Hotel Barahi Kathmandu

Hotel Barahi Kathmandu is an upmarket mainstream hotel on Tridevi Sadak, at the edge of Thamel, the main tourist district. Listings describe modern rooms, an outdoor infinity pool and a restaurant, and the hotel is well reviewed (4.6 from about 870 Google reviews). It is gay-friendly, not a gay hotel. Thamel's shops, trekking agencies and restaurants are a short walk away, and Durbar Square is reachable on foot or by taxi. Nepal is one of the more legally progressive countries in South Asia on LGBTQ rights, but public attitudes are conservative, so discretion with public affection is sensible. Kathmandu's small queer scene is mostly community events rather than fixed venues.