The Elgin, Darjeeling

Property class: 4
Luxury resort in Darjeeling with spa and restaurant

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The Elgin, Darjeeling is a great choice for a stay in Darjeeling. Guests can visit the spa to indulge in massages, facials, or body scrubs, and The Orchid Dining Room serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This luxurious resort also features a bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and a garden.

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Airport transfer
  • Pet friendly
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
The current price is $137
$162 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 23 - Nov 24

Room options

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A hotel room with a bed, two bedside lamps, a vase with yellow flowers, and a red chair.

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Valley view
  • 36 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with a bed, a glass table with fruits, a vase of flowers, and a decorative rug.

Premier Double or Twin Room, 1 Bedroom

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • Hill view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Double Bed

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A wooden-paneled bedroom with a large bed, bedside tables, a chandelier, and a view through the window.

Premium Attic Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • Valley view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the neighborhood

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18 H.D Lama Road, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734101

What's nearby

  • Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Botanical Gardens - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Chowrasta - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Tibetan Buddhist Monastery - 6 min drive - 1.5 km

Getting around

  • Bagdogra (IXB) - 63 min drive
  • Gangtok (PYG-Pakyong) - 23.8 miles/38.3 km
  • Darjeeling Station - 3 min walk
  • Chunbhati Station - 47 min drive
  • Rangtong Station - 50 min drive
  • Free train station pick-up
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Kunga Restaurant - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Glenarys - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Tibet Kitchen - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Noryang Tibetan Kitchen - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Penang's Restaurant - ‬5 min walk

About this property

The Elgin, Darjeeling

  • The Elgin, Darjeeling is a great choice for a stay in Darjeeling. Guests can visit the spa to indulge in massages, facials, or body scrubs, and The Orchid Dining Room serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This luxurious resort also features a bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and a garden.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
11:00am
CHECK-OUT
11:00am

Hotel size

    • 35 units
    • Arranged over 4 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 11 AM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
    • Express check-in available
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

    • This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
    • To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required

Children

    • Up to 5 children stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
    • No cribs (infant beds)

Pets

    • Pets stay free (dogs and cats only)

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free onsite self parking
    • Wheelchair-accessible parking on site

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle on request (during limited hours)*
    • Free train station pick-up

Other information

    • Designated smoking areas

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Reviews

The Elgin, Darjeeling Reviews

8.8

Excellent

9.2

Cleanliness

8.0

Location

9.0

Staff & service

8.8

Property conditions & facilities

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10/10 Exceptional

Building is amazing perched on the hillside and the staff were lovely.
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10/10 Exceptional

Great location, great character and amazing staff
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10/10 Exceptional

Couple long weekend trip

Absolutely gorgeous and historic hotel. Really enjoyed our stay here.
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10/10 Exceptional

Excellent vintage hotel. Convenient location, easy to get to. Nice room and amenities. We had a wonderful stay. Best part is the service and staff. Very courteous and responsive. Special mention of Aryan, Michael, Prashanth, Akshay, Bhavna and Diki. Would definitely stay here when we come back.
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10/10 Exceptional

Its a beautiful, nostalgic throwback to a colonial India hillstation. Darjeeling is wonderful and this hotel has memories, from the posters and photis on the walls, of life back when. I stayed in the Tenzing Norgay block, with old somewhat faded photos of the great man along every inch of corridor. But not everything works...some of the lights, the bedsheets dont fit, the towels are worn. None of that distracted me from the historic atmosphere of old time luxury. The afternoon tea was great, as were all meals. And staff exceptional.
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8/10 Very good

We very much enjoyed our stay at the Elgin Hotel. Our deluxe room was spacious, clean and comfortable. It also had a nice view. We loved the Victorian style of the main building where the reception, bar, lounge and library are located. All the rooms including the dining room were tastefully decorated. The antique furniture and the artifacts take you back to the colonial times. The food served in the restaurant was tasteful. What made the dining experience special was the excellent quality of service of the restaurant staff. They were extremely polite. highly efficient and attentive. Unfortunately, we encountered one problem in the bathroom. The refuse was leaking in from the bathroom next door which was certainly a very unpleasant experience. When we complained about this, the hotel front desk staff immediately shifted us to another room which was next door. The staff not only apologized several times for our inconvenience but they also made sure that we got shifted to another room immediately. All in all, we had a very nice stay.
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6/10 Good

Very helpful and courteous restaurant and front office staff but terrible quality of food. Substandard ingredients, poor cooking and the bakery offerings would rank zero anywhere. Close your eyes and eat the 'croissant' and you might just mistake it for four day old, dense bread... The housekeeping was careless - when we checked in there was a used tooth brush on the bathroom floor. The TV and Kettle were disconnected. I managed to connect the TV to the electric plug but even housekeeping was at loose ends about where to connect the Kettle. Surely this room had been let out earlier and they would know...
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10/10 Exceptional

What a lovely authentic place!
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10/10 Exceptional

great friendly staff, and great food and service
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10/10 Exceptional

The perfect example of hospitality. I will return
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6/10 Good

Nice hotel but rooms without view

Hotel is nice but check if your has a view. If not, avoid it because its very expensive and not benefit
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6/10 Good

Its a heritage property in a very nice area of Darj. However, the property is poorly maintained and it has musty smell in the rooms. Also the plumbing and maintenance is wanting in the rooms.
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10/10 Exceptional

All good except the bed mattress was too soft and worn out. Needs immediate replacement.
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10/10 Exceptional

イギリス風の建築で落ち着いた雰囲気
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10/10 Exceptional

Fantastic
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8/10 Very good

Approach from front office personnel was very casual and not customer friendly. Room key was kept at Reception for cleaning and when returning back, did not find the Goggles kept on the table in the room itself. Reported to reception immediately around 4 pm on the same day but they send the House keeping staff to us who simply denied for obvious reasons. Reception personnel did not bothered to inform us about their enquiry if any in the matter or It May be that the complaint was just ignored by sending the person concerned to us. We did not gave the keys for remaining days of our stay as I had lost my trust over the personnel therein. Definitely, I will share this incident if anyone ask about the hotel.
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful Property

Great service and the staff was very accommodating. Location is brilliant as well.
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10/10 Exceptional

Wärmflaschenservice und Kaminservice sind sehr hervorzuheben Schöner Lobbybereich Sehr gutes Essen
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10/10 Exceptional

staff very efficient.....property well maintained. Would strongky recommend ......its the best you can get in a hill statiion in india with heritage leanings
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10/10 Exceptional

Un angolo di pace e armonia in stile inglese in una città bella ma caotica. Stanze belle e confortevoli. Personale molto gentile. Sicuramente da provare
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8/10 Very good

Good place to spend a relaxing getaway

Overall a good experience, The property was amazing and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Breakfast and dinner menu and quality of food preparation can be improved further but these are surely not a show stopper. The property is at a walkable distance from Mall road, Kaventers etc
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10/10 Exceptional

I liked everything about this hotel but the BEST part was the amazing service rendered by the staff - way beyond the call of duty!
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8/10 Very good

Grand old hotel

The Elgin provided comfort and wonderful, helpful service in a grand old building. It is perfectly located in Darjeeling. At dinner a very out of tune piano was played and it was quite awful sorry to say. The food was not as good as our previous visit with a sameness of flavour between dishes. We had a lovely two night stay.
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8/10 Very good

Charming but a bit run down

We enjoyed our stay at the Elgin. It was comfortable and our room was charming and unique (Rm 57 was part of an annex on the third floor, all wood ceiling and floors). The hotel feels like an oasis within Darjeeling city. The bed was very comfortable and the bathroom was spacious. We stayed at the hotel for Christmas, so it was cold, and the hot water bottles at night were a nice touch. Dinner was very good and a nice variety (Indian menu was far better than western) with good service. However, the bathroom flooded our first night because the pipes were clogged. The bar was quaint but not very well stocked and service was not very good. The front desk was not very knowledgeable about the city and did not provide good service. The Christmas celebration (bonfire and a cultural show) wAs not worth the money (included one glass of wine, bufffet dinner, and no real Christmas themed program). I would recommend staying here, but just set your standards a little lower, even though the hotel bills itself as a much classier place than it really is.
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2/10 Poor

Evitate questo hotel

appena arrivati, ci hanno chiesto di saldare il conto...ancora prima di essere accompagnati in camera... non hanno accettato la carta di credito con cui avevamo prenotato....e ci hanno costretti nostro malgrado a cambiare carta di credito. il clima alla reception era quello di ''arraffare'' tutto e subito, persino il transfert dall'albergo all'aereoporto, 3 ore di macchina, volevano che lo pagassimo subito. Hotel pur avendo un costo medio-alto non è preparato a ricevere viaggiatori europei.Non c'è riscaldamento in camera, pur essendo a quota 2.135 mt Materassi e guanciali fatiscenti colazione:assolutamente con cibo indiano,con poca scelta, lo stesso vale per la cena Hotel in ristrutturazione, quindi con rumori durante l'arco delle giornata con forte odore di vernice nei corridoi. totalmente da evitare