Backwater Retreat - Honeymoon House

Excellent clean/nice rooms. Outstanding service provided by them. The owner of the hotel, Kurian is a very nice person. He will definitely make your stay comfortable and hospitable.

Its a nice place for retreat.Just go there,check in n be there.Reading a book or work on ur laptop.

Staff members are excellent in their service. Location is good if you are looking for somewhere secluded but if you wish to go and venture then you will need to pay for pre-arranged driver or taxi. Best not to go during rainy season as with thunderstorms, electricity cuts out frequently every few mins.

It was clean, but very old and no proper bathroom with running hot water, AC not functioning too well and the extra bed was not for an adult - not acceptable. Owner and staff were nice and apologetic, but if you charge for a 3rd adult - you should provide a proper bed. Would never stay there again.

Very nice location just beside the back waters but is also the downside as it is very difficult to find out the place if you are driving down without any assistance. But you can call up Mr.Kurien and he personally came to pick me up from Kottayam main station. Nice peaceful location for honeymooners as well as for a family. Nice home made food and above all very good service.

I picked this based on many favorable reviews, especially on Tripadvisor. The Standard Room I was in was very basic. A large King sized bed in a small room meant there was little room for anything else. A luggage rack or even a table in the small walk-in closet would have been useful. Decor is tacky and out of place, but I would expect that of most places in these parts. The sheets were thankfully clean. My main complaint was the noise from upstairs -- The upper floor is plywood, supported by I-Sections, so every bit of noise, including footsteps and chairs dragging were amplified many-fold and did not allow me to sleep. The quality of the in-house food is very ordinary, so I have to disagree with several reviewers who praise it. There aren't many options around, so you're stuck, and for the quality, the food is definitely overpriced. As for the bathroom, the toilet seat wasn't clean, the sink in there was cracked all over and gross looking. The mirror was half eaten away from behind. Overall, I rate this a below average experience.

I had stayed here for three days in Sep 2010 with my wife and my sister's family. We were pleasantly surprised by the hospitality of not only Mr. Kurian but his wife and the staff of the hotel. We really felt at home. Mr. Kurian personally arranged for the Houseboat ride at a very short notice and escorted us to the boarding point. The houseboat ride was the best of our experience. The food both in the boat and at the hotel were really good and tasty (south Indian). If you care for value for money and hospitality you will not be disappointed.

very bad experience. hotel is very far away from main city and road was pathetic.once you check in no scope for visit any nearby place. Nothing in the hotel for entertainment. small hotel with 6 rooms. like a hotel in a house. complete waste of money. never never place to visit. i also booked this one after reading reviews at hotels.com and tripadvisor.com but sorry to say complete waste of time and money.

Hotel à recommander si l'on aime le calme. Le personnel est très agréable et la nourriture bonne.

it was an excellent place to stay with an amazing view from balccony all roos have the same tewrracew towards the bachwater. food and service were o.k. the rooms were good bathroom could be better. for that price the best in that aerea, we will come back.