OYO 8986 Lake City Nainital

The rooms are clean, but the main door in mine wouldn't lock from inside, which felt unsafe. The free breakfast wasn't good: the omelette was undercooked and the parathas didn't taste good. Parking only fits two cars or around four to six two-wheelers. First, though, try finding the hotel. It should offer a free stay to anyone who manages that. The OYO rating is high because the manager comes over, asks you to rate your stay in front of him, and asks for five stars. Overall, it wasn't a pleasant stay.

The owner himself gave us a five-star rating over the phone, which explains why you're seeing a 4.7 rating. Don't be fooled by it. The rooms are too small, the Wi-Fi doesn't work properly, and the food is poor. At dinner there were no starters or soup, and the menu only applied to breakfast. Breakfast was limited to aloo paratha and bread omelette, with very little potato in the parathas. A pathetic hotel. Don't book it.

The room wasn't clean enough, and there was no heater. What I saw didn't live up to the way the hotel was presented on OYO. I booked based on its app rating, but that turned out to be misleading. At checkout, the owner pushed us to give the highest rating. Just an average hotel, and I strongly wouldn't recommend it.

Getting there was a hassle because it's far from the central area, so we kept needing expensive cabs. The hygiene was poor too: stained, unclean sheets, no fresh air coming in, and smoke from the kitchen. Other guests' dogs were leaving mess around.