Ambassador Ajanta Aurangabad

4/10

Poor

18 Jun 2026

Nitin

The AC was not working properly and not cooling below 27 degrees. We checked in late night and adjusted it to 23 and till morning it was not moved below 27. Property is at a good location. Breakfast is ok with most items being cold.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2026

Bernard

Beautiful hotel and property, well staffed, friendly, professional, unique, and historic. Excellent food. Great base from which to visit Aurangabad, Ellora caves, and Daulatabad Fort. We saw few tourists from outside of India -- this area is still an relatively undiscovered gem.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2026

Grace

Great atmospheric hotel. Friendly staff! Great manager, Manu. Great car and driver, Manoj.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2026

Joel

Great staff. Especially in the restaurants.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2025

Prasad

Large rooms.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

22 Aug 2025

Sundaram

I booked this property based on all the rave reviews and I shudder to think what a property without rave reviews would look like in Aurangabad. The white linens were dirty and I had to request they be changed (after night one, unfortunately). The bathrooms were OK. The shower was clunky and sprayed water everywhere. Hotel soap, shampoo etc. were merely OK. The safe wasn't secured to anything, so anyone could have just lifted your passport and valuables with the whole safe from the room--so, I did not use the safe. Very inconvenient. Fairly constant smell of cigarette smoke in the rooms (someone smoking in the rooms?). The food is very overpriced and merely OK.

However, the service is very responsive and they seem to care about this. The staff gave us four bottles of water a day, and this is very good. The fridge was dirty and I barely used it. The AC worked well. With the fan, it was a cool room for sure and I appreciated it after long hot/humid days exploring the caves in Ajanta and Ellora. Decent WiFi access is available in the hotel rooms.

For the price, this hotel needs to be better--especially on the cleanliness scale. And this hotel is NOT anywhere close to a 3-star hotel (think La Quinta or Red Roof Inn, not Sheraton or Hilton or Westin), never mind the 4 or 4.5 star that it advertises itself to be.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2025

Renuka

Everything is great

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2025

Catharine

We had a lovely stay at this hotel whilst visiting Ajanta and Ellora caves. The staff were all very obliging. The buffet breakfasts and dinner were very good, offering a range of Indian and western food. Considering it was a 5 star hotel, I thought the restaurant and bar prices were quite reasonably priced. The Indian dinner wine however, was not very good… way too sweet and quite expensive to boot. Stick with the beer or the gin.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2024

Saurabh

Amazing stay at Ambassador, Aurngabad.

Food quality is very good.

Hotel rooms, surrounding campus was amazing.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2024

Abhishek

Good environment, great staff, nice breakfast, enjoyed a lot with family.

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

26 Jun 2024

Manav

Good property

2/10

Poor

25 Feb 2024

Gyanaranjan

Terrible

If you wish to experience cave stay then this hotel is perfect for you.
Looks like ancient Indian hotel and the rooms and toilet smells like we are inside a cave.
Not stay worthy, I never recommend this hotel at all.
Have a look of attached photos of toilet/bathroom of an executive room, room no.105.

Business

2/10

Poor

25 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

No value for money at all.
Old furniture and fixtures. Hotel needs refurbishment.
No napkin towels were there in the room.
No paper or any other napkins were there in the common washrooms in the lobby.
Never choose this hotel unless you don't have another options.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Dec 2023

Joseph

The Ambassador Ajanta is an older property. While in some ways it looks dated, it is still a very nice hotel with great service overall. The front desk staff, especially Tasleem, were very helpful. They also accommodated our late checkout even when they were fully booked. I would say there was some confusion about our kids. Expedia says 0-17 are kids, but the hotel said anyone about 6 is an adult. I booked my room based off of what Expedia said. Initially the hotel wanted to charge me for the kids as adults. However when I showed them screenshots from Expedia, they let us go by what we had booked and didn’t charge for the kids.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2023

Ananth

good value for money hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2023

Marc

Great choice for tourists visiting Aurangabad, and the many sights it has to offer. The hotel has truly lovely grounds and pool area, a welcoming bar and restaurant, comfortable guest rooms, and attentive staff. Many restaurants nearby. Highly recommended.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2023

Verified traveler

Decent hotel

It's rated as 4 star but is really 3 star. Decent hotel. The water pump broke down and we had no water for a few hours. Apart from that, the hotel was fine. The staff were super helpful though.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Dec 2022

Ana

Black mold in shower

The service was great, but the rooms are incredibly outdated. It would not be a big deal otherwise, but the bathrooms need immediate attention. There was black mold in the shower. The shower curtain and bath mat were covered in mold. These are easily replaceable items! which shows the conscious disregard for cleanliness from the hotel management.

4/10

Poor

26 Sep 2022

Mukund

Need lot of improvement

Good need to improve. Poor quality of foods. No one even clean the table. Cockroaches in Bathroom.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2021

Vicky

The staff is friendly, the property looks dated, there is need to upgrade the equipment in the room.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Feb 2020

HR

The property it is very nice. It has all the amenities you need, their customer service it is great. specially the staff they make you fill at home. The breakfast buffet it is very good and their dinner was awesome. The only issue was the level of noise coming street window. Need to be replace to block the heavy traffic noise. The room are large and I was very happy staying there. Thanks for the airport pick up. The hotel is also close to the train station. I want to thank the travel desk they have for arranging the two day car and driver. It made it easy to visit the tourist attractions.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Clean room. Friendly staff. Nice breakdast. Would stay again.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Not as per the expectations
And not worth compare to price

Business Partner

4/10

Poor

25 Dec 2019

Seema

Very dirty room, linens were so dirty

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2019

Raj

Good location. Has a lot of greenery and open space in the hotel compound. Breakfast spread is very good. Swimming pool is big and clean.
However the furniture in the room could do with a makeover.

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

07 Apr 2019

Christine

Bad service, some wonderful employees though.

Bad travel desk and bad service to and from airport/train. But hotel bar and restaurant staff Milind Rakesh & baba have me giving this hotel a decent review, otherwise I would’ve given 1 star. The first day the hotel driver took us to Ajanta Caves, & while We said we didn’t want to guide he took us to someone who we were told worked for the hotel and would walk us to the entrance - he ended up walking us into his shop!! Spent an hour trying to get us to buy stuff. then the next day we were pressured into stopping at other so-called stops that turned out to be shops . Last day we were told our ride to the train was complementary for the hotel and the driver ended up at the drop off telling us a cost of Rs.500 !! It was 3 minutes!! Unreal! I’m so disgusted w/the travel service. It was a rip off and don’t believe the who complimentary part of the pick up and drop off. That was my last straw, I might’ve let the rest go, but that angered me. To say it’s free and then charge us. I’ll be writing the hotel as well. See below the friendly driver who ripped us off in the end. Also posted photos of the employees who made the bad parts fade away w/good conversation - good gems in the hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2019

Showmen

Stay very much recommended.

Extremely well-maintained hotel with a large backyard incorporating swimming pool. sports centre, tennis court, and a jogging and walking track. We stayed at room 119, which included an open verandah. Reception and housekeeping staff polite and helpful. Breakfast is very good, menu changes daily with chef standing by taking requests for making omelettes, dosas (rice crepes), uttapams, etc. Special mention to Babasaheb in the restaurant, who took special care for my mum and uncle's dietary needs. The buffet dinner is also very good, but could do with at least two non-veg items instead of just one chicken preparation which was quite spicy and hot to my taste. So one preparation could be less spicy and the other one spicier, keeping everyone happy. You also get a 20% discount on lunch and dinner while staying in the hotel.

The reception staff allowed us to check out late at 2pm on request without incurring any extra charges. We also got dropped off for free at the local airport.

The room furniture has an eighties feel, could do with a slight facelift, especially in the bathroom, but probably still will get away without doing anything over the next 4-5 yrs. Wifi reception pretty good, even in the swimming pool outside.

Overall, a very good experience, and recommended to all who can afford it.

Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Good hotel for business trops

This hotel is perfect for a business trip and for a stay for couple of days

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2019

Vivek

Good value for money

The hotel was alright with excellent links to most places in the city. The room needs a bit of uplifting particularly with flooring however this does not affect yout stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Like a place

Absolutely stunning hotel with amazing facilities and services par none

6/10

Pleasant

05 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice staff. However, very poor hotel upkeep.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2019

Bhavin P

Good Experience and Nice place to Stay. Close to Airport with Free pickup facility available. But you will have to inform them about your flight details. Good Food and nice Indian Breakfast buffet.

8/10

Excellent

16 Feb 2019

JOCELYN

First Class Hotel with Grand charm, spacious rooms, mature landscaped property, pool, and more.
*** Breakfast is not included in room rate ***
Rooms are being renovated. Be sure to inspect your room for quietness, view, refrigerator, etc while checking in.
Security is a priority and is apparent.
I recommend this hotel and encourage you to vote in the standard \"breakfast included\"

2/10

Poor

13 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

I’ll be honest here I don’t know how this hotel is 5 stars. It felt very fun Down and the service apart from a few staff was very slow and lacked any enthusiasm. Also the reception felt rude - I was traveling with a friend of mine and the staff at the reception understood me perfectly but after they knew he spoke the local language I was ignored completely . The internet for a 5 star establishment was extremely slow and frustrating. Overall for the price this was not a good experience at all. I would not stay here again and I wouldn’t recommend if asked

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2019

Gautam

Top 1% in my 50 years of traveling

Superb!

4/10

Poor

25 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

It needs upgrade it self .House keeping is very slow also reservation desk asked for proofs for all persons that is not an issue but despite of messaging them from expedia there is no communication from them.

Food is very nice but rooms are not good.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Central safe location

Grounds beautiful. All staff friendly and helpfully.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2018

Nikhil

Room furniture looks old.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jan 2018

Will

Old Hotel

Very good staff trying to make up for old hotel. This is more of a tourist hotel, not really designed to support business travelers.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2017

Sethu

Fantastic

As soon as you step in, the friendly staff take over your care and comfort, without overtly intruding into your privacy. The smiling staff always check on how they could help you right from the foyer to the ones you bump into in the corridors or in the lift
The rooms need refurbishment
The sprawling gardens could do with a bench or two to sit under the canopy of trees in the hot humid climate.

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2017

Michael

Good hotel only about 3 miles from the Aurangabad airport. Emailed ahead of time for the free airport shuttle. Never received a response. When I arrived I got a prepaid taxi and as I exited there was he shuttle. Apparently responding to an email is too difficult. Otherwise a good hotel.

6/10

Pleasant

24 Mar 2017

Manish Kumar

Not so good not so bad

Room was not clean properly. I had to ask them to clean it again. Carpet was too dirty. Breakfast was good and it is very near to aurangabaf chikalthana airport

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2016

Manoj

Comfortable stay

Reched at midnight the staff was courteous room was clean the breakfast was very nice. The staff very helpful and polite. Lighting in the room requires to be brighter though. Have stayed there earlier and will stay again.

4/10

Poor

27 Feb 2015

Verified traveler

Only as a last resort

Needed a place to stay on short notice and the other hotels in town were all booked up. This is by no means worthy of even 3 stars.

8/10

Excellent

22 Feb 2013

Aroon

Better than expected. Beautiful gardens.

Hotel turn out to be better than expected. Expedia rated this hotel as three stars. We believe it is better than some four star hotels

8/10

Excellent

12 Feb 2011

Nari

Ambassador Ajanta, Aurangabad, India

The hotel is an older establishment and not very centrally located. However, the staff were very courteous and helpful in finding a suitable room for 3 seniors traveling together in Feb 2011. The room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was rather limited for vegetarians but did offer some Indian veg breakfast. For dinner, we chose a good veg Indian restaurant opposite this hotel , recommended by the hotel staff. Overall we were very satisfied with our 2 nights stay at this hotel. We would recommend it to anybody planning to visit the nearby Ajanta and Ellora Caves or for business stay.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2024

Julieta

Very nice experience, The hotel is absolutely beautiful, gorgeous gardens and good restaurant and big comfortable, clean rooms. The brass decorations and woodcrafted furniture make this place a heritage style venue. The gym is really good and the pool is clean and big.
There is a good problem resolution from the managers, they really made an effort to make our experience pleasant, it is wonderful to see women as managers at reception, they are so nice and proactive, very professional, also Sanjay the floor manager was very kind and helpful.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Jul 2024

Michael

Einziger Nachteil: keine Stühle und Tische im Garten

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Nov 2019

Ko

朝食の種類が少なく、インド風のものばかりだった。どのスタッフも笑顔で挨拶をしてくれて過ごしやすかったし、日本人慣れしてる感じがした。