Radha Regent Hotel, Chennai

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Hotel Radha Regent
Jawaharlal Nehru Salai
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Radha Regent Hotel, Chennai
Hotel chainRadha Hotels
General information
Location Chennai, India
Address171, Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Arumbakkam
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 106
Coordinates 13°03′54.3528″N80°12′38.1672″E / 13.065098000°N 80.210602000°E / 13.065098000; 80.210602000 Coordinates: 13°03′54.3528″N80°12′38.1672″E / 13.065098000°N 80.210602000°E / 13.065098000; 80.210602000
Opening1997
OwnerR. Srinivasan , M. Renganathan
Height50 feet (15 m)
Technical details
Floor count6
Design and construction
ArchitectRamanan J
DeveloperRadha Regent Hotels Private Ltd.
Other information
Number of rooms91
Number of suites6
Number of restaurants4
Parking150 4-Wheelers
Website

Radha Regent Chennai, earlier called as Radha Park Inn, is a four-star hotel located at Arumbakkam in Chennai, India. The hotel is the second hotel of the Sarovar Hotels & Resorts in India and the first of star hotels to open on Inner Ring Road, Chennai. The hotel also opened Geoffrey's , the first Pub [1] [2] [3] of Chennai in 2001.

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The hotel

Opened in 1997, the hotel has a total of 91 rooms, including 62 superior rooms, 23 executive rooms, and 6 suites. The restaurants at the hotel include The Lobby Cafe, a multi-cuisine restaurant (Originally as Cafe at the park in 1997), The Orient Blossom, an Oriental delicacies restaurant opened in 2004, [4] [5] Geoffrey's Pub, [6] [7] and Aura, the lounge bar which was added in 2004 [8] replacing its earlier counterpart Pub at the park. There are six banquet halls with a total space of 6,500 sq ft. The hotel also has introduced in 2013 a Garden Banquet lawn of 20,000 sq ft, Bougainville, which can accommodate 3,000 guests.

The hotel interiors were designed by Ramanan J in 1997 & in 2004 The Orient Blossom was designed by Mumbai-based Prakash Mankar & Associates.

The hotel developer Radha Regent Hotels have also opened two three-star hotels in Bangalore; Radha Hometel in Whitefield, Bangalore in 2005 and Radha Regent Hotel, Bangalore in Electronic City in 2008, the former being the first Hometel [9] [10] brand hotel of Sarovar Hotels & Resorts.

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