Hotel Arches

“Great location! Clean and comfortable. Staff very pleasant, and very helpful! I would stay here again!”

“We travelled with a group and enjoyed the stay in the hotel - nice rooms and very helpful stuff. Perfectly located in a quiet street in Fort Kochi. You easy could walk everywhere. Very tasty restaurant (Rasoi).”

“The location is perfect, right in the centre o Kochi. Staff very nice and helpful Very nice breakfast room on the upstairs terrace with beautiful morning light”

“The Arches is indeed a unique hotel in the Fort Cochin area. Unpretentious from the outside, it offers so much to residents for a reasonable price. The facility is immaculately clean, and decorated in cool wood and pleasing colours. The rooms are adequately sized, mattresses are very comfortable, the air-conditioning works without glitches, and the controls are easy to use. There is a ceiling fan as well in the room. The bathroom and toilets are well kitted out, and and very pleasing. The hotel provides a number of measures to combat mosquitoes, which is ubiquitous in this part of the world. The breakfast options are limited, but met the needs of our Indian palates entirely. Toast, eggs, cornflakes etc are available for those who prefer that, but if you are expecting a full English, or continental spread, you won't get it. Breakfast is served on the terrace, which is a fantastic open space with fans, and is ideal. In the afternoons and evenings, we used this space to congregate, chat, play cards etc, and as a group of 12 folk, we had run of the place to ourselves. The attached restaurant is called Rasoi, and has generated a fantastic reputation among gourmet diners. It more than lived up to its reviews when we finally ate at the place. Food is top notch, and the choices are plenty. Naturally, there is a deshi and oriental theme to much of the menu, and this is ideal too as it offers food that is appropriate for its geographical location. Finally, the staff at the desk were absolutely brilliant. They were inordinately helpful, and went out of their way to ensure we had a good experience, without being obtrusive in any way. We had a large and complicated bill to settle as we had a big group staying there, and across slightly different dates, but Rajneesh, Gavin and a couple of others were brilliant. The room cleaning staff, and dining staff went above and beyond! This hotel takes some beating at Fort Cochin! We'd stay here again in a heart beat.”