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Puja Buildings, | G.V Raja Road, Kovalam 695527, India
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uae
1 review
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“Service oriented”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 November 2011
7
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Hi it’s me Webner from UAE,

We selected Kovalam Beach Retreat for our holiday accommodation place through a travel agency, when I went to the reviews about the hotel I was little bit unhappy to stay over there but we had any other option to select any other resort

The reception and the lobby is very small and having limited facility, but the service and quality of the food were beyond our expectation, staffs were so friendly with us and were ready to serve us,

One remarkable incident was during my stay my little daughter got heavy fever and once we informed the reception at midnight, they made necessary arrangement to go to hospital,

I am so happy to say that I had a nice stay over there @ kovalam beach retreat; if you are budget traveler sure u can prefer this hotel,

Regards
Webner al Mulla

Room Tip: Well I don’t recommend ground floor rooms which doesn’t have privacy
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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Lucknow City, Uttar Pradesh, India
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“VERY BAD EXPERIENCE”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 October 2011
3
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I stayed at Hotel for one day. In the night, Dinner was served after waiting for 30 minutes. No one was attentive for services. We ordered some vegetables, which was served as we completed our dinner. So I was very unsatisfied in respect of services as against room charges of the hotel.

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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So called “Round The Clock” menu is a hoax. On requesting snacks from this menu @ 04:00 PM, restaurant flatly refused to provide any. On contacting Reception on this, it was told that there is no Room-Service facility in the Hotel. The telephone nos. list in the room also testified this as no telephone no. was mentioned for the Room-Service. With Room-Service virtually non-existent, we were finally served with some snacks at 05:00 pm and to say the least, neither the content nor the quality of the snacks matched with the extremely high prices charged for the same.

The breakfast & dinner at Restaurant at 3rd floor were of equally poor quality. The utensils were not cleaned properly and the food was unhygienic as tea served was cold with some unknown stuff floating inside the cup. The overall ambience of Restaurant seemed very shabby and unwelcoming.

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“Laid back and comfortable on a wonderful budget”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2011
5
people found this review helpful

The hotel is on Samudra beach at the start of the kovalam beaches. the room are spacious enough though one might want to insist on rooms that are pool facing as the rest face an adjacent hotel. the hotel is definitely no frills. the food at the restaurant is good although the variety is terribly short. room service is quick and attentive.

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Average hotel with minimal facilities”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 November 2010
2
people found this review helpful

We stayed here for 2 days. The place is very average with minimum facilities in the room. The ambience is also not worth mentioning. But good thing is the place is near to the beach. It is good as a bed and breakfast option. Staff is rather friendly.

  • Stayed February 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Puja Buildings, | G.V Raja Road, Kovalam 695527, India
Price range (per night):* INR3,500 - 5,000

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