I was there in Dona Julia last month and i enjoyed the stay at this place. Its a beautiful hotel with required facilities. small and beautiful shaddy swimming pool is awsome... located near to the beach but away from crowded calangute junction. Delicous food and small and clear resturant.

This hotel is ill-maintained with inexperienced staff. Surely this was not designed as hotel rooms but something else. Door locks and latches were in bad shape. Was shocked to see a new food menu on second day, with rates upto 50% higher. The bed sheet and towels were not so clean, even though rooms were bigger. The pool and its adjoining green area with trees was provided only comfort. This place has all the potential to be a great relaxing resort, but with only good management & service, which was missing.

Hi, I am one of the guests staying since 10 years at this lovely place.
All the years I had nothing to complain with the staff or the facility. I like the warm hospitality and friendly athmosphere. Helena, Lloyd, Lucinda and the staff doing everything to make the stay more than worthfull.
Of Course it is not a 5 Star Resort, but its a really cosy place, where you can recover from the stress. The staff is not harassing you. Also not the outsourced staff from the pool bar/restaurant. The outsourced pool bar is the reason for four points at service. They sometimes didnt clean the table after other guests leaving or it took much time. And unfortunately some guests were not the tidiest; I will not go into greater detail about it - loosing my belive in human behavior.

Coming to the end: In german we say: "Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus!"
What goes around, comes around.

I was traveling to Goa for the first time and with wife and child, it was really important that I choose the right place to stay. Unfortunately, at first, I was suggested by my taxi driver to some hotel in Calangute, something called "Hotel Sahil Residency" and it was a nightmare. Dirty, stinky room with very unhygienic kitchen. And most to it, the staff was very arrogant and ready to fight.

Anyway, I am here to write something good and want to forget my bad experience in Goa. The very moment I was thinking that my Goa trip has gone to worst, I decided to not let it happen and searched for a nice resort and fortunately, with the help of Tripadvisor site, I found Dona Julia resort and shifted to Dona Julia the very next day of arriving Goa. It was a real gem in my stay of Goa. Very peaceful, neat and clean resort, and most importantly, mannered and extremely polite staff. They arranged everything for me. A lot of fellow travelers who were staying in Dona Julia were also very happy and were enjoying their stay. Their location is nice, the swimming pool is really good and room was quite spacious and clean.

We really loved it and due to our pleasant stay in Dona Julia, we could really enjoy our trip to Goa. We'll definitely visit Goa again and no doubt, Dona Julia will be my choice of resort to stay with my family. Thanks guys!