How we think about hotels.
Eight hotels. One quiet idea.
Antara began with a single converted bungalow in Banjara Hills: a single restaurant, a small team, and a conviction that a hotel can feel like a home if its makers care more about the doorways than the lobby.
Eight years on, the collection has grown to eight hotels across India. Each hotel is built to belong to the place it lives in: a converted haveli inside the Pink City walls, a sea-facing tower in Bandra West, a 1920s planter's cottage in the Munnar tea hills.
What ties them together is a way of thinking. Slow rooms. Honest materials. Service that anticipates rather than performs. And the belief that the right hotel is not the one with the longest list of amenities, but the one you find yourself not wanting to leave.
Four principles, quietly held.
A Sense of Place
Each hotel is shaped by the city it lives in. Its kitchens, its materials, its rhythms. No two repeat themselves.
Considered Design
Quiet rooms, slow materials, layered light. We collaborate with local architects, artists, and ateliers on every detail.
Service Without Theatre
Anticipated, never performed. Our teams stay long, know names, and remember the small things that turn a stay into a return.
A Lighter Footprint
Building reuse over new construction, local sourcing for produce and craft, and a measurable commitment to the neighbourhoods we open in.
Who keeps the lights on.
A small, opinionated team of hoteliers, architects, and chefs, most of whom you will meet at the door of one of our hotels.
Aanya Khanna
Founder
Hotelier · former Aman, Soho House
Vivaan Sethi
Design Director
Architect · former Studio Lotus, ex-Tadao Ando atelier
Maya Iyer
Director of Hospitality
Career hotelier · 18 years at Mandarin Oriental
Karan Kapur
Culinary Director
Chef · two Michelin stars across previous postings
Always best with us.
