'Barahi Kathmandu' comes into operation in Thamel

Kathmandu, May 21

A new hotel 'Barahi Kathmandu' under Barahi Hospitality has come into operation in Thamel, Kathmandu, from Sunday. The four-star hotel has 80 rooms including eight suites and 72 deluxe rooms.

The offer fee for the deluxe room is US$ 100, said Yogendra Thapa, corporate director of Barahi Hospitality.

The hotel, located at Kaiser Mahal juncture of tourist hub Thamel, King's Way, Lajimpat and Jamal, has a coffee shop, restaurant, bar, private dining hall, and a meeting hall that can accommodate 120 people is being prepared in a lounge and theatre setup in a few weeks.

There is an 'infinity swimming pool' on the seventh floor of the hotel. It is four-foot-deep and is spread over about 1,100 square feet. The hotel complex will house offices and various shops from the ground to the third floor, remaining six floors will have hotel facilities.

According to Thapa, Rs. 1.4 billion is invested in the hotel including shopping complex.

The Barahi Hospitality has been operating hotels in Pokhara and Chitwan. Hari Prasad Poudel had started a 9-room Paradise Guest House on the lakeside of Pokhara four decades ago, and later added facilities to the same hotel and named it Hotel Barahi.

Barahi Jungle Lodge in Chitwan, Hotel Barahi in Pokhara, Byanjan Restaurant, Sarangkot Mountain Lodge, Awas Pokhara, The Beach Bar and Lodge are running under the investment of Barahi Group. It is also constructing a five-star hotel with a conference hall having capacity to accommodate 1,200 in Sedi in Pokhara. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 May 2023.