Deshadan Cliff And Beach Resort

India , Trivandrum
VARKALA, Kurakkani Cliff
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20 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2025

Stuart

Pool right outside my room Bed is very comfortable A/C is quiet.

Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Jul 2024

Nanda

Great

8/10

Excellent

10 Jan 2023

Sheeba

Nice hotel, but not close to beach

Good service, and amneties like pool. Friendly staff. About 10 min walk from cliffside and beach

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Feb 2020

JennieB

Basic amenities and facilities, but staff were friendly and helpful.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2019

Thea

We enjoyed our time at this hotel. Nice, big rooms - quiet beautiful place with a nice pool and a good breakfast. Not far to walk to the beach.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Good service, good a/c, comfortable beds, nice pool, but bathrooms could have been nicer and wifi didn't work in our room. Somewhat noisy in the mornings due to on-site restaurant/neighboring rooms.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2018

Wonderful location, good amenities

The Deshadan Cliff & Beach Resort was as promised with all amenities including free wifi, parking and swimming pool.
The rates were slightly on the higher side owing to the holidayyum season but still not exorbitant for the amenities offered. Location was perfect and at walking distance from the beach and cliff. The rooms were clean and spacious enough with private washroom and all essential toiletries provided. Air conditioning too was fine as was the television with required channels available. The wifi was a tad slow to be honest especially inside the rooms but manageable.
The free buffet breakfast was quite a decent spread and had a mix of South Indian and continental. The food otherwise too was tasty albeit a bit on the higher side as far as prices were concerned.
The staff were all extremely friendly and more than willing to help out with a smile, whenever required. Dealing with each and every one of them was pleasant.
Overall, an excellent and relaxing stay.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Very nice compact hotel.. near rooms good food.. only suggestions pl provide a proper route map to reach the hotel from say Kollam or Kochi. Google maps takes you to very bad roads along beach if you are self driving

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2018

Great otpion for Varkala Beach.

This is a great option for Varkala beach. Super friendly staff and decent, spacious bedrooms. Great breakfast, not the same every day. Fresh fruit juice, healthy stuff. Smooth check-in and check out. Pool hours should really be reviewed, it is too restrictive to tell guests in a destination like Varkala Beach that pool access is not possible after 6pm. Really hoping to go back soon.

Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2018

Jillian

A great location at a relatively low cost

We loved staying in Varkala, the Deshadan is a great location, just 5 mins off the main beach and restaurant area. A fabulous beach!! Highly recommend My Place restaurant, Tika Masala and fish in banana leave we’re particularly good! Accommodation great for a relatively low cost hotel with A/C & fan, breakfast included. The only enhancement would have been a in-room safe.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Nov 2017

Clare

good hotel with great pool

A nice hotel with friendly staff. The breakfast staff were very helpful in particular. The room was good but make sure you get one close to the pool as the ones at the front of the hotel near the road are grotty. A five minute walk to the beach.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2016

ron

Lovely quiet location, only short walk to beach.

Very polite staff, good location. Quiet and has a nice pool.

8/10

Excellent

30 Jan 2016

Marcus

A lot of bang for the buck

Great value for money, best we've stayed in so far in India. Nice pool, fantastic staff, good food in the restaurant.
A little jaded but aren't we all? Wifi good when it worked but was a little temperamental. All in all a great stay, would highly recommend

Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2015

Verified traveler

Lovely resort - food could be improved a little

Overall our stay was very enjoyable. The room was large and clean with a seating area, TV and very comfortable bed. The pool and surrounding area were kept very clean as well.
Staff were polite although service a little slow.
Only complaint is the food. We ordered pasta one night which was full of garlic skin. Another morning I ordered cereal and was presented with a bowl but told they thought it was bad - I tried one piece in front of them as that's what it seemed like they were waiting for me to do, it was indeed bad. I asked for toast instead and the first lot we were given was mouldy. And the fruit in the morning tasted strongly of onion.
The food is what lets what would be a very nice hotel down.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2015

Sudhakar

Very helpful staff. Good food at their restaurant.

Family

2/10

Poor

24 Feb 2015

Nils

There are a lot of better Hotels near

We booked this one in advanced.. bad desiscion. We paid the roon and didnt sleep here, because of the room and the atmosphere of the hole resort where terrible. You can find much better Hotels near the cliff for way better price.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2015

Marcia

Relaxing stay

Excellent staff and facilities, great location .
The food was far superior to what is available at beach.

6/10

Pleasant

11 May 2014

richrich

OK for India

Reasonable overall. Dated rooms, outdoor breakfast seemed quite unhygienic with ants everywhere, usual egg and rubbishy toast with nescafe or lukewarm tea. Very helpful staff lent us power adaptors and basically let us check out much later than the published time which was useful. Bags left there all day with no problems.

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2014

rohit

“Comfy beds”

nice service!!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Mar 2014

Pawan Dhir

Convenient stopover

We stayed at the Deshshdan Cliff and Beach Resort for one night as a stop over for a night before heading to Kovalam for the final stay. The hotel is rather dated and rooms a bit crammed around a small swimming pool. It is OK for a one night stay as the location is ideal to walk to Varkala beach (a couple of hundred meters) to see the sunset in the evening and have a drink while taking in the view.