Best hotels in darjeeling near mall road

And also the fact is, the Mall (particularly the Mall Road East) has some of the best viewing areas in Darjeeling from where you get lovely vistas of mountains including the snow peaks of Kanchenjunga. And the Mall itself is after all the town square where tourists and locals alike, come, sit and relax on the benches and enjoy people-watching and the ambience. So if you want to feel the vibe of Darjeeling town, then you must plan to stay at or around the Mall area. And fortunately there are many hotels at and around the Mall. However, all are not good and I don't want to delve into the bad or not so good hotels here. But good or bad, all these are the first hotels to get filled up during high season. A small family owned hotel with 17 rooms with types such as standard, deluxe, duplex 3-bedded etc. Rooms are well maintained, clean and have standard amenities including western style attached toilet. Rooms have fireplaces. The hotel is located on HD Lama Road. The mall is only a 3-minute uphill walk through the Bhutia or the Mall market. There is no view of the mountain peaks from the rooms. There is a heritage wing in the hotel. Staff are friendly and service is good. This a nice clean budget hotel very conveniently located right opposite The Viceroy and about 5-6 minutes walk from Chowrasta Mall. Rooms are standard and the ones at the upper floors have good views of the valley. Very friendly staff. They have a newly setup in-house multi-cuisine restaurant open to hotel gues...