Hotel Taj Plaza — Hotel in Agra

Likes :

1. I picked this place to stay just because it is 700m from Taj Mahal.
2. I liked their rooftop cafe with swings and chairs to sunbathe.
3. I also liked the fact that their male staff allowed me to use their room at 6:00 a.m. for 1 hour to change my party dress and get into comfortable wear, without forcing me to checkin. which saved me 300 INR (cost of early checkin). They were quite welcoming.

But read on to know why I wont recommend this stay :

Now the dislikes :

1. I didn''t really like their in house restaurent on the ground floor - it was way too expensive as compared to roadside stalls outside the hotel.

2. Other thing that I disliked is - the lighting inside the room wasn't good enough, I have an inclination for different kinds of and several yellow and white lightings and lampshades - but this was missing.

3. The mattress wasn't good enough, it was so ordinary. I was shocked to see this hotel had got 3 star rating, the mattress was very much like the single layer one we see in any ordinary guest house. Even bunk beds in dorm have better mattresses.

4. The TV also was so ordinary - box like - that we had in our homes in old days. They should have got Flat screen TV installed.

5. I also didn't like the fact that the lady receptionist there phoned me at 10:30 a.m. and asked "Madam, when would you checkout? we have people checkout by 11:00 - 11:30 a.m." I didn't like this statement of hers because I already seen that the checkout time was mentioned at their reception as 12:00 Noon. I felt that the charm with which they welcome their guests, they don't bid them 'bye' with same respect. So i informed her politely that she shouldn't have said that and then she went all sorry.

Since the dislikes are more than the likes, I am definetely not going to book this hotel...

Don’t ever go in here scammers!! I arrived in Agra with my wife late in afternoon and fancied a beer. Our hotel did not serve alcohol so I went to the street and this hotel over road had a guy standing outside and he said they have beer. I thought ok so followed him in and made way to roof top. Place seemed a bit run down but I don’t mind as long as they got beer. Guy seemed friendly enough and was nice view of Taj Mahal. I ordered one glass of wine for my wife 700 ruppee’s and a kingfisher for myself 550 rupees. Drinks took a while to arrive and guy was talking on about getting a guide and he can do currency exchange. When the drink eventually arrived I noticed something odd that my wife’s drink was already poured and she had not been shown the bottle. He opens the kingfisher which I noticed had front label scratched off and date scratched off. He poured it I took a sip and it was disgusting. I noticed lid to bottle had rust and was also a crack on the bottle. My wife said her wine tasted like a weak apple juice. I was not happy about this as we had been served fake drinks so I told the guy we was leaving and he became argumentative and aggressive. I had to firmly tell him to back off and we are leaving and he was demanding money. We was walking back down the stairs and he was getting really close so I pulled out pepper spray me and my wife was carrying and he stood back and went down stairs. I was cautious as I was with my wife and did not want her in any danger and there was more guys down stairs. We got downstairs and got the hell out of there! Anyone who comes across this place stay away I was only in Agra an hour and this was my first experience of the place with these...

Don’t ever go in here scammers!! I arrived in Agra with my wife late in afternoon and fancied a beer. Our hotel did not serve alcohol so I went to the street and this hotel over road had a guy standing outside and he said they have beer. I thought ok so followed him in and made way to roof top. Place seemed a bit run down but I don’t mind as long as they got beer. Guy seemed friendly enough and was nice view of Taj Mahal. I ordered one glass of wine for my wife 700 ruppee’s and a kingfisher for myself 550 rupees. Drinks took a while to arrive and guy was talking on about getting a guide and he can do currency exchange. When the drink eventually arrived I noticed something odd that my wife’s drink was already poured and she had not been shown the bottle. He opens the kingfisher which I noticed had front label scratched off and date scratched off. He poured it I took a sip and it was disgusting. I noticed lid to bottle had rust and was also a crack on the bottle. My wife said her wine tasted like a weak apple juice. I was not happy about this as we had been served fake drinks so I told the guy we was leaving and he became argumentative and aggressive. I had to firmly tell him to back off and we are leaving and he was demanding money. We was walking back down the stairs and he was getting really close so I pulled out pepper spray me and my wife was carrying and he stood back and went down stairs. I was cautious as I was with my wife and did not want her in any danger and there was more guys down stairs. We got downstairs and got the hell out of there! Anyone who comes across this place stay away I was only in Agra an hour and this was my first experience of the place with these...