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Reviews of The Elgin Fairlawn Kolkata

4 out of 5
The Elgin Fairlawn Kolkata
13/A Sudder St, Kolkata, west bengal

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 49 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 49 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Manfred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful heritage hotel, well preserved, excellent and very helpful staff and you will get his for a very fair price. Strongly recommended for everyone not only looking for modern facitlities, but is able to cherish well preserved history.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Manfred

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel for a reasonable price.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very charming and lovely hotel with friendly and helpful staff. Reception arranged a walking tour for us which was excellent. The rooms are clean and a good size with vintage furniture both in the bedrooms and in the main areas. The air con is very efficient. We loved sitting on the first floor outside terrace. We ate in the outside restaurant both nights that we stayed, as it was a very pleasant environment with good reasonable food. Very good coffee and cakes. When we stayed they didn't have a liquor license which was a pity but we understand they hope to have one shortly as they have applied.

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Elgin Fairlawn is a beautiful historical landmark 1786. The staff are so friendly professional and polite. We eat at the restaurant every night that we stayed at the hotel. All of the food was very tasty and delicious, exceptionally the Chicken Manchow and Chicken hot and sour soup.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid staying here
The property has weird rules of not allowing guests to rake pictures. Ended up paying extra to get a photography permit.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

mark

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Victor

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Fairlawn is an oasis in a busy part of Kolkata. Great service and amazing breakfast.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jagjit

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alicia

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Janice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great atmosphere of old world charm. Big rooms, many lounge areas, restaurant ... but not bar to enjoy a g and t on the lovely balcony!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

BIPIN

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Afreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rosalie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a wonderful stay. Such a beautiful place.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kaustav

Great experience
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Such a great a place! Highly recommended. In addition the staff is amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rachana

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was full of old world charm, lots of history, fine dining and great service. I appreciated the good attitude and understanding of the staff. Just a great place to share with a whole host of others over the years.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Pabitra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property, specially the washroom, needs some renovation. However, this is overall an excellent heritage hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Fairlawn is unique. Old style charm, and relaxed atmosphere. The best rooms are on the 1st floor, we had one for the first few days, there was even a small roof space to sit out. The recently open balcony is now a great place to sit as well. The bathrooms have to fit into an old building, so lack some of features of a new building. If you want a perfect bathroom, dont go to India. We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food, particularly the khow suey. My family had lived in Burmah and were familiar with this. The menu listed it as "soup", but when it came it was a tray with many small dishes to add to the noodles and pour over the delicious soup. It was fantastic meal. 2 days later we had it again and applauded the chef! I urge people to try it if you are nearby.

10/10 Excellent

Sanjiv

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was situated in a convenient area to all the shops etc, the rooms are modern for a building of that age and well maintained. The property itself is a gem and is being maintained to keep its heritage.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

SHEKHAR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Akshay

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Charles, Bedford, UK

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful old colonial hotel with beautiful rooms, friendly staff and a unique atmospher
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Staff was excellent & attentive. Property needs major upgrades in repairs to wall, ceilings etc. At one tim e it was a great Hotel, I am sure. But needs to upgrade . The manager at check in time was boorish& did not care to help much.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Heritage hotel with historical artifacts displayed Old building, could improve in modernizing yet keeping the old
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a wonderful place of character. Helpful staff. Great breakfasts.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay at Elgin Fairlawn.
Its was great to enjoy the old world charm of kolkata and british legacy. Ambience is awesome.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A hotel with a history. If you are kind of person who loves books more than movies, museums or theater than pubs and dance clubs- you will love this
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Elgin in Kolkata-best place on Sudder Street
Histircal site + clean lodging + very friendly service = first rate experience
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The tradition of the hotel i liked most! The maintenance way is too good. It carries a history. I would like to stay again. Best wishes for Fairlawn.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Karen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Only stay there with low expectations
Excepting Mr. Gautam and Mr Marjah all the reception were unhelpful the waiters stood in the back playing games on their phones. A rat ran through the dining room. No one but the guests noticed The mattresses were old. The rooms ranged from austere to barely adequate. For the price 94$ a night it was way over priced. Our room was mopped daily with a mop so black, it left doubt as your being of any use. There was a full kitchen, but a sparse breakfast buffet and omelet to order was its use. Never once was a menu offered while sitting at lunch or dinner time. It once was a beautiful hotel, now needs cleaning up in every way. Despite these bad things, the location was great and sitting having a lime soda was nice
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Be careful about prepaying for this property. on the night of my scheduled arrival, a major cyclone hit the area. My flight was cancelled and the Calcutta airport was closed for 17 hours. There was no way for me to reschedule due to visa expiration. Hotel still charged me for three days. Expedia also was not helpful. but of course they both profited.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
good, antique property. ensuring that values are maintained. Great !
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

kasumi

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Martin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Man muss diesen alten englischen Charm mögen. Das Hotel war dennoch gut. Die Doppelzimmer sahen gut aus. Die Einzelzimmer waren eher eine Abstellkammer. Bäder waren in Ordnung.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ingwe

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its very special at this hotel. You feel like in a time machine. I liked the room and the deco. Overall felt very comfortable. Its in the heart of Colcutta so once you leave this oasis you are in chaos and there is of course a lot of noise. But i did not hear much of that in the room. The staff was very friendly.

10/10 Excellent

Francois

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Es un hotel precioso, estilo colonial Ingles del año 1780, como digo precioso, pero que las habitaciones necesitan algo mas de cuidado y reforma (al menos la mía) cierto es que durante mi estancia fui testigo de trabajos de renovación en el salón Imperial. Repito, que es un establecimiento único, pues como alojarse en una casa Victoriana, único y especial. En definitiva lo disfrute muchísimo y quede encantado
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

C, 香港

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
位置非常好，早餐選擇算多，環境優美，服務人員態度好，只是浴室設備有改善空間，雙人床缛中間未能完全合好
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Séjour à Kolkata.
Hôtel très bien au charme certain. Je donne un 9 sur dix.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Ole Abildgaard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel is a wonderful time capsule
If you stay here you will go on an great journey back in colonial times. Very recommendable!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019