Cossimbazar Palace of the Roys ( Rajbari)

Founded in the second half of the 18th century sometime around 1730 to 40, expanded over the centuries, built, rebuilt, restored this Cossimbazar Palace of the Roys -Rajbari breathes history and lives it! Across generations from the founder Raja Ajodhya Ram Ray ,to its present day custodians Shri Prosanta Kumar Roy and Shri Pallab Roy , continues to nurture and cherish this beautiful work of art, this monument of history breathing through time. This perhaps is the only Palace which has been restored solely by its very own custodian , Shri Pallab Roy... designing the restoration singlehandedly, not only repairing various areas but aso converting old muddy courtyards into spacious living areas and presenting a beautiful Heritage Hotel to the public at large. It is pertinent to mention that Shr Pallab Roy also restored Netaji's car (Wanderer) and is immensely passionate about all restorations This historic monument is a glorious connnect across 4 centuries, waiting for you to be a part of it. Beautiful spacious rooms with antique furniture, wonderful food, and warm hospitality makes your visit unforgettable

We two senior citizen couples had stayed there from 16th to 18th February’24. It had been a very nice experience to spend those two nights. The room facilities were very good ***** with all their attending people. Buffet Breakfast was complementary & was fairly good. But some more varieties of items may be included / added. Lunch, dinner & evening snacks were available as per the Menu List and were very tasty. Being senior citizens we have some observations: In the bathroom near the shower, some rack should be there to keep the soap, shampoo & other items. Apart from the above, a plastic / wooden stool should be provided for the elderly people. We had already told these things to Mr. N.Ghosh. Apart from the above, we were very satisfied & will again plan to visit there.

It was co0mpletely unpanned visit to this palace hotel which is maintained by the owner.. built in 1730's it has been many battles and subsequent damages to the structure but the whole palace has been resurrected to a lovely place for couple of days stay ..I have had the opportunity to meet the owners who were travelling from Kolkata and i was amazed to hear so much of history behind this ancient 300 yr old palace built during nawabs of bengal's where ruling before mughal's and britishers came to India...

We spent a little more than 24 hours in this old Rajbari steeped in history. Had a very pleasant experience. The ambience was great with old and antique furniture placed all over the property ***** with chandeliers and other artefacts. Manash and team, the staff members, gave us excellent service with a smiling face. We were the only guests during weekdays. Went on a palace tour which takes you to the inner chambers like the Naachghar, erstwhile dining room, Thakur Dalan etc. (being renovated) which is really a very interesting aspect of the stay here. A bonus was witnessing the evening aarti at the family temple. This Rajbari actually adds to the already rich history of Murshidabad. Just a small suggestion - it would be better to have road signages to help guests arrive at the palace, notwithstanding GPS!! Overall enjoyed our stay. Would love to meet the owners and hear about the rich history of the place. Would definitely recommend fellow travellers to visit this Rajbari.

Established by Dinobandhu Roy in 1735, the palace houses a museum, a temple, a watch tower, a tennis court, gardens and 14 rooms for guests to stay. The experience is different and interesting. The beautiful Pataleshwar and Basspur Shiv temples are located nearby, on either side of the hotel.

The palace is overall fairly maintained, but the staff at the restaurant were very unprofessional and slow. We were promised a package worth 60k for 4 people over 2 days which included breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the meals were said to be served in an all-inclusive buffet but when we went there, there was hardly anything on the buffet counter and we had to separately ask for meats, fish and carbs. That too they would be very slow to serve and the staff would claim that there was a limit to how much they could serve at the package price which is opposite to what a buffet should be. They also often messed up what we ordered. We talked to the manager (who was uncooperative at first, until we luckily got hold of one of the owners and complained to him), who finally said that he would cut down the buffet cost and serve us set meals. The next meal we had had very small portions and bad cuts of meat. Also, it was handled by the same inexperienced staff. The room layout and furnishing is also not up to the mark. The whole stay was not anything worth the price. Definitely do not recommend the rajbari but murshidabad and behrampur themselves are great places to visit with a rich history and interesting sites.