The Lotus- Apartment Hotel Venkatraman

Its not an apartment hotel .No cooking facilities.Expensive for value for money .The only plus point is that its in T nagar . Rooms getting tired. Vegetarian restaurant with a value for money breakfast buffet.

we had 3 rooms at Lotus for our family members. We stayed here for 8 nights. Good service. We had the Kitchenette suites so we had ample space in our rooms. We were very comfortable with 4 of us in our suite. They gave us an extra bed.

The AC had some issues for about a day and a half. The hotel was nice enough to remove the extra bed charges through out our stay. Housekeeping, laundry etc. was wonderful. They were also able to arrange airport drop transportation services.

They have complimentary breakfast which is quite good and they variety is nice. They change it up on a daily basis. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner as well on an ala carte basis. We ate many meals at the restaurant. Its primarily used by folks living at the hotel. The food is good and the service is even better. And room service is available and its quite quick.

The only negative is I would say is that the wifi is not strong and it very flaky. So the connection keeps cutting in and out.

Overall we were very satisfied with the experience and would consider this hotel again

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Very nice Apartment stay I really enjoyed stay .staff was very helpful and good rooms. it was excellent food and good staff . Our event was at Green forest and it was also not far .I recommend stay and food was awesome . I will choose next time the same apt .

I had been here last week. We had booked two standard rooms which were too tiny. They do not allow 2 people in a single room. I had my friend and her mother with me they were ready to share a single tiny room but the staff didn't allow them then we upgraded to suite room for them. The staff here is very rude and not accommodating at all. When we were chatting in the dining hall the old person/in-charge/manager asked us to sit outside saying he had to clean the table. We were out the whole day from Saturday night to Sunday morning, when I returned the room wasn't cleaned/serviced.
Moreover, Shower in the room wasn't working. I will never visit this place again. The whole experience was disappointing.

I went from US and stayed here for 4 days when I took my family for a family function at Chennai. One most striking thing I noticed here was all the residents I saw were NRIs! I took up on this hotel as this was highly recommended in a Tamil blog. Booked online (less than $ 40 a night including all taxes and a heavenly breakfast for 3) 20 days in advance (trip adviser via agoda.com). Called and confirmed a few days before. Very decent place and most staff were very courteous. Close to shopping, eating places and temples. We went with our car and driver. Parking is provided for your car inside the hotel basement but during night and during the day, it is road-side parking only. Please note: they do not provide accommodation for driver.

Staff were very, very courteous (except for one stiff lady-there has to be an exception to the general rule, isn’t it?!); rooms were really decent with freezing AC for the hot Chennai with daily house-keeping service; Very typical US standard services; breakfast and the hospitality was worth more than $ 100 a night!!; variety of south Indian breakfast (7:30-10) was provided with fresh water melon juice, coffee, tea-you name it!. The dishes include 16-18 items every day. The restaurant manager was such a courteous gentleman who treated guests with utmost care.

Room service food (up to 10 or 10:30 pm) was excellent (Rs. 15 for room delivery) Hot onion pakoda (big heap good enough for 3 people) is Rs. 100 and tea for two is again another hundred. My mom said it tasted excellent but a little expensive! But hey, it is Chennai!

Overall. I really enjoyed my stay and I found my place to stay at Chennai in the future! A request to the management: Please don't change anything, keep up with the excellent standard BUT provide a room/space for drivers to stay the night. Thank you and looking forward to my future stay!

Dear Mr Kalai,
We thank you for choosing our hotel and taking time to share your experience on tripadvisor. We are really thrilled to see that you enjoyed your time at our hotel. We sincerely thank you for the kind words of appreciation for the hotel location, facilities, quality of food and service. We are committed to offer you the most pleasant and comfortable experience on each of your future visit and look forward to welcoming you back at The Lotus.