Not a bad hotel, the food is terrible, but overall, not bad for India.

Written: 27 november 2014
Travel time: 16 — 26 november 2014
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 2.0
Cleanliness: 2.0
Food: 1.0
Amenities: 5.0
We stayed in this hotel in November 2014. When buying a tour, I chose a hotel for a long time, read reviews and settled on this particular hotel. I’m writing honestly, as it is, I didn’t see this information anywhere, and on the spot these unpleasant moments surfaced, as it turned out to be common for India, moments. Let's start in order - the long flight tired and upon arrival at about 6 am at the hotel, we were told that there were rooms available, but check-in was from 12 noon, so either we pay extra 1500 rupees for early check-in, or we sit at the reception until 12 noon. And we were not supposed to have breakfast, because again, check-in from 12 and this is a common thing for India. They paid because they took their 8-year-old son with them and he was very exhausted by the flight. They gave me a number.... There are 3 of us and 2 single beds.... When I asked where the third one would sleep, they told me that the tour operator had booked this for us. The voucher clearly stated 3 people. I contacted a travel agency and a guide in India, but alas. . . everyone washed their hands. The travel agency said that everything was booked correctly and the voucher for the settlement has a document confirming this. And the Guide just smiled sweetly and said that in India everything is different and it depends on us how and for how much we will negotiate. The saddest thing is that our English is not very good, but their English with an Indian accent. . It is something. In general, I went to the reception and somehow (I didn’t pay any money) we understood each other and at 12 o’clock we were moved to a room with a large double bed and a single bed (to which the Indian guide said that it didn’t look like Iduses, it was too fast they moved us). The room is small but cozy and clean. Daily cleaning, I changed dirty and holey linen immediately, without wasting my nerves. . just went to the reception and pointed out the problems. 10-15 minutes and everything was decided. The air conditioner worked perfectly, but it is located on the opposite wall from the 2-bed bed, so they turned it on when they did not sleep, so as not to get sick. Hot water did not work, or rather there was a button that it should have turned on, but the button itself did not work - for 2 days I went to the reception after each visit to the room by the repair team trying to fix the breakdown and saying that there was no water. But on the third day, lo and behold, water appeared and there were no more problems. Food. . . this is a separate issue. Breakfast - scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs - Indian cooked on request. There were boiled eggs, packaged juice, ala butter, toast, cereal, milk and 2 bowls of fruit - watermelon, pineapple or papaya. Some sausages or sausages are absolutely not edible. beans in tomato and something else that I tried but this food is not for us.... inedible. But we didn't leave hungry. Dinner - for 10 days only 2 times the edible first in the form of chicken soup was presented. On other days it was something incomprehensible, sometimes jelly-like and with an incomprehensible smell. Very tasty cakes of 2 kinds. Crispy and spicy, the son ate with pleasure, and soft ones are also very tasty. Ice cream is excellent + some strange dessert that I tried to try, but again, this is not food for our taste. The fish was delicious. Rice - which could be watered with something. Sometimes spaghetti with sauce and bows is edible. After dinner, we went to the beach to Joe's shake and, if there was not enough in the canteen, we ordered fish, shrimp, or something else from him. In the afternoon we also dined at Joe's - very tasty. We also tried soups and rice with seafood, excellent tortillas with cheese and garlic. In general, everything you need. As for the territory, it is very green and well-groomed. The pool is the beginning of the season, and the bottom is already full of sand and even mucus in places - it seems that the hotel staff did not hear about the vacuum cleaner for cleaning the pools. We swam there in the evening, because the waves on the sea did not allow the child to swim. The beach is great - crisp sand is something. The water is warm, but at the same time cooling at any air temperature. But the Hindus do not have the concept of a trash can. dirt all around. But from all this you just need to abstract and relax. Excursions are a separate issue. Our family loves outdoor activities, but the first time we encountered the Indian bureaucracy, we went on a waterfall-elephant-spice tour, we didn’t go anywhere else. Kill all day to spend a total of 3 hours in line (at the waterfall, although they were among the first). And in general, everything is done so that we did not get any pleasure. But if anyone is interested, I will write in more detail what and how. In general, there was nothing to do in the hotel. . Ie relaxation in the form of food, swimming and lying on a sun lounger.....For 10 days, it's all just tired.... even in the 2-ke nearby every other day there was live music and some kind of themed evenings, and we have 3+.... nothing. Still, the airport was very tense upon arrival in GOA - all passengers were sent for a medical examination. . . it was all in such a hustle and bustle. 2 hours in line to take the temperature and get a stamp in a green piece of paper. In the course of progress, we were handed 3 more pieces of paper that had to be filled out, otherwise it was impossible to pass the next stage. All of this is very satisfying. The guide, who met us, uttered the duty phrase to everything that was happening - this is India, this is normal here. When passing through passport control at departure, the Hindu, chewing something, became attached to our son.... for about 40 minutes he poked us in the passport on the date of birth of his son and then on the child himself and repeated one phrase, such as the age does not match. My husband and I couldn’t understand what didn’t fit there, but when some girl came up to this worker and poked him at the computer, he shook his head, well, as is customary among Indians, he said that everything was OK and they let us in. . . we had a shock. There were many such moments. There was an impression that the Indians walk in groups one after another, otherwise they simply cannot. Everything is done for a long time, and in general, they are not in a hurry. they lack any logic. In general, the rest was nothing, but in the next 5 years I will not go to India either. Apparently this is not my country.
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