Ok, So I am not a seasoned traveller and this is my first experience of staying in India and in a hotel of this standard, but I have to say I was over the moon with the standards and the service. The services was perfect, everyone was extremely polite and helpful but not to the extent of getting in the way. The room on the 5th Floor was luxurious and very well maintained, the restaurant food and breaksfast were the best I have had in a hotel ever. I would definitely recommend the Oberoi, Bangalore.

Immaculate rooms, excellent service, good base for a business traveller. The hotel lobby is a beautiful place to walk through or wait for your morning car. Rooms are immaculate, adequately spacious. I loved sitting on my own balcony, drinking tea and looking out over the beautiful garden. Staff were friendly, addressing me by name after the first day. No problem with eggs and bacon made to order for breakfast followed by porridge, but well worth trying the Indian breakfast with a made to order Dosa and sauce. Door staff are traditionally dressed and immaculately presented, harking back to an earlier age. You also need to handle being saluted by up to half a dozen security staff, simultaneously or consecutively so you need to be sure your post-colonial sensitivities are well programmed against guilt and embarrassment. The different ethnic restaurants were all first rate. The hotel can't be responsible for the erratic quality of Indian tv programmes, but they do provide a DVD player.

This is most certainly one of the best hotels we have ever stayed in and certainly on our recent 3 week trip to India it far exceeded the Taj in Mumbai. From the moment we entered the vast lobby at 4 30 am we were treated with incredible courtesy. The manners of all the staff we encountered were impeccable.

Our room was comfortable and had everything we required. The red button summoned the butler - alas we did not use it!
There was a choice of three restaurants in which to eat including Chinese and Thai. We ate in the Garden restaurant where the food was varied and plentiful.

We shall definitely look at the Oberoi hotels on future travels to India..

A nice hotel -- not the most impressive in Bangalore, but the service was truly outstanding! Much better than many high-end hotels.