Name: The Red House
Address: 108, Avalanche Road, Fernhill,(Opposite Railway Guest House), Ooty, 643004 Ooty, India, Ooty, Ooty, Ooty, 643004, India
Rating: 6

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2 Km outside of Ooty circle is this stay located neat the pine forest, many photogenic views available. The interior is filled wit many paintings and vintage handicrafts. The rooms are well maintained and garden available for playing. Parking is available and even bonfire is provided. The food is awesome but no non veg is allowed. The hospitality and service is good.

Homly stay

We just loved this place - stayed a extra night and explored the local area.  An easy walk into Ooty and to the Lake with the plus of being able to walk for lunch or drinks to the Fernhill Palace Hotel.  Rooms are clean and toiletries are provided including toothpaste!! Lovely thick duvets helped us stay warm on our winter visit and a small electric fire was available for our room. Michael provided an amazing bonfire for us and they sent out for the most delicious curries to eat around the fire. The house is full of wonderful antiques many of which are from the Palace as the owner was friendly with the Maharajah....  I would recommend The Red House above staying in town and the manager Amrit is helpful and welcoming. Wifi is good. 

AMAZING STAY 

It was a comfortable stay for 3 nights at the Red House. Ameeth and Ashish were super cooperative and made the stay easier. Be mindful that if you are choosing the duplex room for 4 people, it only has 1 washroom. We immediately changed to 2 separate bedrooms and it made life easier (choose the green room if you have the option, it's quite spacious). The rooms don't get natural sunlight and ventilation, but you get the feel of staying in an old historic villa. Thanks to Ameeth and Ashish (super talkative but very friendly) for making the stay comfortable

100 year old property with a British feel

We were desperately looking for a hotels in Ooty during the busy long weekend.. Fortunately we found this place online.. Below is our experience.. 
Pros:
*Manager Mr. Amit and his assistant Mr. Ashish were very helpful in providing information.. 

*Prompt service.. ( we had asked for iron box and hair dryer) we also ordered for tea many times.. 

* clean bathroom with basic toiletries and clean towels

* 24/7 hot water in bathroom

Cons:
At the time of booking we were not aware that it is a vegetarian place and we can't order or bring any kind of non veg food from outside in the room.. 

* since it's not a hotel but a cottage we were not expecting buffet breakfast, however the breakfast which was served was below average.. There was hardly any option.. Second day onwards we decided to eat out.. 

* we had request for some cutlery and plates in the room and they weren't very clean.. 

Overall we had good experience, we are really thankful to Mr. Amit and Ashish for all their help and assistance..

Thank you!

This amazing place is unusual and not for those who are looking for international hotel standard accomodation. However if you are the adventurous, artsy type who is keen to get to know a different side of Indian hospitality, then I encourage you to stay at the Red House. 

Holiday Inn this is not. Old fashioned Raj era meets Marigold Hotel this may be. 

Our host helped us book a lot of onward travel on Indian trains (very complicated) and was patient with my rather difficult, hard of hearing father. 

With regards to decor - each room is unique, the communal lounge room and the dining room are quite incredible. Artefacts, books and furniture, lighting, art work ... everything is worth poring over and soaking up. Another bonus is that the cutest baby in Ooty lives here! 

HANDY TIPS: Ooty is unexpectedly cold, take jeans and a jumper or buy cheap clothes in town, available everywhere. The Red House does not have a huge amount of heating, bear this in mind. 

Breakfast is provided but the house is not near restaurants. You can order take away food though, menus are provided, vegetarian only (no meat at the Red House). You can provide your own alcohol.

Ask to look at all rooms, all have different attributes. Check you have enough bedding, it can be chilly. Down stairs great for families with teenagers.

Good for kids as there is lots of room, a garden and a table tennis table.  

Our host put us in contact wth a great tuk tuk driver, the Fernhill King, so ask for him if you need a tuk tuk!

Quirky heritage style Guest House in a quiet yet handy location

We had a 2 nights, 3 days stay at this property a month ago. Must say that the stay was worth every penny. We felt like home. Especially have to mention about Mr.Amit, the caretaker. He was so welcoming & helpful throughout our stay. The property is away from the crowded city area & hence could really enjoy the calmness of the place. Only suggestion is to improve its breakfast options. Rest all, was an entirely different & beautiful experience all together.

Cozyness Overloaded

An interesting place, full of lovely antiques. Yes it does need more cleaning and we didn’t have a shower. The advertised tabletennis table has joined the antiques, I think, not been used for a while. That is all part of the charm and India. More importantly we were well looked after. It is relatively easy to walk to the lake and town but they will book a rickshaw and even offered to get us food. Superbly cooked Indian breakfast provided by Michael. It was chilly at night, no heating but lovely beds with cosy duvets and clean sheets.

Full of character

Please believe the bad reviews, we have regretted not believing them and booked this property at a crucial time and lost a lot of money. It's run by an elusive owner, very unpleasant and disrespectful about the guests. The property is managed by Amit, again, an extremely irresponsible, inexperienced person.
It was our wedding in December, 2023. We booked the entire property for two nights, several months in advance. They knew we were booking it for our families to be in one place, and they also knew it was our wedding. We made the mistake of paying the entire amount in advance. We had no idea that the owners run these quack businesses to cheat people.

We reached two days before the wedding day, and they decided to renovate, the entire front porch was broken and being redone. I didn't know what to do, we were two days away from our wedding and urgently needed an alternative. The rooms were smelling of mould and there was mould all over, under the bed, in the bathroom, literally in every room. It was impossible that our families of senior citizens could stay there. The shocking part was the downstairs rooms were smelling of pee and alcohol and I have no words to describe how dirty and unhygienic it was. Ooty has plenty of budget heritage properties and it's difficult to maintain them, we go to Ooty every year multiple times. And, we never stayed at the Red House because of the bad reviews. And, I still can't remember why we made such a bad decision of booking this place, but the mistake was made.

We had to paid a huge amount and book a different place for our family last minute. I told Amit to cancel 3 rooms out of 6, and our vendors were accomodated there. Infact even our vendors had to be moved out the second night due to construction dust, unclean drinking water, mould and dirty linen.
When we asked for refund (at least of the three rooms we cancelled), Amit agreed, because he knew exactly what he had done. He had so many months to prepare for our arrival, and they did nothing. But, the owners were so cheap, probably they don't have their own money and live off by cheating people, even their neighborhood residents spoke of the owners so badly, that they were very cheap and miserly. And clearly that was the case. I decided to file an FIR, money lost is one thing, but money lost in fraud is different. They decided to return a measly amount, and my husband just wanted the ordeal to end. So I let it go. I won't recommend this place but if you must stay here, you should know the truth and hopefully they learn their lesson through other guests. Lots of excellent properties like Smyrna, Lymond house, manor house etc, where they treat guests as humans, not as dumb tourists to fill their pockets.

Owner has a bad reputation of exploiting guests, please believe the bad reviews, stay here only if no other options

We stayed at this please for two nights from Feb 10 to 12th. Initially, 3 families were supposed to stay, but one of the families had an emergency and so had to cancel. Let me share the harrowing experience we had.
First, the positives.
1. The location is good, peaceful and not very far from market  and eateries. 
2. It is an old house with some period furniture and fittings.

Now, the negatives.
1. You cannot find this place without a map. There is not even a board to help visitors. 
2. This place is only for vegetarians, but this is not mentioned anywhere.
3. They offer an apology of a free breakfast. First day they offerred Idli with sambar with tea/coffee, and very grudgingly provided bread and butter when we insisted. On the second day, it was only Poha with tea/coffee.
4. After check-in, we ordered Tea and Onion pakora. After some time, we were served tea and re-heated Vada left over from the day's breakfast instead. We refused to have the vadas and did not have the guts to dine-in at the place.
5. There is absolutely no maintenance. The room heaters never worked, the washroom fittings are broken and the bed linen have stains and holes in them.
6. Some of the rooms are really small.

And now, coming to the utterly bitter experience we had. The guy who manages this place, Amit is a cheat. When the third family had to back out, we promptly informed him and asked for a refund. He mentioned that a refund is not possible, but we may available of 2 nights stay any day before April 15th. In the beginning of March, the third family informed Amit of their plans to stay at the place on March 18th and 19th. At first, Amit took almost 1o days to even confirm whether a room is available or not, then he started asking for additional money to confirm the booking. When we told him that the payment was already made and as per his conditions we were asking to stay before April 15th, he agreed to refund the amount. We have been constantly following up  with him since then, but he has not yet refunded the amount, and has now stopped picking our calls or responding to messages.

While we were staying, I overheard another family also being made the same offer to stay at the place at a later date. Hope they have had a better experience than ours.

Horrible! Better avoid

This is scam
We booked 2 rooms February 2023
Manager Amit choudhary He personally called asked us to pay him booking price. 
V couldn't able to make the trip cos of sickness now he refuse to refund us

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