Hotel Imperial New Delhi

About Imperial Hotel

First among the legendary “Four Maidens of the East", The Imperial was the only luxury hotel provided by Sir Edwin Lutyen in his grand design for New Delhi. Built in 1933, the hotel has a somewhat unconventional style and design; a mixture of Victorian and old colonial with a playful dosage of art deco.
Twenty-four stately king palms herald you into the porch where sturdy and gracious darbans welcome you to the hotel.
The lobby with it’s high Rotunda embellished with gold leaf work, creates an aura of colonial splendor. The design of the Rotunda symbolizes Lutyen’s design of The Universe in the center of the lobby.
The hotel is divided into four wings and has 263 beautifully appointed rooms and suites. Its restaurants are masterpieces with museum - like interiors. The permanent ‘Art Galleries’ house a priceless art collection as well as antiques that the hotel has acquired over the years.
The hotel is set in 8 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens, in the heart of the premium business, government and shopping district of New Delhi. The International and Domestic airports are a convenient half an hour’s drive through wide tree-lined avenues of Lutyen’s New Delhi. As you approach the hotel, you pass by the Viceregal Lodge, now The President’s Palace, The Parliament House and the North and South Block, nerve centre of the offices of the Government of India.

Accommodation

The hotel is divided into four wings and has 263 beautifully appointed rooms and suites.
Living Quarters
Two hundred and sixty three spacious singles, doubles and suites, the rooms at The Imperial retain the regal flourishes of a wondrous past. With it’s high ceilings, impeccable décor, combined with modern comforts, The Imperial is a delight of the fastidious connoisseur.
Privacy, tranquillity and unwritten personal attention bring its patrons back to the hotel year after year. ‘The First Maiden of the East’ is seldom, if ever deserted by her guests, who adore her with persevering loyalty.
Special Imperial and Heritage Rooms
The special rooms have high ceilings with colonial- style interiors and are located in the outer wing, overlooking the gardens.
These rooms have dual data ports for Internet and facsimile connectivity and have uninterrupted power supply plug points. The rooms have very low sound levels and are constantly supplied with filtered fresh air, which is replenished every hour. The rooms offer a choice of marble or parquet flooring with artistic borders and exquisite Persian hand-knotted carpets. Each room also has unique antique pieces of furniture and paintings from the art collection of the hotel.
Lutyen’s Suite
Dedicated to Sir Edwin Lutyens, the suite is furnished with some of his original furniture designs. His famous design of ‘The Universe’, adorns the flooring of the living room. Original artifacts and antiques, including a 200-year-old bronze Chinese horse and an old chandelier by Osler, contribute luxurious touches to the suite. The Four Poster bed, wing chair with a cigar table and Indo-Portuguese late 18th century chaise lounge, bring back the romance of a bygone era. The luxurious Italian marble-fitted washrooms with glass shower closets and walk-in dressing rooms, hint at the unmistakable attention to detail, which is the hallmark of The Imperial.
Royal Imperial Suite
The Royal Imperial Suite bears an unmistakable signature of luxury, spaciousness and `feel of the Orient’. Treasures collected from the four directions adorn it’s quarters. The Living Room fitted with antique furniture like the Lutyens Drop Leaf side table, Lutyens Spiral Back desk chair with a solid teak writing desk, once used by Sir Walter Lutyens to write Hukumnamas or orders are yours to live with.
The original work of Prince Soltikosf adorns the walls, with the floor embellished with an antique early 18th century Persian carpet, with a hue of vibrant colours drawn from nature. The early 17th century candle-posts sit on the side tables to re-create an era of unhurried attention to detail. The bedroom is furnished with a four-poster king-size bed with a canopy of that finest cotton fabric dyed in colours of that period. The bed- sides are furnished with an 18th century Indo-Portugese bureau and cabinet.
In the luxury of a Private Verandah, guests may treat themselves to the finest of Darjeeling teas and feel the first rays of the morning sun herald a new day in the heart of New Delhi.