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In the beginning, Maaya Bar, Swissôtel’s bar-cum-nightclub, faced a huge challenge. Situated in a business hotel close to the airport, it is far away from the heart of the city’s nightlife. The distance was a deterrent, and footfalls were low. Over the years, the situation has improved to an extent (through efforts on part of the hotel), but things are yet to get really buzzing here. Nonetheless, it is a beautiful place (it accommodates roughly 150 guests) with huge glass windows overlooking the Rajarhat landscape; the décor is sleek and stylish – a mammoth mural of the Swiss Alps (for the Swiss touch perhaps) on one wall, plush seating and a beautiful bar that serves some fantastic cocktails such as the Hawaiian Mai Tai and Black Russian, their bestsellers.