satyaki p
February 15, 2024
We visited Udaipur in February this year for a leisure trip.To make up for some inconvenience caused at their property, Raffles Udaipur invited us for a special dinner at their property.It was our first time visiting Raffles and we were very excited for it.They sent their bmw car to pick up me and my wife from the Leela jetty,as we were staying in Leela Palace Udaipur for this trip.Their duty manager Mr Rohan Thakur came ***** with the driver to pick us up.He wad a nice and friendly person and was always with us during the entire span of time while we were in the car,in the hotel,during the dinner and also dropped us off in the same car in Leela jetty after we completed dinner.This was a very good gesture extended to us and we throughly appreciate it.The car they brought for us was a higher version of bmw,it was spacious and comfortable.We chit chatted with Mr Rohan during the span of the journey as we arrived to Raffles jetty.From there a wooden boat took us to the main Raffles building,which was situated in a island in Udai sagar lake.The view from the lake was surreal and breathtaking and we throughly admired it.Although morning view would have been much more better,we were told.Upon our arrival we were given a nice traditional welcome as we were guided to the main building by multiple Raffles staffs and the duty manager Mr Rohan himself.This being the first Raffles opened in India,is massive.They took an entire island to set up the property, with multiple acres of lands filled with gardens spread across the property.Upon arriving at the main wing,we clicked some pictures with Raffles on our background and from there we took a buggy to go to the reception lobby,which was situated at a height and we went through banquet areas and gardens before arriving at the main lobby.The lobby was luxurious and had touches of rajasthani culture as well.We were greeted by their operations manager as we were being seated.We explored the lobby area for a while,took some pictures and videos and then the Mr Rohan and their operations manager guided us to the place where our dinner was set up.Previously we had thought they arranged our dinner in some restaurant of the hotel but to our surprise they had arranged a private dining experience for us.They decorated a area inside the gardens and lawns with rose petals and lights and set up a beautiful candle light dining setting for the 2 of us which looked mesmerizing.We were shocked,pleased and surprised at the same time.They had also set up a special Chinese menu solely for us and there were also red and white wines to celebrate the occasion. We had to refuse the wines and took diet coke instead as both of us are non alcoholic.The server was also a nice guy and accommodated many of our request s including arranging some items which are not in the menu including Golden prawns,a chicken dish,some Indian sweets etc.He also clicked some marvelous pics and videos of us.The food was very tasty and the head chef also check