The hotel is on the edge of Bhaktapur Durbar Square, and our room looked directly out to the old palace and temples. Our view was gorgeous. When we wanted to go exploring, we could just step out of the hotel and everything was walking distance. The staff were extremely helpful. In fact, there was a glitch in the Booking.com app where our itinerary, inexplicably, did not match the hotel's. We got a bit anxious and stubborn because we had transcribed our intinerary based on our trip listings in the Booking app. But the owner very patiently asked us to sit down and figure it out, and we were humbled to find that our schedule was mixed up. We were able to sort it all out, because we were taking a side trip to stay outside of town for a night, returning to stay at Shiva House again. Shiva House stored our luggage while we were away. Also, the food in the restaurant is excellent. *There is a restaurant right next door as well, with a beautiful garden courtyard, worth checking out. We hired Myla (not sure of the spelling) to drive us to many sites, which was a great help. Everything is easy walking distance from Shiva House, and we loved that we could walk back and take a break at any time.

I think the only warning I would give is that the Durbar Square can be loud. There are bells that start ringing early in the pre-dawn, workers re-building the temples damaged in the 2015 earthquake, dogs barking through the night, and a lot of fun taking place in the square after dark. It helps to have earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones.

The staff was extremely nice and welcoming. Excellent restaurant (we had breakfast and diner there). The location in Bhaktapur is amazing.

Bed quality should be improved. Construction work in front of the hotel (but there was absolutely no noise during our stay).

This is an amazing place, you could not get more central. The view from the front windows is something like on a postcard. The bells in the morning add to the atmosphere. The staff bend over backwards to help and arranged our airport shuttle quickly. Top marks

Spectacular view from the window. Very central. Comfortable bed. Quite at night. Good wifi.

Extremely low ceilings. If you taller than 180 this place is not right for you.

If you want to fully enjoy the atmosphere of Bakhatapur Shiva guesthouse it is one of the most suitable places. Directly on Durbar square, the windows overlook the temples which are so close it seems like you can touch them. The square is alive both day and night so it should be noted that sleep could be disturbed by dogs and morning processions (not if they are held every day or only during the period of the Hindu festivals where we were), we personally we found it very suggestive. The guesthouse is clean, the room spacious and the wifi fast. There is a good restaurant on the ground floor and the staff are very helpful

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Staff very helpful Wonderful position on Durbar Square Delicious breakfast and food

I liked everything, just watch your head into the bathroom cause the ceiling is low

Good location in the old city, very friendly staff, good airport shuttle

The noisy dogs in the night (but it's all over Nepal)

Super nice experience: the guest house is perfectly located in the center of the old town, and the owner is super helpful and welcoming!

This was our second time in this hotel in about 10 years and we enjoyed our stay very much. This time we booked King Deluxe and the room and bathroom was quite large and spacious. Clean, well organized, we had everything we needed. The shower worked perfectly, the mattresses were a bit too soft but still comfortable enough. the cafe downstairs has quite a good menu and we enjoyed our breakfasts selected from the menu on both mornings. The staff was friendly and polite. The location is central, right on Durbar square

I still remember how we stayed in this hotel 10 years ago, that was before the earthquake and we used to spend all our evenings on the bench outside sipping on our masala teas and watching the people on Durbar square. Currently there’s a construction wall right before the entrance which blocks the view unfortunately. Hope the construction will finish soon, I understand that this is something that the hotel owners cannot control. But the temple right in front can be quite loud in around 5-6am in the mornings. Just be ready that the temple bells and people prayers will wake you up every single morning.

The Shiva Guest House is located in the heart of Bhaktapur which makes it easy to explore all sights on foot. The room was cosy, with an amazing view and was clean. Wifi works well and the staff was very friendly. I can also recommend their restaurant! The food was great! I loved everything about my stay ar Shiva Guest House and would stay there again.