Trip Advisor :

The house of Mangaldas Girdhardas (MG),Ahmedabad's only boutique heritage hotel. We have twelve rooms, two acclaimed restaurants, an indoor swimming pool and gym, a banquet hall and a retail shop within the premises.

Lonely Planet Guide :

House of MG
This 1920s building (with two excellent restaurants) was once the home of industrialist Sheth Mangaldas Girdhardas, converted into a beautiful heritage hotel with vast, veranda-edged suites beautifully and simply decorated, with great attention to detail and excellent service. There's a scheme whereby if you book the costiler rooms in advance online, you get a cheaper rate, and you can also buy furniture and accessories you've seen in the hotel. Travellers who want to work here can do so in exchange for accommodation.

Agashiye
This is Ahmedabad's best dining experience. On the rooftop one of the city's finest mansions, the lovely terrace is an oasis of calm and space, candle-lit at night, a world away from the congested streets. The menu, which changes daily, includes dainty little snacks, a multitude of ravishingly tasty vegetable dishes, sweets and ice cream.

Green House
Downstairs from Agashiye, this relaxed eantry has outdoor courtyard seating and a laind-back AC room. The food is delicate and delicious: try delicious panki, a thin pancake cooked between banana leaves; or divine malpura, a sweet deep-fried pancake in saffron syrup, topped with rose petals. Don't leave without trying the hand-churned ice cream.

Alastair Sawday's Special Places To Stay :

House of MG- Metro Heritage Hotel
Opposite Siddi Saiyad Mosque, Lal Darwaja, Ahmedabad 380 001, Gujarat, India.

Mr. Mangaldas Girdhardas, a successful Ahmedabad businessman and philanthropist, had a vision and built this grand house for his family. He died in 1928, not long after is completion. Now his grandson is realizing another vision and ten years into the project, work is almost complete. The aim was to preserve and restore this extraordinary Gujarati home with it's Italian mosaic marble flooring, stained - glass windows, courtyards and passages and to establish a Heritage complex, showcasing the culinary skills of Gujarat. Now there's the Green House café on the ground floor, the open kitchen described as "our food theatre" and the more formal Agashiye restaurant on the terrace. The food is excellent. There's also a banquet 'facility', and a Life Style Store (so many people asked after the traditional décor used at the House of MG that it was logical to start selling similar items….), a movie and a reading club and more. Work on the 12 big rooms wit all mod cons, and balconies, around an inner courtyard will be completed by 2004 - and the six we saw were shaping up well.

British Vogue :

(September 2005)
INSIDER INFO

Visit The House of Mangaldas Girdhardas (Houseofmg.com), if only to sample the best vegetarian cusine in Gujarat. Agashiye, the terrace resturant, is adored by visitors and locals alike. The hotel shop sells handcrafted homewares and unsual gifts, including incense sticks from the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondichery.

Insight Guide :

"This newly opened heritage hotel in a 20th century haveli has beautifully converted rooms; very elegant with lovely beds draped with mosquito nets. The attached Agashiye restaurant serves top notch Gujarati food and there is also the pleasant Green House café serving tasty snacks."

The Good Web Guide :

This beautiful heritage hotel is in the heart of the great city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, western India. The Mangaldas family have restored their twentieth-century mansion with taste and flair. It provides a perfect place to stay when visiting one of India's most fascinating cities.

The home page of the site provides links to the history of the hotel and of the Mangaldas family, online views of the luxurious rooms, and a great deal of useful tourist information. More adventurous travellers in India are invited to contemplate this as a starting point for a visit to the state of Gujarat, which has a rich cultural history.

Ahmedabad has much to offer :
One of the great step wells, the ashram founded by Gandhi and a magnificent old city. No visitor should miss the privately owned Calico museum, surely one of the finest museums of textiles in the world.

A recent GWG visitor commented on the excellent food at the House of MG, the enormous and beautifully decorated bedrooms and the terrific service. Part of the fun of this hotel is that its courtyard restaurant ( vegetarian only) is a great favourite with locals, so that overseas visitors can savour a little of the real India. Not to be missed.


Times Food Guide - 2008:

‘Agashiye rated Best Gujarati Restaurant in Ahmedabad’ (11/12/2008, Ahmedabad Times)

AGASHIYE (Indian - Gujarati) Food-4.00 / Service-3.00 / Decore-3.50

Agashiye, which means "on theterrace" in Gujarati is a unique terrace eatery. Set on the rooftop of one of the city's finest mansions, Agashiye will take you through a wholesome contemporary Gujarati meal. The menu includes a multitude of delicious vegetable dishes. Agashiye is all about digging into BajraRotlas, Shrikhand, Malpuas and in-house ice-creams. The menu changes everyday and the place is a must-visit during moonlit windy nights. A candle-lit dinner option is also available here. Its location opposite the Siddi Saiyed Mosque imparts a heritage feel to the place.

GREEN HOUSE (Indian - Gujarati, Rajasthani) Food-3.00 / Service-3.00 / Decore-3.00

Green plants beckon you to Green House. The service is swift and the place clean, unlike other resturants serving Gujarati Thali. Food is served either on green leaves or on neatly painted plastic plates. Sample the rich red, green and brown chutneys, a variety of farsan or Gujarati snacks like khaman, Dhokla, Haandvo and Undhiyu, Kadhi, Dal and a choice of piping-hot parathas, rotis and puris. The menu is mainly Gujarati, with a few rajasthani dishes like Dal Bati thrown in sweets like Sheero. You can safely drink a glass of buttermilk or some fresh fruit juice because it's filtered water that's used to make these drinks.

LOTUS POOL (Multi-Cuisine)(Indian, Continental) Food-3.00 / Service-3.00 / Decore-4.00

The resturant has received the picchwai (large paintings on cloth) look from Nathdawara in Rajasthan. The celling, covered with digitally created lotus mobile hanging from its continental and immediately draw your attention. You will find continental and Indian dishes at Lotus Pool. Sit by the pool and enjoy their pastas and fresh juices. You will want to come back again and again.