Rabney Residency

Top choice in Sikkim


Tashiding’s smartest rooms and most attractive restaurant (preorder only) are in this unpainted new concrete building tucked behind the central petrol station. There are sparkling clean tiled floors, immaculate bathrooms and stupendous views from the upper balconies and (unfinished) rooftop area. Hostess Nima Lhamu is a delight.

Beside the bakery room below the main hotel is an ensuite six-bed dorm with communal view balcony.


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