We enjoyed our 4 days! Setting was lovely, nice big gardens, gorgeous vast white sandy beach, v well planted areas. Amazing butterfly garden and very interesting kitchen garden. Lots and lots of birds. We stayed in the three wonderful deluxe pool villas. V spacious. Huge pools, outdoor showers etc. Really good. Main pool was large but we never sat there as we had our own pools. The one day we did try there were no empty Sun loungers by mid morning. Food was consistently good. We ate well and good value, too. Service in all restaurants was very mixed. ***y staff untrained. Not much of a smile from most. Clearly just a job. Somewhat efficient usually but nothing more. Elsewhere in Kerala we met so ***y warm and friendly people, so it is certainly not a cultural point. The hotel was crying out for a decent bar. Cocktails were at best very average, tasted very watery and at the same price as a high end London cocktail bar! Good activities on offer. The owl watching was terrific and the guy who led it was so friendly and knowledgeable. Archery was excellent too. All free of charge. Check in was excellent, check out was very poor and left a bit of a sour taste. Shame. Overall I would recommend, but I do think ***y of the other ratings are a bit inflated.