Hotel Rooms - Part 13 - Residency Hotel - Andheri, Mumbai

Hotels in Mumbai fall into two broad categories : expensive, or indigenous. Having experimented with both, ultimately one prefers indigenous. It's clearly affordable, and the service is probably better than in the big Western hotels, with little pretention. The Andheri Residency Hotel, the closest hotel to Mumbai international airport, has terrible reviews on Trip Advisor, which in itself was tantamount to a strong endorsement.
Having emerged into the Mumbai airport heat at 1:00 in the morning, I was tucking into (Hallal) Lamb Byriani at 2:00, with no beer but a Lassi. Indians may be taking over Route 66 motels, but Muslims are Mumbai's hostelers. The room had a double bed, a TV and a large bathroom, and at $40 a night one was surely a very profitable guest and was treated accordingly.