"A four-room Anglo-Indian bed and breakfast in Safdarjung Enclave, South Delhi"
Mizpah is a house in Safdarjung Enclave run as a small bed and breakfast — a boutique alternative, as it styles itself, fully staffed but domestic in feel. There are four rooms, each named for a flower: Iris on the ground floor with its own entrance, Rose a first-floor suite with a private living room and terrace, Jasmine a family room that stretches to three, and Lily up top with a wall of indigo fabric.
Caroline, who made the place, describes the thinking as Anglo-Indian in the fondest sense — gentle times, warm milky tea, comfy chairs, an afternoon in one's own little oasis — and the rooms follow through with block-printed quilts, cushions and robes, cane pendant lamps and a lounge with a blue fireplace wall.
Nostalgia treated as a comfort rather than a theme.
The kitchen cooks Anglo-Indian, Bengali and Delhi dishes at home-cooked pace, with vegan and gluten-free covered, and the little Mizpah Cafe handles the in-between hours. Air conditioning runs through HEPA filters, a massage therapist visits on request, and Deer Park, Hauz Khas and the Dilli Haat craft bazaar are all close at hand; the airport is roughly twenty-five minutes away.
Mizpah is at B2/139 Safdarjung Enclave, an upscale residential area of South Delhi near Africa Avenue and Sara Mathew Road. The house says it is about 20-30 minutes from the airport terminals, around 30 minutes from New Delhi Railway Station and five minutes from the nearest Delhi Metro station, with Deer Park next door.
It describes itself as an exclusive boutique-hotel alternative bed and breakfast, a fully staffed private house rather than a conventional hotel. Staff are on hand during the day for concierge, secretarial and travel services.
The in-house kitchen prepares nutritious home-style snacks and meals from India and around the world, including Anglo-Indian, Bengali and Delhi favourites. Specific diets are catered for, with vegan, gluten-free and healthy options, and there is also the Mizpah Cafe.
Laundry, ironing and dry cleaning are done in house, and a local tailor can visit to make or alter clothes. A visiting therapist can be arranged for massages or salon treatments, and a yoga mat, resistance bands and weights can be delivered to your room on request.
Yes, though not standard tours. The house says it arranges more focused excursions led by locals showing their own Delhi, rather than run-of-the-mill sightseeing.
Twin deluxe room on the ground floor with its own private entrance, an attached bathroom, HEPA-filtered air conditioning and a private balcony opening to the cafe's alfresco space.
A first-floor suite with a bedroom, a private living room and a private terrace; attached bathroom and handmade natural bath products.
First-floor deluxe family room that extends to triple occupancy, with a separate single bedroom attached to the double; a small balcony looks over the Safdarjung streets.
A sunny deluxe room on the top floor with a designer indigo fabric wall and a small private balcony.
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