YWCA International Guest House

Stayed 4 nights in an AC room. Limited hot water - my husband & I had a few cold showers. Mosquitoes in room - management should have mosquito zappers in powerpoints. The window in our bathroom did not have a screen. Quiet so good sleep quality. Wifi available. There is an elevator. Breakfast is a combination of Indian & western offerings (included in tariff). Lunch & dinner (veg & non-veg) also available for an extra charge & needs to be ordered. List of snacks, drinks are listed in the room & times when they are available - sadly no one told the kitchen! Good position being diagonally opposite the Egmore metro & railway stations. You can use the metro to get to the YWCA from the airport or vice versa. On enquiring, management gave me the contact number for a reliable taxi driver. Despite having paid a 50% deposit back in November, front desk staff members were oblivious to the fact. As a consequence, checkout was a confused, drawn out process. It is a reasonably priced place to stay & well located. It could be so much more if more effort was made to cater for tourists (although I do believe that that's not in its charter). Maps of the area would've been helpful, pointing out simple things like location of ATMs, supermarkets, restaurants.

I found the YWCA of Madras International Guest house clean and spacious and with a nice breakfast and dinner service. It has good showers and toilets & also free Wi-Fi and a nice guest computer to use. The gardens are pretty even though theyre a little underutilized and dry. I would highly recommend this place for safety, cleanliness, and polite friendly staff. On the other hand, it was hard for me to make contact via phone and email with the guest house and I was initially told there was no room available and had to talk in person w/ the desk person to find out that there really was a room. I hope you can use a better booking system & have better luck in getting through to make a reservation in advance. Do be persistent. Finally, I would like to suggest that there would be yoga mats and an exercise space inside and out doors for people to do yoga and stay fit and maybe a group movie night in the lobby or somesuch. I hope many more guests come enjoy this wonderful affordable International Guest House well located near the railroad, buses and plenty of rickshaws. Best, Maya Apfelbaum

Visited Chennai and was very impressed with YWCA international guest house. Room had been freshly painted and hot water and air-conditioner worked very well for southern India heat. Clean bathroom and fresh towels and sheets made our stay. Wi-Fi worked most times On level 3. Breakfast was good And the options and fruit changed each day for our four days day would strongly recommend this Accommodation.

We booked YWCA for 5 days. We wanted to try the place as its an non profit organisation and does lot of good things to the poor and needy people. The quality of the rooms and maintenance of the place is very bad and can be seen. Bathroom doors are damaged / AC does not work properly/ rooms not clean. They charge equal to 3 star hotel price and what we get for the price we pay don't seems worth. Booked for double bed room and we were provided with twin bed room and surprisingly the room size of double bed room is smaller. So we dint have any choice and continue to stay in twin bed room. Asked for water and twice i called and reminded and no response. I am not sure how our next four says stay is going to be. While checkin did not provide wifi details and had to call and asked, i was asked to come down to collect. I will not recommend this to anyone. Hope the management of YWCA will look into this. I am an hotelier and i am happy share my feedback and advice how they can improve their service standards if the manager likes to speak to me.

Stayed here for several weeks while working in Chennai. YWCA has friendly and accommodating staff that were helpful with travel, local info, and making us feel welcome. The rooms are clean and air conditioned and the beds in the rooms are large. The campus itself is lush and a beautiful escape from the noise of the city. I particularly loved the pond and the balconies. The money from staying here funds incredible work as well. The food could be a bit more diverse to cater to international guests, and the daily WiFi sign in was a bit inconvenient.