Vajra Hotel

schöner ruhiger Ort in einer lauten Stadt

The Vajra hotel is located below Swayambunath in a beautiful garden that is incredibly quiet for Kathmandu. It is an amazing heritage property. The staff are so kind, helpful and excellent! This is a special place but not for guests who like a standard, corporate style hotel.

The staff at Hotel Vajra are lovely....helpful, friendly and full of advice. The food is fine, with a good buffet style breakfast and eggs cooked to order. The garden setting gives some tranquillity amid the very busy Kathmandu streets, and the craftsmanship and historic feel to the hotel are highlights. Second time I have visited this hotel -and I would recommend it to others.

The surrounding area was quite busy and a bit messy, which made crossing the streets frustrating. There were only small local shops nearby, and I often needed Google Translate to communicate. The hotel building itself was unique, and most of the staffs were generally helpful and friendly. However, my room was noisy, the carpet was dirty and dusty, and the toilet was difficult to flush — the seat was loose and kept sliding. I myself tried to fix it but couldn’t. The bathroom also had an unpleasant smell. There was a small misunderstanding about my bill due to a staff mistake; after it was resolved, they simply said “okay” and let me go, without offering any apology.

The surrounding relatively busy, messy very frustrated to cross streets. Only small local shops, need Google Translate to communicate. The building was very unique. Hotel staffs were basically friendly. My room was noisy, toilet was hard to flush, seat was sliding. I was trying to fix but didn’t work