hotel for a solid four

Written: 8 december 2013
Travel time: 24 november — 4 december 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 8.0
I chose the hotel based on the requirements: - close to the sea, decent breakfasts, the availability of infrastructure behind the hotel in order to eat, massage, and shop. Majorda fully complies with all these requirements. We arrived at the hotel around 15:00 local time, was met by a Russian-speaking hotel employee Svetlana, while drinking welcome juice and filling out questionnaires, she briefly spoke about the hotel and everyone was escorted to the rooms. We booked a superion room, located on the 2nd floor of the central building. The room has two double beds, a TV (2 Russian channels), a safe, a minibar, a kettle with tea and coffee, 2 armchairs, a small table and a secretary, outdoor furniture on the balcony, air conditioning and a fan, bathrobes, slippers, soap accessories. Everything worked, the cleaning took place regularly, if you don’t look in the corners to find flaws, then it’s normal. The hotel building is noticeably "not the first freshness",
but we were ready for it and nothing disappointed us. The presence of Russian-speaking employees Svetlana and Alla helps a lot, with whom you can resolve all emerging issues, and Svetlana is much more sociable and friendly to Alla. The territory, by my standards, is not large, but cleverly planned and well-groomed. The pools are clean and there are plenty of sun loungers around the pool and on the beach. There is no need to take them early in the morning. Beach towels are issued and changed without any problems. The beach is not a hotel (as everywhere in India), the sand is fine, white is very pleasant. Right behind the hotel on the beach there are 3 local cafes that feed hotel guests and contain sunbeds. On the second day after the arrival, all the newcomers are already known by name, "pulled in different directions", offering their services. Of course, almost everyone orders something while they lie by the sea, but this is not an obligation. Even if you don’t take anything in a cafe, they won’t kick you out of your sunbed,
will be invited to come in the evening, tomorrow....The sea is clean and warm, but there is always a wave of different sizes. The menu in different cafes is almost identical, as are the prices. A lot has already been written about Kolya and Pushkin, you need to choose for yourself. I liked more what is located to the left of the exit to the beach. They cook everything for Europeans, not very spicy. Prices, by our standards, are ridiculous. Lunch and dinner together with my husband, they took rum, beer, tea, cakes, salad, two hot dishes, it came out 800-1000 rupees (about 400-500 rubles), but you can take less, because the portions are large. Breakfast at the hotel is quite modest, but you will not go hungry. They always fry an omelet with various additions, sometimes they fry fish or pancakes. Dairy products include milk (hot and cold) and curdled milk. There are 5-6 types of hot dishes, fruits were represented by bananas, watermelons. Pastries are present, but modestly both in terms of assortment and quality.

We dined several times at the hotel in the restaurant "Sishel". There are complexes for 350 rupees, a bottle of beer, bread, soup (you can choose), a grilled dish (fish, chicken) is included. Everything is clean, tasty, affordable. Tried to dine in the same restaurant and were disappointed. Not only did they prepare the order for 1.5 hours (they didn’t order anything super complicated), but the husband also got poisoned. The hotel has different "lure", such as "happy hour" when you buy a bottle of rum, the second should be given as a gift. They didn’t give us a second dinner at that ill-fated dinner, the appeal to Svetlana didn’t change the situation in any way, although she apologized for the hotel... The price of this rum at local prices is ridiculous (75 rubles), the more unpleasant the behavior of the hotel is, I don’t like minnows. We dined with six of us, the total amount of the order was 6.000 rupees (3.000 rubles), which is a lot at Indian prices. It is clear that in the future we did not go to their dinners, since there is a choice of establishments.
Massage done for trial at the hotel, on the beach,
in the Ayurvedic center "Doctor Om". The hotel has the most expensive (1900 rupees) and the worst, plus plumbing that threatens to fall on your head and serving girls who are not busy with clients, but with their own pedicure. On the beach, a massage on a couch in a wicker shed is very professional for 1000-1200 rupees (as you bargain). To the clinic massage 1000 rupees in civil conditions, with a shower and a steam barrel. We draw our own conclusions. . .
In total, if you are ready that everywhere in India you will be accompanied by sacred animals - cows, annoying merchants and taxi drivers, if garbage and poverty do not prevent you from seeing the happy and friendly faces of the Hindus, if you are interested in a different religion and other life values, then come to India is waiting for you!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original