I'm writing this review, at the owner's request. My husband and I stayed at Hotel Ganges View for 2 nights in February 2012, choosing it because it was a Lonely Planet 'our pick' and in the midrange price category. The location was great, right on the ghats and adjacent to where there were lots of boats. As well, right next... More

After traveling in India for two month, this was the worse and most expensive guest house. The room was not clean, the toilet dirty, but the view was great. The owner was terrible unfriendly and told us to leave after we tried to give him some feedback. Most expensive place wie stayed in two month and really Not worse the... More

I am writing this review only because the owner asked me to ...so here goes After an horrendous car trip from Putna (don't ever go there) which culminated in the non english speaking driver getting hopelessly lost the owner was most helpful and liased with both our travel agent in delhi and the driver via phone and did finally get... More

We booked the room following the recommendation of Lonely Planet, where it was listed as "our pick". We booked an expensive room, and what we found was somehow disappointing. To be entirely honest, the room as such was nice, and the views of the Ganges were ok, although not really comparable to the view from any of the ghats. Nonetheless,... More

This is a very nice place. A real "guest house", a family home. Excellent service, polite, punctual. Excellent location, that allows you access to all ghats by just walking. We enjoyed very much our stay, in a room with a beautiful view on the Ganges and a lovely balcony. Great breakfast on the top terrace.

This clean and comfortable guest house is a great place to escape to from the craziness of Varanasi. Run by the very accomodating kindly head of the family who is happy to sort any arrangements for his guests from the brilliant massage to river trips and further afield. There can't be a much better place to stay to be where... More

We three friends pre-booked the top suite, which as newly furnished was spotless with fantastic bathroom and air-con, and thourougly enjoyed our stay at Shiva Ganges View. The top balcony gives amazing views of the Ghats, and the night we arrive The Festival of Light, where we ate very nice breakfasts & a tasy dinner, all servied by the very... More

This is a tough review to write... if this place was in any other city I'd give it 1 star. But, this is Varanasi folks, the dirtiest, filthiest, saddest, poorest, most eye-opening city on the planet that I've visited, and I've been to 50 countries. We spent our first night in Varanasi at Suryauday Haveli, which was truly a 5-star... More

If you go to Shiva Ganges view ask for the room on the upperfloor. It is very new and clean, with a good bathroom. The airco works good, the view on the Ganges is super. The room is very quiet. If you wan't it, the hotel can arrange airport pickup and citytrips and a boattrip on the Ganges. It would... More