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House no. 750,759 New Wada, Morjim 403512, India
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Simply Special Inn
Ranked #1 of 7 Morjim B&B and Inns
4.5 of 5 stars 34 Reviews
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New Delhi, India
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Simply very nice!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 January 2012
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We stayed at Simply over the busiest time of the year i.e. new years eve... It is a simple, clean place..run very effieciently by the owners...the staff is very friendly and took care of all our whims and fancies...the location couldn't be better.. it is a five minute walk from the beach.. in the best part of goa..i.e. morjim.. we took the owner's advice and did not venture away from morjim.

The best part about simply is the food..they have a lovely rooftop restraunt with delicious and fresh food...

Will definately stay there next time i'm in goa.

Room Tip: Talk to the owners..
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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Goa
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Beautiful place with warm special people”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 January 2012
2
people found this review helpful

We really have enjoyed every time we have been to simply special Inn.In the secluded tranquil part of Goa which is the best to stay here we found excellent service and food as well.The location is terrific,the service excellent and the food very innovative and delicious.They inspire their team to be compassionate to not only humans but animals as well.They even cook food,feed,nurture and care for the stray dogs in the monsoon when they have no food.They put together interesting cultural events as well..I must say this place is simply special!

Room Tip: Great place to be in Goa..great people as well
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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Bangalore, India
1 review
“Simply Pricey”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 November 2011

To be fair to Simply Special, I had fun while I stayed there but that wasn't because of the place but the people I hung out with.

They had frogs in the bathroom, I drove out 3 but they kept coming back and eventually I learned to shower with frogs inside the shower.

More expensive than almost every other similar place in the area and if you're not careful they tend to charge you extra while they're billing you. Please read through what they're charging you and why. I think this is the single most disturbing thing about Simply Special, I suppose they're used to overcharging the non-Indians and that behaviour just appalling.

The other thing is that it is about 15 mins walk from the beach and if it's during the day time, it's bloody hot to walk. So by that measure it is far away.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Aasif Krishnan, Owner at Simply Special Inn, responded to this review
5 December 2011
As this is the 3rd review from another person in the same group, we will try and keep it brief and to the point. It would have of course been easier if you all as a group had written one review but we do get your point, it does make it worse for us to have 3 bad reviews, instead of 1 overall review from your group.

As you have specifically mentioned we are 'pricey', we would like to mention that we did give your group (as it was a group booking for all the rooms) the lowest rate we have charged for such a short stay (2-3 nights). The tariff for your group was only INR 750 per night- and that too, 2-3 people sharing. Need we say more?

Anyway, the rates were clearly mailed to you and the booking made only after your e-mail confirmation.

Also, we always take an advance on booking confirmation, but we made an exception in the case of your group, and of course we suffered the consequences with the many last minure cancellations.

About over-charging, we are not sure what you mean, but we assume that you think we over charged you for the late check-out. Our check-out timings are clearly mentioned on our website and we had communicated the same even when some of the members of your group had asked us on the last day- 12 noon.

We had people waiting to check-in, and in the end we even had to send some customers away as our rooms would not be ready for check-in till evening.

As a policy, half day charges will be applicable to all late check-outs. The same will be continued in future.

About the frogs, well Morjim is a village and people love coming here to be closer to nature. The frogs around are harmless and they do enter the bathrooms some times. Being an Indian yourself, am surprised at the detest for a simple frog. It is sad that the visitors from abroad sometimes have a better understanding of India and learn to accept and enjoy such scenarios better than us.

And anyway, worse case scenario, if some ladies or children do get scared, they call the housekeeping and they drive the frogs out. Thats the most that we can do. I hope you do understand that it is we humans who are encroaching on their territory, and not the other way round.

Next time, we suggest you just hire a scooter/motorbike for the beach, in case you don't like the walk. Just like everybody else.
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Bangalore, India
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Simply Special took us for granted!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2011
2
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We were a big group of around 20 people. We had booked our rooms months in advance of our stay. Asif had promised everything we required would be arranged for. We had also discussed rates earlier. The service was bad. When we requested for the rooms to be cleaned, they did a very hasty, bad job. I had read up reviews of simply special earlier and I expected good service from them. I assume they took us for granted as we occupied almost all the rooms and had booked, much in advance. They also overcharged us claiming it was for additional services. We had a very bad experience.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Aasif Krishnan, Owner at Simply Special Inn, responded to this review
20 November 2011
We sincerely regret that you were unhappy with your experience at our guesthouse.
We have just written a detailed response to your friend who has writtent the review before yours.
We do apologise for the fact that we did not live up to your expectations and to the promise that 'everything' that you needed would be provided.
We have tried to answer your greivances in the response to your friends' review.

Maybe we can make up for it the next time. Thank you for your feedback.
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Bangalore
1 review
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“Simply Special Not So Special....”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2011
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I had high hopes when I planned to have a party with family and friends at Simply Special Inn. We booked almost the entire hotel, and had a private party on their terrace. We were sorely disappointed with their lack of attention and care; it seemed that they were doing a personal favor to us and were put out, rather than running a hospitality business, where we were paying for their service and attention.

There were constant power cuts and no back up, and the owners did not inform several of our friends when check out was, instead billing them for half days extra. The service in the restaurant took more than an hour sometimes, and again was a miserable disappointment. The bathrooms smelled funny, and it was next to impossible to have the rooms cleaned. The internet was never working in the restaurant, and when we complained, the owners told us it was too much expense to have it working. Their dogs barked constantly. We felt embarrassed that the staff treated our family and friends so shabbily.

For our private party, the catering came very late, and the servers were rude to our guests even though we were paying for the service (and not a small cost). We were billed for guests that didn't come, even though we informed them well in advance of our final count.

Luckily we had also booked many rooms at Hotel Nifa just across the street and found them to be warm and helpful, so we spent much of our time there. If you want to stay in Morgim, a much better bet is to stay at Hotel Nifa.

Room Tip: Don't go here. Check out Hotel Nifa, White Feather, or Micasa (just up the road).
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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Aasif Krishnan, Owner at Simply Special Inn, responded to this review
20 November 2011
Apologies for the fact that you felt lack of attention given to you. All I can say is that could be very subjective and am sorry we were not able to satisfy you.
But more specifically, on the points you have raised, yes there were a power cuts about twice which did not last more than an hour. And i can assure you this was not normal, and the Goa Governement Electricity board had not informed us to be prepared for it. And it was the same with all the hotels around. As you have been living in India for sometime, am sure you would know how the situation is in villages like Morjim in Goa.

As far as the restaurant service is concerned, our service does take about 30-45 minutes but we have always maintained that we take time as we try and keep our food as fresh as possible. And that is also the reason our food is known to be clean and hygienic.

About the rooms, you & your partner had yourself come and checked each and every one of them in April last year. And you had come and stayed with us for 3 -4 nights in October too. So as you did not mention any problem then, we just maintained the status quo. The same is the case as far as room cleaning concerned. In fact, we have very clear guidelines mentioned inside every room regarding the same about the timings as well as the schedule.

As far as the party was concerned, we catered for the final number of people you had given us 2 days before the party. After that,it was too late to change and if the number of people who did attend was lesser, we had already prepared food for the number you had given us. So, as I had already told you when we took the order, we had to take the payment for the number of plates ordered, irrespective of the numbers who turned up.

About the check-out time, we did inform all your friends who asked us. The check-out time is also clearly mentioned on our website too. But finally all the guests did check out late and we had to follow our policy and charge half-day tariff. We will maintain that in future too.

Again, we do regret that we could not satisfy you. But we did do the best we could. Especially since, we literally rented out our entire hotel space to you and your group for the 3-4 days. And at the lowest tariff we have given for the entire season.

God bless.
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House no. 750,759 New Wada, Morjim 403512, India
Price range (per night):* INR1,000 - 5,000

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