Mysore
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
Mysore · A drive away
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is a royal palace hotel in Mysore, a drive from Bangalore. It takes 50–1,500 guests and has 54 rooms on site. The hotel’s banquet page lists rentals of ₹1,95,000 for the banquet hall, ₹1,98,900 for the swimming pool lawn and ₹3,88,500 for the front lawns, each plus 18% GST, with a refundable ₹1,00,000 deposit. It publishes no per-plate rate; the menus are the hotel’s own (checked 12 Oct 2026). Our file also records: Built 1921 — Viceroy's guest house.
- Guest capacity
- 50–1,500
- Rooms on site
- 54
- Indicative rate
- ₹1,95,000–₹3,88,500 hall and lawn rental, plus GST; menus quoted separately
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What Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel costs
What the hotel’s banquet page records (checked 12 Oct 2026) puts Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel on the model that charges a hall rental and caters from its own kitchen. The 12 venues a drive from Bangalore that print a catering figure on this site quote ₹799–₹15,000 a plate (listing starting prices and our own venue file, Aug–Sep 2026).
The hotel’s banquet page lists rentals of ₹1,95,000 for the banquet hall, ₹1,98,900 for the swimming pool lawn and ₹3,88,500 for the front lawns, each plus 18% GST, with a refundable ₹1,00,000 deposit. It publishes no per-plate rate; the menus are the hotel’s own (checked 12 Oct 2026). Anything the venue has not published, we leave blank rather than print a plausible figure.
That band, ≈ $9.2–$173 / £7.1–£134 / AED 34–AED 630, is the range to hold a budget against while we get Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel to answer, not a quote from Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel. The full cost page shows how the rest of the wedding sits on top.
The hotel’s banquet page also records: in-house catering (checked 12 Oct 2026).
Ask for the current rate at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
For relatives abroad: ₹1 = $0.0115 / £0.0089 / AED 0.042, indicative, Aug 2026.
The facts we hold
Anything marked “not on file” is a gap in our records, nothing more. We leave it blank rather than fill it with a plausible number. Find Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel on Google Maps.
On file for Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
- Built 1921 — Viceroy's guest house
- Italian Renaissance palace architecture
- Chamundi Hills backdrop
- Sprawling palace lawns
- 3 hours from Bangalore
- Royal Mysore heritage
- Public listings for this hotel give different room counts and plate rates. Confirm current figures with the hotel before budgeting against them.
What does a wedding at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel cost in 2026?
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is a royal palace hotel at Mysore. It seats 50–1,500 guests and has 54 rooms on site. The hotel’s banquet page lists rentals of ₹1,95,000 for the banquet hall, ₹1,98,900 for the swimming pool lawn and ₹3,88,500 for the front lawns, each plus 18% GST, with a refundable ₹1,00,000 deposit. It publishes no per-plate rate; the menus are the hotel’s own (checked 12 Oct 2026). We confirm the current rate against your muhurtham before we price the wedding.
What food costs at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, by guest count
Catering at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is on request: the hotel’s banquet page publishes a hall rental but no per-plate rate, and the menus are the venue’s own (checked 12 Oct 2026). With no rate to multiply, the table shows what each ₹1,000 a plate adds at the guest numbers the venue takes, so a quote can be read in lakh the day it arrives.
| Guests | Each ₹1,000 a plate, one function | Two functions |
|---|---|---|
| 150 | ₹1.5 lakh | ₹3 lakh |
| 500 | ₹5 lakh | ₹10 lakh |
| 1,500 | ₹15 lakh | ₹30 lakh |
Arithmetic only, not a rate for Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel: multiply by the per-plate figure once it is quoted. Food only.
How Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel charges
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel publishes its hall rental but no menu rate, so the food figure comes back with the enquiry and moves with the month, the day of the week and the muhurtham hour.
When it arrives, read it for the model before the number: whether it is a flat hire with catering left to you, or a per-plate rate against a minimum guest guarantee. The two are not comparable on the headline figure, and the guarantee — where there is one — is the number that decides the bill.
What the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel figure does not include
The published hall rental covers the space, and the venue's own menus are quoted on top of it. That is the correct way for a venue to quote, but the two together are still only part of what a wedding here ends up costing. The rest is contracted separately, by you or by us:
- Mandap build and decor — the largest line after the venue and food, and the one with the widest spread. What gets built, not where it gets built, decides it.
- Photography and film — priced per day and per crew, and it goes up with the number of functions rather than the number of guests.
- Purohit, ritual materials and the muhurtham — small against the total, but it sets the timeline everything else runs to.
- Food — the venue's own menus, quoted separately.
- Rooms — 54 on site, billed per night on top of the wedding, and usually the thing that decides whether guests stay over or drive back.
- Transport — buses or cars between stay, venue and station or airport, priced per vehicle per day.
- Planning and production — quoted against the brief.
None of this is hidden; a venue simply quotes for the venue. Ask for the whole wedding at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel on one sheet before you compare it with anywhere else.
How many guests Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel really holds
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is on file at 50–1,500 guests. Read the top figure as the largest layout the venue lists, and size the wedding to the number of people present during the muhurtham hour; around 1,050 at that peak leaves room for queues at the food and the car park. How to work out that peak.
54 rooms on site set how much of the list can stay over, and so how much transport you run.
How Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel compares with other venues in A drive away
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel next to nearby venues on guests, rooms and rate. Rates are indicative, not quotes: a WedMeGood tag marks a starting price from the venue's own listing, and an our-file tag a figure we have not yet checked against a published rate.
| Venue | Where | Guests | Rooms | Indicative rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel (this page) | Mysore | 50–1,500 | 54 | Quoted per date |
| Amanvana Resort & Spa | Kushalnagar | 20–200 | 24 | ₹6,000–₹11,000 a plate our file, Aug 2026 |
| Club Mahindra Madikeri, Coorg | Madikeri | 50–400 | 65 | ₹2,500–₹4,500 a plate our file, Aug 2026 |
| Coorg Marriott Resort & Spa | Makkandur Village | up to 1,000 | 108 | Quoted per date |
| Coorg Wilderness Resort | Gonikoppal | Not on file | — | from ₹3,000–₹4,000 a plate WedMeGood, Sep 2026 |
| Evolve Back Coorg | Coorg | 20–300 | 82 | ₹8,000–₹15,000 a plate our file, Aug 2026 |
| GreenWoods Resort | Sakleshpur | 50–300 | 35 | ₹2,500–₹4,500 a plate our file, Aug 2026 |
No row here is better than another. Rooms on site change the transport plan; a per-plate venue moves with your guest count, and a hire venue moves with your caterer. Compare totals for the same wedding, not headline rates.
Questions couples and parents ask about Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
What does a wedding at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel cost?
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, Mysore: The hotel’s banquet page lists rentals of ₹1,95,000 for the banquet hall, ₹1,98,900 for the swimming pool lawn and ₹3,88,500 for the front lawns, each plus 18% GST, with a refundable ₹1,00,000 deposit. It publishes no per-plate rate; the menus are the hotel’s own (checked 12 Oct 2026). The hotel’s banquet page also records: in-house catering (checked 12 Oct 2026). That puts it on the model that charges a published hall rental and caters from its own kitchen, so the space and the food arrive as two lines from the same venue. The 12 venues in A drive away with a catering figure on this site quote ₹799–₹15,000 a plate (≈ $9.2–$173 / £7.1–£134 / AED 34–AED 630; listing starting prices and our own venue file, Aug–Sep 2026), which is the range to hold a budget against until this one answers. Capacity on file is 50–1,500 guests, and the plate count is what the total turns on. Send us the muhurtham date and a guest number and we ask Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel for its current figure, then quote the wedding as one total rather than a plate rate.
How many guests does Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel hold?
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in Mysore holds 50–1,500 guests, with 54 rooms on the property for guests staying over. For a Bangalore wedding the working number is usually the muhurtham-hour peak, not the total invited — plan the venue around the hour everyone is present at once.
How much is catering at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel for 1,500 guests?
Catering at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is on request: the hotel’s banquet page publishes a hall rental but no per-plate rate, and the menus are the venue’s own (checked 12 Oct 2026). For 1,500 guests, each ₹1,000 a plate adds ₹15 lakh a function, or ₹30 lakh across two. That is food alone; venue, decor, photography, purohit, stay and transport are separate, and we ask Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel for its current rate against your date before quoting.
What is not included in the price quoted for Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel?
A venue quotes venue money. The published hall rental covers the space, and the venue's own menus are quoted on top of it. Mandap build and decor, photography and film, purohit and ritual materials, rooms for guests staying over, transport and planning are all contracted separately. Those lines together are usually about as large again as the venue's own number, which is why a venue quote and a wedding budget are different documents.
Is Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel big enough for our guest list?
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is on file at 50–1,500 guests, the largest layout it lists. Size the wedding to the people present during the muhurtham hour rather than the invitation list; around 1,050 at that peak is a comfortable fit.
Hosting here as a Bangalore family
The fit
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is a royal palace hotel. A heritage building decides where the mantapa stands and what may be fixed to its walls, so the design starts from the structure rather than from a catalogue. It is recorded at 50–1,500 guests. For a family that wants the wedding to look like it belongs to this city, that is the point.
The muhurtham morning
Relatives travel the day before, so the morning is planned around people already on the property. With 1,500 on file, size the morning to the muhurtham-hour peak, not the total invited. The muhurtham morning, hour by hour sets out how Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel's kind of venue runs it.
Rituals
A heritage property sets its own rules on open flame, sound and what touches the walls, and they are worth every negotiation. We confirm Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel's homa position and its timings with the property before you book, and write them into the contract. The fire question explains what that clause should say.
Getting the family here
A drive-away wedding moves the guest list the day before. Relatives coming from across Karnataka drive straight to the property; those flying in are collected at Kempegowda International and routed out on the highway without entering the city. We confirm the parking count with the venue and put the answer on the invitation, with valet where the lot is thin. Outstation relatives are housed in one or two hotels near the venue and moved by fixed shuttle per function. Moving the wedding through Bangalore has the timing rules.
Related venues in A drive away
- The Evolve Back Hampi Hampi
- Amanvana Resort & Spa Kushalnagar
- Club Mahindra Madikeri, Coorg Madikeri
- Coorg Marriott Resort & Spa Makkandur Village
- Coorg Wilderness Resort Gonikoppal
- Evolve Back Coorg Coorg
Ask about Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
We will get a current quote from the venue and tell you what it does not include.
Visit the Bangalore studio in Sundernagar, Gokula, by appointment. Send your enquiry to arrange a consultation.
What happens next
- A written reply. A short list from the venue book with the figures we hold, and the two or three questions your family will need to settle first.
- A call at a time that suits your clock. WhatsApp or video, arranged around the people who make the decisions. Date, venue kind, numbers and the muhurtham hour get settled on it.
- Current quotes and date checks from the venues on the list. We ask each venue for availability on your muhurtham date and its rules on homa, outside catering and timings before anything is booked. Nothing is booked without you.