A beautiful location in the backwaters although can feel a little bit isolated. Food quality is excellent but you must like indian food! The chef takes pride in his food and even gave me a recipe! The staff were friendly and attentive and made us feel special. The ayurveda centre is fantastic and the de-stress treatment is well worth trying.... More

Our 1971MBBS of Madurai Medical College batch meet with our families was crafted to be a very memorable and adorable event by the hospitality of Poovar Island Resort . The management and staff took meticulous care to make all of us and our family members comfortable. Our families consisted of spouse, daughter and son in laws, sons and daughter in... More

As the name suggests it is indeed a island resort. Surrounded by water and nature at its best. We visited in December 2011 and we were stunned by looking at the resort. We left the jetty and were taken to the resort by a small boat. Fun ride. After reaching the resort we were welcomed by the manager there and... More

I always had apprehensions about coming to India ,though I have heard enough of Kerala , its beauty & scenery ....As you know coming from a safe country like Singapore ..has its disadvantages of thinking too much & ambiguity about rest of the world. I had planned to stay at Munnar ,Thekkady ,Alleppey , Kumarakom , Kovalam .....It was by... More

I was initially disappointed with some areas of the hotel which need refurbishing including some of the bathrooms. Some areas of the garden need tidying up but other areas are beautiful. Lots of birds and squirrels which kept us entertained. We did not realise that they do not serve spirits, luckily we took our own gin but had to ask... More

I took a group of yogis for a yoga retreat. Everything was beautiful. The rooms were clean if a little basic, the staff are the friendliest and most helpful that I have experienced as were the management. They could not do enough for us with happy smiling faces. The aurvedic treatments were amazing and very reasonably priced. The food was... More

We were there in jan'12 for 5 nights in their most expensive rooms, floating lodges. While have to give 10 out of 10 for location and garden experience goes downhill once the novelty wears out. Considering the remoteness of the place one would expect that the resort will provide quality evening entertainment every evening, sadly no such facilities. It is... More

I would like to devided in two points good Points include: Good food, frindly staff, and also to say that the chief of resturant is very gentle. You can have also find good Ayurvedic center at the other side. About the bad points : at the same time when you fell quite and peace you should expect the big crowd... More

This was my first visit to Poovar & Poovar island resort. Poovar Island resort , due to its natural beauty of the sarounding,automatically become a memorable holiday. One has to reach the hotel by 15mts boat ride in the lagoon and its very refreshing and scenic.Hotel is located in a spacious garden with lots of greanery so the hotel is... More