Kolahoi Green Heights

A lovely place to have a good stay, very good rooms, good amenities and excellent food both in quality and quality. The FnB team headed by Mehboob are doing an excellent job in anticipating their customers wants. A couple of suggestions to make this an even lovelier place. Need to point out to the customers that they a well equipped gym as also a recreation room. The heating should be on a low 'flame' throughout the day. ( it is wonderful when the heating is well on) All in all a wonderful place to stay with a great ambience, wonderful staff and location.

We traveled to Gulmarg when there was just a thin covering of snow and lot of muck around. Sadly, not the best of times. It exposes the amount of garbage littered around everywhere. The Kolahai is situated in a corner of Gulmarg. Close to the exit. It’s right next to a filthy drainage canal type thing, so the sight isn’t pretty when you walk out. The hotel is small and quaint. The wooden texture gives it a very warm feeling. Though the less said the better about the heating. The central heating is turned on and off on a random schedule, so you’re either going to freeze or get toasted. We stayed in the Club Room and Superior Club Room, both were adequate. The Superior has better views and a better layout. One thing that irked us about the rooms was the level of cleanliness. It wasn’t good. The housekeeping staff wouldn’t replenish basic things like coffee, tea, etc., during the turnover, but were prompt in getting us anything we needed if we called. The restaurant staff were excellent. Really polite, attentive and helpful. The food was good and I was glad to see non-vegetarian options beyond chicken. A special mention of Gala Dinner on the 31st night. They had live music and the food was really good. One downside I should mention is the hotel is largely wood and the walls between rooms are wafer thin. We could often hear the rooms next to us through the night. Suffice to say it was uncomfortable. Gulmarg doesn’t have too many hotels and I’m glad for that. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen, the unchecked tourist related activities. The Kolahai isn’t a special hotel but all things considered it isn’t all bad news either. It has enough redeeming qualities to recommend it.