India Yoga Holidays

We ended up having to change rooms as did our friends. Initially our friends changed due to a funny smell in their bathroom. Our room was beautiful and clean but after returning from dinner it smelled terribly of smoke. The staff were very courteous and kind and quickly moved us to another room. We’re not sure if cigarette smoke from outside somehow drifted into the room. The next room was nice but faced the street where stray dogs barked all night and the mattress on the bed was worn and sunk in the middle. We didn’t sleep a wink the first night. The 2nd night the dogs were quieter which helped.

It met all the needs of us as a retired couple.

Amazing: • food • room • facilities Not quite 5*: • location • service The hotel is huge and impressive, and the place is full of staff. But the service is variable. People really want to help you and some of the staff are super ‘on it’ and efficient. Others, not so much. When we arrived we were taken to the wrong room - a mistake with the number. Then the tv didn’t work. Coffee and tea machine means a kettle - no coffee machine. The hydrotherapy pool wasn’t working - when I asked, the staff member showed me I had to turn it on myself on the switch behind the plastic cover on the wall (where you’d assume public shouldn’t be flicking switches). We asked about an ATM on site and two staff members told us where to go, but there was none, which front of house staff confirmed when we asked. When a payment didn’t go through at the pool bar, later in the day a member of staff messaged me from their personal number on my WhatsApp. I had to tell them multiple times it wasn’t a good time to come to collect payment - and was it really professional to be messaging me from their personal WhatsApp? I had another message during the stay from another staff member also on their personal WhatsApp, and it just seemed a bit odd and not 5*. Also, what about GDPR? On the other hand, came across amazing staff too. The spa treatments were great, and the food! Note: the property is adjacent to the ocean, but there isn’t really beach access, there is a wall.

Amazing: • food • room • facilities Not quite 5*: • location • service The hotel is huge and impressive, and the place is full of staff. But the service is variable. People really want to help you and some of the staff are super ‘on it’ and efficient. Others, not so much. When we arrived we were taken to the wrong room - a mistake with the number. Then the tv didn’t work. Coffee and tea machine means a kettle - no coffee machine. The hydrotherapy pool wasn’t working - when I asked, the staff member showed me I had to turn it on myself on the switch behind the plastic cover on the wall (where you’d assume public shouldn’t be flicking switches). We asked about an ATM on site and two staff members told us where to go, but there was none, which front of house staff confirmed when we asked. When a payment didn’t go through at the pool bar, later in the day a member of staff messaged me from their personal number on my WhatsApp. I had to tell them multiple times it wasn’t a good time to come to collect payment - and was it really professional to be messaging me from their personal WhatsApp? I had another message during the stay from another staff member also on their personal WhatsApp, and it just seemed a bit odd and not 5*. Also, what about GDPR? On the other hand, came across amazing staff too. The spa treatments were great, and the food! Note: the property is adjacent to the ocean, but there isn’t really beach access, there is a wall.

It met all the needs of us as a retired couple.

Amazing: • food • room • facilities Not quite 5*: • location • service The hotel is huge and impressive, and the place is full of staff. But the service is variable. People really want to help you and some of the staff are super ‘on it’ and efficient. Others, not so much. When we arrived we were taken to the wrong room - a mistake with the number. Then the tv didn’t work. Coffee and tea machine means a kettle - no coffee machine. The hydrotherapy pool wasn’t working - when I asked, the staff member showed me I had to turn it on myself on the switch behind the plastic cover on the wall (where you’d assume public shouldn’t be flicking switches). We asked about an ATM on site and two staff members told us where to go, but there was none, which front of house staff confirmed when we asked. When a payment didn’t go through at the pool bar, later in the day a member of staff messaged me from their personal number on my WhatsApp. I had to tell them multiple times it wasn’t a good time to come to collect payment - and was it really professional to be messaging me from their personal WhatsApp? I had another message during the stay from another staff member also on their personal WhatsApp, and it just seemed a bit odd and not 5*. Also, what about GDPR? On the other hand, came across amazing staff too. The spa treatments were great, and the food! Note: the property is adjacent to the ocean, but there isn’t really beach access, there is a wall.

We ended up having to change rooms as did our friends. Initially our friends changed due to a funny smell in their bathroom. Our room was beautiful and clean but after returning from dinner it smelled terribly of smoke. The staff were very courteous and kind and quickly moved us to another room. We’re not sure if cigarette smoke from outside somehow drifted into the room. The next room was nice but faced the street where stray dogs barked all night and the mattress on the bed was worn and sunk in the middle. We didn’t sleep a wink the first night. The 2nd night the dogs were quieter which helped.