Vijay Vilas Heritage Resort

We stayed at the heritage rooms. These are horribly maintained rooms with broken, worn out furniture and cracked window glass, over hanging cables from the TV, dark curtains. Bathroom was 3 star category. There was nothing either luxury or heritage about the rooms. Definitely not worth the price. You may get misled that it’s a beach front property by seeing the description. But the property is actually 1 km walk from the beachfront. The walk is through the forest and therefore not safe to do alone in the night. The beach is secluded and beautiful. Hotel provides transportation to go back and forth in the evening. The pool in the hotel is very small and is not serviced or has an operational filtering system. So enter at your own risk. Complimentary breakfast includes limited options ..dosa or idli sambar and one type of parantha and banana or watermelon. Don’t expect anything elaborate. Taste is average. Paid food is better. They serve dinner at the beach for rs 600 per person. Includes 3 dishes and naan/rice. This cost is without taxes. If you want a bill, then taxes will be extra. You can not pay by credit or debit card as the hotel will refuse to bear the 2% bank charges. They bill it to the customer.

Just wonderful in all terms. Have to stay here, nowhere else. We got a villa which felt like being somewhere in a safari national park, a 2 minute walk to the palace. Manager, cannot recall his name, lived in middle east so got to practice some arabic. Hotel arranged a dinner at a private beach and met my special request of what to eat, it was cooked to perfection and the chef came to ask how it was. A fire was lit on the beach with other guests and this was an experience which we can never forghe, Breakfast was brilliant as well. Worth staying 2 nights as the ambience is so beautiful and in December the weather too. Cannot fault this property. Management continue with the good work.

Nice cozy room with friendly staff. Offbeat location perfect for gateway.