Hotel Razmoni Ishakha — Hotel in Dhaka Metropolitan

Stayed here just to beat the traffic as it it the most "decent" hotel near our project office. Arrived midnight, check-in was painless. An elderly short bellman showed me my room...gave a tip of Tk50 and he wont budge and said its too small. I gave another Tk30 and told him if he wont accept then he should be ready to sleep with me as am closing the door. Grudgingly he left. No hot water, shower curtain was a good 12" higher than the floor and there was a pool of water on the floor. I had to use my foot to push the water towards an opening on the wall which seems to be the drain. Dead bugs littered the water basin and decided to use bottle water to rinse my mouth after|brushing my teeth. Centralized aircon and if you set to a high fan speed, air from the other rooms is suck towards your room and unfortunately the persons occupying the rooms besides must be smoking like a barbecue pit. Set the fan at the slowest. Bed is so narrow that a wrong move and the cold floor would give a welcome kiss to your face. Tried to order 2 beers to my room and the guys tried to rob me with Tk1,500. Food is ok but go down at the road level and there is Bangladesh Fried Chicken which is better and cheaper. Hotel of last resort. Lock your luggage when you leave the room. I have a TSA pad lock which alerts if it was opened. Guess what, 2x i saw the alert...

This is a very good hotel for tourists who would feel comfortable with Rs 2100 bangladeshi taka per night. The hotel is very well located, and it is very popular with journalists, business persons and particularly those from India. The rooms are good but being an old property, and with house-keeping not exactly to the mark, the hotel in parts may look shabby. The tariff is inclusive of breakfast which is a brilliant spread of continental, Indian, Mughlai, Bangladeshi food. Think of it as lunch and breakfast together. ||||Though nothing against the hotel, but it is always good to carry your personal valuables with you and not leave it at any hotel. ||||There are many hotels in the city, in older areas like Joy Kali Lane where similar hotels cost as low as Taka 1000. ||||Bangladesh is a cheap place to travel with food being quite inexpensive. Rickshaw fares are high but you must learn the art...

Avoid avoid at any cost. ||||||When we are getting in to hotel there is security check. The security man one of the worse I have ever met. He seems to like giving us fever to do this job. He even try to sell cigarette!!!||||Receptionist was very good. Always smilie and try to help us. To be honest on my travel experience she is one of the best receptionist I have ever met in Bangladesh. ||||Manager came he said as I am British Citizen why I don’t have my luggage with me ?!!! He was asking my ID I showed him my passport he even did not bother to look at it. Really ?!! As I have some friend with me I feel really embarrassed and did not make any argument. ||||The manager treat us like a criminals. Very bad manner & attitude. He doesn’t have any interest for customer...