Oct 20, 2011 07:21 PM
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1) Club Mahindra is a great resort & a typical 4 star.Lets cal it a resort more than hotel
2) Location is centre & near Hills.
3) Rooms –clean & no frill.Neat Bed & comfortable spacing.
4) You wud love to drink at this hotel.View from Balcony is almost poetic
5) Crowd is mostly North Indians & a feeling of Punjabi culture in Kerala
6) Food is typical kerala.But nothing beats that Uttapam & Sambar delicacy.Its awesome
7) Kids love this place.I can see many outside posing for snaps with local dwellers.Its very soothing
8) Staff is cordial & listen to your specific needs.
9) Feel of a lonely resort like they show in Indian Horror movies.With Hills around its scary at night.
10) Market is near so no problem with ATM, Cash, medicines etc etc
Thumbs down
1) Small Size.Not a big czarina hotel
2) Evenings r a little uncomfortable with insects around lights
3) Hotel guy charge u a mammoth if u try to book thru them(Like the Mountain tour)
My Advice
1) Don’t book thru Local Kerala tour operators.They sweet talk you & charge hefty plus don’t give adequate services as well.I booked the tour thru Antilog Vacations, Official Partner of Club M .They r really cheap owing to bulk booking & discounting thing
2) Thekkady & Kerala in winters is on High demand.Book really early & NEVER book the room/tour from the hotel Directly.They asked us the published rates which were very high.Imagine asking one of the fellow honeymooners 4000 bucks for a taxi around Periyar! We were lucky that we prebooked.If u don’t do it u simply have no other option
3) Beware of the wild animals around jungle.I heard that there r quite a few foxes.It can be really scary at Night
4) No shopping pls.Theres nothing to shop except usual tourists crap like topis, hats.NO SHOPPING.Period
The resort gets a 4 rating out of 5