The location was fabulous.
The rooms were large and very comfortable.
The staff was exceptional; the manager set-up my houseboat trip.
The restaurant had excellent cuisine [both Indian & western] and wonderful service.
Cannot wait to go back!

Soma Kerala Palace is an island on the large lake in Kerala. So you have to take the boat for about 30 minutes to reach! All the buildings are authenthic old Kerala buildings, which were diassembled and build up again there; this gives a lot of charm. The pool is great; the food is good. Only the size of the restaurant seems too small; there was a kind of rush for the breakfast. The staff was kind.

Few things I will list here.
Location is very good. A nice small island.
Hotel looks are just the same as shown in pictures.
Rooms are very small. Bathroom is the worst. Never seen such a small one. Water gets clogged and would not drain out.
Dinner was average. Not bad. They served dinner at the lawns as per our request. (One chicken tandoor costs 600 INR and they have only ala-carte)
Honeymoon couples, plz avoide this place. Even murmering can be heard two rooms next to you. No exaggeration. You will experience it.
No proper room service.
You have to order 20 mins in advance to get Hot water in bathroom.
Breakfast, again, no buffet. American breakfast is not available. You can order for upto 200 INR but funny thing is that one dosa cost 100/- and one tea cost 35/-.
The bread toasts we got had fungus and when we told this they said Sorry. Nobody cared for it.
They put all waste from Hotel in the next compound and you can see sacks full of chicken wastes floating in the river around. There were around 100 crows around us..even in swimming pool. When breakfast was served, we had to take care of crows and flies as well. No cleanliness.
You have to order 2 nhrs in advance for dinner and 1 hr in advance for breakfast. Even then we waited for 45 mins to get our toasts on table and that be with Fungus on it.

I will never ever visit this place or even hotels from Soma. We were a group of 12.

We were a group of 5 couples and 9 kids. The trip starts with a boat cruise from their parking lot (ample secured vehicle parking) in mainland.The view of the resort was breathtaking and from welcome to see off the service was excellent. The most pleasing factor was that we never felt we were in a hotel. The staff are always there to serve you but they are not there to disturb your privacy. Just being there was a pleasure and kids had a great time playing. The food was excellent and the cultural evening was classic. It was one of the most memorable trips we had. Also it a place to see some excellent models of kerala style architecture.