BELL HOTEL - CHENNAI is a building which has heritage that goes back to 1930's. The restored theme reflects of the culture, heritage and the life of what the city was called then "Madras". The hotel has a 50 cover multi-cuisine restaurant "Bell Restaurant". With a total of 51 rooms, we have furnished all the rooms in contemporary style. The rooms are equipped with LCD Televisions with satellite connection and Wi-Fi for internet access, and other essential services.
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HOTEL STYLE
Centrally Located
Mid-range
Languages Spoken
English, Hindi
Location
Poonamallee High Road Old Door No 21, New Door No 47, Periamet, Chennai (Madras) 600003 India
Bell Hotel - Chennai
147 reviews
Getting there
Good for walkers
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Being near the Chennai Central railway station is a great convenience. So is the fact that check out is on 24 hours basis.
Attracted by the very good Tripadvisor rating, I spent a day there recently. The hotel is sandwiched between a local train line and a busy main road. So the choice of rooms is like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea! The rooms are fairly well insulated for noise, and the noise did not bother me. Check - in was handled very efficiently and smoothly.
The lobby is decorated with a photgraphic mural of Bells. The owner of the hotel manufactures 'Bell Pins' in Sivakasi. Hence the name. There are artistic photographs of the best features of Chennai all over the hotel. There is also an interesting Chandelier along the staircase.
The room was smaller than expected. It was very clean and well maintained. The toilet too was well outfitted with very good plumbing. As soon as I walked into the room, I was struck by a bold sign which said ' No Room Service'. However, since there was a tea maker in the room, I did not mind too much.
There is a good restaurant on the ground floor with very good service. The complimentary Breakfast was sumptuous South Indian fare. The waiters are very helpful and courteous. In fact one of them coaxed me into having 'Sex on the beach' - seems to be a popular lime based drink in Chennai !
Wifi is chargeable. I did not have a good connection, despite buying a 2 hour coupon for Rs 100. All in all - a decent place near the station if you are on work!
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Date of stay: September 2013
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Room Tip:Â A room facing the main road is preferable to the one facing the railway track!
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Sep 6, 2013
Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to respond to our recent feedback request. Your responses will help to shape the future of our service and our overall way of doing business. We at Bell Hotel - Chennai appreciate the unique opportunity to see ourselves through the eyes of our Guests and are eager to gather ideas on what we can do better. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with us. We appreciate your time and effort in providing feedback to us. Yours in Service, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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The Bell was our first stop in India.We had a lot of things to sot out about what to do and where to go.The staff at the Bell we extremely helpful and assisted with everything we needed. The location,the food and the comfort were excellent. Particular thanks should go to the dining room staff for their helpful suggestions and the front office who were helpful and obliging no matter what the time of day or night. Great variety of transport at the door.Liked the idea of a small bar next door.
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Date of stay: August 2013
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Responded Sep 8, 2013
Dear Guest, Greetings from Bell Hotel -Chennai!!! We thank you kindheartedly for writing a positive feedback. Our staffs are happy to know your thoughts regarding the service they have provided to you. Yours in Service, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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You can enjoy the rhythm of suburban trains. Good Resto! Easily accessible to Central Railway Station and Park station. Airport is 30 minutes away from Park station. Thrisoolam, after Meenambackam is the station to get down for air transit.
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Date of stay: January 2015
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Trip type: Traveled on business
Room Tip:Â The biggest drawback is :: WiFi is chargeable.
Rooms are small but tidy! :)
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Jan 30, 2015
Dear Guest, We thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Warm Regards, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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We had by far bigger expectations, reading Tripadvisor members' comments and the ranking of the hotel in Chennai. First of all this is a hotel and not a B&B or a pension. Secondly, the service and the standard of the rooms is definitely in the indian average, even a bit below considering the intense smell of antibacteria cleaning products you can feel in the rooms. The rooms are dark and needing manteinance. Not really an experience to be remembered.
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Date of stay: August 2013
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Aug 25, 2013
Dear Guest, Greetings from Bell Hotel - Chennai!!! We thank you for staying with us and for the valuable feedback on TripAdvisor. At Bell Hotel - Chennai we take pride in serving the guests and we truly understand this time we have not met your and our own expectations. Our sincere apologies for the inconveniences caused to you during your stay at the same time trust us that we have narrowed the causes of concerns. We understand knowing this would not dilute the inconveniences you have faced but will give us confidence to serving you again. We thank you for your stay and request you allow us to serving you better in your next visit with us. Looking forward to welcoming you back at Bell Hotel - Chennai. With Regards, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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Best hotel near Central Railway Station. Only problem with this hotel is they have only limited items in buffet. Apart from that the hotel is good to stay. Room tariffs are also affordable. This is one of the good hotels I have stayed in Chennai. The tariff also less when you compare with other hotels located near by.
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Date of stay: August 2013
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Sep 17, 2013
Dear Guest, Greetings from Bell Hotel - Chennai!!! We thank you for writing your views in our Web Page. In your next visit we will ensure to service you with dishes which will rejuvenate your taste buds. With Regards, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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We stayed there from 10th of August to 13th of August, Room no 109 The hotel is very close to the Central and the Park station.
The rooms are nicely decorated with all the modem amenities, comfortable beds, 32 inch LCD tvs with usb option, nice air conditioning and with a nice washroom with glass bath panel in it.
We actually booked it through Cleartip so got some initial discounts while booking. The room service is pretty good..... really amazed by the perfect spotless clean rooms all the times. Mani from the front desk was extremely helpful.
I am rail loving fan, so watching trains right next from the window is simply a delight to me. Complementary breakfast was good but it almost has the same type of southern menu all days. I would suggest to add some cut fruits, sausages etc. Otherwise taste wise it was pretty good.
I would certainly recommend all to stay at this hotel ..... and hope to visit again.... Keep up the good work :)
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Date of stay: August 2013
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Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Aug 20, 2013
Dear Guest, We thank you for sharing your feedback with us. As per your valuable suggestion, we have introduced fresh cut fruits in the Breakfast Buffet spread. Thanks and Regards, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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Very near to Chennai central. About 5 minutes walk. Stayed in deluxe single room (no. 118). Room was spacious with very nice spring mattress, LCD TV, hot water kettle. Very importantly the working table and chair was very good. Good south Indian stuff at buffet breakfast (complementary). Positive points very near to Chennai central, Egmore and park town railway stations. Staff's are very courteous. What I don't like was - no free Wi-Fi. Overall it is a good place to stay with family.
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Date of stay: March 2015Trip type: Traveled on business
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Responded Apr 3, 2015
Dear Guest, We thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Warm Regards, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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First, how good it was to be greeted by a most gracious lady at reception. A pity more hotels don't follow the Bell Hotel's example, and employ more women in administrative positions of responsibility. So for me the Bell Hotel was off to a good start.
The room allocated to me, 309, was well designed, with excellent mattress, large mirror, desk, very comfortable chair, a bench for luggage, tea/coffee-making facilities, good lighting, and several attractive photos and paintings by way of decor.. The large flat-screen television provided very good reception, and you are offered a card with channels listed. Whilst potentially a very useful guide, I found the listing for BBC World inaccurate (if, like me, you want to keep up-to-date with what's happening in the rest of the world, you will find the BBC on channel 319). Alas, no Al Jazeera news channel was available, which was a little disappointing. The bathroom s very good: a large basin, bench space, an excellent shower screen, and flushing toilet. As in so many hotels throughout the world, you waste a lot of water waiting for the hot water to eventually reach your room. I chose to have a luke-warm shower, rather than waste any more water.
The restaurant in the adjacent building provides very good food for the evening meal, and has helpful and attentive staff to serve it. Similarly, the buffet breakfast is very good.
The Bell Hotel faces on to a busy road, and backs on to a major railway line. The sound proofing is such that the road noise quite simply wasn't apparent. The trains create a bit of a rumble in the room as they pass, but this was not bothersome; I scarcely noticed this after the first couple of trains.
The only suggestion I would make to improve the room would be to give it a coat of paint; the walls were looking rather shabby.
The Bell Hotel is very well located, being a 10 minute walk from Park Railway station. If you use the local train to travel to or from the Airport, then this is very convenient. The hotel is also very close to Central Station:- the station from which long-distance trains run. Given this great location, tariffs are vety modest. Buses from the bus terminal also run past the door.
In sum, a very good choice if you are looking for a mid-priced hotel in Chennai.
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Date of stay: February 2015
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Mar 13, 2015
Dear Guest, We thank you for sharing your valuable feedback with us. Our Management has a vision to encorage talent wherever it lies. Hence i have been recruited and moulded as Accommodation Officer. We have noted your concerns and will work upon it. In your next visit with us, you will see the cahanges. With Warm Regards, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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I had booked a double room in this hotel for attending a conference in Chennai one month prior to my arrival. I and my cousin sister, both in our early twenties were attending this conference.
However, the day we arrived, the receptionist refused to give us a room because apparently they couldn't allow two unmarried people of different genders to stay together even if they are cousins! They were not even ready to provide us with two single rooms. During booking, the ages and genders were provided and the hotel never mentioned anything then about there being a problem.
Finally, we were left without a place to stay, at 10pm at night and that too in an alien city. Because we didn't have any other reservation, it was only with great difficulty that we managed to find a hotel. And that too was well above our budget.
It is very disappointing to see that a hotel of such good repute would be this careless and shake the trust of customers who choose this hotel. It was a terrible mistake to go for Bell Central!
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Date of stay: November 2012Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Feb 25, 2013
Dear Guest, We are extremely concerned to note your dissatisfaction in the following area - unavailability of a room to accommodate you. Please accept our sincere apology. We want you to know that the comments & suggestions we receive from our Guests are taken seriously. Your willingness to share your recent experience is genuinely appreciated. Please be assured that the issues you have raised have been addressed, and the appropriate action has been taken. We want to thank you for taking the time to share your concern with us. We look forward to your continued patronage and wish you the best in your business, personal endeavours. If you have any clarification, please do not hesitate to call us. With Regards, Bagya Lakshmi S Accommodation Officer
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This place is close to the Chennai Central railway station, but getting there by walk is anything but tedious and in some instances outright dangerous. We choose to walk as this was recommended by the Hotel staff. As soon as you get out of the railway station you need to take an overbridge just in from of the Chennai Suburban Train terminus. This crosses over the extremely busy Poonamallee high road and leaves you on the westbound lane of the road. From there you need to walk westbound for about 10min to reach this place. There are no sidewalks meaning you need to pretty much walk on the road with the flowing westbound traffic behind you! There were road works going on when we visited and sections of the road close to the shoulder were dugout. This made it outright dangerous as we had to walk pretty much in the line of the chaotic traffic. We were really relieved that we made it to this place.
The hotel itself is pretty good. The girl at the front desk was helpful and cordial. You're asked to fill in a check-in form with your details and produce a piece of identification. Once we were through with this we were whisked to out room. We stayed in room 215 and my first impressions of the room was it very much needed a paint job. The ceiling looked a bit rustic and old. But other than that the room provided was neat and tidy. So was the bathroom. What impressed me the most was the force of the water through the shower and taps. This was not a road facing room but it does face the suburban train tracks. The noise from the rumbling of the trains still filters through into the room. Its not loud but its still audible. When your in the bathroom and have north and south bound trains crisscrossing outside, you can feel the sink vibrate. Its not that much as to unsettle you. The air-conditioning in the room is pretty solid and believe me for a city like Chennai this is a godsend. The WiFi in this room does not work. This was my biggest downside in this room. We had to walk outside into the lobby in order to get connectivity.There was also a little puddle of water formed outside the room when we were using the A/C inside. This probably is a drip-drip from the overhead a/c plumbing. At night sometimes mosquitoes get into the room. Mosquito repellent is not a standard in the room. We had to call room service to provide us with one.
We tried the restaurant downstairs for our lunch & dinner. Must say its very good. The food was reasonably priced and delicious. The service was spot-on and that's what impressed me the most. The complementary breakfast provided at the same place the next morning was also good, although its really surprising that their continental buffet does not serve orange juice. They give you other flavors but believe me they no good.The other thing its lacks in the mornings is a coffee machine. You'll have to pass on your request for coffee to the staff and wait for a good deal to get yours. For a guy like me who is addicted to morning caffeine it was a bit tortuous. Also the quantity of coffee provided is small. But still I would recommend the restaurant.
On the whole I would say that this place is a good value for the money that you spend.
Visited and stayed in Nov 2016.
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Date of stay: November 2016
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Room Tip:Â South facing rooms are a bit quiet as you don't face the road traffic noise.
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Response from Bagya Lakshmi S, Accommodation Officer at Bell Hotel - Chennai
Responded Dec 7, 2016
Dear Guest, We thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are happy to meet your expectations and serve you better. Sincerely, Bagya Lakshmi Samraj Accommodation Officer
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I dont know if it is in the vicinity of Appolo but it does not have cooking facility in the room.Wifi speed is good.Since the hotel is just beside the main road and chennai has ola and uber cab services you should not feel any problem reaching in any part of the city. The hotel provides best services and rooms within a budget price..
There are more places to choose from in the Chennai (Madras) area.
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IndiaTamil NaduChennai DistrictChennai (Madras)
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51
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