We booked Jungle rooms and we stayed for 2 days with family and friends. Many tourist spots are close by, the resort had good breakfast, clean rooms, friendly staff, help desk staff at the reception were polite, swimming pools were clean. Car parking space were adequate.
Jungle rooms do not have any AC but the management can install one and can be used based on the customer preference.
Overall had a plesant stay, will recommend to others.
Insufficient plug points
2 nights in Jungle Cottage
Walk in shower - old shower and bathroom not clean
No safe
King sized bed
Poor WiFi in room
Room floor not clean
Dinner not particularly good, breakfast ok
AC in room is effective but noisy. Ceiling fan not used.
Towels worn/grey in appearance
No shower gel
At first view, Abad Green Forest looks like a fabulous place to stay. We were in a jungle cottage - a really great size room. We were warmly welcomed by reception staff - who were generally very helpful.
On the positive side:
There’s a pool, the restaurant has a good selection for breakfast to suit anyone’s tastes. The lunch menu and dinner buffet are great.
Staff are warm and friendly and keen to help.
Thekkady is a very vibrant bustling town with lots to offer - this hotel is right in the town centre, perfect if you want to be in the heart of the activity. Don’t forget to barter in the shops!!
On the negative side:
There was no hot water after about 8.30am every day for any of our party of eight during our 5 night stay.
The two twin rooms we had booked turned out to be double rooms - with one bed. The second person in the room ended up sleeping on a pull out sofa bed.
The WiFi didn’t reach the ground floor cottages - so we could only get WiFi in the restaurant / reception area.
There is a lot of noise from the town - despite being set back from the main centre. The fridge in the room was also so loud we had to switch it off over night.
There were frequent power cuts.
Ground staff regularly walked past our outdoor seating area with no warning - which was awkward when I had the door open and had just come out of the shower…!
Overall I was disappointed. The resort has a lot of potential, but it feels badly managed with flaws that would need to be rectified for me to recommend it.
This place is really lovely and the staff are very friendly and polite. Electrics are a little dodgy as are the fire safety standards. An electrical fire occurred at around 4am in my friend’s room. Neither the smoke alarm or the sprinklers worked. Fortunately my friends woke up and got out of the room. They alerted the hotel staff who ambled down and then tried to put the fire out with an empty fire extinguisher. Eventually, they turned off the electrics and put the fire out with water. Electrics in our adjoining room kept going off after that. Air con and fridge stopped working completely.
Reception staff helpful and gracious. This hotel was booked by my tour operator instead of the one I had asked for, maybe as the other hotel was full.
This I can grade as a 3 star hotel, the room was lovely, had a balcony but was warned not to leave the balcony door open when going out due to monkeys. The swimming pool was good but cold, I
Did not use it. Only 6 deckchairs and when I asked for some more the man said they don’t have anymore.
I have to say the hotels must have a thing with bathrooms and grouts as even this had the same issue. Cracked tiles and grout mouldy etc. if you didn’t have the fan on then there was a drainy smell in the bathroom. No safe, oldish looking cupboard which we did not use. Bottled water left every day. Still out of the Abad group of hotels we were happy staying here. Would rate this a 3 star hotel.
