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Kshetra Boutique Retreat, Varkala

3.0 star property
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Courtyard
Lobby sitting area
Front of property
Miscellaneous
Exterior

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Kshetra Street, North Cliff, Varkala, Kerala, 695141
  • Varkala Beach
    1 min walk
  • Varkala Cliff
    6 min walk
  • Janardanaswamy Temple
    16 min walk
  • Thiruvananthapuram (TRV-Trivandrum Intl.)
    95 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Private Bathroom, Ground Floor (AC)

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, soundproofing

Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Private Bathroom, Ground Floor (AC)

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium Room (AC)

Premium Room (AC)

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds (NON AC)

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, soundproofing

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds (NON AC)

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Varkala

With a stay at Kshetra Boutique Retreat, Varkala in Varkala, you'll be near the bay, just a 1-minute walk from Varkala Beach and 6 minutes by foot from Varkala Cliff. .This beach hotel is 29.2 mi (47 km) from Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Janardanaswamy Temple.

What's nearby

  • Varkala Beach - 1 min walk
  • Varkala Cliff - 6 min walk
  • Janardanaswamy Temple - 16 min walk
  • Sivagiri - 7 min drive
  • Kappil Beach - 15 min drive

Getting around

  • Edava Station - 11 min drive
  • Trivandrum Intl. Airport (TRV) - 95 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Clafouti - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪InDa Cafe - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Gods Own Country Kitchen - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Blue Moon Cafe - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Abba - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Kshetra Boutique Retreat, Varkala

Beach hotel with a full-service spa and free valet parking
Kshetra Boutique Retreat, Varkala offers 18 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and complimentary toiletries. Memory foam beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic.

The spa is open daily. Guests under 9 years old are not allowed in the spa.

Make yourself at home in one of the 18 guestrooms. Your memory foam bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Take time to pamper yourself with a visit to the full-service spa. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 8 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free valet parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10:00 AM.
Kshetra Boutique Retreat, Varkala has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Hindi

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
  • Free valet parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 8 AM–10:00 AM: INR 199 for adults and INR 125 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Full-service spa
  • Playground
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • No housekeeping
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Spa

  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Assistive listening devices available
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Ceiling fan
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Memory-foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 11 AM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 6 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 600.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 1750.72

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately INR 199 for adults and INR 125 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 600.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
Cashless transactions are available
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Please note: To comply with local law, no alcohol will be served in this property on the first day of every month.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Guests under 9 years old are not allowed in the spa

Property is also known as

Kshetra Beach Resorts
Kshetra Beach Resorts Hotel
Kshetra Beach Resorts Hotel Varkala
Kshetra Beach Resorts Varkala
Kshetra Resorts
Kshetra Beach Resorts Varkala, Kerala
Kshetra Ayurveda beach resorts Hotel Varkala
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Kshetra Ayurveda beach resorts Varkala
Kshetra Ayurveda beach resorts
Kshetra Boutique Retreat Varkala Hotel
Kshetra Boutique Retreat Hotel
Kshetra Boutique Retreat Varkala
Kshetra Boutique Retreat
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Kshetra Boutique Retreat, Varkala Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 21 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stay - Extra comfy bed in King room with huge bathroom and central courtyard. Loved the theme and cleanliness. Breakfast was huge and enough!! Beach is just 2 minutes but you can't hear much of the waves. Dinner was delecious and plentiful. Thank you Manjulal for the care. Ayurveda Treatment- I was there several years ago by recommendations of my friends who had treatment there several times. It was absolutely great! Great value, super pancha karma and of course service of the doctor Sunil and everyone who worked with me, i loved it, thank you again and again. Would highly recommend...
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Maneesh

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dysfunctional Budget hotel
Worst stay at a hotel possibly ever. Most of my complaints have been mentioned in other reviews going back years. Management prefers to respond with ‘new management sir no worry’ or ‘maybe you stayed somewhere else’ This isn’t a retreat of any kind. The entrance and courtyard is quite nice but that’s just a facade literally and figuratively. Room wasn’t cleaned both days, breakfast was inedible, trash was deposited right outside my room. Know this property is 15 MINUTES from the beach, an indirect route the first few hundred metres of which is not lit at night. The property misleads people by stating 0.1 km away give me a break. Compare my pictures of the yoga floor with their own. Sadly the property has potential, but management is a mess. I would bet against them making changes. I should also mention the open window in the bathroom has NO mosquito net, needless to say i was eaten alive. In a nutshell...the poor service at this property does not make up its less than ideal location.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Massive let down
We arrived with high expectations and left disappointed. Paying a little extra to stay in a place that gave the impression of a spa and yoga facilities clearly didn’t have any. The reception and eating area were lovely, a big open space with trees going through the centre off the building. We ate breakfast on the first morning and it felt lovely and relaxed. The downsides, we were woken every morning by banging and crashing above our room. Thinking it may be from the yoga studio, we ventured upstairs to find a completely empty space with old furniture in it. This happened every morning around 6:00am. The hot water and air con didn’t now work in our room and to be fair to the staff, they offered to move us on the last night. The view from the window overlooked a part of the hotel that was full of rubbish. To cap it off, a member of staff walked into our room on day two without knocking. We were changing at the time and there was no apology. It was a complete accident but all the same, not good. Shame because it promised so much and didn’t live up to it’s expectations.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alen, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful peaceful stay- Absolutely Loved it!!
Cosy bright room, nicely decorated with traditional and yoga postures! Exceptional breakfast with a combination of continental and local delicacies. Very cordial staffs. We will definitely return for next year! if anyone wants to relax and enjoy the property this is the right place to be. I would definitely return again and recommend to my friends.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Robert

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor stay but could have been so much better.
Our room was basic: bed; ceiling fan; bathroom. The cleanliness of the room was poor: mould on the bathroom tiles and some on bedroom walls. The 'included' breakfast was meagre by the standards we have so far experienced in our 8 week trip to India: 3 pieces of toast; 1 egg omelette; tea/coffee. It was served with varying degrees of efficiency: sometimes the omelette was cold; or the toast was cold. The staff were pleasant. The pity is that all the factors which were poor could easily be rectified i.e clean the room properly and repainted it; have some organisation at breakfast. I think if these things were to happen our scoring for the property would have been significantly higher, and it might have justified the price of the room!

10/10 Excellent

puspak

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
clean hotel
it was an nice experience staying at kshetra beach resort at Verkala. room was specious , clean and staff are really co-operative.food was delicious.

2/10 Terrible

Lara, Wellington

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nothing nice to say about this place!
Thankfully we only booked one night here. We checked in, and whilst completing the paper work the guy on the desk sprayed our room with goodness knows what. I think it was some sort of deodoriser to mask the dank, musty smell of our room. We went to our room and dumped our bags and went for dinner, a feeling of dread consumed me over dinner knowing we had to spend the night there. It was a sleepless night due to the wet, yes wet not just damp mattress. The smell of mould and mildew was appalling. As there is no screens on the windows there is no way to ventilate the room without being massacred by mosquitoes. As soon as the sun came up we almost ran from this awful, awful place. I really have nothing good to say about this ' resort' not even the staff can save them as they all seemed abit sleazy. There are many other nice places in Varkala for a fraction of the cost. Avoid Kshetra!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Try and avoid suggesting this hotel to any one. The very basic amenities like TV, normal drinking water, mosquito repellent were not available. There are much better hotels available within the same price range giving much better services. This hotel is definitely not worth the grading that you have given it.

6/10 Okay

RJ, Kerala

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
There is no ventillation provided in the rooms. In non a/c rooms if u close all the windows there is just no visible air entry provisions provided in the rooms ie no ventilators nor air holes. There is only 1 tubelight in standard rooms, no night lamps ie no other bulbs. The water is hard. There are neighbouring houses very close to one side of the resort that sort off infringes on ones privacy though the residents there dont peep or bother to look into the resort. The way to the resort is full of potholes and muddy bumpy ride, they would do well if it is repaired. The quality of service is good and the staff are courteous and polite, but if the deficiencies are attended to the stay there would be much better.

8/10 Good

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

MB

The staff were very friendly and helpful and rooms clean but the price does not reflect well. As is the way in India, the bed was rock hard. We had pre-paid for a room with no air-con or hot water, no breakfast. Compared to what is available in the same area for the same price, I would suggest staying elsewhere with better amenities. It's a new hotel with potential but needs to look at the local competition to set their standards and prices.

6/10 Okay

Odile

Hotel confortableu Personnel disponible
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Siamo arrivati sul retro di questo hotel, stanca del viaggio volevo farmi un tuffo in piscina!!ma non la vedevo come presentata dalle foto?era sul davanti 😅 chiarita la situazione il manager e' stato oltre modo gentilissimo e ci ha offerto uno squisito te time al ristorantino😋 ci siamo poi goduti la splendida spiaggia, un po distantina ma comunque simpatica da raggiungere anche per le numerose vetrine di Kascmiri che fiancheggiano il percorso!!!! Per noi e' stato uno spasso !!! Mezza giornata di distensione dopo un lungo viaggio le camere semplici ma pulite durante la notte silenziosa ci hanno ristorato😉
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Gennaro

Boutique en fase de mejoras!
Hotel de reciente gestión. Está en marcha pero aún le falta mejorar en servicio y detalle de las habitaciones! Staff disponible pero hay que mejorar acondicionamento de las habitaciones y sobretodo eliminar la humididad
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Dominique

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bon hôtel, devrait par contre être rafraîchi... Bon déjeuner avec des fruits. A environ 10 minutes de marche de la plage.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

maria

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fel hotell
Fick ett annat hotell än det bokade "uppgraderingen" bestod i att vi kom närmare havet vilket var fint men innebar också långt ifrån restauranger och affärer Frukost fick vi en i taget utanför vårt rum, inget fel på frukosten men hade varit trevligt att äta tillsammans med familjen Skräpigt på hotellets innergård Rummen var ok med minimalt badrum och Hård säng Det bästa var utsikten och en fantastisk strand
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Linda o Håkan, onsala

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lite fuktigt med myggor. Inte helt strandnära.
Vi bytte hotell efter 2 nätter. Ville bo mer strandnära. Inget fel egentligen förutom läget och lite fuktigt.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sparsamt inrett rum och obefintligt med inredning på toaletten inte ens en lampskärm eller en hylla att ställa sina saker på. Men väldigt rent.

6/10 Okay

Britt, Motala

Disliked: Cleanliness
Prisvärt budgethotell
Bra budget hotell, med trevlig personal. Dålig rumstädning, nedslitet toalett utrymme. Prisvärt som budgethotell Bra läge på north cliff och till stranden.

8/10 Good

Andrey, Москва

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Вот так!
Номер чистый. Удобный. Проблемки с горячей водой? Так она там и НЕ НУЖНА!!!! Обслуживание хорошее. Местоположение идеальное! Из минусов. Постоянно жгут мусор под окнами. Иногда была полная комната дыма. Персонал приветливый. Иногда выключали подачу электроэнергии для кондиционера. Вместо заказанного большого автомобиля для трансфера в аэропорт, подали "божью коровку".