AAJ HAVELI - Pichola Lake Facing Hotel

AAJ Haveli is a well priced, boutique hotel is a very good location. The rooftop restaurant with views over the lake is a major plus. Highly recommended.

Not facing to lake

While booking the Hotel we looked for proximity to Lake pachola . Only the rooftop dining room had some view . The property says 4 star but is a 3 star property .

Location it was situated clclose to city palace and lake

Good location overall situated in city center

The aesthetics and details of heritage theme were on point. Clean rooms to staff’s hospitality made us to write this now. It’s a must stay property in udaipur.

Interior

Being accommodated at a different place, I visited only the restaurant at this hotel, even though it was multiple times.
The meals were good and I especially liked the view from the rooftop in the evening. Also the facade and the general aesthetics of the hotel are nice, so if you like boutique-like design, this is the place for you.
Belonging to the same owner as Pax Rafahiya Haveli, the restaurant also serves breakfast for the guests of this hotel. The place was making big effort on the day when the manager wanted to take picture of me and my friend having breakfast at the place. The other day it was much calmer and staff at the restaurant didn't make such big effort anymore.

The hotel is beautifully decorated and clean and the beds comfortable. Staff were helpful. The hotel approx 15 mins to city palace but on a narrow road so the taxi could not drop us outside the hotel but if you call the hotel they will send a tuc tuc to get you. The roads are also dark and narrow at night so would recommend a tuc tuc back.
Breakfast was ok but could have been improved by having some cereals. They made an omelette for us but only when we asked for eggs. We had lunch there which took a long time to come and wasn’t the best lunch we have had in India but the restaurant is on the rooftop with a nice view of the lake

Cannot give negative stars. hence 1 star.

Guys..
Please read this review carefully before booking.
We booked our stay on July 12th 2023 for aug 13-16th almost a month before and we had paid a advance amount to Mr.Surya Singh Who is one of the staff at Aaj Haveli, Udaipur Rajasthan.. We had received the confirmation from them as well. On the day when we were about to reach with our 3year old baby at around 3. We got a call from hotel staff saying due to technical issues they are not able to provide us the room and asked us if they can refund the amount to us.. We were traveling from Mumbai to Udaipur and befor one hour of our check in they informed us saying there were no rooms available.. and this week being a long holiday weekend we were unable to get any accomodation in whole udaipur.. we faced a lot of issues due to such unprofessional behaviour of the staff of Aaj haveli. When we tried to contact the higher management of the hotel. Mr.Akash and Mr. They didn't even bother to answer our calls and refrained by saying they are busy having their lunch..This is the way they treat their tourists.. and our hotel room was not confirmed just bcoz one of the foreigners had checked in on the same day with maybe higher amount for sure.. we have complained to Rajasthan tourism and we will for sure raise complaint on this hotel chain to higher authority as well.. coz we do not want anybody to face the situation as we faced. We were sitting at hotel lobby till 7:00 pm ...We had booked the complaint to Ms. Saxena from rtdc who helped us a lot in getting the accommodation on very short notice. We would really like appreciate her efforts over here .. thanks a ton else we would have had to stay on railway platforms

Hotel was good, Entire Staff team is so courteous specially Reception Manager & Restaurant manager. They keep hotel neat & clean all the time. The only problem is location of hotel which is in dense area surrounded by so many houses & narrow lanes where you can reach only by small Rickshaw or walking. No Grocery, medical or any businesses around the hotel, Not advisable for senior citizen, only young people can stay at such place who are ready to walk from that narrow lanes.

We stayed in Aaj haveli 1 month back.
The staff over there is very cooperative.
We requested for late check-out which was easily entertained at a reasonable price.
The staff is polite.
The work upon place is just the food.
The quality of food is nice but they can improve the standards as per the services they are providing.
The taste of the food needs to be improved.
Rest all is good

One of tha best hotel in udaipur I have visit hotel food is very delicious and tasty food quality was also very nice.the room was well cleaned and housekeeping service was excellent.and Ravi Kumar house keeping supervisor very helpful.thank you for all hotel staff.

The hotel is very simple but Elegant. As you approach you may think this not what you expected from outside. Its located in old town that has old narrow streets n has its own charm.

The hotel is Elegantly designed very colorful rajasthani design. Rooms have lot of character. The bed , linen n bathroom are comfortable.

The views from roof top of lake are beautiful and the breakfast was simple but very delicious. The staff are well spoken n friendly. Good Value for money.

I would highly recommend the hotel.

It's weird, you turn on the water and it's hot for 20sec and sometimes for 2min and that's it. After that it's cold. Your turn it off for 10sec and you can get another 5sec of hot water. Obviously something is wrong there but when I got a guy from reception to come to the room he just kept repeating that "hot water comes out all the time" WHAT?!?!?

other good and bad things:
The room itself is not bad, the bed is comfortable, and there is good amount of space. The bathroom is big but the toilet is strangely position so it's a bit awkward to use.
There is a rooftop restaurant that is ok with a great view of the lakes.
The breakfast is good and served at the rooftop restaurant so it's nice in the morning.
The WiFi is not bad at all, not the fastest and drops sometimes but mostly works well.
The location is a mix: it's off the busy area where cars are not allowed but plenty of scooters make a lot of noise. Getting there is a bit annoying and going to a restaurant is 10-15 min walk.
For some reason the staff doesn't clean the room or replace towels unless I ask for new towels. Don't know what's up with that as I'm staying for 4 nights.

If the hot water worked I would give it a 4-star ok stay for the price.

First the good things- nice, clan building with well decorated room and cute bay window a good addition. reasonable view from the roof top and 11 minute walking distance to main tourist area.

now for the not so good part-
our room was on the ground floor and there was distinct smell of sewage in the bathroom.
spare bed for our daughter was a mattress on the floor for which they charged as quite a lot of money
streets are narrow and can not be accessed by car, so if you are driving think twice
no common areas other than roof top.
it is not in the middle of the tourist area but in a residential neighborhood.
staff is untrained and unprofessional, there is no tour desk/assistance
safe in the room did not work (hotel staff gave up after trying a few times)

we did not eat at the hotel so unable to comment on food,