Sankatha Guest House Reviews

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One of the most welcoming places we stayed in during our entire 2 months in India - the owner gave us a (free) personal walking tour of the ghats when we arrived, organised boat trips at a cheap price and offered us all services we wanted/needed with ease and no hassle/pressure. A great place to stay, perfect location, clean and friendly

this hostel is clean and located nearby the ghat and the lake.

Warning-watch out for the owner trying to scam you! I booked a basic single room on hostels.com for 275R. when I arrived, they didn\'t have any details of web bookings, and told me they had sold out all the cheap single rooms, only having \'expensive\' rooms left. I said that I had booked for that price so that was all I would pay. It seems as though they just try and get more money out of you when they see you are white-unfortunatley commonplace in India-make sure you stick to the price you book

Nice clean friendly budget hostel in an excellent location, the manager manu was very helpful, would happily return. Joe O'Hanlon (Ireland feb 2012)

Good points: Staff are fabulous, food in roof garden is CHEAP and NICE, rooms are spartan but spacious, HOT shower, location next to main historic burning Ghat... Bad points: Few, but a bit of redecoration needed all round, money needs to be spent on roof garden, new pillows/furniture/mirrors for room

For India standards this was a nice guest house... I have stayed in worse and better. The owner is a quirky gentleman, he is very nice but he is a businessman. So, enjoy the gracious host but realize that he will try to sell you things that are not the best price.. He is not mean or tricky, he is a businessman.

Fantastic location right next to the cremation ghat. The owners are very helpful and can arrange boat trips etc for a good price. The roof top restaurant served some of the best food and lassis I have tasted in India (seriously, the meals were just as good as, if not better than, some of the more expensive places recommended by lonely planet).

the staff are lovely at Sankatha, were able to book me a rail ticket when no other could, and have delicious food up on the roof top! great budget stay.