I visited mysore and stayed in Royal Orchid as i needed a break from the daily chit chat and need a calm and serene place to stay.The hotel location is remote and 25kms away from city.The location is simply awesome,next to the dam and in front of nice park.Beautiful view from the property.
The property looks good but not managed well. Lights don't work properly, tap leaks, dirty curtains, not so good fittings in washroom, no soap in washroom etc are few issues I found.The staff is really helpful.The food in the restaurant (CK's) is good. If you have to go for any food outside the hotel you don't have any option at all.
The property has no facility at all for driver if you are hiring a taxi.There is a musical fountain show in the park but I personally didn't liked it, as I felt it was over hyped thing and nothing special in it. One should plan the trip accordingly as going to city from resort will take atleast 45mins.
Also if you are going with kids there are very little option although cycling ,swimming and huge chess board are only options I could see. There was PlayStation but it wasn't working.
Overall Ok stay but I expected better service and property can be managed well.