Panchgani Hotels. Review on Panchgani

Planning a peaceful long weekend with your family ?? You better go through this.

Been to Panchgani Health Resort recently. This place is about 6 kms from Panchgani Bus Stop towards Mahabaleshwar. The location / views seems ok and I was impressed with the website of the joint on the net., I wanted a place to chill out with the family over a long weekend like many Mumbaikars !!. Actually the accommodation is very average when I actually saw it. The problem is that the rooms are too close to one another and the intent seems to maximise the available little space . There is absolutely no privacy and the resort resembles a chawl when full. The noise level goes up very high and one can actually hear what is being spoken in the next room. The so called swimming pool shown on the net is dirty and the water slide shown is corroded and dangerouus to kids using it.

There is nothing healthy about the food served at the resort and the prices are very high. A normal Veg Thali [ pretty oily and filled with gram flour] which would cost Rs 60/- max in Mumbai, costs a whopping Rs 120/- out here [ Only a couple of sabjis , rotis and some Kadi and papad- nothing great!--pretty gassy] !!. There is also no choice and one has to eat the Gujarathi thali only which can cause your stomach to go for a major upset, should you eat the same thali for lunch and dinner. Again no other choice of food available. The same goes for breakfast--- Aloo Poha or Aloo paratha [sic !!]

I did exit the place to save my health and my peace of mind .... not a good experience after all............

*This is definitely not a place go if you want some peace of mind and to relax.

The Panchgani Health Resort is at best a place to go for noisy ’’Building Picnic’’, Recommended stay one day [maximum] only and a lot of antacids in hand!!!.

All the best !!!!!