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Mamalla Beach Resort – reviews, photos

2.5 of 5
108, Kovalam Road (East Coast Road), Mamallapuram 603104, India
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Ranked #11 of 11 hotels in Mamallapuram
2.5 of 5 stars 36 Reviews
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Bath, United Kingdom
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25 reviews 25 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
35 helpful votes 35 helpful votes
“Run down and not very clean”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 January 2012

Unlike some other reviewers we found the staff very helpful and friendly and the service was good. On the minus side the hotel was somewhat run down, a lot of the tiles on the outside stairs up to first floor rooms were broken, the room was a good size, with a reasonable sized bathroom but neither were as clean as they should have been, the bed sheets were old and thin and torn (shredded actually) at the bottom. On the plus side our room had a large balcony which faced out onto pine trees where visitors where having private bbqs and tea parties and we could see the beach and sea - we loved the view. There was a decent sized swimming pool but unfortunately the filter could not cope with the size of the pool and the number of people swimming and the pool was dirty and cloudy. The buffet dinner had a great choice of dishes but the food was cold, when we ate food from the menu it was hot and well cooked and most enjoyable. It is such a shame, the owners have the most wonderful site, spacious with a large open air restaurant but ruined by being run down and dirty. We are not fussy and if the pool had been clean and the food hot we would have given this place 4 stars but the combination of the high price, cold food and dirty rooms and the dirty pool just brought the place down.

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Bangalore, India
1 review
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
“Worst Resort that can be there on Earth”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 January 2012
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Hi all,

I had been to this resort for 2 days stay 26th Jan 2012 to 28th Jan 2012. Things that really turned me off immediately after reaching the resort are –

1. I reached the resort at 3pm on 26th &my check in time was 12 noon. When I reached the resort my room was not ready. It was a well planned vacation for me, and I had book the room well in advance and I was carrying the required documents. The person in the reception was trying to ignore me, after struggling for 30min in the reception the receptionist told me to talk to the manager (Mr Rajeev) – World most horrible manager I have witnessed. He told me he will put me into some other room for the time being and later I will be again moved back to my allotted room. Since I was completely tired, I thought its better to accept and shift for the time being.

2. After entering the room I realized the room falls on the path of public passage, and completely noisy and A/C not working. I thought to adjust for an hour or so, since I am going to be moved to a better room soon. But after 15 min the manager calls me and asks me if I can manage to be in that room for the entire night. Once I said no, he said that he cant do anything as he can only shift to my room by tomorrow morning.

3. Again after fighting for hours I have been moved to my room somehow, how here again the AC is not working. When I called up the reception they are again ignoring the fact that the A/C is damaged. The fight again starts. Finally a technical person comes and tells the manager that the external unit is not working. Then the manager tells me to shift to another room. I again agree to that.

4. This is my third room in the same day, when I moved in I found the AC is not working again. I was completely exhausted and considered that as my fate.

5. Next I ordered or a beer, which was served after 3hrs and after dinner. I don’t know who enjoys beer after food.

6. And not only I was the only one, I had an interaction with many guest in the resort and everyone seemed to be very disappointed.

7. The place is extremely dirty and unhygienic, and I have no word to describe that.

8. In a single word it’s a complete mess.

9. If your concern is to spent the night somehow, then you can think of staying in this resort. Else never ever think of spending your vacation in this resort.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Low-cost poor-service beach resort”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 January 2012
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These people have squandered away a great beach asset.

The positives
1. Beach
2. Beach
3. Beach
Clean beach, very less crowded, ideal for families.
4. Food tasted good

The negatives
1. Room service was very poor
2. No running hot water (solar heater excuse was given)
3. No curtain in room (had to keep asking room service continuously, and finally managed to get one)
4. Bathroom fittings were not up to the mark
5. Service in the restaurant was again very poor. Through the buffet spread was quite good, refills were a lot delayed, had to keep asking repeatedly for the refills. They have a strange rule which allows only foreigners to have alcoholic drinks in the restaurant; natives cannot have drinks inside the restaurant.

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“Ultimate New Year(2012) Celebration Package”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 January 2012

We went here for celebrating 2012 New Year. Checked in on 31st Dec and checked out on 1st Jan. The resort has a big area with includes pine forest, children's playground, open sitting, swimming pool, private beach, party area. Unfortunately we didn't get any rooms for stay in the resort but they provided accommodation in their subsidiary hotel MAMALLA INN which is inside the Mahabalipuram city around 3 kms far from the resort. They provided the conveyance for the pick up and drop for breakfast, lunch, party etc.
The Mamalla Inn hotel is the new one; rooms are really big and nice. I have attached some of the photos. The room service was very good and prompt. They even come to room and say that the vehicle is waiting for us.

The resort entrance and the street from the ECR need to be renovated.

The food of the Mamalla Beach Resort was average but the starters during the party time were very nice. They organized the New Year party well.
They made this New Year celebration best one of my life.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Chennai, India
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“decent place to stay”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 December 2011

The hotel does not brag so much and it is a decent place to stay. Average rooms with decent service and decent food. Not for the fussy traveler but if you want a decent place to stay with a bunch of friends and you do not want to spend too much, then Mamalla beach resort is the place to choose from. Ideal location by the beach and average rooms.

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  • Stayed January 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 108, Kovalam Road (East Coast Road), Mamallapuram 603104, India
Price range (per night):* INR2,446 - 7,726

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