Name: Royal Orchid Beach Resort & Spa
Address: Utorda Beach, Salcette, Goa, 403713, IN

6/10

Pleasant

10 Aug 2025

Tejinder

Property rooms are just ok in size but beds are small for 2 adults. House cleaning staff came very late for cleaning and didn't change the bedsheet. In night they opened karoke in dining area and it was all too noisy which created headache as 3-4 persons were trying to sing in horrible sound and rhythm. Overall I feel it's not worth value for money

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2025

Sarbjit

Amazing hotel, nothing was ever too much to ask for, fantastic service, looking forward to going back

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2025

Gregory

I enjoyed the location and amenities. Food was also good

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2025

Sagar

An Honest Review
•Property Location: Exquisite
•Service: Top-notch
•Food: Delicious

This property truly offers a luxurious experience.

I recently visited the Royal Orchid property, and from the moment I arrived, the experience was exceptional. At check-in, I was warmly welcomed by Fransquinha at the front desk. She went out of her way to arrange a pre-check-in room for us, as my wife is six months pregnant. Fransquinha took great care of us throughout our stay until the moment we checked out.

We also had the pleasure of meeting Chef Sam, Manager Ashish, and their fantastic team – Mohit, Jolivon, and Jonathan. They were all well-prepared and committed to delivering top-notch service. Chef Sam and Ashish recommended some amazing food combinations. I genuinely suggest opting for the full board when booking this property – the food is a must-try.

Traditional music while having breakfast is something peaceful and magical.

Room service, the swimming pool, and other amenities were extremely efficient and quick.

The only minor concern is that the rooms are a bit small. However, the aesthetics are beautiful, with attention to detail and thoughtful design throughout.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2025

Saravanan

Our stay at the resort was memorable and great experience. The place was clean and safe.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Nice relaxing stay

Nice property with lot of amenities like swimming pool, games etc. Direct access to beach possible. Chairs are provided at the beach, however they are just outside of the property and would have been nice to be ahead.

Staff is helpful. However response time was much more on Saturday than on other days, possibly due to rush of tourists.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2025

sanjay

A nice hotel with good access to the beach and local beach shacks. An excellent breakfast and restaurant for lunch or dinner.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Mar 2025

Prerna

Everything was good. This is a cute boutique resort. Like the access to the beach.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2025

Chaitra

Great service by Alley

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2025

Nalin

The property was set so beautiful with swimming pool which can be seen from the room balcony
Also the palm trees had lovely birds singing

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2025

Praveen

Our stay was wonderful! The hotel’s location is incredibly convenient, just a 2-minute walk from the beach. The food was delicious, and the staff were warm and hospitable. The only drawback was that one of the dishes we ordered took a long time to be served.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2025

Noor

Overall experience was good

ISHA made my stay comfortable.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2025

Oliver

Great oasis with direct access to the beach. Good food. No complaints.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2024

Bhupendra Kumar

The property is good and the staff are good. Will definitely revisit

Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2024

Vinod

Loved the overall experiences in all departments, i loved the swimming pool facility and all staff members are welcoming all the time. I will recommend ROB resort to all, mainly families with kids and parents

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2024

Mallikarjun

Very helpful staff and serene beach

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2024

Elaine

The resort looks nice in the pictures posted but when you are on the property it’s average. The buffet area’s layout is terrible for the amount of foot traffic. Keep in mind if you eat at the buffet at lunch or dinner, your bill will include a service charge. The servers won’t tell you if you leave a tip. Also if you want to go to the beach area, the staff tell you not to take the towels there because of the sand. Isn’t that the whole point of having a beach towel?? Also don’t order room service. They will send you the wrong orders, then send you the correct one when you call down but charge you for both orders. When you bring it up to the front desk’s attention… they have a group huddle with all the staff members and try to blame it on you. Asking if the signature is ours and that we signed both copies. Just a complete waste of time. I’m sure there are better resorts in goa with better service.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2023

Mamta

I stayed in the royal suite and loved the room

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jan 2023

margaret

First the good things: The staff here is amazing! Everyone is very friendly and helpful. Also, the food served at the restaurant is very good and the people working there are awesome! The splash pad and pool are also nice.

What needs improving: The kids playground is old and peeling. There is an extra charge for all of the kids activities - there is a trampoline, archery, etc. I paid $300 per room (which I later found out was way above what other guests paid - my bad!), so I definitely felt like that should've all been included. Also, the beach has several local bars on it, so there is litter strewn all over and it's very loud.

If I had it to do over, I would stay at the Kenilworth, which is right next door. I should mention that we did eat twice over at the Kenilworth and the staff was not nearly as friendly and accommodating as at Royal Orchid.

If you get a good rate on this hotel (some of the guests said they paid $150), then I think it would be considered a good deal. For $300/night, it was a rip off.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

06 Apr 2022

Abhishek Jagdish

THIS IS A SCAM. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED AS A 5 STAR PROPERTY HERE ON EXPEDIA. DO NOT FALL FOR THE IMAGES!

The rooms were not cleaned up at all. The bed had sand on it.

We reported this to the housekeeping and they said they cleaned our rooms. We came back to the rooms only to find stains (blood-like) on the bed linen.

My parents who were staying in another room had a lizard rolled into their bedsheet. My mom was not able to sleep that night.

The bathroom was not even cleaned to the basic level. It had stuff used by previous guests. There were earbuds on the dirty bathroom floor.

The floor was not cleaned when we entered the rooms. It had dust and sand all over.

The bathroom did not have basic toiletries like body wash and shampoo on the 1st day even after multiple requests.
The bathroom shower was leaking water right into the room even after closing the door properly.

The bathroom sink had stains from the previous guests which we had to clean ourselves before using.

The fridge was dirty, we cleaned it ourselves. Yet it was not clean enough to use.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Nov 2020

Bhargav

Beautiful beach property

One of the best stays in Goa, I consider it more like a 4star property. Rooms are old and fans and lights were dirty. Bed was comfortable and toilet was clean.
Approach to beach has water logging.
Service in the restaurant was very good.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Nice hotel, good location. Quiet

Good food

Rooms and particularely bathrooms could be improved

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

The grounds and the pool areas were very beautiful and well maintained. The proximity and access to the fabulous beach was good. Security at the lobby entrance and beach entrance was good. The food in the restaurant was good. The staffs were very responsive, polite and attentive to our needs. Mabel and her entire team went above and beyond to make our stay pleasant. The rooms are dated and could use renovations and updating.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2020

Sarika

Comfortable stay

We had a very comfortable stay at Royal Orchid in Uttorda. We had rooms with an amazing view of the grounds. There were lots of families. The pool and beach were great for our needs as a young family. We were unhappy that we were asked to pay in full upon checkin.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2019

Sundeep

Absolutely awesome time with family!!!

We had booked 4 pool facing rooms. The resort was very child friendly and had lot of games and activities for the kids. The staff was very warm and friendly. The food was delicious and my entire family loved it. Overall it was a fantastic experience. Special mention of Fransquinha, Prakash, Vinod, Rohit who went out of the way to make us comfortable.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Dec 2019

Denny

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Excellent hotel and amenities

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Room had cockroaches and the tap water was muddy.. television never worked except on day one.. food choices were very limited

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

20 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Love the staff - excellent by any measure.
Facilities are not 5 star - rooms were damp, finishes - floor, toilets, showers etc. - did not meet what I would expect in a 5 star hotel

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Best part of the resort is the clean and white sand beach next to it. We also enjoyed sitting and soaking sun in their in well maintained lawn. Vegetarian food at Cosmos was very good (barring desserts) and way better than most of the eateries in Goa.
Reception area and room need some work to meet star standards.

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

14 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Very bad service; do not choose this place if you are arriving here from a long international journey

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Aug 2019

Amjad

If you don't have any better option

Very basic service.Not very clean hotel.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Nice stay

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Staff is very helpful and attentive, but attention to detail is missing, I had room probably next to kitchen. Loud kitchen noises in lawn, not my idea of being in South Goa in an isolated resort near a quite beach, plus they had some hammer and drills running around my room (above or next to the room) which made it hard for us to have the infant sleep. I could have asked them to shift me to the room further toward beach but I saw a loud marriage reception party on the other side and I was thankful that my room was next to kitchen. To be honest I was happy to check out so I might have not given right feedback to them.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2019

Knut

Good service, but the facilities are more 3,5 star

Very good breakfast, okay dinner. Rooms were too small and old to be a 5star hotel. Also the taxies are more expensive from this hotel compared to other hotels.

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2019

Ananth

Good

Peaceful atmosphere

Family

2/10

Poor

03 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Worst hotel. Very poor room. Dirty and i got 2 single beds when i booked for 1 kind bed. They dont have private beach just the access. They dont allow to go to beach after 9pm. You have to go from mail road.whats the point of spending so much on such properties then. They dont even have lounges. Just a small poolside bar and only one restaurant. Gala dinner new year also was pathetic. They gave only basic drinks and you have to pay extra for just imfl also. Food was cold and pathetIc.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2019

H

Excellent stay. Food was amazing and the staff very personable. Went for Xmas and NYE - there was a spectacular fireworks display.

2/10

Poor

29 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

this resort is infested with rats drains are constantly blocking up in the room and flooding with water and toilet drain
, no facility for disable people though it states its 5 star but i wouldn't rate it more than 2 star. the only thing this so called resort survives is the people who work there, specially restaurant staff and pool guys. managers are not helpful at all and higher management needs to get their head out of back side and listen to guest as only they are keeping them afloat. I would not recommend this resort to anyone book some where else you will save money and hassle.NEVER AGAIN WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Excellent ambience, comfort,excellent reception counter Rajat

6/10

Pleasant

25 Dec 2018

Kavya

Great beach but jaded property

Room was not that clean.. sheets were dusty but was changed promptly.. the property feels old and dated. Breakfast area is small in proportion to the size of the resort and was very crowded. Overall very crowded

Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Just to note, this was recommended to us by Expedia when our initial hotel booking was bumped due to a change in owners. The hotel was rated as 5 star, and maybe it is 5 star for Goa, but it is probably 3 star on other standards. Rooms are as per photos but a little dated, however once all that was got over, it was clean, the staff excellent, the pool very nice, and the location was really good with quite a few eating choices both on and off the beach. So, very good service and location.

2/10

Poor

09 Nov 2018

Jabar

Not a 5 star hotel for sure..2.5/5. Expedia should definitely remove this hotel from the 5 star rating hotels.

8/10

Excellent

29 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

3star fits in for this resort, not 5 star.

The rooms A/C needs tobe upgraded. Old noicy air conditioner . Lunch and dinner buffet is very ordinary in quality and taste, and not much choices. Better to go alacart. It's not fair to call this resort as 5 star resort. May be a 3 star fits in. Generally staffs are good. There is nothing around the resort .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2018

DARPAN

Overall Super Stay

Overall Super Stay, Warm and hospitable reception, fast check in, nice quint villas converted in various rooms, pool with a bar counter, super room service, though found the rooms to be small, they were comfortable and well maintained. Bet part was as required my Air conditioning was superly chilling. Loved it. Well spread breakfast buffet though and efficient service here as well.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Apr 2018

Debbie

Great service and friendly staff

Very comfortable accommodation
Friendly staff and great atmosphere
Great food

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Had a very good overall experience at the Royal orchid beach resort and spa.

6/10

Pleasant

13 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

its good hotel with great outdoor atmosphere

Its okay hotel for the amount they charged, staff is not as friendly as expected, they can certainly improve customer relation. They have good breakfast menu but food quality is not great.

2/10

Poor

02 Apr 2017

Claire

This is the first bad review I've ever given :-(

Awful, how this is classed as 5 star is beyond me! Unhappy, unhelpful & even rude staff, outdated, scruffy room, bathroom dirty, fridge broken. But the worst has to be the swimming pool ... many broken tiles on the floor of the pool, which I didn't notice until after I badly cut my foot on them! After the wound had been treated I expected someone to come and aplogise for the injury, no one cared & I was just told they couldn't mend the broken tiles as they were too busy, 2 other guests that day were injured by broken tiles, it's dangerous & totally unacceptable that they are aware of the serious problem but do nothing more than patch up injured guests as oppose to mending the badly damaged pool?!

This hotel needs closing down immediately & fully refurbishing to a safe standard before anyone else should have to waste their money staying here!

4/10

Poor

31 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

the hotel rooms could be cleaned to a higher standard, the cost for the rooms does not reflect the level, its too much to pay, they food was outstanding

4/10

Poor

17 Mar 2017

Tony

Disappointed

This hotel is not a five star hotel. If you had travelled any distance to get here you would have been sorely disappointed,
There was only one restaurant not 3 as described. the so called golf course was a 3 hole pitch and putt and all 3 holes were within 150 metres at most and were not operational anyway. The room needed renovating and was not very clean with several cockroaches in the bathroom. the balcony overlooked a footpath and we did not once sit out as it was not a great view. On a more positive note the staff were helpful and friendly and the garden and pool were very nice.
I felt that the description of the hotel requires updating and the 5 star rating is not warrented.

Partner