Pune Guide

Hotels in Pune

From the 2025 Guide, pages 28–31. 25 listings.

These are just a few of the more popular hotels in Pune:

Ambassador Hotel

1125, Model Colony, off Fergusson College Road, ShivajiNagar, Pune 411016

Call (91-20) 2566 0622/3/4/5MapWebsite

4 star rating. Fax: (91-20) 3022 0621. Complaints have come in from students about this hotel; staff being beaten up by gangsters, which the owner does not want to report to the police, and prostitution.

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The Ambience Hotel

1105/2, Lakaki Road, Model Colony, Shivajinagar, Pune 411016

Call (91-20) 41005555Call 982-293-3457MapEmail

4 star rating. Manager: Mr Nilesh. Email: ambiencehotels@gmail.com, fo.the@ambiencehotels.in, or check their website for updated email addresses.

The Ambience Hotel now has a party hall on the 4th floor. It appears to be very successful so avoid rooms on the 3rd floor or you will be sleep deprived. The Aroma Restaurant on the roof of the Ambience is all vegetarian and frequented by RIMYI students.

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The E-SQUARE HOTEL

E-SQUARE, Level 5, 132 University Road, Pune – 411016

Call +91 20 66044100/103Call 9673579333MapEmailWebsite

The E-SQUARE HOTEL offers special rates for RIMYI students. Contact by phone (Tel: +91 20 66044100/103 Mob: 9673579333) or via email (sales.pune@e-squareindia.com) for current offers. Note that rates are often quoted without including taxes (currently 19% tax). Standard room inclusions are: centrally air-conditioned, complimentary buffet breakfast, Wi-Fi, fitness center, rooftop swimming pool, 15% discount on food and soft beverage (3 restaurants), complimentary movie passes when booked thru website (esquarehotel.com). Pune Airport / Railway transfer chargeable on request.

“Pros - The staff at E-Square were always pleasant and helpful and the room we stayed in was presented as advertised. Housekeeping was excellent. The breakfast is adequate but if students have morning classes they won't want to eat before class anyway. There is also a restaurant, Oriental Connections, in the hotel premises which serves very nice food at reasonable prices. It's a short walk to the Institute (maybe 10 minutes) but requires crossing a major road.

Cons - Only drawback – the hotel is above the cinemas and you can hear the muffled "boom boom" from movies being shown. I didn't find this disturbing and have never stayed anywhere near the Institute that is quiet!”

— a recent visitor
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JW Marriott Hotel

Senapati Bapat Road. Pune 411053 India

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Located on SB Road and a 15 minute walk or short rickshaw ride from the Institute. You can get a day pass for their gym and health club, or if you're staying for the month you can get a membership for $255. I highly recommend doing this because the Marriott Hotel can be an oasis when you need something familiar and comforting. The outdoor pool is lovely and not crowded during the week, and there are cardio machines and weights in the gym. You will not want to do cardio outdoors like running, so the gym is a good option. They are very attentive and there is a spa as well.

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Shiv Sai Palace

1233/B, Apte Rd, Shivajinagar, Pune, 411004

Call +91 20 2551 0877MapWebsite

The website for this and a sister hotel is: saihotelspune.in/

The location is not perhaps the best if you're commuting to the Institute. You could walk the distance, being half an hour door to door. (It's close to the Good Luck Cafe, listed here in the guide.) In the busy months when the other places are full, this would be a nice option. Breakfast included, Wi-Fi works, helpful staff, no complaints at all.

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A brief note on electronic hotel safes

On the surface, the prudent thing to do would be to use your hotel room safe. However, some of the electronic safes are prone to breaking down and have no master key, at least at the Ambience Hotel. The staff seemed sympathetic to my plight when the electronics on my safe quit and it wouldn't open, but none of them had the authority to carry out the obvious and only solution: to pull it out of the wall and break it open. It took three days to get permission from the hotel manager before one of the staff could bash it open with a hammer.

— a student who recently stayed in Pune

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Line drawing by Bobby Clennell