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Potala Guest House

3.0 star property
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Pool
In-room safe, desk, free WiFi
Property entrance
Lobby sitting area
Aerial view

Reviews

7.6 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Chhetrapati Thamel, J.P Road, Infront of the J.P School, Kathmandu
  • Garden of Dreams
    7 min walk
  • Narayanhity Palace Museum
    12 min walk
  • Kathmandu Durbar Square
    14 min walk
  • Kathmandu (KTM-Tribhuvan Intl.)
    20 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 11 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Superior Double or Twin Room

  • 210 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds OR 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Twin Room

Standard Twin Room

  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Deluxe Room

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Deluxe Room, 1 Bedroom, Private Bathroom

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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Superior Single Room, 1 Bedroom

Superior Single Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 143 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Queen Bed

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Superior Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 143 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Kathmandu

With a stay at Potala Guest House, you'll be centrally located in Kathmandu, within a 10-minute drive of Pashupatinath Temple and Boudhanath. .This hotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Kathesimbhu Stupa and 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Nara Devi Temple.

What's nearby

  • Garden of Dreams - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Kathmandu Durbar Square - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Durbar Marg - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Swayambhunath - 4 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Pashupatinath Temple - 6 min drive - 5.0 km

Getting around

  • Tribhuvan Intl. Airport (KTM) - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cafe Mitra - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪KungFu Noodles Works - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Little Tibet Restaurant - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪lotus Restaurant & Coffee Gallery - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Pilgrims 24 Restaurant & Bar (Formerly Feed 'n' Read) - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Potala Guest House

Central hotel with a rooftop terrace connected to a shopping center in Kathmandu
Potala Guest House offers 64 accommodations with safes and slippers. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Televisions come with cable channels.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 64 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and slippers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this hotel include concierge services, shopping on site, and a television in a common area.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Kathmandu? This hotel has 366 square feet (34 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and motorcycle parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Potala Guest House has a restaurant on site.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, French, German, Italian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • On-site motorcycle parking only
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–10:30 AM: NPR 500-700 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Things to do

  • Shopping

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference space (366 square feet)
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible airport shuttle

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Towels
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)

Entertainment

  • 14-inch TV
  • TV channels

More

  • Desk
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: NPR 2000
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: NPR 2000

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately NPR 500 to 700 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: NPR 1000 per room (one-way)
  • Early check-in fee: NPR 2000 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: NPR 2000 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old
This property accepts credit cards
Cashless transactions are available
Property Registration Number 605923597

Property is also known as

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Potala Guest House Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 44 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lobsang

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Syafiq

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not bad for a solo traveller
This was the 2nd time that I have been to Potala and the rooms are not as good as the first one as it was fully booked and nearer to one of the festive season.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I nearly missed this hotel because the review average was below 8. After looking more closely, I realized that the average is low because of reviews during their renovations a few years ago and there aren't enough recent ones. This is a shame because it is a great place to stay. Absolutely the cleanest hotel I've ever stayed at in Nepal. I took a room in the newer section and it was spacious and comfortable and tastefully decorated. The service was excellent and every staff member from the desk to the cleaning people were very friendly and attentive. The newer section is set back from the street, so there was no Thamel noise, and the windows look down on the nice garden and koi pond below.
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Really comfortable beds, good location and they offered a free airport pick up
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good accommodation nice staff friendly and clean room
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I have been staying at the Potala GH since 1994 and always find it very satisfying and welcoming
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Peter, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay in Kathmandu
Potala staff are particularly friendly and helpful. The hotel is in an ideal location.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Heather, Tasmania, Australia

Disliked: Room comfort
Central guest house convenient to all services
Have stayed at Potala on previous visits and service and facilities were excellent. A little disappointed this time as basic room dusty and uncomfortable due to ongoing renovations. Unable to ungrade so moved to alternate hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was misrepresented
The room we were assigned was not representative of the hotel description and pictures on the website. The room was rundown.

8/10 Good

Dale, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great guest house in Thamel
The guest house was being renovated over winter so it wasn't at it's usual best, The staff were fantastic and volunteered to go out to the airport to pick up my delayed baggage when I couldn't do it. The room was fine although the bathroom floor got very wet when the shower was used. I'd go back because of the great staff.

8/10 Good

Dale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff rescued my bag!
The hotel was being renovated but all was fine. But the best thing is that the staff volunteered to go to the airport to recover my bag lost by Air Asia as I was out of town for a week. They were exceptional.

8/10 Good

George, Shanghai, China.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and helpful staff!
A great hotel with extremely friendly staff and helpful service! An oasis in the middle of Kathmandu.

8/10 Good

Brett, Victoria, BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, inexpensive hotel
Located right in the midst of Thamel, close to everything there. Basic accomodations but clean and safe. They have a safe if you require it as well as locked storage if you're out of town for a few days and need to store luggage/bag, etc. Friendly staff who speak good english. Reasonable prices (I paid 1200 rs per night while I was there). They also have free wifi which is nice.

8/10 Good

Freddie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Sandeep, Bangalore

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Its an OK budget hotel
Nothing great about the hotel.........,............,...

10/10 Excellent

Sunil Kumar Chakrabartty, Bangalore, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very comfortable.
We stayed two nights 10th and 11th of September 2014. Our overall stay is highly satisfactory. Service is very good. Many hotels and restaurants of your choice are in the neighborhood. I will be happy to recommend this hotel to anyone.

4/10 Poor

eduardo, portugal

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Interior room.
Interior room. No generator for the energy cut-downs.

6/10 Okay

Singh, Delhi

Disliked: Cleanliness
Average Guest House
The picture being publicised is not of Potala Guest House, may be of some other hotel or fake. The room was spacious but not clean. Basic requirements like brush, toothpaste, shaving kit not given, very small pieces of soap given, staff reluctant to provide more. Truly cheap hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Claire, Lion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
potala
Clean, great location

8/10 Good

Satyarajasekhar, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel good connectivity to Katmd durbarsquare
Available all time are: tea, hot water for bathing, power, TV Unavailable: fan (makes sense since weather is already cool)

8/10 Good

Alex, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great value, friendly staff
We stayed three nights upon our arrival in Nepal. The location worked well for us as there are many restaurants less than 3 minutes of walking, and lots of competitive pricing from the various outdoor clothing shops . The room was a bit chilly in the mornings, but it was worth it for the low price.

8/10 Good

rajiv, new delhi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good hotel
Hotel was really good. The rooms were spacious and clean. Wi-fi was also good. The hotel staff was really very nice. Its in a central location hence easy to go shopping and eating.

8/10 Good

Noonik, Armenia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to durbar square and an active neighborhood
The staff was so friendly and we enjoyed our stay.

8/10 Good

Harish, Mauritius

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort