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Hotel Ramakrishna

3.5 star property

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Family Room | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished
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Comfort Quadruple Room, Multiple Beds | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk

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NO:8,Othavadai Street, Kanchipuram District, Tirukalukundram, Tamil Nadu, 603104
  • Mamallapuram Beach
    3 min walk
  • Sri Sthala Sayanaperumal Temple
    5 min walk
  • Kotikal Mandapam
    6 min walk
  • Chennai (MAA-Chennai Intl.)
    93 min drive

Room options

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Patio Room | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Patio Room

  • 130 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Lakeview Room | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Lakeview Room

  • 130 sq ft
  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Deluxe Room

  • 120 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Room | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Family Room

  • 150 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Double Beds

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Compact A/C Room | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Compact A/C Room

  • 120 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Comfort Quadruple Room, Multiple Beds | Down comforters, individually decorated, individually furnished

Comfort Quadruple Room, Multiple Beds

  • 240 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds
Room
Bay Inn
Kids pool
Parking included
Free WiFi
Restaurant
4.0 out of 5, Very Good, (4)
The price is $35
per night
$39 total
includes taxes & fees
Dec 6 - Dec 7
Bay Inn

About the neighborhood

Mahabalipuram

A stay at Hotel Ramakrishna places you in the heart of Tirukalukundram, within a 5-minute walk of Mumu Surf Shop and Mamallapuram Beach. .This hotel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Shore Temple and 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Mahishasuramardini Cave.

What's nearby

  • Mamallapuram Beach - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Descent Of The Ganges - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Arjuna's Penance - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Shore Temple - 10 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Old Mahabalipuram Road - 5 min drive - 2.9 miles

Getting around

  • Chennai Thirumani Station - 27 min drive
  • Chennai International Airport (MAA) - 93 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Santana Beach Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sea Breeze Hotel - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sea Shore Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Moonrocks Restaurant Unit of Moonrakers - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Joe's cafe - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Hotel Ramakrishna

Adults-only hotel with free parking connected to a shopping center in Tirukalukundram
Hotel Ramakrishna offers 30 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature complimentary newspapers and complimentary bottled water. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature down comforters. 32-inch LED televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers.

This Tirukalukundram hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desk chairs and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 30 air-conditioned rooms featuring LED televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and toothbrushes and toothpaste. Conveniences include phones, as well as complimentary newspapers and complimentary bottled water.
Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services. This hotel also features gift shops/newsstands and a television in a common area.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch, dinner, or brunch at Roberto's Pizzeria, a restaurant which specializes in international cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Local cuisine breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-in, and express check-out. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a train station pick-up service.
Local cuisine breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:00 AM.
Roberto's Pizzeria - This café specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, Hindi

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Train station pick-up shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily local cuisine breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: INR 200 per person
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • Roberto's Pizzeria

Things to do

  • Shopping
  • TV in common areas

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Doorbell and phone notification
  • Elevator (24 inch wide door)
  • Front entrance ramp
  • Smooth flooring in public areas
  • Smooth flooring in room
  • Tile flooring in public areas
  • Tile flooring in room
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 3 floors
  • Built in 1990
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Down comforter

Bathroom

  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LED TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk chair
  • Fan
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: INR 1000
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: INR 1000
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children younger than 18 are not allowed at this adults-only property; all guests 18 and older are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 1000.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for local cuisine breakfast: approximately INR 200 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: INR 2500.00 per vehicle (one-way, maximum occupancy 2)
  • Early check-in fee: INR 1000 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: INR 1000 (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 1000.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Guests under 18 years old are not permitted at this adults-only property
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Alcohol is not served at this property
Parking height restrictions apply

Property is also known as

Hotel Ramakrishna Mahabalipuram
Ramakrishna Hotel
Ramakrishna Mahabalipuram
Hotel Ramakrishna Hotel
Hotel Ramakrishna Tirukalukundram
Hotel Ramakrishna Hotel Tirukalukundram
Hotel Ramakrishna Hotel
Hotel Ramakrishna Tirukalukundram
Hotel Ramakrishna Hotel Tirukalukundram

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 6 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 54 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Andy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is probably the best accommodation we saw in the town itself. It was brightly lit and easy to find. The streets around the hotel are dirty but probablly no more dirty than anywhere in India. I cant blame the hotel for thet. The staff here are very helpful and courteous. I enjoyed my stay here and would not hesitate to reccomend it to anyone. There are a few nice restaurants next to the hotel where you can get a beer and some wine.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Place very nice staff helpful No problems I recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

harikumarreddy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very Good
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

TV did not work. But overall good value for money.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Devayani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super helpful staff
We stayed 1 night. The person at the check-in was super helfpful. He showed us another room when we asked to get something away from the street. We ended up in the room overlooking the street and did not have trouble with noise at all. Clean well decorated room, clean bathroom. The person at the check in helped us a lot of information about ways to explore mahabalipuram, how to get to chennai next day, where to eat etc. Also showed us a shortcut to go to the music festival on the beach. We were also able to keep our luggage next day after checking-out. location is very close to the beach connected to the fisherman colony. The shore temple beach is also not very far. many eateries walking distance.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

KC, Australia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Convenient but disappointing
The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful but the condition of the hotel let it down. It was filthy. The bathroom was disgusting, dirty and smelly. The sheets were sticky and the cover on the bed was dirty (obviously hadn't been washed). I had travelled for 2 weeks in India before this hotel so used to conditions.

8/10 Good

Elliot, London

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good, comfortable hotel; friendly staff
Staff were friendly and helpful; the room we got was good, but the air conditioning was stuck on gale force. Luckily, it was fine to use just the ceiling fans, though in hotter months, this might have been a problem. The wifi was okay, but you need a code which is good for 650MB and two connections - which was a problem, since we were uploading all our pictures, so kept running out, and needing new codes. Breakfast wasn/t included, but there are lots of places nearby to visit. I don't really understand why they don't make use of the restaurant on the roof, though - it could be a lovely place to sit. Instead, it's an sadly underused and neglected space.

6/10 Okay

Rahul, Los Angeles, CA

Liked: Staff & service
Decent clean hotel- Average amenities and decor
A no frills budget hotel. You basically get what you pay for. At its cheap rate, you get a small clean room. The Internet wasn't working the night I was staying. I don't know if it's because of the rains. There wasn't hot water either. But keep in mind the low hotel rate. That's the biggest plus. The front desk gentlemen were very nice. From my experience I would strongly suggest staying in Chennai and just coming out in Mamallapuram for the day and heading back to chennai for the night. Better option and value of hotels there rather than in Mahabalipuram which is essentially a tiny town.

8/10 Good

Rikke-Louise

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Kim Singh, Germany

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very very Basic. Lacks even the simple most amenities of anything resembling a hotel. No breakfast. Restaurant without a restaurant yet an expensive Menu Card for room Service. The Location is o.k. but this Ramalrishna has a Long way to go ... Sorry.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Matt, Tennessee, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay here
We arrived around 2am, but were greeted at the gate- quite a welcome sight. Staff was helpful and courteous. I enjoyed the layout of the facility- our room was on the third floor with a shared open deck. The room is small/cozy, but it and furnishings had a pleasant quality to them. Some mosquitoes made their way into the room, maybe through the bathroom fan, but this was a common occurrence in our travels. Its a small town, so Ramakrishna is close to everything. I would stay here again.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff not friendly rooms are cramped
Will not recommend this flee hole as the rooms are very cramped and there is building work being carried out

8/10 Good

Bhargav, Bangalore

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
comfortable stay
The best part of this hotel is that it is placed in prime location of mahabalipuram, the hotel staff was good ready to help us anytime, we reached hotel 1 hour prior to checkin time though we were allowed to accomodate inside, hotel rooms were neat n clean , I surely recommend my friend about hotel Ramakrishna if someone is looking for budged hotel in the prime location of mahabalipuram.

8/10 Good

Thanga, Chennai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good to stay
Nice trip with my wife

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

great location
Besides the mosquitoes n the no toiletries given, the rest of the things r okie. Walkable to the beach, bus interchange, shore temple, anjura penance, krishna's butter ball.....the front desk need to work on his attitude problem. Ither than that the hotel is fine.first day only 1hr wifi is given prolly the front desk mistake. Wifi is suppose to be free.

8/10 Good

Barbara, Meols, Wirral UK

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Excellent location
The hotel is only a hundred metres from the beach and in the midst of the action, right by the fishermens' village and next to restaurants etc. Shore temple, 5 Rathas, Arjuns penance etc all within easy walking distance We loved Mammalapuram and the hotel Ramakrishna is excellent value for money. The beds are very comfortable. Bathroom is funtional if basic and cleanliness was average. We actually stayed there on two occasions and the staff were very accomodating and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was small with tacky finish. Bathroom exhaust did not work. No toiletries provided. Breakfast included but limited to 300, which could not cover your needs.

8/10 Good

Arra, Australia

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Roof garden and courtyard
We had three days at the Ramakrishna hotel and it always felt welcoming and safe. The staff were all very friendly and helpful and the location was excellent. Close to beach and busy streets, the hotel had all one needed and furthermore it was easy to get to the wonderful temple sites.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Matthew, UK Cheshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good budgetish hotel
It is what it says it is on its website which is rare. Above all its clean , nice beds and bedding and clean a decent bathroom. For hot water keep it running for 5 mins but it come s through. In truth 1200 rupees + tax isn't really budget but it not bad for a decent place in a tourist town. NIce pace for a soft landing if you have just arrived in India.

8/10 Good

Matthew, UK Cheshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good budgetish hotel
It is what it says it is on its website which is rare. Above all its clean , nice beds and bedding and clean a decent bathroom. For hot water keep it running for 5 mins but it come s through. In truth 1200 rupees + tax isn't really budget but it not bad for a decent place in a tourist town. NIce pace for a soft landing if you have just arrived in India.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just one negative against plenty of positiv points
First at all: Awesome staff (helped to organize a simcard, which is not easy for european cause you need a permanent address and someone who calls with the company cause there english is worse) and they didn't ask more money like we saw in different places before and after. To the hotel: Nice located, away from mainroad and sightseeing stuff reachable in 5-10minuits walk, beach 2minuts. equipped with a nice looking restaurant (didn't used it why ever) and nice and clean rooms. Only negativ point is that the shower has a really low pressure and the water smells sometimes like sea but we heard from other people that they have the same problem in there hotel). I would stay there 100% when i go another time to Mahabalipuram

8/10 Good

Shahnawaz, Chennai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Power breakdowns need to be addressed!!
Staff is good, these people are the main asset of this Hotel. Food is costly (may be this is common among tourist spots!!). Power breakdowns need to be addressed immediately though they had generator in place no idea why we were kept without power for more than 4 hours that too during night time!