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Square is a thirty-nine-room hotel in Pulchowk, Lalitpur. A family-run property, a five-minute walk from Patan Durbar Square, three years into proving we belong here.
Most hotels open with the architecture. Ours opens with a letter, because the architecture is downstream of the reason.
The reason starts in 2014.
39
Rooms & suites
11 yrs
From idea to opening
300+ yrs
Of Nepali coins on display
3
Generations who collected them
This hotel was first imagined in 2014. One day, I remember thinking, when we have the resources, we will build something that is ours. Not as an investment. As a place.
We broke ground in 2019. A son arrived in our family that same day. Construction continued through three monsoons and one pandemic; a daughter arrived along the way. We are not the first family in Nepal to build a hotel together. We hope to be a useful one.
Every person on this project has been Nepali. The architects who drew it, the engineers who calculated it, the workers who built it. The slate wall at the entrance was carved by hand here in Patan. The fifteen prayer wheels in the lobby took three months to make and another month to align. The headboards and floors took a local manufacturer twelve months to build to our specifications.
None of this was the fast way. None of it was the cheap way. It was the way that put more rupees into more Nepali hands — and that was always the point.
The building has a few quieter ambitions. The walls are double-cavity construction. The windows are double-glazed. Together they hold heat in winter and out in summer, and they keep the city where it belongs — outside. You are five minutes from Patan Durbar Square. In your room, you will not know it. A motorbike will still pass close enough, sometimes, to remind you that you are in Kathmandu — but that is the exception, and we think the exception is part of the texture.
When the pandemic arrived, two decisions changed the building. Every window would open — real air, not just conditioned air. Every surface a guest's hand might touch would be brass. The reception desk. The stair railings. The plates on the doors. Brass is naturally antimicrobial. It also ages into something more beautiful than it begins as, which we think is a useful thing for a hotel to be made of.
Square Hotel was created with a vision: to show the world what genuine Nepali hospitality looks like. Every day, a team of professional managers work to honor that vision. They are on the floor most hours of the day, trained not just in service, but in understanding what guests truly need. Whatever you need during your stay, ask any of them. The coin collection on the walls spans generations, each piece telling a story of Nepal's history. Upstairs, on the fourth floor near the entrance to Pebbles Terrace Garden, hangs another wall — paintings by Nepali artists, in partnership with Gallery 108 in Patan.
Proudly Nepali.
The team. Pulchowk, 2026.
A quieter moment in the lobby of the hotel.
The halls of this hotel are lined with Nepali coins gathered over three generations. The oldest is a Malla-era piece, struck somewhere around the early 1700s. The collection was begun by my grandfather, continued by my father, and now belongs to the hotel.
We did not build a museum. We built a hotel that happens to live alongside one. The cabinets are quiet, the labels small, the lighting low. If you are interested, ask at reception — we will walk you through the older pieces ourselves.
Of all the things in this building, the coins are the only ones we did not pay to make. They came to us. They will go to whoever comes after.
In partnership with Gallery 108
Upstairs on the fourth floor, just outside the entrance to Pebbles Terrace Garden, a wall holds paintings by Nepali artists, on rotation. These were hung in partnership with Gallery 108 — a Patan gallery run by a friend of the family, and one of the city's quieter homes for Nepali art.
The rotation changes. The intent does not. If the coins downstairs are where Nepal has been, this floor is where Nepal is going.
In partnership with Gallery 108, Patan
A building is the sum of decisions. These are some of ours. Real materials, real timelines, and the Nepali hands that took the time to do it properly.
The reception desk and the chandelier above it were custom-fabricated for Square. The brass was hammered by hand — every dimple individual. The chandelier alone took a month to install once it arrived.
Three months to manufacture. One month to install, properly aligned. Each wheel turns. Spin one when you arrive — the building was designed to receive the gesture.
One month, by hand, to install. Carved by craftsmen here in Patan. Up close, every panel is its own composition — no two stones are exactly alike.
Beds, headboards, floors — handed to a local manufacturer who took more than a year to build to our specifications. The lattice in the headboard echoes a tikijhya window. We waited.
Every room runs on the same logic — 100% cotton linens, comfortable mattresses, thermostatic showers, openable windows, smart-room automation that stays out of your way. Then we change the size.
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The indulgence
Fifty square metres, considered down to the corners. A jacuzzi behind a wall of privacy glass — frost-able when you want it, transparent when you don't. The same hand-shaped rubberwood furniture, scaled up.
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For families & long stays
Built for families and travellers who unpack. A king bedroom, a twin room for the children, and a living room large enough to host. The kind of space that turns a fortnight into something restorative, and a month into something you'll miss.
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The everyday
A room that disappears around you. Comfortable mattress. Thermostatic high-pressure shower. Top-tier sound and thermal insulation. Windows that actually open. The hand-shaped rubberwood furniture that took a year to build.
Every room earned its own brief. Nothing here is filler. Six destinations inside one address.
The all-day setting
A thousand square feet under twenty-four-foot ribbed glass — geometry borrowed from the prayer wheels next door, light borrowed from the sky. Continental, Indian, and traditional Nepali dishes, from breakfast through dinner.
Breakfast to 10:00 PM · Buffet breakfast · À la carte all day
The rooftop setting
The skyline of the Kathmandu Valley as your far wall. Innovative cocktails, premier wine and whiskey, water moving softly somewhere you can't quite locate. Built for sundowners that turn into supper.
À la carte · Cocktails · Wine & whiskey · Open-air
Four spaces, scaled to fit your occasion. Wedding to working session, with a team that handles the friction so you don't have to.
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Crystal chandeliers, sophisticated wooden interiors, a high ceiling that holds a wedding, an anniversary, a corporate dinner.
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State-of-the-art sound, HD LED panel, customisable ambient lighting, high-speed Wi-Fi. The serious working hall.
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Natural light, projector and screen, high-speed Wi-Fi. A versatile hall that scales from a seminar to a standing reception.
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Attached to Ruby Hall. A quiet room for the conversations that need a table, a screen, and no interruptions.
The decisions below cost more, took longer, and don't show up in any photo. We are putting them on the website because we want you to know they were made.
Two layers, one cavity. Better insulation, less air-conditioning, quieter rooms — even at a city-centre address.
Every window is double-paned. After the pandemic, every window also opens.
Sewage and rainwater pass through soak pits before reaching the city line, returning some to the ground beneath us.
In Nepal, the grid runs on hydroelectric. Solar would have looked good in a brochure. We chose what was actually cleaner.
Reception desk, stair railings, door push-plates. Naturally antimicrobial. Kept for how it ages.
Architects, engineers, craftsmen — all Nepali, most of them from Patan. The labour of this building stayed in this country.
Kitchen bio-waste collected by local pig farmers. The food doesn't end in a landfill.
The walls hold Nepali coins gathered across three generations. The oldest dates from the early 1700s.
I had a wonderful experience at The Square Hotel Kathmandu. The hotel is modern, very clean, and well located, offering both comfort and a peaceful atmosphere in the middle of the city. The service was exceptional—friendly, attentive staff always ready to help. The rooms are comfortable and well equipped, and the restaurant offers great quality with a delicious breakfast. Highly recommended—I would definitely stay again!Tania P · Tripadvisor★★★★★
The staff at Square Hotel are incredibly friendly, helpful and attentive. The food is really excellent, morning and lunch, and the location is perfect - walking distance to lots of really cool restaurants, shops and tourist spots in Patan. Having stayed in many places in KTM, this was definitely my favourite.Dr Timo Tolppa · Tripadvisor★★★★★
A comfortable stay with clean rooms, friendly staff, and great service. I've been to Nepal and the Kathmandu valley many times, and this was definitely my favourite hotel experience. Everyone has been well trained, professional, polite and courteous.Matina M & Scott · Tripadvisor★★★★★
A five-minute walk from one UNESCO site and within thirty minutes of three more. The concierge plans the day; you take the morning at your pace.
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