Stayed at Raintree, Anna Salai for a day on 5th Jan. My booking is through Booking.com. I dont know if I got the best deal still. I picked this hotel because its closest to the Chennai Skechers Marathon start venue, no other reason. My choice always is ITC grand Chola. I had both my kids along, requested extra bed for the night. Surprisingly the extra bedstead standards in India are an issue, I had a similar issue in India last year in an ITC property. These are not of good quality and safety, while the mattress and pristine white sheets are all good, the bed stead has sharp ended jutting..first thing, we are placing a 2 sq meter furniture in an already adequately furnished room, so care must be taken to ensure this additional piece is safe to use for people as they walk by..see photos for illustration. Food is average, pricey...I ended up paying as much as what I will have paid at ITC somehow..didnt know its was this expensive. Not value for what I paid. Internet was an issue...limiting to 3 devices, we are three so there obviously is an additional laptop/ tablet..we had to call and IT person cane by and resolved..somehow the speed is rationed..my younger one had to complain that Netflix doesnt work..then they gave him additional speed. This is new for me.

ATMOSPHERE: Wow - this place is literally a south indian, And there were plate covers that looked like a people in South India. Live music with vocal instrument. And it set in one of the most romantic restaurant around chennai FOOD: We got the seafood thali. It was amazing. One course after another, in the most amazing is dessert, dishes, etc. It was top shelf. The food flavoring was impeccable, and the variety of foods were amazing. The spices and sauces were delicious. STAFF: Amazing. Everyone are friendly u fell very comfortable. Vignesh manager is courteous Nitin & viji helped to select the menu. At the end of my meal they have surprise me with the birthday cake.

We stayed here on our first night touring Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and although I am not usually a fan of modern hotels, I can only rate this as excellent. We arrived ridiculously early from an overnight flight and they were able to give us our room before10:00 am which was great and served us complementary coffee in the lounge while we waited. All the staff were extremely helpful and friendly. We also ate in two of the restaurants. The fodd was really good and reasonably priced for a hotel of this quality. The room was large and well-equipped, also quiter than we feared, giventhe main road it is on.

food is taste here . especially the fried noodles and chicken clear soup . also the biryani is good. generally the buffet here is good . taste and more choice . generally the people here is good . especially the restaurant people . they are very polite and do the job properly . especially S.Althaf this fellow. the duty manager Mahendra is a very nice fellow . do the job more professional .

We stayed at Raintree hotel for 14 nights in Dec/January. The rooms are great but the maintenance dept needs some guidance. We reported about the faulty bedside lamp a couple of times and it was not resolved during our stay. The breakfast buffet spread was great. From the time the smiling Hostess (Anita) welcome you to the excellent waiters, who are always ready to assist you especially a waiter by the name Althalf. We really enjoyed the service provided. The speciality restaurant Madras was very tasty food. The food suggestions by staff especially Viji, who had a very good knowledge of the food. One night when I was not feeling very well, Viji suggested Rasam rice, and it settled my sickness next day. A special mention about the hardworking manager Vignesh, who was always ready to assist. We had dinner in the Roof top specialty restaurant once, and it was good. Very friendly Chef (in turban), whom we met upstairs was very helpful. We would love to dine again there on our next visit.