people in Delhi will stare but not as much as in other parts of India. Most will help you out when they can, however, it can be hard work in the tourist spots as the sellers are always shouting and trying to get you into their shops, but once you adopt a hard faced persona and walk quickly then it won't bother you. The sights in Delhi are amazing, however, some havn't been kept well, such as the red fort. An Indian lady who I stayed with was really upset by the Red Fort as she said she had been their 20 years ago and it had deteriated so much since then. I...

1connorse 05.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Delhi (India)