Samode Haveli

We (family of 4 - 2 adults and 2 teens) spent 3 nights at the hotel and had wonderful stay. The property is stunning and very unique. We had two interconnecting Haveli Suite rooms which were huge and beautifully decorated. The restaurant is very good and all the staff were very friendly. Special thanks to Simran for her warm welcome and helpful nature. We also enjoyed using the pool and enjoying sundowners at the rooftop bar. I would definitely recommend this hotel.

We had a wonderful stay at Samode Haveli. We came as a multi generation family - with parents and our children and the hotel were really accommodating. The rooms were beautiful, the restaurant made delicious food and the staff were very friendly and chatted to us to explain the history of the haveli. The bar was amazing! The swimming pool was fantastic and the hot tub also really good. Our children loved it! The flute player in the restaurant was incredible and played songs on request which was a delight! Thank you Samode Haveli for looking after us and making our stay in Jaipur so memorable!

Very memorable stay with my mother. |Beautiful heritage haveli converted to hotel. Warm ambience, staff is polite, Beautiful interiors, breakfast was reasonably good but may be not different from most buffet breakfast. There was a sense of calm, peace and stillness that I wanted with my hotel stay. The only issue was there are stairs and my mom had knee pain issues however staff was very helpful and provided alternative ways and even offered us a room on ground floor and that they could arrange breakfast for my mother in room. I think its one of its kind and if you wish to avoid a typical touristy big hotel chain and instead wish for some peaceful heritage experience then the stay at Samode Haveli is worth it.||I particularly thank Simran and Manager who took interest in looking after my concerns during the stay.

The Samode Haveli is the most beautiful hotel, and the staff are fantastic. I was given a very warm welcome (and a G&T) in the magnificent reception room, and shown to my room, which was fabulous - large, airy, huge bathroom. I discovered the rooftop bar (open for a short period in the evening - well worth the wander through the slightly confusing web of corridors to find it!). The evening food in the restaurant was superb, and the two musicians played soft Indian music throughout the night. I also needed to see a doctor during my stay, and the reception staff were really efficient in calling him, and he prescribed medication there and then. I’d like to give a mention to front of house Simran, who was especially helpful, and kept checking that I was ok. I cannot recommend this hotel strongly enough for a stay in Jaipur - for solo travelers, couples and families.

From the moment we arrived we were transported to an oasis of calm.||Our room was one of the oldest rooms and was lovely with a raised day bed, dressing area and a lovely bathroom. ||The ground and swimming pool areas are well tended and my husband loved all the beautiful bar areas and are the perfect place to relax and take in your day. The restaurant and food are the finishing touches to a glorious stay. Our lunches and evening meals under the spectacular Banyan Tree just felt perfect. ||All the staff were friendly and attentive and we had a long conversation with the F&B manager who couldn’t have been nicer and told us all about the history of the Haveli. ||All and all we loved it here and can’t wait to come back to see more of the city and to stay here again.

Wonderful experience. Staying at an actual castle/haveli gives a nice insight into the royal lifestyle of ancient India.|Friendly staff. Extremely clean facilities. Breakfast buffet was a good blend of south and North Indian food. Of course you have your choice of western food

A Palace for Foreigners, a Second-Class Lodge for Indians Savode Haveli dazzles at first glance — a property resplendent with palatial Rajasthani architecture and artistic flourishes that transport you to another era. Unfortunately, that era seems to be the colonial one, because while the walls celebrate Rajasthan’s royal grandeur, the staff appear trapped in a mindset of servitude to white skin. I stayed here with my wife, daughter, and in-laws from October 1st to 3rd, 2025. We had booked two executive rooms and, on paper, everything looked perfect — the rooms were beautiful, the amenities luxurious, the property itself magnificent. But very quickly, I noticed a sickening pattern: the staff’s behavior changed entirely depending on the color of the guest’s skin. White European and American guests were greeted with obsequious bows, folded hands, and smiles that nearly touched the marble floors. Our family, on the other hand, was met with cold stares and forced politeness — the kind of service that says “you’re tolerated, not welcomed.” The most humiliating moment came at the pool. My wife, dressed in a perfectly modest nylon pool dress, was subjected to stares so piercing it felt like harassment. Minutes later, a staff member actually asked her to leave the pool for being “inappropriately dressed.” This, while elderly foreign women in bikinis swam beside her undisturbed, cheered on by the same staff with smiles and folded hands. The hypocrisy was staggering. Savode Haveli may be architecturally breathtaking, but it is culturally bankrupt. It offers Indian guests little more than the shameful reminder of a colonial hangover — that we are still treated as second-class in our own land while white tourists are elevated to demi-gods. Unless you enjoy being humiliated in your own country while funding a nostalgia trip for colonial servility, I strongly suggest you stay elsewhere.

We spent two days at the wonderful Hotel Samode Haveli in Jaipur. A real treasure in Rajasthan. The large hall you are led into at the beginning is impressive and sets the tone for this special hotel. The restaurant terrace is also particularly beautiful, where you can enjoy a very refined meal. Excellent food and very friendly and dedicated staff. The only downside is that the Black Tower Riesling on the drinks menu is probably the worst Riesling from Germany – there is room for improvement here. In any case, we all agree that this was the most beautiful hotel on our trip to Rajasthan, where we would love to just spend time.