Title: The Richmond - Latest Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026 - Expedia.ca [See all properties](http://www.expedia.ca/Hotel-Search?regionId=&adults=2&children=&sort=RECOMMENDED&useRewards=false&semdtl=&userIntent=&vip=false) # The Richmond Visitors savor authentic local flavors at the on-site restaurant before retreating to comfortable rooms or taking leisurely walks along Pondicherry Promenade Beach ## Photo gallery for The Richmond ![Reception - The Richmond (Puducherry)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2980000/2973500/2973461/75378aab.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=598&ra=fit) ![Superior Room - The Richmond (Puducherry)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2980000/2973500/2973461/e142d102.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit) ![Reception - The Richmond (Puducherry)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2980000/2973500/2973461/2ecc40b4.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit) ![Exterior - The Richmond (Puducherry)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2980000/2973500/2973461/4367bb22.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit) ![Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; local cuisine - The Richmond (Puducherry)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/3000000/2980000/2973500/2973461/35fa2420.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit) - Overview - Rooms - Location - Policies The Richmond in White Town's center blends colonial charm with modern amenities. Enjoy local specialties at The Bistro, relax with a newspaper, or explore the nearby promenade beach. 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[Visit our Puducherry travel guide](https://www.expedia.ca/Puducherry.dx6138628) ![Map](https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?&size=660x330&map_id=3b266eb50d2997c6&zoom=13&markers=icon:https%3A%2F%2Fa.travel-assets.com%2Ftravel-assets-manager%2Feg-maps%2Fproperty.png%7C11.92808%2C79.83205&channel=expedia-HotelInformation&maptype=roadmap&scale=1&key=AIzaSyCYjQus5kCufOpSj932jFoR_AJiL9yiwOw&signature=Cbu5HH4c_e82hNLJLBhSWZ_7XUw=) 12 Labourdonnais Street, Puducherry, Pondicherry, 605001 ### What's nearby - Pondicherry Promenade Beach \- 5 min walk \- 0.5 km - Pondicherry Lighthouse \- 8 min walk \- 0.7 km - Government Place \- 8 min walk \- 0.7 km - Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple \- 10 min walk \- 0.9 km - Sri Aurobindo Ashram \- 12 min walk \- 1.0 km ### Getting around - Pondicherry-Puducherry Station - 9 min walk - Chennai International Airport (MAA) - 178 min drive ### Restaurants - ‪Sky Garden Pondy - ‬5 min walk - ‪Pasta Bar Veneto - ‬5 min walk - ‪Mira - ‬2 min walk - ‪Celine's Kitchen - ‬2 min walk - ‪Cafe Udupi Ruchi - ‬4 min walk ## About this property ### The Richmond Hotel near Pondicherry Promenade Beach Consider a stay at The Richmond and take advantage of free continental breakfast, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a bar. The on-site local cuisine restaurant, The Bistro, offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi. You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay: - Free self parking - A front-desk safe, free newspapers, and a 24-hour front desk - Tour/ticket assistance Room features All guestrooms at The Richmond feature comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and safes. 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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi - Available in some public areas: Free WiFi ### Parking and transportation - Free self parking on site ### Food and drink - Free continental breakfast available daily 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM - A bar/lounge - A restaurant ### Restaurants on site - The Bistro ### Family friendly - Laundry facilities ### Conveniences - 24-hour front desk - Free newspapers in lobby - Laundry facilities - Safe at front desk ### Guest services - Dry cleaning/laundry service - Housekeeping (daily) - Tour and ticket assistance ## Room amenities ### Bathroom - Free toiletries - Hair dryer (on request) - Private bathroom - Shower ### Entertainment - 40-inch TV with premium cable channels ### Food and drink - Coffee/tea maker - Electric kettle - Limited room service - Minibar ### More - Air conditioning - Free daily newspapers - Iron/ironing board on request - Safe ## Policies ### Check-in Check-in time starts at noon Minimum check-in age: 18 ### Check-out Check-out before noon ### Special check-in instructions Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa. ### Access methods Staffed front desk ### Pets No pets or service animals allowed ### Children and extra beds Children are welcome Rollaway/extra beds are not available Cribs (infant beds) are not available ### Property payment types ## Important information ### You need to know Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted Cashless transactions are available Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property ### We should mention No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property ### Property is also known as Richmond Hotel Pondicherry Richmond Pondicherry The Richmond Hotel The Richmond Puducherry The Richmond Hotel Puducherry ## Frequently asked questions ### Is The Richmond pet-friendly? ### How much does it cost to stay at The Richmond? ### How much is parking? ### What time is check-in at The Richmond? ### What time is check-out at The Richmond? ### Where is The Richmond located? ## Have a question? Beta Get instant answers with AI powered search of property information and reviews. Ask a question ## Reviews ## The Richmond Reviews 8.0 ### Very good All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.[More information](https://www.expedia.ca/lp/b/content-guidelines) ### 8.4 Cleanliness ### 8.8 Location ### 8.0 Staff & service ### 8.0 Property conditions & facilities 10 - Excellent 11 8 - Good 17 6 - Okay 4 4 - Poor 2 2 - Terrible 1 ## Reviews ### 10/10 Excellent #### ravi Jan 9, 2026 Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities Amazing hotel ##### ravi Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025 ### 10/10 Excellent #### Robert Dec 3, 2022 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities Staff was excellent ##### Robert ### 4/10 Poor #### Sumit Feb 3, 2020 Liked: Cleanliness Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort #### Only Location is good Good thing about this hotel is Clean rooms and great location in white town, that’s it At first we did not get the room we booked for , Don’t go with pictures and disruption, In 14 room only two rooms has windows all rest are like coffins with all walls with fake window with no view or air , It’s a very small hotel , very noisy, Staff try to help but don’t do much , The service is extremely slow the basic food order take 45 minutes minimum to get anything, Staff is slow as sloths just say yes sir and do thinks there ways , Will not recommend nor what to stay with them ever , I am sure you will find better hotels around it ##### Sumit Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020 ### 10/10 Excellent #### Verified traveller Oct 28, 2019 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort Very good service and location of hotel! ##### Verified traveller Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019 ### 8/10 Good #### Jon, Mumbai Apr 19, 2019 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities Cute hotel. Quiet street. Great neighbors. Room facing street a little noisy during night (dogs etc). Overall pleased with stay. Recommended. ##### Jon Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019 ### 8/10 Good #### Jitendra Feb 13, 2019 Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Nice location, value for money, helpful staff. This place is at close location to promenade. Many good restaurants in the vicinity. Staff is also very helpful. Nice breakfast. Need to improve on room cleaning. Room service is also nice. Overall very good value for money. ##### Jitendra Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019 ### 10/10 Excellent #### pankaj Jan 29, 2019 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Stay at Richmond Really enjoyed our stay at The Richmond. Location was good, service and staff was excellent. ##### pankaj Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019 ### 6/10 Okay #### Lakshman, Montréal, Canada Mar 16, 2018 Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort #### Satisfaisant Problème récurent avec wifi, eau chaude et pression... cuisine très médium Le reste est ok ##### Lakshman Stayed 15 nights in Feb 2018 ### 8/10 Good #### Dave & Dianne, Bath UK Feb 25, 2018 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Clean hotel in good position in White Town Well maintained hotel with pleasant and efficient staff about 5 minutes walk from the promenade. Restaurant serves very good freshly prepared food, and a good buffet breakfast. ##### Dave & Dianne Stayed 25 nights in Jan 2018 ### 8/10 Good #### lina Jan 27, 2018 Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities #### Kort verblijf Goed gelegen hotel in een rustige straat in white town. Op wandelafstand van de dijk, het park en de winkelzone van Missonstreet. Heel veel restaurants in de nabije omtrek. De bediening in het hotel was prima. Niet alles wat op de kaart stond was verkrijgbaar. We informeerden of het er de volgende dag zou : ja natuurlijk maar in werkelijkheid natuurlijk niet, jammer. ##### lina Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018 ### 10/10 Excellent #### Verified traveller Dec 4, 2017 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Good place! Great everything but the room restroom. ##### Verified traveller Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2017 ### 6/10 Okay #### Alan, Vancouver Mar 7, 2017 #### Boutique style hotel It was a comfortable, smaller hotel a few blocks from the beach. I enjoyed staying there, but next time I will likely stay right across from the beach for easier strolling. ##### Alan ### 8/10 Good #### Verified traveller Jan 16, 2017 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### A hustling centre of the city Location and overall upkeep of the hotel is commendable. Friendly Staff made our stay more comfortable. ##### Verified traveller ### 8/10 Good #### Urvi Jan 9, 2017 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Good location and clean hotel. Location is excellent. Staff was good, helpful in general to guide on nearby tourist places, restaurants etc. Rooms are spacious at the price offered. Breakfast was not that great and staff was not all courteous , attentive during the breakfast. Half of the things were over at 10 am during the breakfast. Wi-fi details should have been given at the time of chekin but had to ask couple of times for it to get it and speed was very OK. ##### Urvi ### 6/10 Okay #### Verified traveller Dec 5, 2015 Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### インドではまあまあかもしれません。 部屋はシャワーのみで、暗くて湿気が多く、日本人には馴染みにくい気がしました。 ##### Verified traveller ### 10/10 Excellent #### Sonia, London May 20, 2015 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Perfect hotel in a perfect location Gorgeous hotel right in the centre of the French quarter and not far from the seafront. Lovely spacious room with nice furniture and decor and probably the best we have had in India for this price range. Fantastic bathroom and would like to copy this design and tiles for our home and loved the pebble effect floor tiles. Nice selection of toiletries too, much more than the usual offering of just a bar of soap. Staff were extremely kind and helpful too and good breakfast included in our room rate. Wifi worked really well in our room too which doesn't happen very often in India. Would have stayed here longer if it wasn't for our very difficult to get train reservation already being booked. ##### Sonia ### 2/10 Terrible #### anjali, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Feb 25, 2013 Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### room without a view room had no windows.claustrophobic,impossible to stay and gave room to my driver and checked into another hotel. ##### anjali ### 8/10 Good #### Paul Feb 4, 2013 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Uitstekende ligging Prijs /kwaliteit ruim voldoende.Ontbijt ondermaats.Mooie buurt en vlakbij betere,mooi gerestaureerde ,eetveilige hotels. ##### Paul ### 6/10 Okay #### HD Nov 27, 2012 Disliked: Staff & service 街中の便利な所にあるが，周りの環境は良くない。 ##### HD ### 8/10 Good #### Verified traveller Oct 29, 2012 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Friiendly, cozy hotel Most of the employees are extraordinary friendly and service minded. Rooms quite ok, i prefer rooms with windows to street. I liked the breakfast when it was served as a buffet, it was real nice. Do remember that we westerners often prefer JAM with the croissant :-) Thanks for a lovely stay! ##### Verified traveller ### 8/10 Good #### John, Chennai, Tanil Nadu, India Mar 21, 2012 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Nice Place This is a nice hotel. It's situated in the old colonial quarter and is near several good restaurants. The Aurobindo ashram is a few minutes away by auto-rickshaw as is the shopping district. The hotel food is OK but nothing spectacular. There are plenty of options outside the hotel, though. The room was large, comfortable and the air conditioning was consistent. My two complaints are lack of around-the-clock room service and lack of hot water in the bathroom. The staff is courteous (especially if you speak a bit of Tamil) and will help with arrangements to visit Auroville. I've stayed in two other hotels in Pondicherry and think this is the best of the three. ##### John ### 8/10 Good #### Verified traveller Mar 4, 2012 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Petit déjeuner Les chambres très agréables sont décorées avec beaucoup de gout. Par contre, un effort sera nécessaire au niveau du petit déjeuner : diversité des aliments et réactivité du service . ##### Verified traveller ### 10/10 Excellent #### Verified traveller Feb 24, 2012 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### The best hotel in Pondicherry I loved this hotel. The rooms were beautiful, the staff was welcoming and accommodating, breakfast was delicious (and complimentary!)....Thank you Richmond! I will definitely stay here again if I come back to Pondicherry. Reccommend this hotel to everyone. ##### Verified traveller ### 4/10 Poor #### Verified traveller Jan 30, 2012 Liked: Cleanliness Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### Would not go back. The Richmond hotel has the veneer of being a nice hotel, but our stay was anything but. We were given a room that was just above the kitchen and the noise of pots clanging around and people talking went late into the night and started in the early morning. Even with ear plugs we could barely sleep above the noise. The center of the hotel has an open atrium and noise from the kitchen travels throughout the entire hotel. I'm not sure it would matter where your room was in terms of noise. I went to several different floors of the hotel and they were all noisy. I also didn't like that our room didn't haven't a window that faced outside. Further more, the staff seemed to be haphazard and fumbling about. At one point, we asked for water and it was brought to our room. Without knocking first an employee just opened our door and walk right in. I had just gotten out of the shower and was standing in the room with my towel on. My husband and I just looked at each other mortified and waited for the man to leave, but instead of leaving he entered the room and walked into our hallway to show us where the mini bar was. The whole thing was really unprofessional and uncomfortable. In any other normal situation a person could have knocked first, handed us the water, and told us about the mini bar from the hallway. The staff at this hotel needs some kind of training as to how to treat guests. It also needs its kitchen to quiet down. ##### Verified traveller ### 8/10 Good #### Jim & Diane, Victoria, BC, Canada Jan 22, 2012 Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort #### A fine choice in the old French Quarter. This compact but attractive hotel is well located in the french quarter not far from the Goubert Ave seafront promenade. Our rooms (two) were nicely painted, clean and well-appointed. Two problems though - these rooms are both on the main floor immediately beside the bar and D/R - thereby being noisy - and they have no windows, so no view and no emergency egress option. We had three meals in the hotel restaurant, right beside our rooms. Food for the most part was OK but because the midday options (between "lunch" and "dinner") are limited, we ended up with three deep-fried selections - pakoras and cashew chicken from memory - that tasted much the same. Breakfast buffet was quite good with cereals and fruit (which we usually prefer), eggs, a variety of breads and sambar options. We tried everything and were not displeased. Our principal concern is room location. Some of the hotel staff sleep overnight in the DR. That's fine in some respects but not so fine for patrons trying to sleep nearby. Thus, these rooms should be avoided. Our problem might have been related to the foul-up over room booking. We booked and paid for two rooms through Expedia but the hotel was paid for only one via a 'middle man'. Fortunately the hotel had internet hookups so I was able to show the sincere desk clerk an email from Expedia showing our booking of two rooms, thus we were allowed to stay. 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