The Orchid - An Ecotel Hotel is Asia's first certified eco-friendly five-star hotel and world's only Ecotel to be certified as ISO 14001. This 245-room hotel is strategically located adjacent to the domestic airport making it a convenient place for the business traveler to stay.
Everything is designed so as to be unobtrusive. Like The Club Privet, an exclusive club floor with a private lounge and butler service. Or the well-appointed business and conference center to take care of your business needs.
The exclusivity of The Orchid is experienced as soon as one enters the atrium that is serenaded by a 70-foot indoor waterfall. Around the waterfall, on the first level is the Boulevard, the 24-hour coffee shop. The beautiful Orchids growing there give you a feel of the truly Orchid experience. Besides, The Boulevard provides a unique guaranteed time-bound service aptly called the 'Lightening Menu' or the '10 Minute Menu'. If the service is even a minute late, the meal is on the house!
From the first level to the top most. Mostly Grills the lovely roof top barbecue restaurant serves modern fusion cuisine. The setting is a very surrealistic Mexican village with a pool by the side and the breathtaking view of the airport runway on the other.
And then the piece-de-resistance. Vindhyas, which many Mumbai gourmets consider the best Indian restaurant in town, is a unique concept showcasing the cuisine and culture of peninsular India. Here in a very ethnic temple setting you can experience the intriguing flavors of nine Indian peninsular states, the folk dance performances only go to serve as the perfect accompaniments. Abutting Vindhyas is Merlin's Bar. The name itself conjures images of magical concoctions that will help lift your spirits and unwind, and what is more Marlins is open till 3.00 am, giving you ample time to enjoy the magic. At the lobby is The Gourmet Shop, a deli and cake shop.
All the accommodation provided by Travelmasti are in the most comfortable hotels/resorts/camps, handpicked especially for you, offering the best stay to make your business or leisure trip, simply 'worth it'.
Rooms & Suites
Spacious guest rooms with breathtaking views, 4 innovative restaurants, Business Centre, and nine meeting rooms, extensive Fitness Club and spa, indoor swimming pool and ample parking space. Express check out for guest courtesy coach for airport pick up and drop.
Lotus Rooms Well appointed environment friendly Lotus Room with a choice of twin or double beds. This 225 sq.ft. Room has the following highlights Wall to wall lint free carpeting, Writing desk, Refrigerated mini-bar, Wardrobe, Direct dialing local/Intl and Tea / Coffee Maker.
Studio Rooms A spacious split level room with a cabinet partition differentiating the living area and the bedroom. This 250 sq.ft. room has got the following highlights.
Wall to wall lint free carpeting
Writing desk with internet connection
Refrigerated minibar
Wardrobe
Direct dialing local/Intl with voice mail
Tea/ Coffee Make
One Bed Room Apartments: A Spacious Living Room and a Bedroom separated by a door and an attached bath. The apartments have kitchenettes which are fully equipped with induction cooking range, microwave ovens and a refrigerator, tea / coffee maker.
Boulevard - A 24 hours coffee shop Experience grandeur and utmost elegance when you visit The Boulevard, a 24 hours coffee shop located on the first floor serves delicious Indian, Continental and Asian cuisine. Surrender to the extravagance of lavish Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Midnight Buffets reasonably priced to suit your purse strings. Breakfast Buffet - 06.30 am - 10.30 am
Seasonal Fresh Juices
Variety of Cereals
Indian/South Indian and Continental Items
Tea/Coffee
Lunch Buffet - 12.30 pm - 03.00 pm
2 Soups
12 Salads
4 Non-Veg
14 Veg.
Indian Breads
Pulao/Rice/Noodles
12 Desserts
Dinner Buffet - 07.30 pm - 11.00 pm.
2 Soups
12 Salads
6 Non-Veg.
16 Veg.
Pulao / Rice / Noodles
Indian Breads
12 Desserts
Midnight Buffet - 12.00 am - 03.00 am.
2 Soups
8 Salads
4 Non-Veg.
12 Veg.
Rice/Pulao
Indian Breads
8 Desserts
The 'LIGHTNING MENU' promises any dish, will be served at a crack of lightening (10 Minutes) or else it will be absolutely free!! The Boulevard bar Happy Hours 11.00 am to 8.00 pm.
Mostly Grills Open for Dinner from 7.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.m. Mostly Grills is an open-air fine dining restaurant on the roof top of The Orchid It has an idyllic setting with the pool on one side and a bird's eye view of the airport on the other. MG is set in a Mexican village right out of the Wild West but the cuisine is nouvelle and truly international choice of barbecue. It is a fusion barbecue restaurant serving new range of grilled delicacies. Let it melt in your mouth or bite into the fiery 'Chicken Isabella' and while you dwell over the specialty cocktail 'Daiquiri', a 'Caipiroska' from Mexico waits at your service. Chef has ensured that the Vegetarians too have their choice of grilled delicacies and don't get a raw deal. The beautiful 'Taverna' Bar serves a variety of Spirits, Wines, Liqueurs and Exotic Cocktails along with snacks.
While you dine under the stars in the restaurant, overlooking the Domestic Airport, Chefs do 'Abracadabra' and transform prime cuts of imported meats into rare, well-done exotic succulent steaks in the open show kitchen of Mostly Grills.
Origin of The word 'Barbeque'
Barbucoa. Barbe-a-quene. Or simply barbeque has it is origins in the Taino Indigenous Nation of the Caribbean and Florida. The ba comes from Baba(father) Ra from Yara(place) Bi from Bibi(beginning) Cu from Guacu(the sacred fire) or 'the beginning of the sacred fire'. This outdoor form of cooking large chunks of meat very slowly, using only the smoke, has become an art in itself. In fact, there are professional Pit Masters who take years before they can really claim to have mastered this art form.
Grilling on the other hand, is the cooking of smaller portions of meat placed directly over the fire (heat). Cooked quickly with frequent turning, this outdoor pastime happens to be the specialty at Mostly Grills.
NAMASKAR VINDHYAS! What you ask, has a mountain range to do with fine cuisine?
Quite simply, Vindhyas represents a culinary concept unique in scope and coverage. An opportunity for you to enliven your senses, at one place, with diverse flavors and delicacies from the peninsular states of India - those south of the Vindhyas and fringing the coastline.
You will find a menu replete with generations-old, traditional recipes jostling alongside reinvented, fusion cuisine creations. Spices and certain key ingredients are sources directly from original locations to replicate the original taste. The cozy, quietly distinctive ambience reflects a palatial Manglorian estate house surrounded with paintings of Maharashatrian village, hanging lamp from Tanjore, Pure silk saree from Kanchipuram and a 'Samay' at the entrance to welcome the guest. Also of distinction is the fact that the entire restaurant is done up with reused wood.
And while you savour the aromas and food, you are also regaled with the vibrant cultural heritage of the peninsular states. Including live instrumental music by skilled musicians (Except Mondays). Also on view are the skilled craftsmen; the chefs who perform live for from the interactive kitchen.
The Guest are encouraged to have food with fingers hence a chilamchi trolley is drawn to each and every table to wash the hands with rose water. Vindhyas has an exotic range of home made pickles which is served to every guest during the course of the meal.
Presenting a never before lunch program, that is designed keeping in mind easy download of sumptuous meals - rich in taste and light on calories. Generation old traditional cuisine programmed into modern day fusion recipes: from sea-drives to veggie bytes, The Orchid have a mega database of refreshing luncheons processed with original spices and condiments. Also the frontend as well as the backend is customized to suit your need for a speedy session. So just enter the world of healthy lunch and see how your need for a speedy session. So just enter the world of healthy lunch and see how well it clicks with your appetite. Speciality of the day, 'Thali' is a classical set menu, which differs daily based on cuisines from the 9 peninsular Indian States.
The Veg Thali: Thali available both for lunch and dinner,
The Thali consists of beverages, a snack, four veg and three non veg dishes, rice and lentil items with hot appams and phulkas to go along. Finally to satiate your sweet tooth are the blissful desserts.
Eat as much as you can, the above thalis are served with staples like chappati, poories and rice.
Entertainment: - Live instrumental music except on Mondays.
Merlin's Bar. Opening Hours: (0400 PM - 0300 am)
If itis melodious music and a warm cozy setting, then adjourn to the well-appointed lobby level Merlin's Bar, to lift your spirits with its choicest of Indian and Imported liquors. Moody Magician Merlin takes you from juggling, shaking, stirring and blending to Karaoke evenings (between 11 PM to 3.00 am except Monday) .
'Happy Hours from 0400 PM to 0800 PM offer a 30% discount on Domestic as well on imported alcoholic beverages' while at Merlin's keep in touch with what is happening in the Sports and Music World.
'Entertainment: Performance of live International band (Fusion) to make your evening unforgettable ………'
The Gourmet Shop, Walk into the Gourmet Shop at the Orchid and fall in love the wide array of enticing goodies, the delicious aroma, and the inviting ambience could bring out the gourmet in anyone.
Indulge yourself with mouth-watering oven baked breads, puffs, quiches, pastries & fruit pies.
Exotic Tuna sandwiches, diet sugar free cookies, make for a perfect snack with the delectable flavored iced teas.
Tickle your taste buds with an eclectic variety of specialty foods from packed teas to in house pickles & podies from The Vindhyas.
And for the homebirds, there is the tempting option of Dial-a-Cake or one nutritious packed lunches, salads, sandwiches & other savories.
So, acquaint yourself with the Gourmet Shop & fall in Love...... Over & over again.
Special hampers for Birthday / Anniversaries & all festivals
Currently, Lotus Suites has four conference halls each unique and specially designed to suit your business needs.
The Coral The Coral is designed in pleasant colors ideal for a business meeting as well as informal gatherings. It can accommodate maximum eighteen people in class- room style, thirty in theater style and maximum thirty in informal way.
The Topaz This room is ideal for small board meetings. Its warm colors and rich decor give it 'living rooms' look. The boardroom can accommodate maximum ten people
The Emerald This room gives one the impression of a modern art decor trimmed with some colorful flowers and greenery that an Ecotel is so famous for. The Emerald can hold twenty-seven people in U-shape style sitting arrangement, twenty-seven in classroom style and twenty-seven in Board Room style.
The Lotus Ballroom The lotus Ballroom can hold fifty people in U-shape, Forty-five in classroom style, 135 in theater style and 175 in informal kind of sitting arrangement.
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