It was an amazing palce with great customer service and amenities. Beautiful views from the eating area and walking distance from the ferry and other transportation. Take advantage of the ayurdeic treatments they provide it is a rejuvenating experience.

The Fort House has a lovely setting right on the waterfront of Fort Cochin, with a calm green courtyard at its centre and a jetty running out into the harbour, where meals are served. True, the view has been marred by the international container port just opposite but the busy waterway provides constant interest. The ferry jetty for trips to Ernakulam and Willingdon Island is 100m away. However, there is little else of interest in the immediate vicinity, although it is only a short tuc-tuc ride to the more lively area around St Francis church on the northwest shores or the Dutch Palace and spice market on the eastern shores.
Rooms are a good size, with AC and attached bathroom, but very simply furnished (hard beds!). Staff are friendly and helpful. Food is excellent (reserve for dinner, the open air jetty tables are very popular). But note, no alcohol is served due to the proximity of the mosque (whose muezzin will provide you with a dawn wake-up call, whether or not you want one!). However, the popular (and noisy) bar at the Hotel Seagull directly next door can remedy the deficiency. There is an in-house travel agency which can provide reliable airport pickups and other services. Also an in-house ayurvedic massage and treatment centre.
Fort House has something of the air of an upmarket backpackers' hostel. If you found this for 25 pounds a night you'd be thrilled, but at 75 pounds it's by no means a budget option.

Arriving on New Year's Eve we slept through the celebrations right outside our door. The staff were friendly and most helpful in guiding us through suitcase and medication replacement. The location is peaceful with a garden separating the two wings of rooms. A very pleasant pier and open covered dining areas made meals enjoyable. We come to eat local foods so a western breakfast, while good, was not as interesting. Special first afternoon tea and evening Keralan dinners were delicious, especially 'red rice'. Rooms are comfortable with a few mosquitos. Surprised to not have mosquito nets.

After a long and stressful journey, stepping into this garden of a hotel is wonderful. The rooms are large and pleasant, and the dining on the pier is delicious. The staff is helpful and accomodating. Rooms would be improved by better screens in the bathrooms (some mosquitoes) and by mosquito netting in the bedrooms but if you crank up the fan/AC, you can drive the mosquitoes out of the bedroom easily. Breakfast is good -- although disconcertingly western only (where are the Keralan breakfast foods?). Dinner (you need to make reservations!) is great when you select the Keralan foods.