HOLYWATER by Ganga Kinare

Upon check in, I was greeted by a very kind woman with prayer beads and pujas (a prayer). Being a tourist in india for the first time as a solo visitor, everyone on the staff made me feel like family. I tried to learn Hindi prior to my trip, but it was difficult. I spoke what I could and the staff was nothing if not helpful. They helped me with the few words I knew and never made me feel unwelcome, in fact, they helped me with my Hindi and also spoke to me in English when needed. The Vaar restaurant connected to the hotel served the best breakfast I have ever had in my life, not to mention that the Tali dinner curated with foods from temples around India was superb to say the least. For breakfast get the Sambar or Chola Batura, you won’t regret it. The best part of staying here as a foreigner is that when I was there, I was the only one. The people were curious, and me being shy, I was able to meet people in an intimate environment, and through that was blessed to learn about India from people all over the country. Additionally I sampled the spa witb a deep tissue massage, as this type of self care is rare for me to take advantage of, I am glad that I did. The prices were fair, the quality of service was top tear, then you finish off in the steam room, and for me personally a dip in Ganga at their sister hotel’s private Ghat across the street. Lastly, it is wonderful to also have access to their sister property’s amenities free of charge. I look forward to telling everyone I know to stay here if they are in Rishikesh, and God willing, if I am blessed enough to return to India one day, I look forward to staying with Holywater and its staff again.

a month ago

Had a wonderful, warm, welcoming and peaceful experience at Holywater. The entire staff are so kind and helpful. They took amazing care of us. Kanchan at the front desk is so sweet and she helped us plan our trip by making great suggestions that made our trip so fun and easy. The hospitality and warm environment are unmatched! The hotel is very clean and we had no issues during our stay. Thank you so much!

2 months ago

Wonderful property Liked every thing about it.. Breakfast was superb, staff was superb they supported us by managing all our late night requests of cleaning the room (spoilt by kids) and then setting up of extra beds etc etc.. We booked 6 rooms on the spot for our family for two nights (27 & 28 Dec ‘24) and this was our best decision which we made for this trip !! No regrets at all, property is worth the price for the value it offers!! Clean decent size rooms & loos. Family rooms are really great but we missed it, unlucky us !! Central temperature control makes it very convenient in the winters.. Very nice restaurant with nice breakfast spread and is reasonably priced in case you opt for lunch or dinner at the place.. To top it all property also provides access to their private ghat at Ganga Kinare hotel which is 500 mtrs from this place.. They even conduct morning & evening Aarti on their private ghat which any guest can attend !! Don’t think twice just GO FOR IT !!!!

2 weeks ago

The Hotel staff are very courteous and helpful throughout the stay of 3 nights. |They helped transfer very quickly.|They sorted out an excellent priest to help with our ceremony. This was more important for us.|The temple food is an experience of flavours which were different for us even though we are indian. |Great breakfast and service |Thank you

2 months ago

The most peaceful property with best amenities. The staff is very cooperative and kind. The food options are really delicious, very hygienically prepared. The hotel overall is neat and clean and gives you positive vibes the moment you enter in. My stay was wonderful.

3 months ago

Really nice hotel stay, good for family stays and kid friendly. Staff is really nice and helpful. Food is also delicious. I highly recommend this hotel. Hospitality and ambience is amazing. We have already stayed here twice. Cheers to the staff.

2 months ago

Had a wonderful experience from check in to check out. ||Kanchan from the front desk was very helpful in helping us organize, plan and book all of our actives. Really helped us make the most of our time in our 4 days here.||The hotel staff was also great and kept our rooms clean and fulfilled our requests.||We were very happy with our stay and recommend this hotel to anybody travelling to Rishikesh

2 months ago

This is one of the most peaceful place with pious pure food with really clean facility. The staff including the Chef Pradeep Badoni made really good Satvik food which is without onion garlic. Homemade fresh quality food and the service is excellent as well. People are warm hearted, simple and the ambience and decor for the restaurants and rooms are appealing and inviting. Close to the market but not so close to make it noisy and crowded road facing. The room view also has Holy river Ganga in close proximity.

3 weeks ago