Shankar Homestay

Shankar & Kavitha are such a amazing Hostel. They are just so sweet & caring. We had good Breakfast there & lots of talks with them There days were so comfortable. They have Good big garden, few cute cats & proactive staff.

The homestay is centrally located and well-connected to all major sites, which made getting around extremely convenient. It has a quaint charm and is run by a lovely family of four who were incredibly warm and accommodating throughout my stay. I particularly enjoyed the breakfast and beverages, they were thoughtfully prepared and delicious. Additionally, the hosts went out of their way to let me use an extra room to rest after checkout until my train time, which I truly appreciated. Overall, an excellent place to stay and highly recommended for solo female travelers.

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Hosts were very friendly and helpful, notably with organizing a tuktuk tour to visit all the main sights, and with a taxi to the airport. The bucolic setting and surroundings are lovely under the trees, very relaxing. Simple rooms with large comfy bed and good air conditioning (critically!). We really enjoyed our stay here

No dinner cooked onsite but the take-away delivery was very tasty

The homestay is located outside the main Hampi Bazar area so it is quiet and restufl. The family is nice and helpful. The young man who served us and cleaned the rooms was always polite and helpful.

Unfortunately we had several problems probably linked to errors in the booking.com reservation. We had a reservation for a room with balcony, but after two days we had to change rooms. We also lerned that several other guests had to change rooms in the middle of their stay. The owner did send us a short email prior to our stay say we booked 'downstairs' but on arrival we had a room upstairs for two nights. Strange. Also, the reservation clearly stated breakfasts were 100 rupees per person per day but we paid twice that amount (1200 rupees for six breakfasts instead of 600 rupees). Maybe the booking.com info had not been updated - don't know. Very minor things but annoyances nevertheless. Our second room was in need of updating. Just to be clear, we know that this is a homestay and I've been to India seven times and have stayed in multiple homestays so I do have a good benchmark. I hope my comments will help the owners improve and make this homestay a more enjoyable experience without the hassles we had.