Hotel Willow Banks, Mall Road Shimla

We didn't use spa att all, room was clean. Staff really good, didn't use bar. Otherwise all great.

Recommended

My grandfather used to have a house with Shimla so I am very familiar with the place for the last 50+ years. Willow Banks is absolutely the best value for money you can find in the city. Very clean, very well located right next to the iconic mall road, right next to the tourist lift and very good service and clean and large rooms. Also excellent food options either within the hotel or right next door. Perfect place to stay and enjoy Shimla.

The location of the hotel is pretty good, as it’s close to Himachal Tourism Lift and the Mall Road. The Hotel has 3 nice restaurants and a Breakfast buffet as well. Breakfast buffet was a decently good spread and tasted nice. However, the washroom smelled very bad, and despite a request to change room and fix the smell, the staff merely cleaned the washroom and sprayed a freshner. The washroom continued to smell throughout the stay. Also, the bathtub was creaking and was clearly old. Additionally, when I ate at the restaurants (three times), twice I was not given a bill. The staff just showed me the total on the screen, but never gave me a bill. The one time I got a bill, it was billed partially only for the food, and not the drinks.