Michelin star cook, cigar room: Oberoi opens in Delhi after Rs 6-bn revamp

The iconic hotel is scaling luxury to new heights

At noon, a speck of sunlight is piercing the hazy sky that has become symbolic of the Delhi winter. An angular façade, intrinsic part of the city’s architectural highlights, hard to miss for years, is difficult to spot today from a distance. After a revamp hiatus of 21 months, The Oberoi is calling to its patrons again. The cold, crisp air, filled with nostalgia around the carefully placed five-star property, makes for an inviting visit.
 
A short uphill drive inside the tucked-away entrance leads to the first of its many technological overhauls. The barricades, the boom barriers and men