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Reviews of Wangnoo Houseboats

3 out of 5
Wangnoo Houseboats
Nigeen Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 31 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

4.0/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Qumar ul

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very picturesque.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Ankur

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness
Wastage of money, no facilities not even a single bottle of drinking water was provided in more than Rs 19k for one night. Feel cheated
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Not impressed. Service is not good. Bed is not clean. . Book 2 people, stay with 4 people, stay different at 2 times more expensive, but the room is the same.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Anissi Younes, Ohio

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not good.
Not good !!! Wifi was mentioned at the time of booking but was not provided. More can be done to improve the stay of the customers !!! Cleanliness was good.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The beds should be clean more.
A bit noisy but understand! the boat environment. The staff gave good services. No more to add.

8/10 Good

Prashant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

ankur, surat gujarat

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very poor service & dirty smelling boat house
four times charges of breakfast & diner a housewife lady work as cook not professional cook very dirty smell in boat everywhere.bathroom bedroom not clean. wi-fi facility warm water for bath not available

2/10 Terrible

Rohit, Goel

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel owner attitude very bad
Very bad experience in terms of attitude of the owner of wanganoo.

8/10 Good

Rajeev, Indore India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A nice accommodation on the Nigeen Lake.
It was a great experience to stay at Wangnoo Houseboat. The place is cozy and comfortable. We three (Me with wife and daughter) were stayed with great ease there. It was a homely atmosphere, which made an unknown place stay also comfortably. Staff was limited but suffice for our requirement. Only negative part is lot of algae in the otherwise peaceful lake and lack of heating arrangement in cold days. Room, Living Room, Dinning area are wonderful, great interior with Kashmiri furniture including false ceiling. Most promising place is deck on the front of Nigeen lake, making a awesome clear view.
Dinning Area
Exterior View

4/10 Poor

nice, verma

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Houseboat is peaceful than hotel
No kitchen in houseboat food problem and noicey when anybody walk in boat

6/10 Okay

Harish, Mumbai

Liked: Staff & service
Nice location. Courteous Staff. Bad Bathrooms
The houseboats are located at Nigeen lake that is a real quiet place with beautiful views . The houseboats also have road access to the property so one need not pay for a Shikara all the time. The care taker is very good. He also arranged for Airport Pickup and rental car for local trips.However, hotel needs to Improve the choice and quality of Vegetarian food. Also Bathrooms need to be re furbished. Provide Heated Blankets in all rooms.

8/10 Good

Amitabha Pande, Delhi

Liked: Staff & service
Warm personalized service
Overall a comfortable and pleasant stay primarily on account of the personal attention given to guests by Mr Wangnoo and his son. There was confusion about the category of the houseboat rooms we had booked. According to the Hotels.com confirmation we had booked two suites for four persons in the top of the line category called 'honeymoon houseboat' but on landing there we found that the Honeymoon houseboat had only one suite and two persons had been given a suite in the next lower category called 'super deluxe'. The main difference between the two is in the condition of the bathroom which in the case of 'super deluxe' requires a desperate upgrade- the plumbing is shoddy, the W.C is stained and the wall and floor tiles need a proper scrub and the bathtub floor creaks and crackles. We had hoped that the houseboat would be exclusive to our family but the 'super deluxe' in which two of us were paired off had to reckon with noisy children stomping up and down on wood floors. As we had already paid the tariff we had few options other than having to 'adjust' the way all Indians have learnt to do. However, , Mr Wangnoo made up for all these drawbacks with his very personalizes style of care and hospitality. The food was excellent although the breakfast fare could do with some more variety. The local transport for going around the city arranged by the Houseboat management was very good but the charges were very high compared to market rates.

10/10 Excellent

Raj, Pittsburgh PA, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent boathouse experience
View was awesome & Rashid & Ahmed was very humble & helpful, already recommended to many & will stay again in near future. Spacious rooms. Booked 1 night stayed 4 that says all. No complaint

8/10 Good

JYOTI, NOIDA (NCR)

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
amazing experience
it was really fascinating.me and other family member's had a great time.we did lot of shopping in the houseboat only.so whenever i will get timewill go again to explore

10/10 Excellent

Rajesh, Gurgaon, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent infrastructure and asthetics
I visited First time in Kashmir and my friend referred this houseboat. I decided to stay in Wangnoo houseboat. It was a great pick. The property is fantastic with wooden carving and fully carpeted surrounded by Lake water having ultimate peace. Beautiful spacious rooms with stuning views of the picturesque nageen lake. Owner (Arshid) and staff (Ahmed) make you feel like- we are family and take care for all individual needs. Wangnoo Houseboat have a comfortable sitting room with cable TV. Meals were served in common dining room and food was very delicious. Shikara and taxis are readily available for commutation. I really recommend this to my friends and definitely opt again whenever i plan my next tour.

8/10 Good

Santosh, Gurgaon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Option for a confortable and peaceful stay.
It definitely is a good option for those looking to spend sometime at a peaceful place. But for those want to stay close to the main market, gardens and want to have some action around, Dal Lake could be a better option. So it comes down to what one wants. Overall, a pleasing experience.

10/10 Excellent

Amaltas, bhopal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
awesome experience of stay
The location is great, the interior and environment of house boat is luxurious, services are good, attendant is very cooperative, Toilets are clean, no water shortage or hot water availability, an experience of total luxury

2/10 Terrible

sudhaker, lucknow

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
never stay on this housebout
service is bad,reaching to this houseboat is too difficult ,rates are very high...

4/10 Poor

Nkarwanyun, Mumbai

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good houseboat poor services
You stay in a houseboat for a unique experience and personalized services. In this case you miss the both. To start with the houseboat is not exactly in water fully. If you notice carefully half of the houseboat is on the land and actually there is a land route to reach it. It has 5 guest bedrooms, one large living room and one dinning room. The rooms are big and spacious with attached bath. However, the problem is poor services. There is only one attendant in the boat who disappears mischievously in between. You have to call the owner on his cell to get him back any requirement you may have. Once you get him he will come with unique excuses for not making a particular service available. Food is very basic and our expectation of getting good Kashmiri vazwan wasn't met. Other guests keep on coming to boat at very odd hours at late night to disturb your sleep. Overall not a very good experience.

8/10 Good

Rahul, Delhi

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Houseboat was well maintained and clean, has easy access to ground. Only thing they need to focus is on service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our first houseboat experience
We enjoyed our stay. Strongly recommend this houseboat.

2/10 Terrible

SAMARJEET, CANADA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
BAD PLACE TO STAY
SUCH A BAD HOUSEBOAT.... WE BOOKED DELUXE ROOM (HALF BOARD) AS IT INCLUDES BREAKFAST AND DINNER. BUT OH MY GOD FOOD WAS SO BAD AND STALE .. AND IN MORNING THEY HAD NO ELECTRICITY IN MORNING AND NO HOT WATER . THEY DID PROVIDE US WITH HOT WATER FOR SHOWER.. BUT I WOULDNT RECOMMEND THIS PROPERTY AT ALL

4/10 Poor

Javed

Disliked: Staff & service

6/10 Okay

IamTourist, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
My houseboat experience
Houseboat was pleasing with nice interior. But food and room service is very poor. Also, Nigeen lake is quite far away from Dal lake main street.

10/10 Excellent

ahmed al-hashili

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
my sty was wondrfull.the vew of the housbout on the lake was buitfull,and nice food,good saff and kindly the owener of the housebout.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful experience
Great location. Wonderful experience. The warmth and hospitality of the Wangnoo family was amazing. Felt like we were living with a local family. The best place to be in Srinagar. The views from the boat were spectacular.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great and economical houseboat. Cool staff/Manager. The experience was awsome and manager helped a lot like a staff member. Very pleasant stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sleeping in a Museum
Charming and fancy house boat, with amazing art works decorating everything! The Houseboat owners and staff are very nice, the food and the Kashmir tea were excellent! The only Minus I felt is that I got too much attention and 24 hours service, that made me feel a bit inconvenient.

6/10 Okay

Deepak, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Location and location
Nigeen lake beauty make it a place to live, overall condition and decor of rooms is good mr arshad is always there to help you food is not up to Mark infact very low in variety only gobhi and aaloo to serve in dinner everyday no chicken no ice no paranthas .

8/10 Good

kamalkishore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Its good stay at the houseboat,far from dal lake,road connectivity to boat is very poor

4/10 Poor

Adrien, France

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good location, clean and in a quiet place. However the owner has a strange way to put you in an uncomfortable mood and the location is very far away of the main touristic points of the city. For instance we had to wait more than an hour to get a taxi to take us to the center...