Staying in Ramkote? This is our home ground

What Ramkote is actually like

Ramkote is a working neighbourhood in the middle of Hyderabad, wedged between Kachiguda, Koti and Sultan Bazar. It is not a tourist address and it does not pretend to be. What it is, is central: shops, banks, pharmacies, food and two railway options all within a short walk.

Dash Hotels is not near Ramkote, it is in Ramkote. Our building stands on a small lane off the main road, behind the Shakti Ganapathi temple, which is how you get a central address without the traffic outside your window.

The lane

The lane has no through traffic. There are two temples at the end of it, and at night the street genuinely goes quiet, which is unusual this close to Kachiguda X Roads.

A guest from Germany put it better than we could in his review: it is right in a lively area in downtown Hyderabad, but in a small street without traffic. That is the whole pitch for staying in Ramkote rather than on a main road.

Everything within walking distance

Kachiguda Railway Station is 750 metres, about ten minutes on foot. Sultan Bazar is roughly the same, Koti about a kilometre, and Abids five minutes by auto.

The Green Line metro at Sultan Bazar and Osmania Medical College is a ten-minute walk and covers the rest of the city, including HITEC City. Charminar and the old city are around fifteen minutes by auto.

For most guests that means a trip here needs no cab bookings at all, which is not something you can say about many parts of Hyderabad.

The building itself

Thirty-five rooms across five types, from the 182 sq.ft Dash King up to the 676 sq.ft 2 Bedroom Suite with its own pantry. Rooms start at ₹2,500 a night.

Two Schindler lifts, Mitsubishi central AC, Venus 24-hour hot water, Jaquar bath fittings, 10-inch spring mattresses, Kent water softener, Tata power backup, German soundproof windows, RFID key card locks and 1 Gbps WiFi throughout. Indoor parking, CCTV in the common areas and security around the clock.