India
It's relatively expensive - though £20 a head is hardly budget-busting - but the courtyard is delightful, there is often good Indian cultural stuff happening (music etc) and the food is good. I don't think the hotel itself is worth the vast room charges but it's nice to look at while having dinner. In the winebar - Sula chenin blanc is drinkable, the sauvignon blanc way tooooo sweet.
www.malabarhouse.com/default.html
1/268 Parade Road, Kochi, Kerala 0, India
+484 2215083
Google map: bit.ly/hS0656
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