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Very remote location and stay was far from satisfactory

Good if you want to avoid the Dal lake crowd

Nigine lake is very far from dal lake, its isolated area and you can not enjoy your time by going out. Besides if yiu go out more than once in a day by Shikara then additional money will be borrowed from you which is not digestible even after paying so high rate. Lunch / dinner is expensive 500rs/ person. No restaurents near by. Think twice before coming to this location. Chosing this houseboat was my worst decision of my entire tour and spoiled the mood of entire family.

At first the housekeeping staff was really good with us, providing good service but while checking out he asked for a hefty amount of tip, upon giving smaller amount he declined we had no option but to tip him good because he was handling our luggage for Shikara. Plus when we booked our buffet he said he will not charge extra for our 2 year old kid, but after this incident he charged 150 rs extra for it without informing and that too on top of the tip.

We (2 adults + 1kid+ 1eldery) have stayed in this houseboat. First of all, Houseboat is good same as other houseboats. nothing extra ordinary. But to stay at houseboat we need to think through other aspect like, kitchen, food, hot water , cleanness and service. As You are staying on water and will be no accessibility of land. So everything should be within houseboat. Let me share my review of staying there for almost 15-16 hours. 1) Kitchen/food- They provide basic food with no option at all. Hence, whatever they made you have to eat. we were with kid and they actually made only 1 small paratha , and denied second paratha as it was extra work. We had breakfast included in stay, and the options were almost nothing. and again Gulzar (caretaker) told us we will get , poha upma and bread... that it. i asked if we can replace poha or upma and give us paratha or some fruit.. he completely denied. and the breakfast was totally tasteless. 2)facilities- we were staying three people in one room . but there were only two brush, saving cream was there but non shaving razor. we have asked the same from caretaker, and he denied. Kashmir is cold state hence, hot water become necessary like oxygen, and they had no HOT WATER after 8 AM .. even we have raised it again and again with caretaker and he keep saying it will come but nothing solved till 12 PM. so We got to know that they dont have 24 hours HOT running water 3) Cleaness:- basic cleaness, you can found spots on carpets, bathroom has damp towels. 4) Service;- This is the most important part which made our houseboat stay horrible. They have there caretaker named Gulzar. He keep asking money in terms of TIP. We had words with manager , who said that it is ok we can sit at boat common area till late 2-3 PM. But Gulzar keep kicking us out and keep asking us tip in every 15 min despite of having our stay horrible there. 5) Location: it is at nageen lake, beautiful location, verypeacefull.. but this houseboat spoilled everything. Please think 100 times before booking it.