Hotel Godwin Deluxe -Near New Delhi Railway Station - Paharganj

We stayed five nights in New Delhi during the harshest period of the year, when humidity is at its highest and temperatures are also the highest in May and June. Therefore, the air-conditioned hotel environment and indoor environment were enough to escape to. However, for my wife, who was visiting India for the first time, the Paharganj district, a high-density commercial district also known as the Great Bazaar, which spreads to the west of New Delhi Station, was a harsh and chaotic urban environment that overturned the common sense of travel, unlike anything she had experienced in Japan or Europe. She lamented that she could not stand the place and never wanted to stay in such a place again. However, for me, who has experienced India several times, the Paharganj district that I chose was a seductive space. The surroundings are by no means hygienic or clean. Tap water and ice are taboo. However, the fruit I got from the stalls was delicious, so I decided not to book breakfast at the hotel and just stayed in the room without breakfast. I complained that the room I booked was different from the one I had booked when I checked in on the first day. It was small and there was no refrigerator. It was strange! It took a while to change rooms, but we were able to do so. However, when we opened the window, which looked like it was just a tacked-on window, we could only see a tiny gap between the building and the room. There was no light or air coming in, and the window didn't work, so it was unfortunate that we shouldn't have judged the room based on the beautiful photos, but we were the ones who made the reservation, so we put up with it in the end. A refrigerator is a must. We should have asked for one when we inspected the room in advance. In addition, the water slope of the shower room was incorrectly made, so the toilet flooded when we took a shower. We were asked for extra bath towels and needed to make some kind of dike to prevent water from getting in. After five nights, we thought about staying longer because we needed to, but we moved to a nearby hotel because we wanted to try something different, but contrary to our expectations, the indoor environment there was even worse, so we regretted not staying longer at this hotel. It must be a well-known and prestigious hotel in the Baharganj area. When we told the destination to taxis and autorickshaw drivers in New Delhi, they were very familiar with the place. Either way, it is recommended for adventurous Indians staying in the difficult Baharganj area!

This is a hotel located in the downtown area. It seems to be a popular hotel among Westerners. Service is average. WiFi didn't connect very well.

Overall it was clean and comfortable. The location is a little noisy with the street, but the attached restaurant was very good.

There is a McDonald's about 3 minutes' walk away. There are many buses nearby. It takes about 5 minutes to walk to the train station. The subway station is very far away. You can call Uber for door-to-door pick-up.