Kathmandu
Guest House was a Rana mansion converted
into a hotel by Karna Sakya in 1967. Starting
with just 13 rooms, it has been slowly developed
into a sprawling 121 room hotel with more
than the required amenities. Now it is recognized
to be an internationally acknowledged “best
budget hotel”. It is the first hotel
established in Thamel, which is Kathmandu’s
most popular tourist destination with the
concentration of tourism based service outlets
in Asia.
The hotel has an impressive record of guest
lists including famous climbers, writers,
researchers and numerous world celebrities
from the Beatles to Ricky Martin and Oscar
winning actor Jeremy Irons. Many books,
articles and reports have been written in
the famous garden of Kathmandu Guest House.
The room amenities of the hotel include
direct dial phone, wake up calls, complimentary
toiletries, shower and tub combination,
television, window opens, refrigerator,
housekeeping, extra towels and bedding in
room, massage available in room, desk and
smoking rooms. The recreational activities
include Yoga classes and instruction and
bicycle can be acquired on rent.
Kathmandu Guest House offers access to a
shopping arcade with an art gallery, stationery
store, jewelry store, hair salon and convenience
store. Among other hotel facilities are
massage rooms, concierge desk, fitness equipment,
bar and lounge, 24 hours room service, limo
or town car service, conference rooms, audio
visual equipment, internet access, porter,
security guard, safe deposit box, four floors,
hair salon, currency exchange, medical assistance,
dry cleaning service, video library, sauna,
parking, event catering, secretarial services,
multilingual staff, gift shops or newsstand,
ATM banking, tour assistance, beauty services
and television in lobby.
The Café Bahal offers Indian, Nepali
and continental cuisine. At Laskus, you
can enjoy Newari food. The Himalayan Java
Coffee shop is a perfect place to sip a
cup of tea or coffee. You can try a cocktail
sip at Raski Bar.
