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Looking for a place to stay in Kumbakonam? Then look no further than INDeco Swamimalai, a romantic hotel that brings the best of Kumbakonam to your doorstep.
Anandham Swamimalai Hotel is a romantic hotel offering air conditioning in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as free wifi is offered to guests.
The hotel features 24 hour front desk, 24 hour check-in, and a concierge. Plus, guests can enjoy a pool and an on-site restaurant, which have made this a popular choice among travellers visiting Kumbakonam. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as Adi Kumbeswarar Temple (2.1 mi) and Sri Adhivaraha Perumal Temple (2.1 mi), guests of INDeco Swamimalai can easily experience some of Kumbakonam's most well known attractions.
Looking for something to do in Kumbakonam? Arulmigu Swaminatha Swami Temple, Swamimalai (1.0 mi) is a popular attraction that is within walking distance of Anandham Swamimalai Hotel.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at INDeco Swamimalai as you experience everything Kumbakonam has to offer.
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HOTEL STYLE
Mid-range
Classic
Languages Spoken
English, French, Tamil
Location
6/30 B Agraharam, Baburajapuram, Kumbakonam 612302 India
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INDeco Swamimalai earns praise for its heritage appeal and serene natural environment, with guests often highlighting the hotel's nostalgic atmosphere and antique touches. While the diverse amenities are a draw, some travelers have noted issues with room service and upkeep. Opinions on the rooms are mixed; they range from spacious with a charming antique style to some finding them lacking in comfort and airflow.
The staff's friendliness is widely commended, although occasional lapses in service and communication are mentioned. Guests have mixed feelings about the value, citing the unique historical experience but pointing out the steep food prices and overall value concerns. Cleanliness reviews are also varied, with the restaurant's hygiene needing attention despite clean rooms and well-presented staff.
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We had one of the best experiences here last week. Stayed for 3 nights and enjoyed extraordinary hospitality and amazingly courteous staff especially the restaurant staff Sundar and Anandhi took care of us with such personal touch like their family guests. Front office staff Brindha and Nandini are amazingly friendly and were offering support with anything we asked for and beyond. All the housekeeping staff also always carried a smile on their faces which reflects the great leadership from the management of Mr. Bhoopalan and Mr. Steve Bergio who personally greeted us so many times and engaged in interesting conversations. Food was good as well as the ambience. The location is also superb to visit all the major temples around. I have already started recommending this resort to all my friends and relatives and we are also already thinking of going back there very soon. This will soon become our second home whenever we are out of our home in Bangalore. Thank you Indeco team for such a wonderful time we had.
Regards Prakash Balakrishnan, Srividya and Vidyut
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Date of stay: November 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Responded 9 Nov 2021
Dear Mr. Prakash Greetings From INDeco Hotels Swamimalai It has been such a real pleasure reading your comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to write to us. We’re glad you were pleased with our room as well as well as the food at our restaurants. We also enjoy reading your kind comments on the amazing customer service delivered by our team. looking forward to welcome you again. Thanks & Regards Team INDeco Hotels Swamimalai
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The resort is very beautiful.Nice place for relaxation.Those who likes temple can stay here and visit many temples in and around the place. The reception staff Ms Brunda was very cordial and helpful. The entire staff are very nice and good.Overalll my stay was awesome here . The museum is awesome.The collection are fantastic.
Concerns The house keeping to be improved.On second day they have not cleaned the room and replaced fresh bath towels. The room is not having kettle for preparing cofee/tea .One has to wait till the opening of Restaurants. The tariff should be inclusive of breakfast and dinner (for the tariff they are charging).
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Date of stay: December 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 28 Dec 2021
Dear Mr. Subramaniyan Thanks for your gracious feedback , Yes sir the world admires the ambiance the people with regards to the coffee Kettle here a small accident let to a fire episode that made us to remove the kettle from the room but that's not the end we have altered the electrical system and very soon will have kettle in the rooms. As customary Linen is changed once in every alternate day. all the same its is request from the guest it is done every day.Be rest assured we will only make your experience better thank you. Regards Team INDeco Swamimalai
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Nice place. Wonderful setting. How did they even get this place up to make it into a resort/hotel? Very thoughtfully restored and wonderful to see all the pictures, posters, artifacts all around. Should have been a tough job collating such stuff. Kudos to the people behind the setup. one thing that bothered was the calibre of the staff. Looked like juniors/trainees but not sure since our stay was just for a day. We ordered Coffee and French fries which was sad. Since we had to leave for a temple at 6.30 am, we requested them to pack two sandwiches, which they charged us, though we had not consumed the FREE BREAKFAST since it was too early. Otherwise a good experience with a lot of greenery, history, and some cows, calves, ducks, etc.
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Date of stay: December 2020
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 2 Jan 2021
Dear Guest, Thank you for your feedback on the hotel. We want to sincerely apologize for your negative experience with some of our staff. We will do a serious inquiry on your complaints and we want to set things right. We look forward to welcome you again during your next visit. Thank you.
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My stay of 2 nights here was partly disgusting and partly humiliating. First, let me get into the disgusting part. Rooms were smelly, musty, unclean, had lizards. TV was not working and the mini fridge in the room was so dirty that it looked like someone had stained it in a previous stay and it was not cleaned. The sit out area was always littered with used plates from other rooms and beer bottles. They have just ignored the basic amentities and thought they can get away with it by just portraying the place as a heritage/simplistic setting. Now coming to the humiliation - There were several foreigners who were staying at the same time as us. The manager just ignored the Indians there (the ones who he thought were not paying top dollar) and just shamelessly catered to only the foreigners. He came by for every meal to check on only the tables where the foreigners sat and blatantly ignored us. We ignored this initially, but this became a common thing at every meal. He was rude when we enquired about something regarding the menu. He was rude when my son was just checking out one of the antique pressing machines they had out in the dining hall (it had ceased working several years back and was just a heap of iron. In any case my son was just gentle with it). He shamelessly announced the day's events (a dance program for the evening) to the foreigners sitting there and just passed us without even bothering to let us know about it as well. Just for courtesy, he could have come by and told us about it as well. He did not bother to announce to us that there were two different breakfast options - One the default Indian menu and the other a continental breakfast. My kids would have enjoyed the continental breakfast more than the Indian one. When we came to know about it and asked him why he didnt let us know, he very rudely refused to even acknowledge that it was an error on his side and haughtily replied what the problem was..he would bring us anything that we needed. As if we had to approach him for our meal and he would 'deign' to bring it to us. That really upset me and I told him if he could not see that there was a problem, he was not fit to run the place. For which he smiled as if he knew that it was the foreigners who would anyway bring him the dough.
My advice to the Indians who want to visit this place: Go if you want to lower your self esteem and see what it feels like to be treated shabbily.
My advice to the foreigners who want to visit this place: Go if you want to be part of a setup that promotes discrimination and you end up being a party to such prejudices, albeit without your knowledge.
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Date of stay: December 2019
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Response from Sindhu S, Corporate General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 7 Jan 2020
Dear Valued Guest, Greetings from INDeco Hotels Swamimalai! Thank You for bringing this situation to our notice. Firstly, we'd like to offer our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience we may have caused you. We understand that there's been some miscommunication from our end. It saddens us deeply that you as a guest have not been treated well, leading you to write this review. But providing excellent guest service is one of the pillars of our hotel. If you give us the chance, we want to hear your entire story and fix this for you. I'm the Corporate General Manager at this company and you can reach me directly on +91 9444410391 / gm-sales@indecohotels.com. Regards, Sindhu Saikumar Corporate General Manager +91 9444410391
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I stayed with my family (4 rooms) for a weekend at indeco swamimalai and the experience was mixed.
What’s good? 1. The huge lush campus that has a lot of greens and unique architecture, statues and experiences. 2. The campus has so much of history some of which are organic and some that have been acquired for a memorable session down the history lane. 3. Gives an authentic village stay experience with very real mosquitoes! Get a mosquito repellent.
What needs attention? Like very much! 1. First of all, customer service. This is very obvious when you go for lunch, dinner or call in for room service. It takes ages that you end up cutting it short or go and do it yourself. One such experience was when we had to go get the towels ourselves as it took forever. 2. Wi-Fi. Now this is a basic necessity when it has been promised as part of the room. We stayed in heritage deluxe rooms in close quarters of each other and there was no Wi-Fi absolutely and this NEVER got fixed in the two days of our stay. While the obvious reason was the range was not covered and they need a extender, the management never seemed to fix it. 3. Room hygiene. Be it dusting of chairs, paintings or the mini fridge needs some serious attention. The heater and AC was hit and miss with these working on some days and not working on others.
Bottomline: Go once to have an unique experience that you don’t get anywhere but be prepared for no Internet and poor customer experience.
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Be prepared for no Wi-Fi connectivity, carry a mosquito repellent and also be prepared for...
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 10 Sept 2022
Dear sir Greetings From INDeco Hotels Swamimalai. It has been such a real pleasure reading your comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to write to us. We’re glad you were pleased with our room as well as the Ambience at our restaurants. We are profusely sorry for this experience of yours. Be rest assured that these things will not happen in your next stay at INDeco Hotels Swamimalai. Looking forward to welcome you again. Thanks & Regards Team INDeco Swamimalai
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We had multiple bad experiences in our 3 Nights stay here. We had booked 3 rooms. 1. Horrible Checkin experience : We reached the property at 5 pm well past the checkin time. So one would expect the rooms to be READY. Not a single room was. They also took us to a room where the existing guest has not checkout. We eventually got rooms at 6:30. Imagine having driven down from Bangalore with senior citizens and kids and to have to wait for 1 and half hour for getting rooms. It doesn’t end here. Remember the guest who had not checked out ? She returned and walked into the room to be aghast to see her luggage was just kept and out someone else was in the room. What a shame! I felt terrible for this lady. I am so sorry that this happened to you and if we played a role in this somehow. 2. Housekeeping : You call the housekeeping for anything and then you just keep following up - pillows, luggage. We got the room by 6;30 and luggage only arrived by 7 ! I have never seen this happening. 3. Drivers dormitory: Management has decided that drivers don’t need a decent sleeping place. The expectation is for them to sleep on concrete. I offered paying extra for mattress and they couldn’t even do that. 4. Food: We had breakfast and dinner twice here. The first evening they were serving pulao and dal fry. Bland and boring. But forget that you are in Kumbakonam. Are you ashamed of serving Sambar, Rasam, Pulliogare and many other amazing dishes from the region ? The breakfast fared marginally better but here again, nothing is ready on time . We had lunch at Mantra Koodam and Svatma during the same trip and were thrilled how they showcased the Tamil cuisine. 5. Gala evening : Be true to your identity! Is your hotel really a place where you play loud crappy music through some random DJ ? Is this the image you desire ? 6. Swimming pool : It’s more like a tank but that’s not a problem . It’s quite quaint and cozy. But you allow everyone to get into with whatever they wear. Is this hygienic ?? 7. Checkout : how could anything have gone right during this stay ?? They billed us wrong !!
This has been one of my worst stays considering the amount we paid. Meta point - they can’t handle the number of guest they take in. - the staff is not rude but they are just incompetent or superficial. This place has so much potential but it’s just run so poorly, I cannot believe this has a rating of 4.5! This place is projected as a museum and perhaps it’s one but I think their service should also be looked up in a museum.
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 7 Jan 2023
Dear Mr. Vishal We are extremely sorry about your experience. this is not the kind of experience that’s comes by at INDeco Hotels, I do agree that evening we had some very stressful moments because of a mass check in and checkout Its no excuse but it is just that you suffered due to certain delays. With regards to the food we tried to be as authentic as possible and believe me sir our breakfast are credited as one of the best in the region and secondly in the restaurant we tried to serve you very authentic food. With regards to the delayed calls from the housekeeping department, yes I agree we had some demands which cost is make the concern, but I must tell you sir , this is not a usual seen at INDeco guest are extremely happy and that is one reason why we score something between 4.5 & 5 rating we work towards that now that you brought it our notice be rest assure this will not happen again we will take all caution that is required I also notice that you had purchased the gala dinner tickets and you have not showed up for the events so please permit us to refund that money ,If you let us know it to which account it should go we will forward that immediately. Sorry and please do come again and you will experience us be rest assured we will offer you the best and you will go back home with great comfort and joy Thanks & Regards Brindha Nehru
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We spend two nights in the hotel. 31st Dec 2019 & 1st Jan 2020. Overall hotel stay and experience was very nice. The museum collection in the hotel is simply amazing. Gala dinner DJ arrangements were nice. Gala dinner food taste was not up to the mark and it was closed by 11.30 pm during the DJ was on.
Only negative point is that the food taste and options needs to improve.
Overall very nice experience.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Sindhu S, Corporate General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 7 Jan 2020
Dear Happy Guest, Greetings from INDeco Hotels Swamimalai! Firstly, we want to thank you for willingly spending your time to write us a review. We are absolutely delighted that you enjoyed your stay at INDeco Hotels Swamimalai. We are saddened that you stated to us about the food complaint. We will ensure to stand corrected the next time and hoping for you to visit us again. Please reach me at +91 9444410391. Looking forward to win you back. Regards, Sindhu Saikumar Corporate General Manager +91 9444410391
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Indeco is a nice heritage hotel that is nicely keeping the tradition. The heritage is well maintained, and the rooms have nice decor. We had booked two Village suites, they upgraded us to Grand suites that had a pool inside. Kids enjoyed the pool with a pumpset. The one challenge was 109 and 108 had small bedrooms and so we could not accommodate 6 beds. So one person had to sleep in outside bed without A/C
Couple of challenges, the room cleaning folks did not clean the room the entire day, even though we had dropped the keys at reception for cleaning. The cleaning of the room happened after 6pm. Basic things like towels were missing on both the days of stay, we had to request for it explicitly. Even then hand towels were missing. The bathroom walls were very dusty and not clean. Room cleaning staff was very much understaffed. We also heard similar complaint from other guests.
Bathroom had plumbing issues like no water in hot water line in one of the bathroom, flush issues, draining issues. We had asked them to fix the no water issue in hot water line, but that did not get fixed.
Restaurant food was good, but service was poor. The buffet area tables were not serviced properly. The tables were not cleaned on time. In the open seating there weren't sufficient fans. A lot of the tables were blocked for big groups and so it was difficult to find tables.
Overall, a nice Heritage hotel that is very traditional, but seems to be missing out on service.
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Date of stay: August 2023
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 18 Aug 2023
Dear Mr.Roopesh Thank you for your valuable feedback , It is unfortunate. We are profusely sorry for this experience of yours. Be rest assured that these things will not happen in your next stay at INDeco Hotels Swamimalai. Thanks & Regards Brindha Nehru
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I went with my family to INDECCCO Swamimalai. I took this trip main to learn and understand the Kumbakonam culture and to have a feel on the the history. Well to say best I was not disappointed. You cannot classify this place into a standard resort, it is actually a heritage resort and place started with a social cause . It is a place where you can feel and experience Kumbakonam Tamil culture. The many cottages are the original old homes which are refurbished without losing its original grandeur. Great care has been take not to destroy any of the originalities of these buildings. Lush green campus with lots of flower and fruit trees. A remodelled swimming pool looks very similar to a temple pond.
Food is really good, with authentic south Indian food and flavour. The staff are very friendly they treat you as if you are a member of the family. All are dressed in the traditional white shirt and white veshti (dhoti), woman in saree hence you don't have that regular resort feeling.
Top of all these, the resort is a historical treasure. Around the campus you can find lot of history, you need to take time to go around and learn each of the displayed items. Lot of Chola era artefacts are on display. There is a guided tour of the museum done by Mr. Steve Borgia, don't miss this tour . The Mint Mahal (Palace), which itself is a historical piece, this building has a very interesting history. Lot of item with great historical value. The icing is the cake is the original painting by Raja Ravi Varma . There were two historical evidence given I found as incorrect is the history of Bartholomaus Ziengenbalg and Constanzo Beschi(Veeramamuniar) .
Appreciate and thank Mr. Steve Borgia for his socio-cultural work through this resort , which is massive. Also Brindha office in charge, all the staff of the resort
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Date of stay: March 2022
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Room Tip:For big families cottages (individual homes) for smaller Families Zamin room
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 19 Apr 2022
Dear Guest INDeco Hotels Swamimalai , In fact all INDeco Hotels have been created for a cause ,they make such a impact on people not as hotel but as a concept its relevant to the “ecology” and its coexistence around this spaces we thank profusely for your gracious impact and your views on the hotel.It is our endeavor to serve our guest, For Mr. Borgia our chairman it is a passion to give this wow experiences. Pray we will be able to continue this and excel in days to come and we will look forward to your visit along with your friends and family in the near future. Thank you once again. Thanks & Regards Brindha Nehru
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Hi guys! Ours was a family trip with people travelling across all age groups from very small kids to senior adults.. the whole place was best suited for everyone with in house wheel chairs,slopes,stairs and lifts to get across all places. It is beautifully located at a prominent place with important places of visit at an hours travel and swamimalai temple in its neighbourhood. Sucha vast area with antique pieces and art work all around,the rooms are so huge, well equipped catering to all our basic needs and the nature just envelopes you with its calmness. A definite mention is to the in house museum and pump set which the kids will be fascinated. The food was like our house meals which did no harm health-wise. What I loved about the stay in this place was their hospitality as they ask you everytime about our comfort and are ready to acknowledge our concerns. A must visit place that doesn't bite your pockets!
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Date of stay: December 2021Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Indeco swamimalai, General Manager at INDeco Swamimalai
Responded 29 Dec 2021
Dear Ms. Nithya INDeco Hotels Swamimalai, In fact all INDeco Hotels have been created for a cause ,they make such a impact on people not as hotel but as a concept its relevant to the “ecology” and its coexistence around this spaces we thank profusely for your gracious impact and your views on the hotel. It is our endeavor to serve our guest, Pray we will be able to continue this and excel in days to come and we will look forward to your visit along with your friends and family in the near future. Thank you once again. Regards Team INDeco Swamimalai
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They are a pain with reservations... I checked at 9 am, requesting them to accomodate my parents who were in another room, till 2 pm.
They refused flat out, saying resort was full.
Resort was actually half-empty, but they badgered the hell out of my parents.
There are more places to choose from in the Kumbakonam area.
PRICE RANGE
₹5,467 - ₹10,934 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
anandham swamimalai hotel kumbakonam
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Anandham Swamimalai
LOCATION
IndiaTamil NaduThanjavur DistrictKumbakonam
NUMBER OF ROOMS
73
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