Though it is cheap but it is very badly managed. Its room are bad with shabby linen and full of cockroaches. I gave them my Pan card for proof / verification, still they gave me a bill with wrong name and spelling saying that once the info is fed into the computer they cannot change it. Though this hotel is... More

Currently the hotel is nearly the best Kashi Biswanath Temple for a comfortable stay, room Service, and neatness is above average as per standards. It is away from the Crowded locality but within one k.m around by walk of the main temple, Local Market & famous Dashashwamedh Ganga Ghat , They only drawback is that warm water in bathrooms is... More

I was not sure which hotel to book for my stay in Varanasi as I would be visiting the place for the first time and as I was a member of Youth hostel, I was not sure if booking youth hostel at Varanasi would be good for me. But when I got informed about Lara India and its popularity for... More

I heard from someone that it was an okay hotel. I called them up, they said they have plenty of A.C rooms @1100 Rs. So I don't need to book in advance. When I went there, after seeing my European wife (I am Asian), they said no rooms available except AC deluxe @1700 rs. After bargaining, they gave us the... More

Hotel Lara Varanasi.... in one word "superb". I went to Lara after reading mixed reviews from trip advisor and other sites, I was very skeptic, but all our worries were gone when we checked in Lara Hotel. We are allotted to 2 AC delux rooms @ 990 +Tax and the staff has provided us the rooms on First Floor since... More

Great location good restaurant with decent food but beware of people at reception. pros: Location, 5 min walk to viswanath temple and dasaswamedha ghat. They got thr own restaurant with great food, both north indian n south indian. Rs 1100/- for double ac room is good value. Room is good withdouble bed clean bed sheets n towels and attachd toilet,... More

We visited this place from 10 August, 2012 to 11 August, 2012. We took a Non-AC Double bed room - Rs 760. Its is absolutely average place for one night. The linens were not clean and the bathroom dint have hot water. Staff was ok and the restaurant served good food, though it was not cheap. The advantage was that... More

We stayed at Lara from 21-23 Jan,2012.The rooms were pretty decent with hot shower and the room service was quite good.I liked the resturant which served us with pure veg good dishes especially the chinese menu was delicious.The location was good with a minute walk to the Vishwanath temple.Varanasi is a great place.

I was in Banaras last week and one of the hotels I checked out for accommodation was this hotel. Like many other small hotels, they too announce that non-AC rooms are not available and only AC rooms are available. AC room are generally 50%-100% more expensive. Just as I started walking out, the manager called me and tried to start... More