Kathmandu Hotels with Airport Shuttle

We spent wonderful time during our stay at hotel Shankar through trip.com booking 🤗

The room is large and clean, the bathroom is large, and the facilities are new and newly renovated. The hotel is on a busy commercial street, but the room is quiet. When we returned to the hotel from the Monkey Temple, the front desk guy patiently told the taxi the hotel location and driving route, and waited for us at the intersection. The boss helped us to determine the fare for the two attractions with the taxi driver, and personally drove us to the airport at 5:30 in the morning, and provided take-out breakfast. The restaurant on the first floor provides Chinese food. The dishes taste very good. The boss cooks personally, and the waitress has a good attitude.

Pros Great location for exploring Themal and provided you are not too high up, you shouldn't hear any road noise as it's set back. I was on the 4th floor and could hear the incessant beeping motorbikes but had moved from the first floor where i heard none (but was directly above the kitchen so could hear banging and chairs scraping from around 6am). 2nd floor is probably a good choice Staff were all excellent Room cleaned daily with 2 large bottles of water provided each day Breakfast was ok - decent variety of fruit, local and western with custom eggs. Coffee was instant though. Air con has heat facility No deposit required on check-in Toiletries provided Cons Some noise depending on your room location - dont stay in 107 or room directly above the kitchen/restaurant No safe for passport, cash etc in room Breakfast area isn't particularly clean i.e. dirty table cloths/mats Poor standard of fixtures/fittings e.g. gaps in windows and doors, curtains dont quite close right, dirty shower curtain, the rooms have seen better days but for the price its still good value. No coffee or milk in room (or 3-in one) No phone charging point near the bed Bathroom mat was old and dirty, no floor towel Tips: take extra passport photo if you intend to get a sim card at the airport, unlimited data one with nepal telecom cost me $10 - signal was mostly ok. Get your currency before you arrive or take enough to convert there, the atm machines are expensive Taxi from airport to Themal should be around 350 rupees working on 50 rupees per km plys 30 rupees start charge. You will be hounded relentlessly by people from the second you leave the plane for tour services etc. It may seem impolite but dont make eye contact, say no thank you and keep walking, otherwise you will spend your entire trip speaking to them. Right now its cold at night, pack accordingly. Be prepared to pay for everything, every temple, every place of historical interest - foreigners are charged around 1000-2000 rupees each time. E.g. all the Durbar squares, main stupas and temples. Don't assume that because Nepal is a developing country it is cheap. It isn't. In fact i found it comparable to some developed countries and not cheaper than say Thailand. A meal would cost me around 1000 rupees. In a smaller more local place you may pay 500. Don't take your new trainers, it's a very dirty, dusty city but exactly what you would expect if you've ever seen it on TV - it's all part of the experience. For exploring all of the main parts of Kathmandu, id say 5 days is a good amount of time. I recommend the everest helicopter tour but on that note i will say that tours are very expensive here, more expensive than even Hong Kong, Thailand, etc!! I ended up walking to the main temples, Chandragiri, Bakhtapur for the more local experience.

Excellent service: The staff is warm and considerate, and you can feel the caring service from check-in to check-out. During the period, I asked the hotel manager for help to take a taxi many times, and I got very active help, which greatly saved the fare. • Comfortable room: The room is spacious, modern and clean, the bedding is soft and comfortable, the bathroom facilities are complete, and the water pressure is sufficient. The water quality is also very good, and there is no online rumor that the water quality is bad and cannot be used to rinse the mouth. • Rich breakfast: The breakfast is rich in variety, including Nepalese specialties, Asian and Western breakfasts, and Chinese handmade cakes. In particular, the local vermicelli cooked by a special person is particularly delicious. • Complete facilities: The hotel has a variety of leisure facilities such as an outdoor swimming pool, steam room, fitness center, spa center, etc. The rooftop swimming pool overlooks the entire city and the Himalayas in the distance, as well as the gym and spa center.

A nice modern hotel with options of in house restaurants. Check in is fast and serve a welcome drink during the process. The room is clean with all the necessary amenities.

Stayed for 1 night. Handy for access to Thamel. Rooms are small. I would consider it as 4 star hotel.

The best hotel in thamel. Great location, services and hospitality. Everyone at the hotel is helpful. Hot shower and water pressure is great. Even breakfast is the best. Highly recommend it.

The hotel was clean and the staffs were really polite and helpful. Food was excellent, definitely recommend to anyone thinking of booking this place. Only downside was some of the facilities were under construction, hence we couldn’t use it.

The hotel is a good place to take photos. Although the items in the hotel store are more expensive, you can feel more assured when buying. Some of the hotel waiters were patient in helping me with my requests, while others were perfunctory and didn't even know that their hotel had stamps for sale. Fortunately, I asked the store owner when I was shopping in the hotel store, otherwise I would have to go to the post office again. Among the three hotels I stayed in Nepal, this hotel had almost no Chinese compatriots, but mostly foreigners. We had afternoon tea together in the hotel, and I also met locals holding birthday parties in the restaurant.

Perfect hotel for a pleasant stay in Kathmandu. The very friendly staff made our stay perfect, always with a smile, especially our egg cook at breakfast and Ram the chef. At reception they helped us with all the questions and recommendations of the place. The rooms were very clean with everything we needed, even a coffee maker and some very tasty cookies for the coffee break, which were replenished every day, they even brought us seasonal fruit. The upstairs restaurant is a chill out type with good music and very good food. I chose this hotel because of the rating on the travel pages and YES IT IS TRUE, the rating is very high because of the good work of the staff, the very well decorated space and the central area.