Hotel check: The Leela Palace, Udaipur

ROOM FACILITIES

All the 72 rooms and eight suites of the hotel face Lake Pichola. The room (45-58 sqm) categories are Grand Heritage Lake View rooms and Grand Heritage Lake View rooms with Balcony; while the types of suites are Luxury suites (89 sqm), Duplex suites (118 sqm), Royal suite (167 sqm) and Maharaja suite (333 sqm). The hotel has two wings namely Palace wing and Lake wing, which are separated by a pathway embellished with miniature art that will make you stop and stare. The partially carpeted Grand Heritage Lake View room (45 sqm) that I stayed in was embellished in contemporary furniture alongside artefacts and paintings. The wardrobe and bathtub area are on the right and the marble washroom is on the left of the pathway, that leads to the desk placed in-front of the bed. Designed in a vertical fashion, the bed adjoining the lounge area is right in front of the window that opens to a stunning view of the outer courtyard and Lake Pichola. An LCD television (Sony Bravia, 40-inches) is mounted besides the window along with a BluRay player. Bedside charging points are convenient while lighting in the room can be controlled as per preferred brightness level. RESTAURANTS AND BARS Breakfast is laid out at The Dining Room, which also serves a range of world cuisines. Sheesh Mahal, its fine-dining restaurant, is idyllically located by the lake. I enjoyed a quintessential Rajasthani dinner here that included some delectable laal maans (meat curry), gur ki roti (?aggery flatbread) and traditional kebabs. The hotel’s Library Bar furnished in wood is a private space for casual corporate meets. The Leela ?alace also offers destination dining at various venues of the property.