Stone Wood Premier Gokarna

The facility is very average - from approach road to the layout to the room quality and amenities. Nothing is premium as they claim and charge for. For instance, the curtain in the large glass door was cheapest quality and of size which did not cover the full glass door! The rooms, reception and restaurant are all located at different levels on the mountain slope making it painful for elderly people with weak knees. The restaurant has very limited options for all meals and the quality of food is very poor. There was power outage almost every hour. They have back up power but the transition is not smooth and not instantly. The rooms have no sofa to sit, which one expects after paying Rs.12K for one night. The swimming pool size is good only for kids and the water appeared heavily loaded with chemicals. Overall, this place should best be avoided unless they reset the tariff to 5-6K.

This property is a completely serene and surrounded by greenery throughout the route towards the property and well within the property. Even for a moment you won’t feel that the nature has left your side. Stone Wood Premier offers resplendent cottages across four categories. 1) The Nature View Cottages overlook the spice plantations surrounding the resort. 2) The Valley View Cottages present uplifting views of the valley. 3) Pool Front Cottages are premium living spaces with pool view. 4) They also have a Suite—the perfect choice if you wish to experience luxury in Gokarna. You can visit OM and Kudle beach from here which should take you 5-10 minutes by scooty, Paradise beach is also quite near but you will have to trek for the beach from a certain point. Other near by places would be Gokarna beach and Mahabaleshwar temple which would be about 15 minutes from the Hotel. We had chosen the room plan with Breakfast and stayed here for about 5 days. Throughout the stay there were definitely 2-3 items which were repeatedly there in their menu so it would be ideal if they can plan to rotate items more effectively but otherwise food is quite good, fresh stuff and good preparation and presentation. The service too is quite quick in terms of room service and snack/food serving in the rooms. The property has few activities lined up in the resort itself like Burma Bridge, Zipline, Nature Walk, etc which you can opt for if needed though some are chargeable one’s. Overall we had a pleasant stay here & definitely recommend this property.

The facility is very average - from approach road to the layout to the room quality and amenities. Nothing is premium as they claim and charge for. For instance, the curtain in the large glass door was cheapest quality and of size which did not cover the full glass door! The rooms, reception and restaurant are all located at different levels on the mountain slope making it painful for elderly people with weak knees. The restaurant has very limited options for all meals and the quality of food is very poor. There was power outage almost every hour. They have back up power but the transition is not smooth and not instantly. The rooms have no sofa to sit, which one expects after paying for one night. The swimming pool size is good only for kids and the water appeared heavily loaded with chemicals. Overall, this place should best be avoided unless they reset the tariff to 5-6K.

Location is really isolated with no fear, very gud for nature lovers and food is quiet delicious. Either north indian or other cuisines also

Whilst Stone Wood Premier remains an excellent property, our experience was spoilt by inadequate supervision/management that led to sub-par level of services. Some examples during our one night stay: delayed check-in due to lack of staff to bring our luggage from the car (the front desk person was busy talking on his mobile and "did not see us" coming down the stairs), having to ask for hand towels and fused bulb replacement in the bathroom, repeatedly following up for breakfast (several items were served only at 7:30 am versus the given time of 7:00 am).

Service is really good. Nice individual cottages, and entire property is covered with greenery. Om beach is nearby from the property. A good no of activities to do in resort like zip line, archery etc