Majorda Beach Hotel

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My wife and I stayed at the Majorda Beach Resort from 25 Nov till the 11 Dec and we loved it.
We normally go to the Caribbean for our holidays but thought we would try India just for a change. We only got back yesterday and this morning we went straight to the travel agents and booked another fortnight for the same time next year and we got it for the same price too.
The Hotel:
We loved the hotel and the room we had was very roomy, comfortable, cleaned every day, fairly quiet for the most part and was perfect for what we needed i.e somewhere to sleep, have a shower, watch a bit of telly and have a cuppa after we got back in at night and a cuppa in the morning.
The size of the hotel is quite big and very pleasant when walking through. There is an indoor pool but we never saw a single person in it the whole fortnight. The pictures in the brochure do not do the hotel justice, the interior is massive. They had just put up all the Christmas decorations last week and they did look very impressive.
The staff are very very very friendly and always have a smile on their faces and always passed the compliments of the day to "madame and sir". Very nice.
Breakfast is very good and we just had scrambled or poached eggs on toast, beans etc and a couple of cups of tea to start the day off. There are a wide selection of other foods available as well for breakfast.
You will get hotel staff asking you to book a table for the evening meal whilst eating your brekky but a polite "no thank you" will see them moving onto the next table.
We only ate in the hotel on one "steak" evening and that was mainly because the prices are way too expensive compared to outside, more on that later. The steak night was only a fiver each which was a 3 course meal and a beer thrown in as well so that was OK but all the other evening meals were far more expensive than that so we gave the hotel meals a huge body swerve.
We did order room service one evening and can recommend the steak sandwich...we were expecting a steak sandwich but what we got was steak, onion gravy, toast, salad and chips and it only cost 135 rupees each. One thing to bear in mind when ordering in the hotel is that the price you see is not what you pay...they add tax on everything.
I was expecting to pay 270 rupees for the steaks but when the tax was added it was over 300. It is still very cheap compared to UK prices but compared to outside restaurants and shacks it is very expensive.
Overall, the hotel is a very pleasant hotel with friendly professional staff and is very pleasing on the eye and when I read about people complaining about the grouting in the bathrooms and the paintwork etc etc it makes me wonder why these people bother going on holiday at all. Have they got nothing better to do than inspect things and look for faults?
For gods sake, just go there and chill out and enjoy yourselves..it's brilliant
The Hotel Grounds:
Cannot fault them at all, luscious green grass, constantly worked on by an army of workers, peaceful, large pool and a kiddies pool next to it. and we spent a few days just lounging around on a couple of the many beds that are available. Towels are also available that you have to sign for and just hand them in when you have finished. Faultless.
Beach.
I mentioned at the start of this review that we normally go to the Caribbean mainly because we are a couple of beach lovers but the beach is just as good if not better, than anywhere in the world.
Brilliant white sand, nothing to stumble on or watch out for and the soft sand gets so hot, that they put a coconut mat down for you to walk on down to the beach to stop your feet burning
Beach Hawkers:
Constantly asking you to purchase from them and even after you have said "no thanks" they still come back and ask you another half a dozen times.
If you say no, they then ask if you will buy later on and in order to get rid of them you say yes later on and then they go away. But they come back later on.
Once you have a bit of a tan they tend to leave you alone and they look for "whiteys" If you are firm with them they do get the message and then they won't bother you. After all, they are only trying to make a living. Lots of beggars and kids wanting your cash and it is hard not to give them a few rupees.
Shacks:
We spent nearly a whole two weeks eating, drinking and sunbathing at a shack called the Camron which is on the left side of the beach and is run by a man and wife called Camillo and Sharon.
The food is sensational, unbelievably cheap and would not be out of place in any top class restaurant here in the UK.
We tried nearly everything on the menu and every meal without exception was exquisite. The staff they have working for them are just the best ever...Joseph and Dilb will treat you like royalty for the whole time you are there.
We ate the best lobster, crab, fish of all sorts as well as all the other side dishes and they are all beautifully prepared and very high quality.
We did try the popular shack called the Mish Mar, which is nearest the hotel but we found that the Camron was much better.