Namo Buddha Hotel

I had some misgivings about staying there but as it was only 1 night we decided to stay anyway. The hotel is on the outskirts of Bodhgaya on the main road. It looks quite nice from the road and it had a garden. As we approached we saw all these paper plates and litter just thrown down a gully in front of the hotel. Not a good look to start with. There were 2 guys at the desk, and when the owner left the other guy asked for the money up front - which never happens at other hotels. We were not game to have any meals there. We were told we could get a rickshaw for Rs5 out front but every rickshaw wallah tried to hit us up for Rs50-100! The location is too far out of town to really walk. The room was VERY basic. Narrow single beds when we had asked for a double, no hot water as promised, a very uncomfortable room. We were charged Rs2400 for a very substandard hotel!

Good budget hotel with the amenities and services best at economy price. Over all value for money..a pleasant and comfortable stay....keep it up the staff was well trained, location is just 1 km from the Mighty temple of Bodh Gaya

Our Bodhgaya trip began quite pleasantly. The hotel owner & 2 staff came to collect us from the railway station and take us back to the hotel around midnight. The ride was pleasant and the owner a friendly and likeable guy. When we arrived at the Namo Buddha, a medium sized hotel in the middle of fields of sand and 2.5kms from Bodhgaya itself, we were shown to our room... "the honeymoon suite" as the owner referred to it. Some photographs of our rooms are attached to help with this explanation. The room was filled with crickets, roaches and other flying insects. The two spartan beds had dirty sheets and pillows and the walls of the room were stained with greasy dirt and dust. After a brief discussion on whether we could even possibly spend one night there before finding alternative accommodation we decided to first ask to see a different room. The owner seemed a bit put out that we would be dissatisfied but offered to show us two other, "clean" rooms. We obligingly followed him up to the next floor where he attempted to show us two other rooms, both of which already had occupants when he unlocked and opened their doors! We decided to leave and called to wake up our travel agent in Delhi to organise a transfer. He reserved a room in another hotel for us but the only means of transport was Namo Buddha's driver as it was now almost 2AM. When we went to the reception to request a ride to the other hotel the staff were locked in the office watching tv and refused to answer the door when we knocked. Eventually we made enough noise that the guy came out, on the phone to our travel agent, who advised me they'd agreed to drive us there. After he hung up the phone he told us that the transfer was not possible that evening and we could go in the morning. We stood our ground and the owner got involved, again telling us that it was too late and they couldn't take us. Our travel agent called back and talked to them again and eventually they agreed to drive us to the next hotel. When we arrived they demanded 600 rupees for taxi fare but we refused to pay. I can not possibly recommend that anyone would stay in this hotel. My intent is not to slander the Namo Buddha but to provide an accurate account of our experience to help others from suffering the same situation!

Vriendelijke bediening en ontvangst in een apart hotel. Er wordt enkel vegetarisch eten opgediend dat allemaal door hun zelf gekweekt en geteeld is. Kamers zijn losse huisjes, heel lage deuren maar redelijk goed ingericht. Er is verwarming voorzien. In de buurt kun je een hele mooie monnikentempel bezoeken met honderden monniken, foto's maken mag jammer genoeg niet. De moeite om te bezoeken ( met lokale gids, 1000 NPR)