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Eco-Friendly Heritage Guest House. SHIVA GUEST HOUSE-pleasantly located in the heart of the Durbar Square is your address in Bhaktapur. Standing next to the Yaksheshwor Temple the city's oldest edifice dating back to 1472 AD, the guest house is where you can start your exploration trip from. You can do here what many of our esteemed guests including scholars, students and even a film crew of Bertculocci from Hollywood have done in the past. We are always behind you to help materialize your cherished dreams in Bhaktapur and beyond. With a team of professionals around, you will surely feel that you have made a right decision choosing us. SHIVA GUEST HOUSE, as our well-wishers say, is suited to all types of travelers. For your personal comfort, we offer 15 well appointed rooms, many often overlooking the palatial square in the gracious elegance. For the gourmands and gourmands, we have the Cafe Corner, which serve a wide verity of cuisine to suite both you pallet and wallet. The culinary delights here range from Newari and Nepali Dal Bhat to Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Indian and Continental delicacies. And when comes the question of the quality of our culinary offerings. We never forget Hygiene is our top priority. Adding to the mesmerizing ambience, we also have rooftop garden from which you can savor the splendor of nature's graciousness all around on the south, the bliss you feel at SHIVA GUEST HOUSE is something different.
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We didn't stay here (but I wish we had), but we came constantly for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As others have said, the restaurant really exceeds expectations. I had no idea that we would have such fresh, healthy, tasty and safe food in Nepal. (FYI, in 2.5 weeks, nobody in our family had any stomach ailments, again defying what we expected in Nepal). The kids loved everything and ate so well. The owner even played soccer with my son each day while we waited for the meals. Just superb.
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Date of stay: April 2022
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This place is right in the middle of the medieval areas of Bhaktapur, in front of temples and in a very historic building, comfy bed, good shower. The restaurant has everything you need, great food, cold beer, very good breakfast. We really love the place and would stay again.
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Date of stay: May 2022
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Room Tip:best location, comfy bed, good shower, awesome restaurant
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One of the best place to hang around in Bhaktapur. Clean and hygienic rooms. Coffee shop and food is very good as well. Located at the heart of Bkt square, its own of the best in the city. Price are reasonable too.
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Date of stay: May 2020Trip type: Travelled with friends
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I travel to Nepal every year. Shiva Guesthouse is where I like to stay the most. Whether a regular visitor or first timer, guests are treated like family. Nepal was closed to foreigners for eight months and opened to trekkers only one month ago. For this reason tourism-related businesses are all closed. But Shiva is open. I spent the past week here to fulfill the quarantine requirement. Shiva’s restaurant is open with a reduced menu, but the manager offered to make anything else if I asked him. Such is the hospitality you can expect. Actually this is an ideal time to visit Bhaktapur. In normal times there is an overabundance of trinket shops. But right now, almost all are closed for lack of tourists. The local culture and traditions are more apparent. Keep safe, but come to Bhaktapur if you can.…
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Date of stay: November 2020
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Responded 17 Nov 2020
Dear Tony Thank you for your warm feedback and enjoyed our hospitality . Its great to welcome you again. Hope to see you again with next visit . Please stay safe .
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Lovely place and service!!! Very warm feeling and so welcoming stuff. Nice food too. In the very center place Durbar Square, with all the ancient temples, towers, bells, fantastic handcarwingworks, artmuseum...
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from kailashdhaubanjar, Guest Relations Manager at Shiva Guest House
Responded 21 Mar 2020
Dear Guest Thank you for your warm feedback and enjoyed our hospitality . We hope to see your next visit. Stay safe.
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The location on Durbar Square could not be bettered. The service was first class including arranging taxis for us. The room and shared bathroom were small, simple and typical of Nepalese rooms at this price point. We had a lovely view over the Square (still being rebuilt after the earthquake but still an incredibly beautiful place). We visited in the coldest month and there is permanent natural ventilation in all the rooms meaning it was certainly rather cold but we anticipated this and supplemented the bedding with our warm sleeping bags. If you don’t have these and visit in winter ask for more blankets. I am sure they will give you some. Breakfast was great too. I would stop again if visiting without doubt.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from kailashdhaubanjar, Guest Relations Manager at Shiva Guest House
Responded 25 Jan 2020
Dear Guest Thank you for your warm feedback and enjoyed our hospitality . We hope to see you again.
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the guesthouse is very close to the center and also the restaurant. we felt welcome from the owner and he was very helpful. the room was clean and everything was working. it was cold because of december but the bedcover was warm :-). the restaurant had windows and a little heater and the food was delicious. thank you for all
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Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from kailashdhaubanjar, Guest Relations Manager at Shiva Guest House
Responded 14 Dec 2019
Dear Thomas Warm greetings and regards. Merry Christmas and new year 2020 in advance . Thank you for your warm feedback and enjoyed our hospitality.
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What a perfect place to stay. We'd just finished a walk to the Gokyo Lakes and so thoroughly enjoyed the comforts of Shiva 1 guesthouse, as well as it's fabulous location and amazingly helpful staff. The food was good and the rooms charmingly furnished. Yes, of course there's noise in the mornings from people visiting the temple and dogs, but that's part of the charm. We loved it.
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Date of stay: October 2019Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from kailashdhaubanjar, Guest Relations Manager at Shiva Guest House
Responded 24 Nov 2019
Dear Andrew Thank you for your warm feedback and enjoyed the stay with us. We hope to see your next visit .
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don't stay too long in Kathmandu but go visit bhaktapur....almost totally car free...but alot of motorbikes...this original home of the kingdom is very interesting...and when you go you must stay at the Shiva guest house...fantastic location on Durban square...rooms are very clean and comfortable...food is very tasty..and the family run hotel is very hospitable...do yourself a favor and visit !!
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Date of stay: September 2019Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from KailashDhaubanjar123, Guest Relations Manager at Shiva Guest House
Responded 20 Sept 2019
Dear Shimshoner Warm greetings and regards from shiva family . Thank you for recommend us . We hope to see your next visit .
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Shiva Guest House located in the middle of the the square with tempels and ringing bells. Magic! The staff at the guesthouse is very helpful and arranges taxi from airport to the guesthouse if you ask for that. Nice and helpful taxi drivers. The staff also help you with guides if you need that. Nice food at the guesthouse. Always crowded in the restaurant. I recomend Shiva Guesthouse!
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Date of stay: April 2019
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Responded 20 Sept 2019
Dear Anita Warm greetings and regards from shiva family . Thank you for your warm feedback and enjoyed our hospitality .we hope to see you again .
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