YWCA International Guest House

Rooms need face lift. Staff look relaxed and not worried to help. Dinning area should be clean. Food served is not hot. House keeping not done daily. Toiletries are of poor quality. Bed sheets and towels are not properly cleaned. Furniture is pathetic.

absolutely appalling. birds living in the bathroom, rats were living in the room, the ceilings and walls were falling down from mold, there is old furniture, junk and trash strewn everywhere, there was no wifi, no air conditioning, the "garden" is strewn with trash. when i showed up at 2am they tried to charge me for a prepaid booking saying they couldn't find the confirmation; when i told them i was leaving the next morning they refused to refund me anything, i had to file a credit card chargeback. their pictures are heavily doctored, check out my photos for proof! the price is outrageous compared to the actual conditions, this is a totally unchanged old flophouse. the most disgusting place and people i've encountered in SE asia and i've been digital nomading for 4 years. my g**gle reviews of this place keep mysteriously disappearing, so i'm posting here and hoping to prevent others from making my mistake.

The YWCA international guest house is the worst hotel I have ever been to. Half of the rooms especially on the 3rd floor have water damage, some even had mold;this caused me to switch rooms 4 times. They also do your laundry and always loose something. I went with a group of around 25 people and everyone said the lost at least one thing. The WiFi here is super unpredictable and can shut down for days without notice. The list of things that are wrong go on and on, you see them during every minute of your stay.

The price is reasonable, there is a free breakfast, and there is a warm shower. It's simple and not luxurious, and the building is old, but it has a good feeling. There are ***y hotels around Chennai where you can stay 24 hours from check-in. This is also the case, and I asked them to change the check-in time for online reservations. Because I arrived in Chennai by sleeper train, so I wanted to enter the room early in the morning. It is a pity that only one wi-fi can be connected at the same time.

After the Covidt the standard of International Guest House ,Chennai has drastically dropped.The internet was not functioning.The international credit card was not accepted.Booked Rooms were wrongly assigned and overcharged. The new staff needs training.May be from the old staff We were not satisfied with the overall stay. We have been a regular loyal visitors for years. Michael Rajkumar , Switzerland