Hi there,
I was there in Oct.
What type of hotel are you looking for - e.g. back-packer style or more upmarket?
You can choose to stay in New Delhi or Old Delhi.
New Delhi has more modern hotels (mostly around Connaught Place).
I stayed in an area out from the center (cant remember the name).
We stayed in a hotel called 'Hotel Southern'. It was very cheap - about 25E a night. It was a bit of a shock to arrive, because there were people (hotel staff?) asleep on the floors, and I had to walk over them to get to my room! I booked a 'deluxe room' since it was so cheap, and it was lovely - marble floors, clean white sheets etc. The standard rooms were hovels though, with hole in the ground for bathroom etc.
I wouldnt particularly recommend it, since there are millions of hotel in Delhi. I stayed in another, which was nearer the center and probably better - cant remember the name, but will look it up and post later.
There's lots to see in Delhi - the Red Fort, the biggest mosque in the world, the busy streets of old delhi.
I had no probs with food atall - I steered clear of meat and salad, and only ate vegetables and rice though.
The hardest thing to cope with is the poverty. There are thousands of people on the streets any time day or night. The children come up to you holding up their t-shirts to show how skinny their stomachs are and asking for 'chapattis' (bread). I tended to take leftover breadrolls and naan from my meals and give them to the kids.
Cheers,
Ragazza.