Hotel Diplomat in Mumbai

Good location
Staff very friendly and good service

Great location, close to India 🇮🇳 gate

The hotel, situated behind Taj Mahal Palace, is convenient for exploring Gateway of India, Colaba Causeway and the colonial district. The impressive CSMVS Museum (formerly known as Prince of Wales Museum of Western India) and Vidhan Bhavan metro station (with metro service to/from Mumbai airport) is within 15 minute walking distance. Thanks to Gateway of India, the area around the hotel has very heavy traffic in the afternoon and evening. (If taking a cab to the hotel in the afternoon or evening, you may be stuck in traffic for a long time.) My room is on the 2nd floor and there was quite of lot of traffic noises from the streets. Thankfully the traffic noises died down by 11pm/midnight and the area remained quiet till the morning. My room was clean and comfortable, with decent wifi and complimentary morning newspapers. Electrical sockets in the room accept India 3 round pins, UK 3 square pins, EU 2 rounds pin, etc. Breakfast (available from 7am to 10am) has a small selection of Indian and English items. Staffs that I encountered were polite and efficient. There is a lift/elevator but it's very small (with room for only 2-3 people) so I took the stairs most of the time. My only complaint is that my room was very close to the housekeeping room and the phone in the housekeeping room rang frequently. (Once the phone rang at 4am and nobody picked up.) Nevertheless my stay was generally pleasant, due to the very convenient location.

location is amazing.

location is amazing.

The room was clean and quiet, and the location was ideal—a 100-meter walk to the boat dock for the Elephant Caves, a 20-minute walk to the Esplanade, and walking distance to the Victorian buildings.

Highly recommended.

Overall, it's good, but there are a few comments:
Frequent malfunctions in the escalator.
There's a disco below, and the music is loud and annoying.
Some security guards, when someone wants to meet a friend, don't direct them to the reception desk, and they don't contact the person to decide whether or not to meet them.