A nice little resort in Lucknow - Charan's Resorts

This hotel is situated 12 Kms away from the crossing of two highways : The highway coming from Kanpur + The Highway going towards Faizabad (called Faizabad Road here). The hotel is situated 12 Kms along the Faizabad highway as you move from Lucknow towards Faizabad. If you come from Kanpur side, come upto the above-mentioned highway-junction, turn right from the junction – you will be on Faizabad road. Now proceed 12 kms. Ask for a place called Chinhat Resorts. This resort is situated just beside that. Near an under-construction flyover.

My whole-sole purpose of writing one full paragraph as above on the location of this hotel is : This location is the most critical point of this hotel. This is because : There is one more hotel called Charan Hotel situated within Lucknow city belonging to the same group. But this is Charan Resorts. But if you ask anyone in Lucknow after reaching there, some will say “I don’t know”, some will guide you to the Charan Hotel, somebody else will stand right on the Faizabad road and will reply that he doesn’t know where is Faizabad road.
So kindly follow the above-mentioned location-guideline, don’t ask anyone else in Lucknow (not even the rickshaw-pullers who guided me to Charan Hotel). We reached Lucknow by road at 11 pm in night on 14/12/12; then virtually moved in a labyrinth and circle around the city till 1:45 am in night and finally reached Charan resorts at 2:00 am.
Of course I find no fault on Charan Resorts’ part. Mr Rishi all along guided us over telephone. In fact once we called him at 1 am and told him about our plight, he was wide awake, constantly guided us over phone, and called off only after he was assured that we reached the resorts safely.

I assure you that the staff of this property (Mr Rishi, Mr Pankaj Kapoor, the adorable Mr Munna Chacha) were wonderful. Once you reach, its’ a wonderful place to stay. Away from the din and bustle and pollution of the city, it’s a nice, sprawling resort, lots of areas over which the complex is spreaded, rooms are really big and spacious, toilets nicely maintained – and at a cost of around INR 2000/- (inclusive of taxes) that too in a peak tourist season in a capital city like Lucknow – it’s a steal, a bargain, a superb choice.

Food (both non-veg/veg/Chinese) are moderately prices and tasty. Room services/bar facility available. Every room has a mini-fridge and a small verandah from where you can see the lawn. Hot water was available in bathroom.

And of course they allowed by small pet cocker spaniel Roxy to stay with us. And dear Roxy was so happy to see such a sprawling lawn and property that for once he forgot he was away from home.

They do have credit/debit card facilities also. Dinner is generally served up to 11 pm. So if you are arriving late, do inform Mr Rishi or Mr Pankaj over phone to keep your dinner ready in your room covered. Also ask them to keep the security guard informed about your tentative arrival. Normally the main gate of the complex closes around 11 pm. After that you have to wake up the guard to get the door opened.
The hotel is having armed security guard manning the complex all-round-the clock. Hence, quite secure. Abundant, secure parking space available within the complex enclosure, which is a premium facility inside Lucknow city.

The only con of the hotel is being located 12 kms from city center, you need to have a vehicle at your disposal to visit places like Hazratgunj, Aminabad etc.