Stay Simple Riverdale Reviews

I just wanted to spend quality time with my family without sight seeing. Palaka resort seemed to be ideal with lots of activities thrown in for kids though I was little skeptical as it is not well known. We spent 3 days and time just flew by. The resort offered us spacious room with dish tv and 24 hours power backup. The food was good too luckily no buffet. The service was excellent with lots of personal touch and dishes that were prepared which we liked. The kids enjoyed a lot in the well maintained pool and kids play area. I recommend this place especially if you want to keep your kids happy.

Best Experience: 1. The resort manager, Srikanth called us repeatedly to make sure we reached resort taking the right direction. 2. Fish curry and ragi ball was prepared exclusively for me as I had told them earlier that it is my favorite dish. 3. The restaurant bill came to about Rs.96 for packaged drinking water but the manager waived it off and said it is no issue. I have never seen such a non-greedy attitude by a resort 4. The room service was excellent and all of the staff members had a very courteous attitude. 5. The Sri Rama Devara Dam is just 5 mins walk and a nice place to see 6. There is temple on the hill close by to which you can trek from the foot or drive up

Worst Experience: There is no bar at the resort, you would have to carry your drinks but you can have the drinks in the restaurant or by the poolside.

Overall a good experience. It was quiet and the staff was also very courteous. Only area of improvement I can see is that the staff needs to be more indulgent in making the guests feel more at home. Explain about the resort, places near by, how they feel etc.

Best Experience: Good ambience, good food.

We started from Bangalore at around 8 a.m. Road is really good, you could drive without any tension. We reached Palaka Resort by around 12 noon ( took some time to figure out the place : - ). It is very new and fantastic place to stay. Specially the service is fantastic. ONe of the room service person by name \'BHASKAR\' , he is fantastic person. He gave us fresh coconuts. Statyed 2 days - well maintained swimming pool. Nice place to stay and visit again.

Palaka Resorts is a fantastic family vacation spot with something for everyone. The pure surrounding, greenery, lawns and the coconut orchard will refresh you. The lawns have been landscaped so beautifully, that you are bound to click a lot of pictures of the lawn. The various lawn ornaments of different animals are just adorable. In addition, the resort boasts of a complete children’s playground (complete with swing, see-saw, slide, others), private paddle boating, badminton, basketball for those who would like to sport around. There is also a great obstacle course in the Coconut orchard for the brave ones apart from enjoying some great lazy walk-around the beautiful green. There is also a bullock-cart available if you want to experience the \'Village-Transport\'. Being in the middle of the orchards and all the greenery does attract a lot of fauna. You will find some unexpected visitors in your rooms sometimes like frogs jumping around and playing the fool. The staff is very helpful and willing to go that extra mile to make your stay comfortable and memorable. They attend to your needs anytime you call them – night or day. The restaurant is in the center of the resort serving hot simple delicacies. I wish they had served some more variety especially snack. The rooms themselves are very comfortable with all basic amenities along with the satellite connection for those who do not want to miss any of their regular shows, cricket, movies, etc. The view from the front side of the room overlooks the gardens and the rear side overlooks the pond and other orchard. A great view sitting in your bed and sipping hot coffee in the morning. All though there are regular power cuts, the resort is equipped with a full generator ensure no interruption to your fun. There are 2 distinct places near the resort that are worth visiting. There is a small dam and a reservoir about 200m from the resort. The view, walk and trekking around is something I truly enjoyed. It is also an ideal place for small family picnic which the resort staff will be more than happy to pack. The second place is the Ranganaswamy Temple at “Hole Kotte” around 5KM towards Hassan. The drive itself on the highway is beautiful with fields and a railway line passing along where definitely you will see a train go by. It brought back some memories from my childhood. The climb to the temple has surprisingly fantastic roads and a view that you have to visit to appreciate. The temple itself is very well constructed and going by the infrastructure, is very heavily visited. One may want to keep in mind that the template closes around 4:30PM. There is a also a small Ganesh temple on the way to this temple which was also very nice.

I went to the resort with my family and another family friend of ours. I was thrilled that my 3 year old son had so much to do there that he had a great time. There was so much place in the lawns to run around. There was also a Slide, Swing, Seesaw and rockers for him to play. We also had a great time at the pool. There is a great pool with a separate children’s section which was very safe even for my 3 year old. We also had a great time with all the indoor games like Carom board, Chess and some other games. I will certainly like to go back there again and would highly recommend this place a great family vacation place.