Jolly Jolly Lester
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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Vagator, Jolly Jolly Lester is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its proximity to great restaurants, Jolly Jolly Lester makes it easy to enjoy the best of Vagator.
Rooms at Jolly Jolly Lester provide air conditioning.
In addition, Jolly Jolly Lester offers an on-site restaurant, which will help make your Vagator trip additionally gratifying.
Vagator has plenty of cafes. So when you’re here, be sure to check out popular spots like Thalassa, Antares Restaurant & Beach Club, and L'Azur, which are serving up some great dishes.
Whether you’re travelling for business, pleasure or both, Jolly Jolly Lester is sure to make your visit to Vagator one worth remembering.
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Room a little on the small side but clean. Hot water, some English language TV channels. Restaurant and bar onsite – only tried the Indian menu, not bad. Quite close to the beach and very close to one or two restaurants.
Recommended.
It was quite small and dingy, but I'm not too fussy and it did actually have hot water which is always a bonus! One thing I will say is that the bed is essentially a mattress topper on a table! As previously mentioned I am not fussy, I'm a budget backpacker and can usually sleep anywhere but this mattress was ridiculously thin and extremely uncomfortable to sleep on. But I don't know if the same beds were in the more expensive rooms.
Other than that though, the room was very much what we paid for, and the overall grounds and appearance of the whole place was very attractive.
Location is great for the beach, although a tuk-tuk ride from the big bars and clubs. The lady that runs the place is very nice and always around to ask any questions.
The rooms are terrible ! Doors do not lock properly ! There is constantly someone lurking outside !!
Had to stay back at the hotel on the second night due to a back injury while my husband had gone out with a few of our friends . Barely 30 minutes after that & I had some drunk guys banging on my door . To make things worse I could see the door shaking on impact. I was praying that the door would hold till someone came to my aid.
Tried to call the reception but no one answered . Finally despite my spine injury & barely being able to move I managed to push a chair against the door . Then I dragged myself down & hid under the bed
I could hear them laughing & hooting & passing derogatory remarks outside. Finally someone yelled at them for creating a racket & they left laughing . I continued to hide under my bed till my husband came home .
The staff was absolutely not helpful & we left as soon as possible .
I can understand the condition of the room as most of the good rooms were already taken. For that room we paid 2100 rs/night.
Our biggest mistake was to ignore the broken lock on the door. All of us were tired and we had a dinner at a nice restaurant and came back to JJL at 11.30pm. We were having a normal conversation amongst ourselves and one foreigner came and shouted on us and asked us to sleep. That is what we did and all of us slept. When we woke up in the morning cash of 1500rs from my friends wallet and my friends mobile phone(LG Optimus) was stolen from our room.
while we were discussing about this in the morning @ 9 another foreigner came and shouted on us. we couldn't reply as he was unable to understand English.
We informed about this to a guy who showed us a room (This guy is 50 years old. He is rude, aggressive and has no respect for Indians). He said it is our mistake that we did not lock a room from inside using a key.
We went to Anjuna Police station and Inspector also said that it is our mistake. So finally we accepted that it is our mistake and closed that matter.
In the night we had a great time in Cafe liliput and came back to JJL @ 2.30AM. As usual we were having a normal conversation. My friend heard somebody walking outside our room, so he followed a person thinking that he might be a thief who took away our belongings. But the person was a tourist who was complaining about us that we were making a noise.
The old guys shouted at my friend and told him that he will beat him and throw all of us out from JJL. We have been to Goa 8 times and this was the biggest shock we got till date.
All of us couldn't understand how can a 50 years old guy beat a 28 years old young man kick all of us out. We had a good laugh about it and slept well.
We decided that there is only one more day to go, so chill out and ignore what JJL have to offer.
We checked out on 19/02/2013 with a terrible and shocking experience.
Goan people are always been warm, helpful and welcoming but we got a chance to see the other side this time.
From our experience I can say that JJL is not bothered about Indians. The Old guy needs to behave. One advice to the owner, If you can not allow 5 young guys to have a normal conversation @ night then don't let them a room in your hotel.
We showed a loads of patience.
Hence, this is a good place to stay for the foreigners not indians.
It was late afternoon when we reached Jolly Jolly Lester in a hopping travel from South Maharashtra; It was extremely exhausting to reach the hotel after waking for around 2 km from Chapora bus-stand with all the luggage. What was disheartening was that in spite of being in constant touch with the hotel management that day trying to figure out bus routes to Vagator and exact streets and lanes, the walking distance and means of transport was not communicated. When the exasperation was conveyed at the reception desk all they could say was, ' Oh! we thought you are coming by taxi'.
The place was a small house recessed in a huge plot of land with reception in an ordinary front porch and rooms on sloping wilderness at the back. A make-do arrangement with a few chairs and tables existed for the restaurant but we were told that it was not operational. So much so that at the reception one could see a list of rates for the locker, towel, soap etc. making us wonder if were these not the bare essentials required for a night-stay anywhere.
Entry to the room was lined with shrubs and flowers, probably the only positive aspect of the place. The room we were given was a small simple but a/c room with no TV, old faded bedsheets and curtains. It was poorly lit and ventilated. There were shelf space, wooden storage and a dressing table provided. The toilet was again a simple one with a very small wash-basin, no soaps, mercifully towels were provided and we were not asked to pay for them. An amusing list of 'do(s) and don't(s)' was lying on the table with things like not to make noise between 10.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m.
The place was depressing enough to make us venture out looking for better accommodations in the vicinity. The whole vicinity was full of a number of guest houses, resorts and hotels. Some better ones much cheaper than Jolly Jolly Lester at Rs.500 per night. In totality the place offered no more than a students' hostel environment at the expenses of a beach-side resort then. After exploring other accommodations that evening we conveyed to the management that the place was not what we had expected, and being on our honeymoon trip we would like to move to a better place. When asked if refund of at least two nights could be made to us, it was denied saying that as per their policy they could not do that.
Finally, we decided to check out next morning and not have a depressing experience to remember for a lifetime. We moved to Diana beach resort five minutes away where we had to pay a little more to get a beautiful room accessible directly from the beach. Also, mentionable is the great discovery of the Ujwal restaurant being run by Mahendra offering great innovative food preparations at reasonable prices.
Prebooking is surely recommended.



It's family owned place with large rooms and good clean swimming pool.
Pool facing room cost was inr 3200 in mid March 2023.
Not much staff and they don't provide breakfast with room. But prices are low.
Swiggy and other food apps deliver here.
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