The views from this hotel make it worth the trek. From what I could see of other hotels, I think it is probably the nicest in the area as well. My room was large with a wonderful balcony looking out onto a wooded hillside. In the mornings there were large monkeys on the balcony. I ate at the hotel restaurant a few times. The wait staff was excellent and the food was good, though the meals I had in town in McLeodganj and Dharamshala were better. The travel desk staff helped me get to where I wanted to go, but they were very pushy constantly trying to upsell ride packages. They also kept quoting higher prices to me than their signage listed, so keep an eye out for that. I pushed back quite a bit to get the listed prices. Had a great massage and facial at the hotel spa. Would recommend taking advantage of those services as the prices for spa treatments were amazing. The hotel is not very old, but I think the weather in the region is very rough on buildings. Some of the outside spaces were rather worn. There was staff repainting sections of the hotel during my stay. No robes, but there was a safe, ironing board and iron, climate control, TV, large bed, nice shower, hairdryer, and amazing views of the mountains and forests.