Name: Kovalam Beach Hotel
Address: 2nd Beach Road, Kovalam, 695527, IN

8/10

Excellent

19 Jan 2026

William

If you want the sound of breaking waves 200 metres away, a spacious room, a big balcony (this time with a view of the bay and beach); a two minute walk to the sand and the sea and the lovely Kovalam beach; coconut trees all around and lots of local people enjoying the happy life, this is for you.
It’s a very Kerala hotel, dark wood, space and carved wood. Friendly staff.
It coups do with a bit of modernisation, but what you need will work. It’s very personal. I hade been there a year before and I was remembered.
It could only be a South Indian hotel, with lots of atmosphere.
The breakfast is simple and not a lot of choice,
Laundry took a day but was well done.
A very happy place indeed.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2025

William

Atmospheric, traditional and kind

It is a place full of character. Delightful staff (limited English with some did not take away from their kindness and personal care).
The building is all traditional Kerala, lots of dark wood, and a very amusing lift playing Tamil music.
My balcony faced the fires of coconut palms, with birds occasionally calling out, but the dominant sound was the breakers as the beach is 20 metres down the lane.
The room was spacious and comfortable: a bit old fashioned so this is not a modern smart business hotel. It is much better.
I really enjoyed my stay.
The worst thing was the feeble WiFi.
Plenty of storage and the bathroom entirely adequate.
Its proximity to the beach, the quieter end, is a bonus.

Self

4/10

Poor

07 Nov 2024

Bijay

There was a narrow road to the hotel and the cleanliness of the hotel and surrounding areas is not up to the expectation.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

03 Jan 2018

kiran

Pathetic hotel, better to stay in lodges

Worst hotel. Even train toilet seats are better than this hotels toilet. Arrogant reception person. Tv does not work. No tv remote. Its OYO hotel. Parking available for two smaller cars only. Blankets poor. Don't go by picture s. That's the mistake I did. They don't know the meaning of a customer.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jan 2014

Verified traveler

Satisfactory.

I have booked my hotel through expedia. it is very surprising that they do not received the information about my booking. It took me several STD calls to confirm my reservation.

I have booked two rooms , both are sea facing . However they have allotted one room with sea facing while the other road facing.

4/10

Poor

24 May 2013

Verified traveler

Kovalam Beach Hotel

Expedia should not entertain these hotel. The hotel does not honour its commitment. They can't even serve breakfast till 9.30 am.

4/10

Poor

28 Jan 2013

selretep

Avoid

Overpriced, unimpressive hotel, staff friendly, breakfast less than basic

4/10

Poor

24 Feb 2012

Verified traveler

Kovalam Beach Hotel - Not a good hotel to stay in

This may be the worst hotels I’ve stayed in, and if I returned to Kovalam I would definitely not stay here again. I stayed for 4 nights

Many things were broken. The safe didn't work, they said it was the batteries, but never got that fixed. The shower did not work (although the tap in the bath did) and every day I told them and every day they said it was fixed and when I went to my room it wasn’t. People would come, try and turn it on, and leave saying they'd get someone else to look at it, but I never saw any actually attempt to fix it. This was completely unacceptable.

One of the windows wouldn’t lock and after 2 days of telling them they told me it was because of the air condition unit. Odd as it was nowhere near the unit, and the window close it just needed a key to lock it.

I asked for a wakeup call to get to the airport and they didn’t call. Someone called the hotel and asked to be put through to my room, and they took ages to work out which room I was in, and then told the person I wasn’t answering (in fact my phone never even rang). The door was just a thin door, so for a woman staying on her own it felt less than secure. . It’s also down a side road, so walking back at night doesn’t feel safe, I had to ask someone to walk me back

Also the hotel backs onto open land and other apartments. It was noisy with dogs howling throughout the night. Nit something the hotel could help, but not a peaceful night!

The staff are just slow, don’t understand what you are asking for, and don’t seem to care that they haven’t fixed the problem.

Other people I had travelled with stayed in other hotels and they seemed much better.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2012

Verified traveler

Kovalm Beach Ho

W e were not happy with the stay. Fan was not working and not made working after informing next day morning. Ac making lot of noise spoiling the comfort of staying near the beach. Very difficult to locate.

4/10

Poor

07 Jan 2012

Dick

Kovalam Beach Hotel

Freindly staff but not very professional.Bad maintenance of bathroom especially the shower.The breakfast was a disappointment.
A positive thing The hotel is very close to the beach.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jan 2012

Verified traveler

My experience

Location of the hotel is good. I'd not reccomend someone who is drivoing to the hotle as the access to the hotel is really bad and the parking space is limited and has to dpened on others tp take out their car before one can take out his car.

2/10

Poor

27 Dec 2011

Vibha

The food was very bad on the eve of Christmas and they charged Rs. 1500 per person for that 'gala' dinner. The pictures they have put on the internet are all fake and actually it is a small building and from nowhere you can see any speck of water, leave alone sea view rooms.

8/10

Excellent

08 Jan 2020

Kim

The staff was really helpfull and friendly. The room was fine, a beautiful view from the balcony. They cleaned when We asked them, but they forgot towels and tolietpaper a couple of times. The Wi-Fi in the room worked for a couple of days, but then stopped working. And they didnt fix it, even after asking several times. The sink and the shower leaked the entire stay. It is very close to the beach, about fine minutes walk to the boardwalk with the restaurants and shops. Overall a good stay, with a few faults. Ok value for the price.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Feb 2018

Karin Mariann

Underbar utsikt

Vi ändrade rum då det vi bokade ej hade balkong (stod ej!) Hotellet försökte 'lura' oss för mellanskillnaden men gav med sig till slut! Trevlig och vänlig personal! Indisk frukost och room service! Lite 'off' läge visserligen stranden nära!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2013

Katrina

För AC och Wifi på rummet är det ett kanonpris.

Prisvärt och bra läge. Bra med internet på rummet. Lite smutsig filt i sängen. Mysigt rum.

Partner

4/10

Poor

11 Apr 2012

Gert

Inget vi kan rekommendera

Hotellet som sådant var trevligt och skulle kunna ha stora förutsättningar med rätt ledning. Bra läge på en mycket liten gata, och nära stranden. Servicen var däremot obefintlig! Lakan och handdukar hade nog varit vita en gång, men var nu smutsgula och fulla av fläckar. Man ifrågasatte om de verkligen var nytvättade. Likadant med kopparna till frukost. Garderoben var liten, kort och ofräsch med två galgar! Vi föredrog att behålla våra tillhörigheter i resväskan! Badrumsinredningen var smutsig, dammig och full med kalkavlagringar. Duschslangen var trasig. Dåligt med varmvatten. Inget toalettpapper med automatik. Ett samtal till receptionen var nödvändigt varje gång! De första dagarna fanns en mindre frukostbuffé, som helt försvann senare. Frukost skulle serveras fram t.o.m. kl. 10.00, vilket inte gjordes. Vi skulle ha uppskattat en kyl och en bänk för resväskan. Rumskostnaden för detta hotell är helt klart alldeles för hög, i förhållande till vad som erbjuds. Vi bodde på hotellet i 10 dagar, så vi hade möjlighet att utvärdera det under en längre tid.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Mar 2012

Vita

Mellemklassehotel taet paa stranden.

Hotellet ligger i en sidegade, som gaar lige ned til stranden.
Vaerelserne er gode. Personalet er soede og hjaelpsomme.
Morgenmaden er skuffende for europaer, kaffen er meget ringe.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jan 2012

Verified traveler

nytt och fint hotell

Jätte fint nytt hotell, men personalen var inte trevlig eller tillmötesgående. Vi fick inte städat, våran safebox var stängde när vi kom och vi sa till 4 ggr om att de skulle komma och fixa det men det glömdes bort varje gång, som exempel.
Så hotellet och läget var jätte bra, men inte personalen.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2012

Viveca

Kovalam Beach Hotell- en pärla.

Ett väskött hotell med mycket bra läge. Det ligger lite utanför den mest turistiga delen och bara ett par steg från stranden.
Alla rum är bra, en del är väldigt stora och en del har även fantastisk utsikt.
Personalen är vänlig och bemötande. Vi var en grupp på sju vuxna och ett barn. Alla var lika nöjda. Jag längtar redan tillbaka.