Kings Palace

Large enought a room! The bed was excellent, and I must say, after 7 days/nights in Tamil Nadu, beds are always excellent. Some people seem to complain they are too hard or too soft, but I say, having sometimes slept on steel-hard beds e.g. in China, here in TN, the softenss is optimal. And great size - you can sleep sideways! :) The location was great from the airport but amazingly, no less than half an hour from downtown, So you have the glass half full - if you need to get to the airport early, stay here! Moreover, the initially chaotic looking like 200 businesses around do include at least a dozen very competitive tasty if basic restaurants, so you can always fall back on these. I did not manage to research during one night stay better concentrations of restaurants in downtown area. They also booked a reasonably priced car to Mamallapuram (1600 INR if I remember correctly) - this was on Jan 29, 2025, about.

The hotel looks new, it's clean and tidy, our double room is of decent size. It is located in a small lane approx. 30 metres from the main road, hence lot quieter. A bus stop for the frequent a/c government bus to Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) and Pondicherry is opposite the main road, very convenient although we needed to ask people at the bus stop to flag down the right bus for us. Alternatively, it's a short uber ride to the bus terminal. It's also just a short uber ride to the airport. A metro station is less than 5 minutes walk, although we only travelled around by uber since it's very affordable. A number of restaurants and local eateries on the main road, Hyders Biryani is a good mid range restaurant, the local joint at the corner sells freshly cooked snacks at super cheap price. The hotel manager is very kind, friendly and attentive, he provided useful tour and transportation information, and tried his best to help. Just a note, not a complaint: The hotel is closer to the airport than downtown, it's fine with us since uber is convenient and cheap. The neighbourhood is chaotic, untidy, dusty, noisy, it doesn't bother us as this is just typical urban Indian scene. Besides, we feel very safe even in the evening.

Fantastic location for Ekatuthangal Bus Stop and for the airport. The staff were very helpful in answering my questions before I arrived and were very welcoming on arrival. The room was comfortable and had a kettle, tea and coffee and hot water. The air conditioning worked well. Everything needed for an overnight stop en route to the airport.

Place is very close to Ekkattuthangal Metro station having lots of eating places around. The staff is friendly and helpful.

Kings Palace met our expectations more then we anticipated. The front office staff & their team made us comfortable throughout our stay at their abode. It was just perfect, perfect & perfect. Moving forward, our only choice in Chennai will be Kings Palace! Keep up with your good hospitality and services Team! Till we meet again .... ps : For a change we stayed at RainTree Anna Salai during our last 2 days in Chennai ... it was a disaster!!!! For the money we paid ... we received mediocre services, uneducated staff at the Reception with a superior &*^%^ attitude and room was so run down. A big BOO to them!