Ajanta Continental is a family run hotel in Dehradun, Uttaranchal. I stayed there for two nights in May,2008 and thought that a small quick review with some pictures might be helpful for fellow ghumakkars. It is located on Rajpur Road, the one which connects Dehradun to Mussorrie. Most of the other reputed hotels are located on the same road. If you are coming from Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) side then keep going on and pass ‘Hotel Madhuban’, which is the most expensive and supposedly one of the best hotels in town, and after a little more drive you would see ‘Hotel Ajanta’ on your left. Its just bang opposite ‘Hotel Great Value’ which is now under Clarkes and is expensive.
Its not a big building but the good thing is that they have enough space for parking. As you enter, you would find that the lobby is clean and front office is right in the front. The lobby is also not very big but I guess you do not expect large lobbies since most of the visitors are tourists and they really do not need the lobby for any interactions or likewise.
Rooms are spacious and clean even though they spot a carpet. I stayed in a suite on my first day and it was decently big and can accommodate four people, two on sofa-cum-bed which is becoming very popular these days. Here are some pics of the room.
Hotel is centrally air-conditioned. Rooms have a TV, a Fridge, chairs, writing table. There is no internet facility and no tea-cofee maker :), tea/cofee maker is life/money saver but somehow you still dont find them at many places. Pity.
The loo is clean but not well stocked (no hair dryer for example).
Since its right on the road and there is not much space in front so the balcony is not of much use. We stayed in the rooms which overlook the road, probably the rooms on the back side might have a better view. There is a swimming pool and I think Ajanta is one of the few (or may the only one) which has a pool. The pool is not great to write home about.
There is a restaurant but we could not go there. There are very good restaurants outside as well (Moti Mahan for instance) so we tried elsewhere. We did order for food once and it was pretty ok. Somehow ‘Naan’ is never a ‘Naan’ outside Dilli.
Tariff is 2.5K for a deluxe double including break fast which is reasonable in these time for a city like Dehradun. So a clean, non-rushed, small decent place. All in all I would recommend this hotel if you are in a city and are not looking for a lavish place to stay. I would add the relevant phone nos and website address when I find the copy of the hotel bill :)