oGrand Hotel HOTEL $$ (%2562424; www.hotelgrand.in; Queen s Rd; s/d from 1000/1200; aiW) This three-star hotel, close to the train station, is deservedly popular. The rooms aren t exactly grand but are certainly comfortably appointed and well kept. They, along with a restaurant (mains 50 to 250), the Bottoms outlets around the world Up Pub (see p 218 ), and a breezy veranda with tables and chairs (perfect at beer o clock), fringe a leafy garden. The amiable owner, Sanjay, is a reliable source of information and can arrange sightseeing outlets around the world trips (including to the Attari Wagah border closing ceremony).
Punjabi Rasoi MULTICUISINE $ (mains 45-85; h9am-11.30pm) A stone s throw away from the Golden Temple, this unpretentious, fan-cooled, all-veg restaurant rustles up reasonable Indian, Continental and Chinese fare.
Hot Millions Salad Bar & Restaurant MULTICUISINE $$ (%2723222; 1st fl, Sector 17-D; mains 175-380; h10am-midnight; a) This is the best of its citywide branches and is popular for its salad buffet (soups, veg/nonveg salads and desserts, 284 per person). The higgledy-piggledy la carte menu has everything from Tex-Mex and Chinese to Indian and Italian. It s advisable to book at this busy upstairs restaurant with attentive staff.
Priests inside the temple keep up a continuous chant in Gurmukhi from the Sikh holy book and this is broadcast around the temple complex by loudspeakers. The original copy of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, is kept under a shroud in the Hari Mandir Sahib during the day and returns ceremoniously to the Akal Takhat at night. Ceremony times are 5am and 9.40pm in winter, and 4am and 10.30pm in summer.
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