Toshali Royal View Resort

THIS HOTEL IS A SCAM. It is my earnest request to all of you to please do not book this property for your holidays and waste your time and money, it'll be an utter disappointment for you and your family. 1. All the pictures of the rooms shown on booking.com are fake, the rooms have old CRTs in place of LEDs. The rooms are furnished with cheap linen and dirty blankets. The rooms will remind you of the cheap hotels at railway stations if you've ever been to one. 2. The hotel is situated even 10 Kms ahead of Kufri, on a rickety, isolated and pitch dark road in the middle of nowhere. It takes 1 hr and 25 mins to reach this place from Shimla and it's not even a highway. 3. One can't dare to leave this place after 5-6 in the evening and it's unsafe too, because once it gets dark, one won't find even a sign of human being outside. So, basically if you are planning to go to Shimla to spend your day then have dinner and come back, you can't do it because you have reach the hotel before 6. 4. The food in this hotel is too overpriced, and Alas you don't have an option because there's not even a "Chai ki Dukaan" close to the hotel. 5. The hotel staff is rude and will keep misguiding you. When I wanted to cancel my booking I was first guided by the reception staff to speak to some Mr Shantanu who handles the bookings and sits in some office somewhere. Then I was guided by Mr Shantanu to speak to the GM itself. The GM was not available to talk despite I tried talking to him for hours. I had an absolutely harrowing experience at this hotel. The hotel has a pay in advance policy for your stay, and once you've paid you'll be stuck in this disappointing and substandard property. I was so disgusted with the hotel I left after the first night despite having booked for four nights. SO, BE WISE AND DON'T BE FOOLED. SHIMLA HAS THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES TO OFFER, BUT THIS DEFINITELY DOESN'T DESERVE YOUR MONEY.