Sandalwood Hotel & Retreat

Room sizes are big, and it is clean. Room design and style is a highlight which gives a special accommodation experience. Swimming pool is well maintained, good for kids and adults. Vainguinim Beach is just 3 mins walk from the resort, which makes it easy to walk around and enjoy the beach waters.

Restaurant: Breakfast items are limited, could have been improved. I felt the size of restaurant (Sea Breeze) was small. There is no car parking available inside the resort and had to park on the roadside.

I dint like anything dont go on pictures.

Very old hotel withiut any facility..pictures are fake.

The room was large and had more space than expected. It was clean also. However, there was a kitchen with no cutlery or plates. The restaurant was okay but empty throughout. The bar wasn't open. There were no sunbeds around the pool. There were advertised sunbeds on the beach but these didnt exist. The nearby beach is essentially a private beach for the guests in the neighbouring 5 star hotels. This means you cant use any pf the facilities on the beach (cafe, bar, sunlounger) unless you are a guest from one of those hotels. There are security guards who escort you off the property even when enquiring if the restaurant/bars are open to non-guests. The nearest shops and restaurants are 30 minute walk up out of the valley and into Dona Paula so it is not ideal unless you have your own transport. The reception staff, when asked if they could book us a taxi, simply gave us the mobile number for a taxi company and refused to assist in arranging. The same goes for laundry. We enquired about the laundry, were given a mobile number of someone who no longer works in laundry and when we explained this was now the case they shrugged their shoulders as if that was the solution. Overall not a great hotel. It is not 4 star, probably 3 at best.

Check in was quick

Completely run down property. Terrible. Photos misleading.

It was a good place but the place wasnt in actual Panji. The hotel is split by 2 brother's and the pool belongs to the other half. The actual hotel room was large.

nothing much. it’s old property and highly expensive.

location and access to transportation.

Terrible hotel rather it’s not a hotel it’s a lowest quality of railway she’s with no professionalism and ethics...I would request any one or every one do not book or stay at this hotel as they have no staff ..lowest quality of food and untrained staff to handle the hotel guests . The hotel management has no involvement and have no idea of the word meaning service or hotel or responsibility...