Holywater by Ganga Kinare

Nice food, service, people👍

This hotel is in the perfect location to the River. It’s clean, and the staff were lovely.

Great stay , very humble and helpful staff .It was a cousins get-together and we all had a great time at HolyWater Hotel .The food was very tasty. ambience of the hotel is very calm and soothing .Would recommend everyone to stay here for a refreshing stay.

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.

I felt home outside home only for courteous and friendly behaviour of the staff including their manager. Hotel is very neat and clean with the holy ambiance. Their restaurant Varr provides very tasty food. The pasta prepared by them was very tasty. I can say this preparation of pasta is better than any one I have had tasted in Italy. I stayed 3 nights in the hotel and I enjoyed my stay in the hotel.

Hotel is very clean & quiet even though it’s in a noisy busy part of rishikesh. The yoga class at Ganga Kinare was excellent and I booked private lessons with the teacher for 1000 rupees. Food at the restaurant is great. Be aware that there are really no other restaurants in walking distance though apart from Ganga Kinare