Hotel Karuna

位置：很方便 衞生：乾淨 設施：設施比較基礎，沒有電梯 環境：外面在修路

We've found our new home-away-from-home in Pokhara! Pleasant, friendly hotel with a chill vibe and eco-friendly focus. If you know the Juicery cafe on Lakeside, it's a similar feeling. The lobby area/hangout zone is a space you can really feel good just hanging out in - waiting for friends, working on the laptop, having a cup of organic coffee, etc. They're really trying to make the hotel a pleasant experience for folks, and you can see that everywhere - natural fibers, plants on the stairs, turtle outside (kids love this), etc. Also, they shared legitimately insightful suggestions for restaurants etc. Yes, every hotel in a Nepal tourist spot is going to be able to set up tours, give suggestions, etc. - but you can trust their recs to be good ones. Location is central, meaning it's not on the lake (that'd be rare, that's all bars/restaurants) but it's only a short walk down the street to the midpoint of the Lakeside walking area. Very easy to get to wherever you might want to go around Pokhara. Only "word to the wise" is that they don't have coffee in the rooms. They do have 24/7 Karma Coffee (well-known organic local coffee) in cloth Melita filters in the lobby area, which is cool, but "24/7" in wee hours means you'd have to wake up staff or make it yourself. Which you can do; it's all set up right there. So it felt kind of cozy in a "make yourself at home" way. But if you want it in your room, maybe bring your own? (You can heat water in your room. The water is in jars in the hallway, which is good for avoiding plastic waste. I liked that touch. Way too many plastic bottles floating around Nepal, so appreciate the thoughtful approach here!) Good price, too! And get this: When we were there, they were experimenting with a "street food" afternoon happy hour, with hygienic yummies like pani puri and jalebi. Hope they keep that up! Such a great idea!

This was my second time at this super clean, quiet and 'green' hotel a few minutes walk from the main street of Lakeside. Small but important touches include the water jug in each room that you can fill at the end of the hallway, handmade soaps and the fact that they change the sheets only when you ask.