Hotel Ananda Inn

My friend and I had booked in here as we were visiting Lumbini for the Buddha festival, the staff helped us plan what to do for the day and answered any questions we had, they were so friendly and kind. The restaurant is connected, making it easy to get food or drinks, which were always delicious! The location is great if you are visiting the UNESCO Heritage sight (Highly recommend) as it's across the street. We had our flight there be cancelled, so we arrived a day later and they changed the booking for us so we didn't pay for the night we had missed, which we were not expecting but were very grateful for. I also got some laundry done here which was both good value for money and done well!

Hospitality

Breakfast

This hotel is very close to Sacred Garden. Hotel staff was very helpful. Since I was travelling under the tight schedule, I wanted to use a taxi to Pokhara, instead of relying on fog-affected flights. The staff was flexible enough to make this arrangement though the ride to Pokhara took more time than I expected due to winding roads with lots of ups and downs.

No major issues. A bit of mosquitos. The liquid mosquito repellant plug-in was not working effectively.

Location and some food items

Doesn't turn on generator during power outage and gives explanation that no one was in hotel and therefore, generator was not turned on. However, my wife was sick and was trying to rest in the room. One of the hotel staff knew she was sick and provided water too to her and that staff also saw 3 out of 4 of us guests leave the hotel. Multiple power outages occurred on that same day and they didn't turn on the generator. Even when I wanted to sit in the restaurant, they said there is no electricity. Also, yesterday after check-in, they didn't provide milk for tea and coffee and declined to provide when asked and later the manager explained that guests in this hotel don't take milk with their tea or coffee, only Indians do. Very bad comment to make to a guest. Also, Insects all around and no pest control.