Hotel Eldoria Palace

Hotel Eldoria Palace is a budget-friendly stay in Bandra West, Mumbai — a no-frills base for seeing central Bandra West and the rest of the area affordably.

About Bandra West: Mumbai's most liveable square mile: village lanes, two sea promenades, the best restaurants north of Colaba, and prices to match. All hotels in Bandra West →

What it is

The surrounding Bandra West district is one of the most convenient parts of Mumbai to stay in, with restaurants, cafés and transport links close by.

Where it sits

Hotel Eldoria Palace is in Bandra West, at Prince House 141 Church Rd Near Bank Of Baroda Jamlipada Kunchi Kurve Nagar Kalina Santacruz East, Mumbai. Straight-line, that is about 1 km from Terminal 2, 16 km from CSMT and the Fort offices, and 1 km from the Bandra Kurla Complex.

Road times in Mumbai are not a function of distance. Modelled at the city-wide average of about 17 km/h, that is roughly 5 minutes to the airport, 56 minutes to Fort and 5 minutes to BKC — add half again in the evening peak, and take the train instead wherever the route allows. These are modelled figures, not measured ones.

What is included

The property lists 21 facilities. The ones that decide a booking are grouped below; anything unusual — early check-in, a late departure, a desk that takes a laptop — is worth confirming when you book, because listings and reality drift.

Staying in Bandra West

Pali Naka and the lanes behind it — Pali Mala Road, Union Park, Chapel Road — are the sweet spot: quiet, leafy, five minutes from Carter Road and ten from the restaurants, ₹9,000 to ₹16,000 for a good boutique double. Bandstand gets you sea-facing rooms at ₹15,000 to ₹28,000 and the shortest run to the Sea Link, which matters if your meetings are in Worli or Nariman Point. Turner Road and Hill Road are cheaper at ₹6,500 to ₹9,000 but noisy, with hawkers on the pavement until ten. Avoid anything on the S V Road side or immediately around Bandra station: that stretch is a permanent traffic knot, the guesthouses there are much older than their photographs, and the rickshaw stand outside the station runs a fare-refusal racket at night. Book at least three weeks ahead for any November-to-February date; Bandra sells out early.

More on the neighbourhood, including how to move around it and what is worth walking to, is on the Bandra West page.

What it costs

We do not hold a live rate for Hotel Eldoria Palace at the moment; hotels in Bandra West on our list start at about ₹4,800 a night. Check the live price before you plan around a number — Mumbai rates move with the trade-fair and wedding calendars, and a room can double in the week of a large event.

November to February is the expensive season and the comfortable one. June to September — the monsoon — is the cheapest, and the rain is less of an obstacle than people expect if you plan around the mornings.

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