With clean, very basic rooms on the second, fourth, and fifth floors of an apartment block, this “hotel” is approached via an ancient elevator that may have you panicking before check-in. Don’t. It may be unspectacular but it’s cheap — perhaps the best accommodations in its price bracket — and you get to hang out with real Mumbaikars. Do specify that you want an air-conditioned room with attached bathroom; these units have small balconies, stone tile floors, and foam mattresses with clean white sheets and towels.
The simple furnishings include an armless “sofa,” a linoleum-topped table, and a small, narrow cupboard. Management is generally helpful. Although there is no restaurant, you can sit in the terrace garden and nosh, or get room service; you’ll have few reasons to do this, however, given the neighborhood’s large number of excellent restaurants. The kitchen is also available for you to do your own cooking — as long as it’s vegetarian.