Hill Top restaurant and guest house — Hotel in Pokhara

The newly built Hilltop Restaurant and Guesthouse is the uppermost guesthouse in Sarangkot, located at the top of the steep stairs below the View Tower, and the walk is a slow 10 minute climb up from the paved road where the taxis park. The guesthouse has only four rooms. Because our group of family and friends needed 5 rooms, we booked all four rooms and I opted to stay at the next nearest guesthouse lower down. However, I spent all my time at the Hilltop Guesthouse, except for sleeping. | The rooms at Hilltop cost about the same price as I paid at the lower guesthouse, but the Hilltop rooms were much nicer, as well as the view area, which was the large porch directly in front of the rooms, and more panoramic. A very good breakfast is included. Our dinner at Hilltop was more than I generally pay in Pokhara lakeside restaurants, but the food was very good and worth the extra price for the view. | One negative is that the room had no heat or hot water for the shower (it was late...

This review is for the restaurant.

TL;DR: we were scammed.

We were kindly and promptly greeted by a young lady. My partner ordered at the bar and asked for the price of a bag of crisps. The young man behind the bar said it was 100 NPR so we took it. We had our drinks and snack. All good until here. We then went to the bar to pay, and an older man with dodgy appearance told us what we owed. The dodgy-looking man was typing the prices of the drinks on the calculator (which matched the menu prices), and then paused a bit for the crisps, had a brief chitchat with the young man, and while laughing he typed 220 NPR for the crisps. Both my partner and I had the feeling that the boy who said the initial price was telling the dodgy-looking guy to be fair with us, but still the dodgy-looking guy went ahead and scammed us with a smile on his face. We felt a intimidated by the appearance of the dodgy-looking guy, so we avoided confrontation and pay to get out of there. Pretty unpleasant...

I stayed in Sarangkot to see the sunrise, and it was a great choice! Although it was too cloudy to see the sunset in the evening, the sunrise was breathtaking, and the views of the Himalayas were stunning in the morning. The family was incredibly friendly and charming, and the owner had such a refreshing and energetic personality. I tend to be a bit slow in the morning, so he even came to my room to knock on the door to make sure I wouldn’t miss the sunrise. The viewpoint was right next to the hotel, which was so convenient. The room was spacious and clean. They gave me the room with the best view, so I could enjoy the beautiful scenery right from my room. The masala tea recommended by the owner was...