Rooftop pool

Reviews of Hotel Mamalla Inn

2.5 out of 5
Hotel Mamalla Inn
No.69/1, East Raja Street, Opp Mamalla Heritage Hotel, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 37 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Sourabh, Mumbai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel in the heart of the city...
Everything at hotel was gr8...only disappointment was mosquito attack in the night...though they provided the mosquito repellant mat but dat was not effective...the room, view, cleanliness and the staff was very nice...even the comlimentary breakfast was okay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Near to bus stand. Room was very clean.Staffs are very kind. Swimming Pool is awesome

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NICE HOTEL CLOSE TO BEACH AND SHORE TEMPLE
good . will like to go and make a stay at same place again

8/10 Good

alec, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice quiet small hotel
Stayed two nights and found the hotel to be generally basic but fine for our needs. Breakfast was a little bland with limited offering but no complaints. Hotel manager was ever so kind and helpful. Mamalla Beach Resort a couple of kilometres north of the village is connected with this hotel and is a nice place (with a pool) to relax and unwind after a morning of temple-hopping or shopping. Just take an auto rickshaw for around 100 rps and walk back to the village along the shore. Lovely.

8/10 Good

DougC, Edinburgh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value functional accommodation
The room was comfortable with a balcony allowing one to overlook everyday life in Mahallapalapuram. A good swimming pool on the roof, though without steps for getting in and out, and no sunbathing facilities. Helpful and friendly management. Whole building fairly functional without pictures, ornaments etc. and ittle atmosphere. Breakfast poor. 10 minute walk to "tourist" area. Good value. Would use again.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decrepit hotel
Perhaps the people who own the hotel realise that it need improvement, which is why scaffolding and exposed concrete supporting pillars and beams are scattered throughout the hotel. Hopefully, they will have enough money to renovate the rooms and bathrooms. Also, a restaurant that opens occasionally isn't an inviting prospect. When I asked about breakfast on my way out to eat at their sister hotel, I was told that I could order breakfast through room service. Not very helpful since the telephone in my room didn't work. When I checked out, all I wanted to do was get to a clean bathroom to take a shower and wash Mamalla Inn off me.

8/10 Good

Rahul, Mumbai

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

8/10 Good

das, chennai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location
very pleasant to stay there. Nice place........... We enjoyed lot...

8/10 Good

NewGuest

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

8/10 Good

Cecil Daniel, Chennai

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good but with conditions!.
Hotel rooms are good but car parking is a nuisance but safe and no restaurant at site, need to travel to Mamalla beach resort for the included breakfast which is over 3-4 Kms away. Roof top pool is great. Location is not near the beach.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Average
Not a bad hotel, seems to be still being built. No WiFi. Average rooms. Staff were lovely and in a good spot.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable, clean and affordable.
This hotel is comfy, clean and very close to beach (walk able distance). Staff are nice and always there to help. Breakfast is good - but got cold by the time we go it. Overall I was looking for a comfortable and clean place close to beach, temple etc. and Mamalla Inn served my purpose. If you are looking for a place to rest, take shower and get going for sightseeing - this place is ideal.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

10/10 Excellent

Beatrice Murray, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend
The quality of this hotel and the helpfulness and friendliness of the staff was outstanding. Very central to restaurants and only a few blocks from the beach. Great value for a good price. I booked the room with www.hotels.com a week prior.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Close to Town and beach
In a good location and quiet for India, only 90mins from Chennai airport. A good inexpensive place to stay. Breakfast no problem as brought to room if ordered.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I liked the hotel
I enjoyed my stay there. Am a single female traveling on my own and felt very safe. The hotel is in a little side street which makes it nicer not being on the main road. There is a very nice large swimming pool on the roof. I did not use it but fellow guests did and said it was nice.

10/10 Excellent

Jere, Melbourne VIC, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
The stay was good. Food good. Very homely . It was more than I expected. Having moved around the world and stayed in many hotels with star ratings, this was real good. Keep it up.

6/10 Okay

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Great room poor service
Room was very good, comfortable big bed, clean and hot water. Balcony ok.breakfast a real battle to get what you needed quickly, not offered Indian breakfast, breakfast room in basement with dead flowers on table..... Food ok problems with getting a freshly made tea! Location in town really good but surrounding area pretty scruffy .

10/10 Excellent

Evelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value hotel
Highly recommended! The Mamalla Inn is only 9 months old and the rooms are large, clean and comfortable -even a fridge is provided, and free drinking water. Although it is 5 minutes walk to the main restaurant road that is no inconvenience and it means that the hotel is down a quiet back street - no honking horns.The included breakfast is OK - eggs available as well as all the usual Indian items. The staff couldn't do more to help us and were very friendly with their limited English. The swimming pool on the roof is very nice - but it would have been even better with a couple of sunchairs. One strange thing about the pool - there are NO STEPS to exit the pool by - it is around 1.5 metres deep and you must make sure you can pull yourself out before jumping in. I have never before been in a pool with no means of exit!

6/10 Okay

venkatesh

Disliked: Room comfort
ok

10/10 Excellent

taka, 広島

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
宿泊できませんでした。
チェックインしようとしたら、満室だと言われ、別のホテルを案内されました。 目的地に近い場所だということで、このホテルを予約したのに、遠い別のホテルに宿泊することになりました。

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Da gibt es nicht viel zu erzaehlen. Internetauftritt hat mir gefallen. Aber leider entsprach die Wirklichkeit nicht dem.

6/10 Okay

helga, Kristiansand

Ok standard for pris og god beliggenhet
Besøkte venner, var varmt,AC var veldig bra.Svømmebassenget på taket hadde ingen badetrapp, turde ikke bruke det.Frokost på rommet var bra,god kaffi.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
チェンナイの空港まで、車で1200ルピー(エアコンなし)で送ってくれた。 早朝、外から、何かの機械が回転する騒音が数時間続いた。 ドライヤーは無いと言われた。

2/10 Terrible

tsutae, 福岡

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
基本的なホテルと言えない。
Wi-Fiも使えなかった、ミネラルウォーターもなかった。アイロンも貸してもらえなかったし、ドライヤーすら無いと言われた。日本人にはキツイ。

4/10 Poor

Meir, Delhi

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
weiskatzir
not recommended. there is better hotels there with same price. the only advantage there is the good people. all the rest is not good like wet linens. broken closets Etc.

4/10 Poor

Triple, España

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Personal incompetente
Habíamos reservado con mes y medio de antelación una habitación triple con desayuno. Al hacer el check-in me dice la recepcionista que debo pagar por la tercera persona. Le enseño mi reserva donde pone "3 adultos" y me dice que Expedia solamente le ha dicho 2 personas y que tengo que pagar. Me niego y con muy mala cara me dice que "ok". En la habitación compruebo que sólo hay 2 toallas y que el WC no funciona. Se lo comento al bajar a dar un paseo y me dice que lo arreglarán. Cuando vuelvo al cabo de varias horas, sigo sin toalla y con el WC sin funcionar. Lo reclamo a un señor y le pregunto por el "desayuno bufet". Me dice que sólo lo sirven en la habitación y a partir de las 8:30. Le pido si es posible tenerlo a las 8 y me dice que sí, que traerían tortilla, fruta, tostadas y café. Al otro día ni a las 8 ni a las 8:30 traen el desayuno. Cuando reclamo a las 8:45 no sabían nada de mi desayuno y al cabo de 10 minutos me traen café, tostadas y plátanos. Por la tarde le comento al mismo señor lo del desayuno me dice que se le había olvidado.

8/10 Good

rirakkuma, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
清潔です。スタップはフレンンドリー。
本当はエアコンは使いたくなかったが、網戸にはなっていなかったので使用しました。エアコンの音がうるさかった。部屋は値段のわりにかなり清潔で広かった。タオルがだいぶ使い込まれているもので、もう変えた方がいいと思いました。お湯ももう少し熱いものが良かったかな。ホテルスタッフはフレンドリーでいい感じでした。

8/10 Good

ユッキー, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
シンプルで快適・便利な滞在。
立地がバス停前・町の中心で、観光地に徒歩圏内なのに、静か。部屋は清潔で広い。スタッフサービスはシンプルだけど充分。街歩きには便利。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
super sejour
le personnel de l hotel est super agreable

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Laura, Belgique

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rien à voir avec les photos!
Hôtel très mal entretenu. Les chambres sont très grandes mais manquent de soin! Les draps sont d un blanc grisâtre avec des taches. Pas d essuis et le petit déjeuner est servi dans la chambre. Il est vraiment insuffisant et vient d ailleurs! Il n est pas fait sur place! Personnel serviable. Pour une nuit c est bon mais pas plus!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Could be good with a little upgrade!
The location is really good, as it is very close to the backparker's area of Mamallapuram. Friendly staff. The room could use some more and comfortable furniture and some new lights would have done a major improvement of the atmosphere. This is a new hotel, so maybe in time they will make the necessary changes. The hotel does not have a resturant, so they serve breakfast in the room (Very nice food!). This is fins as you have a nice balcony, but the problem is the lack of chairs and tables! All in all a decent stay!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

2/10 Terrible

Andrea, Wiesbaden, Deutschland

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
"Grauenvoll"
Die Lage des Hotels ist sehr sehr laut - fast an der Hauptverkehrsstrasse kann man kaum schlafen wegen ständiger Huperei. Direkt gegenüber befindet sich ein ritueller Waschplatz, wo sich bis 1:00 nachts und ab 5:00 morgens hunderte von Leuten waschen und dabei lautstark schwätzen. Der Pool auf dem Dach ist unsauber, es gibt keine Sonnenschirme, keine Liegen, keine Stühle, keine Handtücher. Der Frühstücksraum befindet sich im Keller. Auch hier alles lieblos - Plastiktische ohne Tischdecken, wackelige Plastikstühle, kein Büffet. Man kommt sich vor wie im Knast! Der Blick auf den Innenhof gleicht dem Blick auf eine Müllkippe. Ich habe dieses Hotel nach 1 Nacht verlassen und für das gleiche Geld ein tolles Hotel direkt am Strand mit Garten und tollem Ambiente gefunden. Mein Geld bekam ich allerdings nur teilweise zurück.