Nirvana Hostel (Taj Mahal) Reviews

Nice family run place in walking distance from the area around Taj Mahal (where restaurants etc are located). Friendly and helpful staff. Everything was ok, and good walue for your money.

I found the hostel staff very helpful and friendly! The owner Mr. Sunil, he's a real gentleman.

Bed bugs were crawling all over the mattresses. The kitchen had toxic bug spray on the counter next to cutlery. No breakfast or coffee as promised. Extremely dirty bathroom. Staff didn't care about bed bugs. Asked for payment of stay in advance, probably because people leave early due to poor conditions. Far from main city area and Taj Mahal.

Location was Great.Located down a 'Well to do' street.Secure comfortable atmosphere.Breakfast is included (8:30-9:30) which is a bonus.Wifi was great.Dorms had lockers, however I didn't use them has the place felt secure enough.Great Lounge area & friendly manager.Everything was perfect apart from the bathroom which was a little old (shower was grimy & didnt really work) and filthy.But for me the huge let down was the infestation of bed bugs, I mean the beds were crawling which was horrible.

if you are going to take a flight, this is definitely a good place. A bit far from city center but with very nice and helpful staff. The atmosphere is so nice and cozy, feels like home staying.

seven of us arrived very early in the morning and the staff were welcoming us and straight away let us check-in the rooms. However, I am not quite satisfied with the water supply, the next morning there's no water in my room and my sister's room. We need to queue for showers in the next morning before catching early train to Delhi. Others were fine.

Too many bedbugs. Will be good idea to keep mattreses clean everytime. Staff and front desk people was ver very kind and helpful, good experience at Nirvana's!!!

The hostel gave the wrong information. The hostel is really far from everything (700 meters form Taj Mahal is a lie) and the breakfast is only a portion of rice. There are lots of hostels near taj mahal where the environment seems better because they are in the city centre. For sure they have a better value for money

1000 rupies to have a good double room with breakfast buffet, tea and coffee 24 hours, WiFi 24 hours free, dinner and beer free in the night ... it would be a very good price ... but is not so!!! The rooms are little and dark, "breakfast buffet" is awful rice and coffee ... no more, WiFi works properly just on first floor, no beer and no dinner included and is far from Taj Mahal. I strongly advise against this hostel, really expensive, no services , no and no and no!!!

It is a very good hotel. 24 hours hot water. Good location. Close to Taj Maha. Staffs there are very helpful. And also you can meet many international friends there.

it's not a normal hostel in our backpackers' normal standard- every roommate there agreed with this point, whatever they boasted on their website. Bed sheets really dirty, and lightening not good. What really disappointed and frustrated, the door for the shared bathroom is broken(if knocked hard to push it out), although i am mechanical talented(engineering) i need almost half an hour to unknock the door ..told them to fix this problem..no action rewarded...other guests face same cases..

Guests are obligated to take off shoes in an entry holl. Room was clean, big, with lot of daylight and in great condition. Actually only CON here was single common used shower/WC . It would be better if there was one more.

Good hostel, very nice quiet location, far from city center, but close to Taj Mahal and shopping mall Big Bazaar. The bathrooms and blankets were quite dirty, bur the rest was ok.

I would recommend making use of the rooftop, put a few chairs and tables up there.

It was as you expect for a hostel. Slightly unkept, reasonably sized room, polite enough staff. Nothing special or to write home about. The cushions are very hard. The bed sheets didn't seem clean, prob reused, so we didn't use them. The food was ok but took a long time. 90minutes. Other than that they are helpful. I would expect to pay less for what we had. The location is bearable too, just about.

AVOID. You can get hotel next to the Taj for 300/dbl with rooftop view of Taj. Here 1200/dbl COLD room (marble) and nothing to offer really and with poor service. FREE All you can eat breakfast - NOT all you can eat - small portion and that's it. FREE Unlimited WiFi connection all over the hostel - NOT all over the hostel. FREE glass of Beer in the evening ! - NO BEER FREE 24 hour running hot water - NOT 24hr! Laundry available free - We were offered washing powder for handwash.

nice, but it's closer to 2km from the Taj, but ye you can walk there to the East Gate.

The only real backpackers hostel I've been to in India! It was a great place to have my short stay in Agra!

Cheap hostel, you get what you pay for, but not compared to what else you can find in Agra. But okay the city itself wasn't quite my taste. Food okay, but you could get a lot better for the same price.

Please sort out the damp smell in the rooms. Also do not fall into the trap of cheating customers - the benefits are short-lived. You are getting awfully close to crossing the line.