OYO 18799 Hotel Fortune Inn

For a cheaper night in Mumbai, OYO 18799 Hotel Fortune Inn in Colaba keeps costs down while staying within reach of 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

From here, Mumbai's main attractions — including central Colaba — are an easy walk or short ride away, so you spend less time in transit and more time exploring.

Where it sits

OYO 18799 Hotel Fortune Inn is in Colaba, at Shahid Bhagat Seaview Bldg 2Nd Floor Near Hdfc Bank Woodhouse Road Colaba Near Hdfc Bank Woodhouse Road Colaba, 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 4 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 OYO 18799 Hotel Fortune Inn 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.

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