This picturesque hotel, located at 1-2 Little Russel street has two impressive wings and an appealing garden. The hotel is all of 42,000 sq feet in area and is located at one of Kolkata's most up-market and posh locality. This posh 4 star deluxe hotel has 105 rooms in all and all the rooms are equipped with ultramodern amenities.

Kenilworth hotel has a bit of history attached to it. Originally it used to be a guest house run by Mr. H. Madath way back in the late 40s. 1947 to be precise. At that time the hotel was not as big as it is now. There were 42 rooms and 2 quaint bungalows then.

One of the noteworthy features of this impressive hotel is the fact that right from its inception till the decade of the 80's, most of the patrons of this hotel were foreigners and emigrants as well as renowned personalities from the world of art, literature, painting and music.

Kenilworh is a distinctly colonial hotel and the impeccable colonial style service nicely compliments the colonial décor of the hotel.

Renowned personalities from various walks of life have been guests of Kenilworh hotel. Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, Oscar winner Saytyajit Ray, Bollywood big guns Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar and even Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the charismatic L.K. Advani have graced this hotel's portal.

Accommodation :

There are 105 rooms at the Kenilworth hotel which includes 93 Executive rooms, 5 Executive suites, 5 Premier Club rooms and 2 Deluxe suites.

The Premier Club suites are the very epitome of luxury with a huge drawing room with dining conveniences and satellite TV. This spacious suite is elegantly done up with authentic colonial art and décor. Even the furniture is of the quintessential Victorian style. The bathroom is equipped with Jacuzzi, hairdryer and other associated accessories.

There are certain amenities, which are common to all rooms, irrespective of whether it is an Executive Room or a Deluxe suite. For instance satellite TV, minibar, electronic safe, direct dialing telephones, data port facilities, writing desk, cofee table, digital thermometer, personal wardrobe, complementary newspaper to name just a few are common features of a typical Kenilworth room.