I would summarize my review in pros and cons.
Pros: --
1: - Location is good, you can see whole Ooty lake from almost all rooms. and morning sun comes directly to your door.
2:- Hotel Staff is helping in all ways, I never felt wrong in any way for them. and always ready for help.
3:- Tours for Sight seeing around oooty were available and Bus and cab picks you from hotel itself.
4:- Public Xport is also there for Ooty city bus stand in every 5 minutes in front of hotel.
5:- Food was OK and Specially I liked Soup.
Cons: -- No Lift, so you have to use stairs all time. :)
2: -- No non Veg restaurant nearby, so if you ask for non veg then u have to go to City. bcz the hotel is pure veg.
3: - In night it is dark outside hotel no proper lighting, so you would feel trapped after 7PM inside hotel.
Its a best place to stay for a peace luving person. And I would never suggest any body to stay in Ooty town side bcz it is very croudy and just another city. Here you wont feel good as expected from a hill station.
So over all Darshan Hotel is one good place to feel good and relax for some days.
One more thing == we went -20Oct around and it was really good time to visit that place bcz no croud and weather was really good. Plan your journey when ther is less rain and some what cold is there.
Thanks