Monty's Hotel, Secunderabad

2021-10-26T17:42:51Z

2601:241:8D80:3F70:819C:8DEA:5D87:3F2A:

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox restaurant
| name = Montgomery Hotel & Bar
| logo =
| logo_width =
| logo_alt =
| image = Monty Hotel Secunderabad.jpg
| image_width =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map =
| map_width =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| slogan =
| established = 1880
| current-owner = A Ramesh and Sons
| previous-owner = East India Company
| chef =

| head-chef =
| food-type =
| dress-code =
| rating =
| street-address = 108, Sarojini Devi Road
| city = [[Secunderabad]]
| county = India
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| postcode =
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|17.4418242|78.4898901|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| seating-capacity =
| reservations = No
| other-locations = No
| other-information =
| website =
}}

'''Monty's Hotel''' or Montgomery Hotel & Bar was established in 1880s at Parklane. The hotel and bar was patronised by British Officers posted in [[Secunderabad]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2008/585/585_narendra_luther.htm|title='Bridging two cultures'|publisher=|date=May 2008|access-date=2011-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124003855/http://www.india-seminar.com/2008/585/585_narendra_luther.htm|archive-date=24 November 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel has [[Gothic architecture|gothic]] [[Tracery|traceried]] windows, steep pitched roofs with wooden bracings and an imposing European facade.

Monty's Bar is a local landmark. Presently only the bar is functional.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/bpdhyd/docs/heritage_hyderabad|title=Heritage Capital Hyderabad|website=Issuu|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315130814/https://issuu.com/bpdhyd/docs/heritage_hyderabad|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Monty's Hotel was declared as Grade IIb [[Heritage structures in Hyderabad|heritage structure]] by HUDA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hyderabadgreens.org/hcell.html|title=Hyderabad Greens.org - Heritage Cell|website=www.hyderabadgreens.org|access-date=16 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213171517/http://www.hyderabadgreens.org/hcell.html|archive-date=13 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Presently, the hotel is in a dilapidated condition and poorly maintained. There was a proposal in 2009 by [[Government of Andhra Pradesh|state government]] to delist it from the list of Heritage structures and demolish it<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/28/stories/2011062862000300.htm|title=State rejects pleas to protect heritage|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 June 2011|access-date=2011-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208084926/http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/28/stories/2011062862000300.htm|archive-date=8 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
. However, this was stayed by [[AP High Court]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/19/stories/2009061958260300.htm|title='High Court stays demolition of Monty's'|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 June 2009|access-date=2011-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622045816/http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/19/stories/2009061958260300.htm|archive-date=22 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.deccanpost.in/view_news.php?nid=5173&cid=&sid=51 Monty's Memories]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://aahang.wordpress.com/tag/montys-hotel/ Heritage Monument or Hotel California ]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monty's Hotel, Secunderabad}}

[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Restaurants in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:1880 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Restaurants established in 1880]]

Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]

Monty's Hotel, Secunderabad