Hotel Annamalai International

3.5 star property

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Executive room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Triple Room

Standard Triple Room

  • 22 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Premium Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Puducherry

A stay at Hotel Annamalai International places you in the heart of Puducherry, within a 5-minute drive of Ousteri Lake and Botanical Gardens. .This hotel is 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Kanniga Parameswari Temple.

What's nearby

  • Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple - 5 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - 5 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Sri Aurobindo Ashram - 5 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Pondicherry Promenade Beach - 6 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Pondicherry Lighthouse - 6 min drive - 3.3 km

Getting around

  • Pondicherry-Puducherry Station - 10 min drive
  • Chennai International Airport (MAA) - 166 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Anjappar Heritage - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Surguru - 100ft Rd - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Hotel Bon Sejour - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Seasons - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Hotel Annamalai International

Hotel in Puducherry with 4 restaurants and 2 outdoor pools
Hotel Annamalai International offers 70 air-conditioned accommodations with DVD players and minibars. Each accommodation is individually furnished. Memory foam beds feature premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. 26-inch LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries.

This Puducherry hotel provides wireless Internet access for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Additionally, rooms include safes and complimentary bottled water. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a health club.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 70 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring minibars and DVD players. Your memory foam bed comes with premium bedding. 26-inch LCD televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while wireless internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Dip into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools or enjoy other recreational amenities, which include a health club. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free valet parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Hotel Annamalai International has 4 restaurants serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi (surcharge)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Free valet parking on site

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee: INR 300 per person
  • 4 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • Health club
  • Shopping

Family friendly

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • DVD player
  • Laundry facilities
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • Conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 1 building
  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2001
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Memory foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 26-inch LCD TV with premium cable channels
  • DVD player

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday:
  • Fitness facility
  • Health club
  • Outdoor pool

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 1500.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately INR 300 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 1500.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Annamalai Hotel
Annamalai International
Annamalai International Hotel
Annamalai International Pondicherry
Hotel Annamalai
Hotel Annamalai International
Hotel Annamalai International Pondicherry
Annamalai Puducherry
Hotel Annamalai International Hotel
Hotel Annamalai International Puducherry
Hotel Annamalai International Hotel Puducherry

Hotel Annamalai International Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 76 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 76 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 76 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 76 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 76 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Vangipuram

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Marja

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

ramesh kr

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staying was delightful. Well maintained and grand. Overpriced and food was costly.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

HURNATH MOHIDEEN

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

not bad for a 2 nights stay but not so good either

The stay was overall good, but for the price offered, the experience could be better in terms of the comfort and the quality of the furniture in the rooms. Another minor issue: the channels on the television are prefixed and incase you request the reception to add that one channel(Sony channel), they bluntly refused to do so. I expected better from a 3.5 star hotel to not overlook these minute but important details
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Charles

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The decor in the lobby and inside of the hotel was really beautiful and artistic. The food was not good at all, and they run out of items during breakfast, so it was more of a first come first served.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Luxurious and comfy rooms. A bit far from the seaside.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old property with poor service from staff. Cleanliness is good but the restaurant requires a huge overhaul
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Tok

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Reception personnel were not fluent in customer service. Gave us a double bed room while our reservation is for 1 king size bed. Suggest for us to join the beds to make as one bed which was not acceptable. After complaining, then change the room. Air con filters are not well maintained and the bathroom fixtures are old. Water seepage out from the shower cubicle to the bathroom as door is old. Restaurant staff however are very friendly and nice. Very hardworking especially the chef checking that customers are properly served. Housekeeping staff were very efficient too.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family friendly hotel. What stands out is the staff - they were courteous, professional, helpful and hospitable.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Check the pool is open before booking!!

Hotel better than I expected, especially the room, AC, bathroom and bed comfort. Also quiet though street outside very noisy. Sadly, the pool was closed for maintenance without advance notice. As I had booked this hotel mainly for the pool this was very disappointing. Staff made no effort to addreess this disappointment with a complimentary drink or meal or anything. They just shrugged and said the pool is closed. Quality of breakfast items just okay but, for the price, it was good value overall. Would stay again if they could guarantee pool availability
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great sleep stay let down by swimming pool closed

Very comfortable room, very quiet, clean and super bed and bedding. Very good sleep in a noisy part of the city. Amazing for this price range. Great shower and hot water. However the experience was badly let down by the fact that the swimming pool was closed with no notice for maintenance and I had booked this hotel mainly for the roof top pool. This was a big disappointment. Also quality of some food items at breakfast was not up to standard. The neighbourhood has nothing of interest and is just traffic mostly but there is a nice rooftop bar and restaurant within a five minute walk. I woyld check if the pool is definitely open before I will book here again but if the pool is working I would highly recommend this hotel for this price range.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Marise

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Terrible room service. Pleasant front office staff but not front office manager. Misrepresented as having 4 restaurants but in fact only 2 plus some food at bar. Poor choice of food.

8/10 Good

Zbig, Sydney Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good base to explore Pondicherry.

Good clean hotel at reasonable price. Pondicherry has an interesting history and great food. We recommend a visit to Auroville while you’re in Pondicherry- it’s very close.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Debbie , Lancashire, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great hotel & great breakfast, a couple of problems with the staff with regards to meal service and taxi bookings though.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Arvid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Friendly hotel with a special lobby.

Hotel is OK, staff friendly. Decor on the kind of weird side, but it adds colour to the place. 15 min walk to White Town.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Shweta, Delhi

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

A good hotel at a bad location

This is a decent 3-star hotel offering great service and good rooms however the location of the property is a big spoiler. The hotel is in the main city and away from the main tourist attraction area (White Town), to travel to the Promenade or French Quarters you will have to rent a car/bike/auto and make your way through the densely populated town. In case you are going for work purpose the hotel is value for money but if you are going to explore Pondicherry then it's better to look for a hotel in the White Town area or M.G road as the second option. The food at the hotel is very average and given the fact that Pondy has great food joints try to have meals outside the hotel only. P.s: I requested cancellation of the booking for a day as I reached the location a day earlier but the hotel staff didn't agree on waiving off the cancellation charge. The manager on duty although asked me to cancel the booking done via Expedia and make a new booking directly with them in order to avoid the extra charge which was very unprofessional.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Praveen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stay experience with hotel Annamalai

Room cleanliness okay, there was a water leakage on restroom. Bath Area is small, Bathtup was mentioned while booking the room, but only bath area was there. Taps are very old model. Rs. 3200/per day is expense for this kind of rooms. Hotel environment is good. Food is okay.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Badri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good family stay

Good stuff: 1. It is easy to get around from the hotel - everything is quite close 2. Very nice people - service oriented 3. Room was good Areas for improvement: 1. The AC was not working accurately all night. I observe that it works ok after 5 am... the timing makes me wonder if its intentional 2. Wifi would expire daily and we need to fetch new one everyday
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Joseph

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Its Time to Renovate Hotel. Fridge is not working and bed sheet were stinky. Bathroom door was not rusted unable to open or close.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad Hotel with pathetic facilities

Too far from the beach. At the cost of rooms in this hotel you will get sea facing rooms on any of the hotels on the Pondicherry (Rock) Beach with breathtaking views and amazing ambience. Problems start as soon as you check-in. The room does not open up because apparently there is a "loose" connection with the switch. Everytime you go out and return to your room it's a harrowing experience, spending 10-15 minutes opening the room. Even though their advertisements might say anything, the TV does not have any channels streaming. None of the sports, movies or news channels are available because the hotel hasn't subscribed to those channels. All the staff will tell you is that there are problems with the connection hence it's not being streamed to your room. But it's pretty evident that the hotel hasn't either paid their dues or hasn't subscribed to the channels because it entails cost (without actually bothering about customers). We stayed for 4 nights in May 2017.

8/10 Good

Ruban, singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good Hotel

Convenient location bar facility was available Room was good staff were friendly

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good atmosphere and very close to market

staff were very kind , room is well maintained and the breakfast was good

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness

Hotel ok except the cleanliness of the room

Cleaning of the room was bad. There was always something missing : toilet paper, tea or coffee, towels very old ,with holes and grey not white. Breakfast ok but mainly Indiana, fresh fruits. Receptionist people were Nice. Not in thé nicest part of the town, about 2 km from the white town but walkable