Ashoka Inn dormitory

For a cheaper night in Mumbai, Ashoka Inn dormitory in Powai keeps costs down while staying within reach of central Powai.

About Powai: Lake-facing towers, IIT Bombay and two genuinely Ecotel-certified hotels — the calmest business base in the eastern suburbs. All hotels in Powai →

What it is

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

Where it sits

Ashoka Inn dormitory is in Powai, at Ground Floor Shop No 5 Satguru Sai Apartment Sant Sant Narsinh Mehta Rd Subhash Nagar Sainath Asalpha, Mumbai. Straight-line, that is about 3 km from Terminal 2, 18 km from CSMT and the Fort offices, and 4 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 12 minutes to the airport, 65 minutes to Fort and 16 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 5 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 Powai

Split the decision by which side of the lake you need. For lake views and conference space, the Renaissance and Lakeside Chalet on Adi Shankaracharya Marg and the Westin at Hiranandani Business Park run ₹9,000–₹16,000 a night midweek, more when a convention fills the ballroom. For eco-certified and quieter, Rodas and Meluha The Fern sit inside Hiranandani Gardens off Central Avenue at ₹6,500–₹11,000. Long-stay consultants should look at serviced apartments around Powai Plaza and Nahar Amrit Shakti in Chandivali, where a month runs ₹65,000–₹1,10,000. Avoid the very cheap guesthouses along Saki Vihar Road near the Chandivali junction — they are ₹2,500 rooms with no lift, generator noise and an unlit 700 m walk to any restaurant. Also avoid anything advertised as Powai but with a Vikhroli or Kanjurmarg address; the highway crossing is miserable on foot.

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

What it costs

We do not hold a live rate for Ashoka Inn dormitory at the moment; hotels in Powai on our list start at about ₹8,900 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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