Fabexpress Gulshan Grand

Fabexpress Gulshan Grand is a practical 3-star stay in Colaba, Mumbai — good value for exploring the area and its landmarks like central Colaba.

About Colaba: The southern tip of the island: Gateway of India, hawker-packed Causeway, old bars, and the shortest walk to Fort offices. All hotels in Colaba →

What it is

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

Rates shift with the season and with demand, so the live price on the booking page is always the one to trust — tap through for tonight's or your dates' real availability.

Where it sits

Fabexpress Gulshan Grand is in Colaba, at 2Nd Floor 24 Plot 59 61 Arsiwala Mansion, Mumbai. Straight-line, that is about 20 km from Terminal 2, 3 km from CSMT and the Fort offices, and 17 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 70 minutes to the airport, 10 minutes to Fort and 61 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 17 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 Colaba

Sea-facing rooms on P J Ramchandani Marg (Apollo Bunder) are the most expensive real estate in the file — expect ₹18,000 to ₹32,000 a night at the Taj Mahal Palace and its neighbours, more during December. The value band sits one block inland on Mandlik Road, Best Marg and Nathalal Parekh Marg, where good mid-range doubles run ₹7,000 to ₹12,000 and you still walk to the Gateway in six minutes. Guest houses on Arthur Bunder Road and Henry Road do ₹3,500 to ₹6,000, often with no lift and shared corridors. Avoid rooms with windows directly over the Causeway: hawker noise and horns run until 10pm and start again at 7am. Avoid the far southern end near Colaba Market and Sassoon Dock in the mornings unless the smell of a working fish dock is neutral to you.

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

What it costs

We do not hold a live rate for Fabexpress Gulshan Grand at the moment; hotels in Colaba on our list start at about ₹12,400 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.

What guests say

3.6/5 from 83 reviews · collected through the booking feed, shown as written.

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