Service Apartment In Malabar Hill By Florastays

Service Apartment In Malabar Hill By Florastays is a solid 4-star pick in Malabar Hill, Mumbai — comfortable rooms and a base that keeps central Malabar Hill close.

About Malabar Hill: Old money on a green ridge: Banganga Tank, Hanging Gardens, tree-lined Ridge Road and almost no hotels. All hotels in Malabar Hill →

What it is

Guests typically choose Malabar Hill for its balance of location and price; Service Apartment In Malabar Hill By Florastays is a good fit if you want to be near the action in Mumbai.

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Where it sits

Service Apartment In Malabar Hill By Florastays is in Malabar Hill, at 75 Nepean Sea Rd Vasant Vihar Malabar Hillkenorita Super Market, Mumbai. Straight-line, that is about 17 km from Terminal 2, 4 km from CSMT and the Fort offices, and 15 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 59 minutes to the airport, 15 minutes to Fort and 51 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.

Staying in Malabar Hill

Expect serviced apartments rather than hotels. The cluster to look at is Napean Sea Road and the lanes off Bhulabhai Desai Road at the southern shoulder of the hill, where furnished one and two-bedroom apartments run ₹9,000 to ₹18,000 a night, or roughly ₹1,50,000 to ₹3,00,000 a month for a proper let, and the few small hotels sit at ₹8,000 to ₹14,000. Ridge Road itself has almost nothing commercial — if a listing claims a Ridge Road hotel, check whether it is actually a homestay in a co-operative building, which can mean visitor restrictions and no reception after 10pm. Sea-facing on the western side gets the sunset and the monsoon wind; the eastern side over Girgaon gets the city lights. Avoid the immediate Teen Batti hairpin for road noise, and be realistic that groceries and dinner both mean a walk downhill and a taxi back up.

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

What it costs

We do not hold a live rate for Service Apartment In Malabar Hill By Florastays at the moment; hotels in Malabar Hill on our list start at about ₹7,500 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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