How is the Andaz Delhi in Delhi’s Aerocity? Watch this video for a full hotel tour of this supposed five star luxury hotel located just adjacent to the largest airport in India. Also make sure to tune in to get a bit of an insight into the wild word of sponsored articles being presented as real reviews and journalism. This is a rant a year in the making.
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-Hotel Background
-Location Info & Graphics
-King Airport View Room Tour
-Dinner at Annamaya
-Breakfast Buffet at Annamaya
-Pool & Lounge Area
-Juniper Bar
-Hotel Common Spaces
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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Intro
00:28 Hotel Infographic
01:00 Driving to Andaz Delhi
01:12 My Rant About Travel Industry “Journalism”
04:07 Hotel Exterior & Entrance
04:33 Lobby & Design Details
05:47 Outdoor Courtyard
06:20 Location Maps & Graphics
07:11 The Best Rooms to Choose
07:27 Juniper Bar
07:48 Outdoor Pool & Lounge
08:53 Soul Pantry
09:24 Heading to My Room
10:01 Full Airport View King Room Tour
15:45 3 Details to Love, 3 Details to Hate
17:15 Need to Know FAQs
17:50 AnnaMaya Food Hall
18:13 Dinner at AnnaMaya
19:01 Additional Common Spaces
19:32 Peak at Gym & Spa
20:27 Breakfast Buffet at AnnaMaya
22:17 The Flip Flop Score
This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that’s the way I like it!
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32 Comments
So glad I didn't skip the rant 😊
Tbh, it's one of the weakest hotels in Delhi, The Roseate is aging with room interiors falling apart, The Lodhi used to be the very first urban Aman before they gave it back to DLF and went downhill from there. Oberoi is definitely really nice, they went under a massive $100 million renovation, I'd say the best Delhi has to offer, Taj Mahal Delhi also went under renovation and the Taj Palace is still in the process.
Hi Kevin I know you like beef rendang , do you like Indian cuisine as well?
Thank you so much Kevin, so looking forward to this series.
I love India! Excited to see all your upcoming content in India.
Wow, those reviews… We really do need more people like you providing unsponsored content and exposing the truth behind the marketing! Your mission makes you much more trustworthy! Thanks for doing what you do!
That line 'It is a f*****g airport hotel' is a winner. 😂
wat'da! ahaha 😂 love story 🤣
Thank You✈️
Hey Kevin love the content, saw a vid where you had unfortunate experience at one of shangri la's properties hopefully you could come to sri lanka one day and check out the shangri la colombo as I've so far had a great experience there 😀 and would love to see ur point of view too! Cheers!!!
"…..especially this hotel." LMAO Savage XD
Kinda disappointing to see such a gap between marketing and reality though 🙁
Thank you
So hotel reviews is just similar as movie reviews. lol
Amazing Work
Loved your rant. There is so much non-sense in those reviews even if the hotel was indeed very good
Press release “hotel bloggers” are pathetic, clearly they are only posting for the sponsorships and to please hotel marketing teams. Not disclosing and pretending to be a real hotel blogger is dishonest. No usual information that you won’t already find on the actual website. 😅
Welcome back sir 🤗
its a fxxking airport hotel hhhhhhh
Good one Kevin,
How about doing some cheaper hotels in the future, I love watching these luxury ones but can’t afford to stay there
I’m not sure If I “enjoyed” this terribly much – I sort of felt your frustration and I was taken along for that ride to the point where I wanted to check out – but always enjoy following your content
I think you are missing some background on how these "global" hotel chains operate in India. I know this from my ex who was a Thai chef in one of these branded "luxury" hotels. So all these franchises are operated thru shell companies of politicians who flush out (an in) funds which they can't explain. The franchise company contract expects a bare minimum standard. Hence you'd see a level of "luxury" but there will be stark difference from what you'd see from seasoned hotel operators like those you mentioned- Oberois, Taj group(they're going downhill as well) etc.
Kevin, did you see the new 50 Best Hotels list? I love their 50 Best Bars and Restaurants lists, they're very well done and respected in our industries, but I'm an outsider when it comes to hotels… was wondering if you've been to any of the hotels on the list or have any plans to visit them? Cheers
Good. to the point review. I would like to meet and speak with you sometime. I live in Gurgaon (Delhi/NCR). In case you are here please let me know.
Really great review of this rather nice airport hotel.
I love your unsponsored content. We need more of it in the cruise space as well. Most of the cruise "reviewers" are just people taking free cruises discussing which feature they like best about the cruise ! Pure product placement, I'm amazed so many people watch it.
Trek Trendy did a review on the Orient Express in the last fortnight in which he got wrong what was free and and you had to pay for, basically implying almost everything was free.
I have been on the Orient Express and spotted his mistake, but I understand where he was coming from – everything was free for him because the trip was being paid for by the company and he was doing product placement, so he doesn't really know what was free and what was not !
Great review Kevin. Oh boy, an airport view! That's such a big plus to an aeroplane spotter and enthusiast like me. Cheers from AKL.
Andaz hotel is located in aerocity, so any knowledgable traveller would know thats its an airport hotel and not a luxury hotel. Further nobody claimed aerocity is an actual city. Its a hospitality and commercial district located within Delhi Airport. Also, Gurgaon is not a district of Delhi, but of Haryana.
Love the honest reviews. Hope you get round to emirates economy before I go away in March.
I flew out of Katmandu to Doha a couple of years ago, suggest you do a similar flight as you will see the Himalayas in all their glory. Thanks for the content.
You spotted air india one prime minister's plane
I appreciate your work, Kevin! Been watching your channel since last year! Thank you.
The airplane you captured from your hotel room at 12:46 which had 'India' written on it was the 'Air India One' like the 'Air Force One'..
Great honest review!