FabHotel Ocean — Hotel in Punjab

On my way from Jalandhar to Mohali, checked google for a decent business hotel in Mohali and Treebo showed. Interestingly, it looked like a chain of hotels and when I saw the price, I almost dismissed it for being on the cheaper side.

I was hesitant to pay online and even called the customer care to check if they had clean facilities. :-P. I was a bit embarrassed with that.

I got here and the location I would say isn't prime. Street hawkers and street food going about their business and a lot of their customers not using the bins provided.

When I entered the hotel, it was a pleasant surprise. The staff, very courteous, maybe not the best English, knew what they had to do. There wasn't a boss overlooking them and each and everyone had their designated jobs and it also seemed like everyone did everything, and in today's horizontal workforce, it seemed efficient and dynamic.

The staff had proper modern casual t shirt based uniforms, that were clean and pressed and the check-in was a breeze. Besides the antiquated government required visitor record that every guest must fill with a copy of the ID, staff had a pad that worked behind the scenes for booking etc. I liked the attitude immediately.

I got a fantastic rate equal to that of three pints of beer at the Bombay airport and was expecting much less. I thought i would get to the hotel and upgrade to the higher end room should I not be satisfied.

Upon getting to the room, I always check the bathroom first and I really felt embarrassed asking the call centre guy if they had clean facilities.

This was way above average with separate wet and dry areas and the toilets immaculate.

The restaurant want a drag either. Had two very well mannered kitchen staff through a glass kitchen wall so we, the customer, can see what's happening. I think this prompts the kitchen staff to be cleaner??

The restaurant has a pool table right in the centre and reminded me of the backpacking hostel days.

The rates - as much as a backpacker hostel private room and facilities that of a higher end clean hotel. I would recommend this hotel to my mum, who is, for lack of a better word, anal about cleanliness/hygiene.

For curiosity I checked the higher end room and wholla, a suite that has a separate hosting area with a dining table. All clean and arranged well.

Lest I forget, the beds for this price normally is a wooden frame with a 4" mattress, but not at the Treebo Ocean. It has a very comfortable 1 foot bed on a good bed frame and I slept very well.

I only hope that for this price range, the hotel can maintain the facilities to what it is and should I do come back for my stay in a few months I am not disappointed.

The blankets/duvet covers need pressing and the guy shouldn't have asked me to hear tea in the hot water kettle. Despite these, Treebo -...

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