From its sculptural marble check-in counter to the melt-metal drips of the under-stair listening booth, The Kin Hotel in Mumbai is unmistakably design forward. Conceived by siblings Imrun Sethi and Guneet Singh in collaboratiom with architect Samir Raut of Atelier Nowhere and detail-driven ACKM Studio, the boutique hotel unfolds as a layered interplay of materials — terrazzo, Jaisalmer stone, marble, chevron wood — and a thoughtfully curated eccentricity.
The Kin is the realization of five years of planning and renovation of a now-family-owned three-storey building in Prabhadevi (formerly Hotel Parkway, owned by their grandfather). This is a redesign anchored in familial legacy and personal narrative: Guneet’s antiques and artefacts from global travels like ceramic phrenology heads, Michelin Man statuettes, quirky lamps and ceramic chillies sit beside fresh petals from Dadar’s famed flower market. Imrun draws from his background in hospitality and his deep engagement with food and music to shape of the space.
The hotel has 15 distinct guest rooms, with none alike yet all connected by a shared language of light, texture, and character. Large porthole windows frame green foliage or glimpses of the Arabian Sea, and natural light floods corridors and sunlit writing desks. Interiors combine once-forgotten relics like a pastel push-button rotary phone, fluted glass, textured walls, and squiggled floor lamps with plush comforts, retro motifs, bespoke soft furnishings and commercial-grade materials realized through local artisanship.
From the ground floor, guests enter through a concept store that doubles as lobby, a design-laden retail space open 24/7, brimming with hand-poured soy candles, coffee-table books, custom lamps, artwork and décor, many of which are available to purchase or pre-order (virtually everything except beds, mattresses, curtains, wardrobes). Adjacent lies Terttulia — Imrun’s modern-European all-day bistro and bar. The rooftop houses a modest but well-equipped cross-fit and calisthenics gym overlooking sea views; studio-style fitness classes such as yoga, HIIT and breath-work are offered at sunrise as part of a daily rhythm. Guests may also indulge in salt-soaks in sunken terrazzo tubs with candle service and hot-stone or deep-tissue massages on request.
The Kin defines stands out with its ability to treat design as biography, constructed from the textured realities of its city. In doing so, it redefines what a hotel can be in contemporary India — not a neutral, placeless luxury box, but a layered site of cultural continuity. It draws on the grammar of global boutique hotels but anchors it firmly in Mumbai’s context speaking to form of hospitality and design language that values inheritance.
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