Villa Retreat Reviews

The hotel is in an excellent location- in fact, no matter where we went during this long weekend, due to the crowd- we always felt that the resort itself was the best place to cherish the view and relax in the beautifully maintained lawn. (I will post some pics and you'd agree with me).

Best Experience: 1. Ease of booking. They gave excellent alternative of staying at a homestay- Amherst Cottage. (Although maintained by same management, I'd prefer this to be added as a separate place in HIQ) 2. Helpful staff: very cooperative staff in handling minor issues. 3. Excellent view- from rooms as well as from the lawn.

Worst Experience: 1. Credit card machine not working- compelled us to pay by cash- a difficult proposition in today's plastic world. 2. Food not so good- except for ready-made stuff (continental breakfast). Non availability of dining hall was a dampener- however, might be boon for some honeymooners! :)

The location of Villa retreat is great, just infront of teh Coakers walk. Also the valley v iews from the lawn is awesome.

Best Experience: great view from the lawn. Well mantained rooms. breakfast and lunch sitting in the lawn was a good experiencing

Worst Experience: nothing much but the food quality needs some improvements.

Amazing place for all seasons Great View from Classic room where I stayed, just next to coakers walk (one of tourist spot in kodai) Very good food, in fact cook was so concern about guest's taste that he made sure to make food that we would like.

We stayed at Villa Retreat for 4 days in 2nd week of May 2011. Extremely professional service right from booking, prompt response to emails , pickup , sight seeing and all arrangements till the end of stay. The staff was very caring, polite, well behaved and the place was very well maintained and clean. VR looks exactly as shown in the website. It is surrounded by greenery , valley and away from the noise but still very close to the centre, market, lake, Coakers Walk & Bryant Park. Wished we could have stayed longer. We were very well looked after by Zoheb, Ashiq, Ashok, Mutthu and others. I can’t think of better service in recent times. Keep it up Zoheb and team !!!!

Best Experience: Room 108 in which we stayed has a fantastic view of the valley and the stay was memorable. Well planned sight seeing trips were arranged.Though kitchen was not fully functional, food arrangements from nearby restaurants was very well organized.

Worst Experience: None at all as the staff there would never allow any visitor to have a bad experience. Such was the great service.

We stayed in Villa Retreat, Kodai Between Feb 26 nad Mar 2, 2011 for five days. I had a pleasant experience right from bookin the rooms till we checked out. We stayed in deluxe room and the view mountains from the room and from the lawn of the hotel was outstanding. The first thing to be mentioned about this place is the hospitality of the hotel. Its excellent and kudos to the management (Zoheb) and the staff (Ashok, the other serving staff).These guys are very professional yet friendly and are there for help when required.

Best Experience: Good things about this place: 1. Friendly, co-operative, down to earth and helpful staff and management 2. Very organised 3. Good location. 4. Guest services are good. 5. Clean and hygenic rooms 6. Excellent gestures towards guests by offering pick and drop from railway station/bus stand, providing the cute memorabilia to guests during check out.

Worst Experience: Areas of Improvement: 1. The kitchen has to be completed ASAP, this is a big roadblock for this place. Usually guests come here to relax and I would not appreciate the fact that I have to go around places to have decent food (though they are near to hotel). They also serve the food from hotels, but then you will not be sure about the quality of the place where it is cooked. This has to be complted on a priority. 2. The geysers in the room are very slow in heating and give only a litlle quantity of hot water. I suggest the hotel management to install instant geysers to overcome the problems. 3. Internet services should be provided to the guests (atleast to those who request this. 4. Credit Card payment not possible.