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Updated: March 16, 2022
Essentials
• Location: On MG Road, just steps from the Trinity metro station.
• Hotel website: oberoihotels.com
• Hotel phone: +91 (0)88 2558 5858
• Check prices for Oberoi

Located within the city center, The Oberoi is a surprising oasis with lush gardens and a huge pool.
The Oberoi – Majestic, sumptuous, and downtown, yet with truly exceptional gardens.
The amazing Oberoi has an almost retro 1960’s design, although it is certainly as modern and luxurious as others in this India-based chain. What sets this award-winning hotel so far apart from rivals in Bengaluru, and even others across India, are the extraordinary gardens. Packed with lawns, trees, fish-filled ponds, and flowers, they are far nicer than even botanical gardens in most Indian cities, and also feature a waterfall and jogging track. The rooms, and especially the suites, are extremely elegant, and the amenities are excellent, particularly the tropical-style pool surrounded by frangipani trees and sunbeds. Yet remarkably, all this luxury, space, and greenery is in the midst of downtown – right next to a metro station and around the corner from a fabulous mall.
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The Oberoi – The Location
- Address: 37-9 M.G. (Mahatma Gandhi) Road, in the inner city. The main building is 100m back from the road, while most rooms are even more distant.
- Nearest Metro: Trinity metro station is just steps from the hotel.
- Area: Affluent business and shopping district along the eastern end of M.G. Road. Decent cafés and a metro station within a 5-minute walk. A large mall is just around the corner.
- How to Get There: From the airport (35 km), take a metered taxi or arrange a pick-up with Uber or Ola (see below). Just as quick, and far cheaper, are the comfortable blue express buses (24 hours) that stop along M.G. Road. About 7km from the Bengaluru City (Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna) railway terminal and adjoining Majestic (Kempegowda) bus station.
- Handy to: 1MG-Lido Mall.
The Oberoi – The Basics
- Guests: Mostly tourists rather than business people and government officials.
- Views: Most rooms face inwards, away from the main road, and overlook the extraordinary gardens within the hotel. Some rooms do face the front but are 100m+ from the main road.
- Private Pools/Jacuzzis: Not expected or provided at this historic inner-city hotel.
- How to Book: Booking.com will have the best rates.
- Phone: +91 (0)88 2558 5858
- Email: generalmanager.bengaluru@oberoihotels.com
- Website: oberoihotels.com
The Oberoi – Amenities
- Pool: Large and inviting. With plenty of shade and brightly-colored sunbeds and umbrellas, it exudes a lovely tropical-resort feel.
- Spa: Very spacious and luxurious, it offers more treatments than just about anywhere else in the city. Yoga classes also available.
- Fitness Center: Huge and superbly equipped.
- Other Facilities: Express laundry. Travel desk. Money-exchange. Business center.
The Oberoi – Food and Drink
- Restaurants & Bars: Lapis – All-day restaurant serving Indian and international cuisine. • Wabi Sabi – Elegant setting and Asian menu. • Rim Naam – Lovely garden setting with tables under a pavilion and facing a pond. Award-winning Thai food and live traditional music. • The Polo Club – Adorable colonial-style bar/lounge/café serving western favorites like salads, sandwiches, and burgers.
- Breakfast: Not included but available for an extra charge.
- Room Service: Available 24/7.
The Oberoi – Rooms
- Room Types: Deluxe Rooms • Luxury Rooms • Premier Rooms • Executive Suites • Deluxe Suites • Presidential Suites • List of all Rooms
- Smoking Rooms: Smoking is allowed in some rooms and suites.
- Best Room: Three times larger than the standard rooms, the Presidential Suites face almost private gardens from an extended terrace. Separate living/dining areas, pantries, and gorgeous marble bathrooms.
- For Families: The management is keen for families, so ask about extra single beds and connecting rooms.
The Oberoi – Local Transport
- Walking: The hotel faces M.G. Road, which is very noisy and polluted, but walking along it is inevitable because it has plenty of facilities.
- Public Transport: The Namma (Bengaluru) Metro has limited services but does go to the main bus and train stations. The nearest station – Trinity – is virtually outside the hotel.
- Taxis & Auto-rickshaws: Very few taxis along the main road, so one is best arranged through reception. Otherwise, Uber and Ola are very common. For most trips around the city, auto-rickshaws are good enough, but drivers won’t use meters, so bargain hard.
The Oberoi – What’s Nearby?
Best Nearby Restaurants & Bars
- Pizza Hut – This familiar outlet (and a Starbucks) are just across the road from the hotel gates. (Use the metro underpass.)
- Chianti Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar +91 (0)80 4375 5274 – Also in the same building as Pizza Hut, it offers an extended menu of food and wine in an authentic setting. (250m).
- Taj MG Road – Adjacent to the Oberoi, this refurbished hotel offers: The Trinity Square (excellent meals and extensive buffets), Memories of China (authentic and popular), and ICE (trendy bar for cocktails and snacks).
- Mamma Mexicana – One of several restaurants on the top floor of the 1MG-Lido Mall (see below). Long menu, fun décor, and well-priced. (400m).
Nearby Shops
- This section of M.G. Road seems overrun by banks (none of which change money), but there are a few handicraft stores. The finest shopping is at 1MG-Lido Mall, just around the corner and north up from the junction with the flyover. It offers a games arcade, several great eateries (including familiar fast-food outlets), and a wonderful Foodhall outlet selling fresh and imported produce. The mall is open from 10 am to 10 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 10 pm weekends. (400m).
The Oberoi – The Hotel

The exterior of the opulent Oberoi hotel has an almost retro 1960’s design, but is certainly more modern inside.

The charm and tradition starts with the doorman at the lobby.

In contrast to the exterior design, parts of the hotel – e.g. the corridors around the gardens – are colonial-style.

The lobby area is even more lavish and spacious than expected.

Tables at the lobby provide immediate glimpses of the extraordinary gardens within the hotel.

In the middle of a prime business and shopping district, the hotel grounds are as spacious, and certainly better maintained, than most botanical gardens in Indian cities.

The hotel gardens even feature a (man-made) waterfall.

Tracks for walking and jogging within the hotel grounds are reminiscent of a national park in Europe.

One of the hotel restaurants, Rim Naam, overlooks a pond packed with goldfish.

Tables at The Orchid Room in The Oberoi extend to the gardens outside.

Patrons at The Polo Club can enjoy a drink on one of the plush leather seats.

The Le Jardin restaurant, also within the Oberoi, offers a refined setting. (Under renovation in 2019.)

Le Jardin is renowned across the city for its lunchtime buffets. (Under renovation in 2019.)

The sparkling blue and immaculately clean pool is substantial and surrounded by shady trees.

With abundant shade and colorful chairs and umbrellas, the pool at The Oberoi is the sort often found at tropical island resorts.

Most rooms face inwards, away from the main road, and overlook the amazing gardens.

Just across the road from the hotel gates is a building with a Pizza Hut and Starbucks.

In the same building as the Pizza Hut is the elegant Chianti Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar.

Just around the corner from The Oberoi is the Taj MG Road hotel. It offers several more dining options, including the classy Trinity Square restaurant.

Also at the Taj MG Road hotel is the equally sophisticated Memories of China restaurant.

Another attraction of staying at The Oberoi is the fabulous 1MG-Lido mall, just around the corner.

One of several tempting bistros on the top floor of the 1MG-Lido Mall is Mamma Mexicana.

Also within the mall is the extensive Foodhall.

Another reason to visit the mall, just around the corner from The Oberoi, is the games arcade.

The eastern end of M.G. Road in front of the hotel is lined with banks, but shady sidewalks make walking pleasant.

Among the banks along this end of M.G. Road are a few shops of interest to tourists.

M.G. Road is one of many very busy, noisy, and polluted roads in the inner city.

Conveniently, the Trinity metro station is virtually outside the hotel gates.

With a dearth of taxis and limited metro service, the main way to get around the city is by auto-rickshaw. Or use Uber/Ola. Check rates and availability: The Oberoi
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