Havelia Island Resort

3.0 star property
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Outdoor pool
Interior detail
Reception
Terrace/patio
Terrace/patio

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
K.P. Pozhiyoor, Neyyattinkara, Kerala, 695506
  • Kovalam Beach
    22 min drive
  • Vizhinjam Beach
    45 min drive
  • Lighthouse Beach
    52 min drive
  • Thiruvananthapuram (TRV-Trivandrum Intl.)
    73 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Cottage, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Cottage, Pool View

  • Water view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Poovar

When you stay at Havelia Island Resort in Neyyattinkara, you'll be near the beach and 11 minutes by car from Venkitachalapathy Temple. .This beach hotel is 13.7 mi (22.1 km) from Kovalam Beach and 19.4 mi (31.3 km) from Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

What's nearby

  • Poovar Island - 21 min drive - 18.7 km
  • Kovalam Beach - 22 min drive - 22.2 km
  • Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple - 31 min drive - 31.3 km
  • Vizhinjam Beach - 45 min drive - 18.9 km
  • Lighthouse Beach - 52 min drive - 20.5 km

Getting around

  • Kulitturai West Station - 17 min drive
  • Trivandrum Intl. Airport (TRV) - 73 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Annie's Kitchen - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Mubarak Hotel - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Anamika Family Restaurant - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Rotary Club of Parassala - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Samudra Floating Restaurant - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Havelia Island Resort

Beach hotel with free breakfast and an outdoor pool
Havelia Island Resort offers 22 accommodations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 22 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is included.
Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine.
Room service is available.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, German, Hindi, Malay, Russian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Guest services

  • Dry-cleaning service

Spa

  • Massages

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at noon
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Pets

Pets allowed
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

Pool access available from 7 AM to 7:30 PM

Property is also known as

Havelia Island Resort Poovar
Havelia Island Resort
Havelia Island Poovar
Havelia Island
Havelia Island Resort Kerala/Puvar, India
Havelia Island Resort Neyyattinkara
Havelia Island Neyyattinkara
Havelia Island Resort Hotel
Havelia Island Resort Neyyattinkara
Havelia Island Resort Hotel Neyyattinkara

Havelia Island Resort Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 4 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 18 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

David, UK

Beautiful location but poor quality/service
This isn't worth the cost per night. The accommodation is very basic a few steps above a shed, the AC didn't work properly and there were no services, nowhere to buy a coke or beer etc. I foolishly paid up front checked out a day early and they wouldn't refund me one night. However the environment/setting is beautiful but I felt I was being ripped off.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

2/10 Terrible

Bina , Mauritius

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of dirtiest hotel in poovar.
One of the dirtiest hotel. Don't ever stay in tht hotel absolutely Yuck rooms. No wifi nothing full waste of money. No one stays in tht hotel. If u want to ruined ur trip than you can stay.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

Wayne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only review you will need to read.
We are a VERY WELL travelled middle age couple. This was one of the worst places we have EVER stayed. We even had a rat somehow get in the washing bucket in the bathroom of our ‘cottage’ and it couldn’t get out. My wife was petrified. Food was extremely expensive, small portions and below average. They can charge this because there is absolutely nowhere’s else to go. Pool was just ok, with bits of mosaic falling off. Would we ever stay here again???? Not in a million years. DO NOT GO HERE, there are MUCH better, and cheaper places...........without rats bathing in your bathroom!!!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Good place to stay. Rooms are clean and the pool is good with tasty food.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

jigar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
My stay with Havelia island resort was good. It is totally isolated property with 8-12 cottages and nothing much excited about it and very limited activities. Hotel staff is very less so you have to wait for your order or any other queries but very polite. Swimming pool is very nice. If you want to relax from your daily routine then only worth to go otherwise nothing much exciting. Riverview cottages are not well maintained. I was excited when booked but when actually saw I was disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

4/10 Poor

Sabarish

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor conditions
I was charged 4400 per day for 3 persons. The A/C was fluctuating throughout the day and so it was so hot inside the room. There was water problem in the midnight. They didn't clean the room daily. The pool was not so clean.

4/10 Poor

Rajinder

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Noce idea hotel but very poorly managed.
We occupied four riverside bedrooms.The name is misleading. It did not give a feeling of Island. Poorly managed with very less staff. AC not functioning. Food very costly and not upto the standard and one has no place to go. Toilet seats broken. No room telephone, one has to run around to get things. Not enjoyed at all.

10/10 Excellent

Thomas, Infopark, Kochi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good water front resort
The staffs are excellent in managing guests. We feel like a family. The food they cooked for us was superb. One great thing about this resort is that they have a live restaurant only, where they cook food as per our requirement thus will have to pre order an hr in advance. Rooms are average but the beauty of the river front cottages are awesome.

6/10 Okay

geoffrey, Bristol

Liked: Staff & service
Wonderful earthly relax away from everything
We really enjoyed being on the island. The staff were really good to us. The environment was relaxing. Once they have upgraded the resort fully it will be marvellous

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location nice. But unmanaged.
Very bad experience. Only 1 or 2 staff working. AC was in room but not started by staff. Everyone there was unhappy. I was informed on phone Superior Room r AC.

2/10 Terrible

Devendranathan, BODINAYAKANUR

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My bad experience at Poovar
We stayed in your resort for two days. First, river view rooms were not good.So we changed our room to pool view.We felt very bad for taking room from this resort.There is no A/C.Out side climate was very hot. Complimentary breakfast is very poor.No varieties.Only idly and bread.No sufficient staff.Food price is very high.Pool water is not clean.Room facilities are very poor.Even sufficient towels were not provided. DEFINITELY I WILL NOT COME AGAIN AND I WILL NEVER RECOMMEND THIS RESORT FOR OTHERS.

4/10 Poor

Muk

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth,
Not good in terms of services, housekeeping etc. Room was dirty, no towels, different pillow covers etc etc

6/10 Okay

LoGee

Beautiful location, but we're prisoners
The resort is in an island. As it can be accessed only by boats, guests are at the mercy of the resort owners. They tried to restrict where we go and where we eat. We were picked up from the Uchakada main road, but the driver left us in the car and disappeared for 20 minutes soon after. The food prices were exorbitant. After we expressed a desire to have our lunch elsewhere, they claimed the menu was for foreigners. The final bill was arbitrary -- our lunch tab was calculated to bring it upto a round sum. We were able to bargain on boat prices and found a pretext to get to the main land to grab dinner furtively. We were served a very disappointing breakfast - dry toast, eggs, bit of old upma and dreadfully brewed tea, nothing traditional. On the other hand, this is one of the most affordable resorts in Poovar and it is run by one family.

8/10 Good

ganesh, chennai, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel to stay ....
really had a great time in poovar....thanks Haveillya.....it's wonderful location and good hospitality by staffs, only concern is, food is little bit costlier....otherwise very good resort....

8/10 Good

satish, Chandigarh

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Value for money
Nice place to stay on the island near the beach.Homely care. Lovely concept of spacious cottages with Well laid out swimming pool. food a bit costly. It's located on a proper island i.e.one can only go through boat...

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best experience in India so far!
Amazing location, traveling on the river to reach the resort. Having a drink on the private front port of the cottage was a perfect start of our vacation.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Einsame hübsche Bungalows nur mit Boot erreichbar
Schöne Lage für stresslose Tage. Leider kann man nicht im Meer baden, da der Zugang nur mit dem Boot und durch die Sperre am Strand sehr eng gehalten wurde. Das Essen im Restaurant war überteuert und die Bedienung total unprofessionell. Dazu konnten sie nicht Englisch sprechen und verstehen. Wir wussten überhaupt nicht was wir bestellen könnten. Die Natur und der Pool waren super.

10/10 Excellent

Emma, Lund

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Toppenbetyg!
Har nog aldrig varit på ett hotell med så trevlig personal förut. Läget är toppen också, på en ö omringad av backwaters. Reste ensam så det var skönt att allt fanns på hotellet. God mat, pool, möjlighet till yoga osv. Kommer definitivt bo där igen när jag åker tillbaka till Kerala!