Punnamada Resorts

Terrible experience

Not worth for 20k Full of mosquitoes Bad bed Poor towels No selection of foods

We went there a year ago and since then it’s taken a turn towards the worse. Change of management perhaps? Or overworked personnel? First the rooms are dark and uncomfortable and don’t keep the humidity out, so didn’t really sleep. Our mission became trying to stay away from the property as much as possible. I got free electro therapy trying to turn on the bedroom light. The showers have snails and lizards. Slow responses from personell in restaurant (which only serves buffets now - last year was à la carte). If I’d pay about half I maybe would’ve expected something similar. But a premium price needs a premium stay. And it was far away from that.

The resort is absolutely beautiful, the location, the layout, the historically built cottages everything was fantastic. Food and staff in the restaurant and housekeeping were extremely friendly. We had a view things that didn’t make the 5 star rating. 1.resort advertises that there is WIFI in the rooms and on the premises - wrong. No WIFI anywhere except in the lobby. 2. Was minibar in the room. Upon arrival, there was no fridge in the room, after a bit of a discussion they finally supplied a fridge. Fridge never even got cold until the next morning. 3. Hot water - didn’t get any hot water until the next morning. So, if you can’t commit to what you advertise, please delete it otherwise more guests will complain

We arrived to find the pool was still closed after the monsoon season which we weren't informed of in advance and was a real selling point of the hotel. This was odd as other pools including the public pool in the area we're open. Additionally we were told only when we asked about it that the onsite bar was closed for renovations and we're recommended to go to a competitor hotel to use their bar. In general the staff were quite apathetic that the resort was not ready for visitors and although we really enjoyed the boat tour and the views were lovely this wasn't the stay we had hoped for. If amenities are closed some pre warning feels necessary.