We have stayed here 3 days and we must say that this is still a great hotel. The Old lady is still the old lady and has a special ambience especially near the pool. The location in front off the india gate is superb. The service , food and rooms are great. There maybe better hotels in Mumbai but by location in this part off the city this hotel is the very best. We slept in the newly renovated tower rooms with sea view which was really beautifull.
Overall this hotel is still great and has something magical but again there are better hotels in the city. Would definately recommend this hotel to everyone.

Liked this hotel a lot - excellent service, everything you would expect in the room - spacious, beautifully decorated with hot pink colours. We were in the Tower which is modern, but the more colonial old hotels we stayed in later in the trip had downsides like smaller room sizes, no double glazing and much traffic noise, so the modernness of the Tower wing was a bonus in avoiding issues such as those.
The pool area was lovely and there were several restaurants and a bar with sports TV (partner liked that!) Well located in the heart of Old Mumbai - easy to get to the main tourist areas. Expensive, but worth it.

Beautiful Hotel in Colaba, close to the Gateway of India.
Rooms in the Tower are nothing special (ordinary modern 4/5-star rooms): choose one with a sea view, because it is worth the little price difference and the rear is terrible.
If you want nice and classic rooms, choose a Palace Wing room (more expensive).
Nice pool.
Wi-fi internet for 125INR (30 mins), 200 INR (1 hr), 600 INR (24 hrs).
Transportation to the Hotel from Mumbai Int'l Aiport: if can't help having a nice car from the Hotel, they charge around 3000 INR (50 EUR); otherwise, you can catch a prepaid taxi (from on of the booths right out the arrival hall) for 360 INR (7 Eur) or call ahead a Coolcabs taxi (better and a/c cars. though a little more expensive around 11 Eur).
For breakfast, avoid hotel restaurant and have a little walk (around 7 mins) to Colaba Causeway, to a Bakery/Pasticceria called Theobroma.

The Taj by the Gateway to India is a classic old hotel with much history but is overpriced and in need of updating in its rooms. The recent spate of new upscale hotels coming to Mumbai have left the old Taj in the dust.

We were treated upon our arrival to the "trick" mentioned in previous posts. That is...we arrive at midnight and our room was not ready. Why? By double booking rooms for international travelers, the hotel makes the room fee twice. It is a quirk of international flight schedules that travelers have to pay for a full night's room when they don't stay the entire night. After being told "15 more minutes" two times, and an hour later, we got our rooms. The apology? A bottle of cheap red wine and form letter from the management. Yes, a form letter, that should tell you something about room cleaning delays.

The common areas are nice and the food, although overpiced, is good. There are many, many other alternatives in Bombay city to try. I would recommend staying somewhere else and dropping by the Taj for a cocktail to "soak up" the history.