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3 out of 5
Mantra Koodam - CGH Earth
No 1 Bagavathapuram Main Rd Ext, 536/37, A Sri Sailapathipuram Village, Thiruvidaimarudur, Tamil Nadu

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 44 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Ravindra

Traveled with family
Like: landscape, setting and the ambiance Areas of improvement: no proper hot water in the shower, food and water does not drain properly in the shower
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vijay R

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved everything about this property! The cottage was amazing! The food was great! The staff was super courteous! And the location was amazing!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vaidyanath

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place, in the middle of a forest, lot of greenery. Food was excellent, breakfast and dinner buffet, live dosa station. Villa was very clean, great facilities, very friendly staff. Loved the swimming pool!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Padma

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alka

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful, green, peaceful setting. Lodges and furnishings are so tastefully done, food is excellent- everything reminds you of a world gone by. Nestled far away from the crowds a perfect place to relax with family and friends. Highly recommended.

10/10 Excellent

Arathi

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amita

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ron

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Sanchana, Nashua

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

RAJASEKAR

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

P S

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Green Stay
Amazing Stay in the middle of Tamil Nadu amongst greenery.....
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Roopa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant experience
Amazing place and we loved the experience although it was a short stay. Amazing staff and we loved every bit of the experience. Waking up to peacocks was the highlight of it all; such tranquility and we felt United with nature during our stay….. thank you !
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

parthasarathy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay, good service and people, limited food options though
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bhaskaran

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vidya

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sudarshna

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My parents stayed in this property for two days and greatly enjoyed the experience. They loved the tranquility, the exceptional service and the traditional surroundings. My mother hails from Kumbakonam and she mentioned that the experience transported her back to her childhood days! Definitely they would be staying here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sourav

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Oasis in Kumbakonam
Loved this property and it was such an oasis of comfort and luxury. The resort did look like it needed some gardening, but the rooms were fabulous and staff very helpful. Loved the food as well.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the architecture. When I walked into the cabin, the first thought was "I want a small farmhouse just like this one". So I grabbed my phone and took as many pictures as I can. The staffs (Jebi) are very friendly and a perfect place to relax. The greenery, the peacocks, their delicious breakfast are all exceptional. Left with good memories.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful resort! My mother and sister had a great time overall!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent experience and a beautiful resort. Very memorable stay with family and would night recommend this unique experience. Everything was very different and unique. The chai hut and the food was yummy too. People were so very nice and helped us in every way
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is absolutely beautiful in all ways and a sense of peace is throughout the space. The facilities ae lovely and the rooms large and the outside waterfall shower is "well another adventure" It was a joy to arrive here with such smiling faces and a sense of integrity in the food as well as the essence of taking care of our environment. We could have stayed a long time. Thanks for caring.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alok

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

P S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for temple tours
Great location . Very well maintained property.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Sanooj on Apr 10, 2019
Dear Guest, Greetings! It has been such a pleasure reading your comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to write to us. Hope you will stay with us again sometime soon! Kind regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not bad, but not great
Not bad
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Sanooj Ravindran on Apr 4, 2019
Dear Guest, Greetings! Thank you so much for taking the time to post your feedback. Hope you will stay with us again sometime soon! Kind regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager

10/10 Excellent

NAT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
STAY AT MANTRA KOOTAM
Excellent service, good food, comfortable stay. Great staff! Wish could have stayed a little longer!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Sanooj on Feb 12, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for taking time to write your valuable feedback. We are delighted to note that you had an overall enjoyable experience with us. Hope you will stay with us again sometime soon! Kind Regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Aarthi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A relaxed and comfortable stay amidst the villages in a sophisticated and eco friendly environment
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Sanooj on Feb 12, 2019
Dear Guest, It has been such a pleasure reading your comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to write to us. Hope you will stay with us again sometime soon! Kind Regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Aarthi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Sanooj on Jan 23, 2019
Dear Guest, Tank you so much for sharing your feedback with us. Kind regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Sanooj on Jan 18, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us. Kind Regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager

8/10 Good

Nithya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Sanooj on Jan 2, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you so much for taking out your valuable time to post a review about our hotel. It has been our privilege to have you stay with us and I am glad to know that you had a wonderful stay. Hope you will stay with us again sometime. Kind Regards, General Manager

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Sanooj on Jan 2, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your ratings. Kind Regards, General Manager

10/10 Excellent

Ashok, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Architecturally has captured old world south indian village house style with interior modern amenities. Property is well maintained but Spa is still under renovation. Not much to do within the Property except for swimming pool. Might get terribly boring after one night stay. Restaurant food was good but the tea stall fare was less than ordinary. Highly recommended for a one day - night stay if you’re visiting surrounding area temples which are very many.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from . on Sep 27, 2018
Dear Guest, Greetings from CGH Earth. Thank you so much for taking out your precious time to post a review about our hotel. It has been our privilege to have you stay with us and I am glad to know that you had a wonderful stay. We have also noted your additional comments. Hope you will stay with us again sometime. Kind Regards, Manager

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very poor air conditioning. Quality of food is not commensurate with prices Too expensive
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful rural property
Beautiful architecture and rooms set in expansive grounds. Bathroom had an outdoor shower. Fabulous afternoon tea spot and an exquisite swimming pool. Lovely place to spend days relaxing.

8/10 Good

V

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Inconvenient but nice hotel that serves great food
Access is poor. We could not drive to the hotel because the connecting bridge was too narrow. We had to park a mile away. This is terrible. Otherwise we loved the experience.
Response from Sanooj on Mar 15, 2018
Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. we would like to inform you that now we have built a new road so that one can reach the resort avoiding the narrow bridge. Hoping to see you again in Mantra

10/10 Excellent

rathie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed three days last week.we really enjoyed the village atmosphere. The staffs are very helpful and friendly specially Nagarajan at the reception and Rajarajan and Boobalan at the restaurant.thankyou

4/10 Poor

vithyalakshmi

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reviews are misleading
First of all the phone number listed for the hotel at hotels.com is not functional. I tried calling the hotel several times since the property is not easy to find. It's hidden in a wooden area with no proper signs and there isn't a road you can take. The drive to the property is awful. My 12 year old thought we are going to get mugged and it was too scary for me too. I had to make an international call to hotel.com to find out about the location and agent couldn't reach anyone at the property as well. With so much difficulty we found the place. We were hoping that things will get better. I'm more disappointed that the reviews at hotels.com are so misleading. I totally depend on the reviews while booking a hotel but this one is a disaster. No welcome drinks as they mentioned in the website. The website still has breakfast included with the pricing I paid for. However, the reservation didn't reflect breakfast for 2. Again when I called hotel.com they couldn't reach the property and they ended up refunding me for the breakfast.I really tried hard to leave this issues behind and enjoy my stay. It's so hard to relax when you have mosquito's in the property and bugs in the toilet which one would expect with the open roof. This freaked me out even more. The food was really good. Staff members were very polite. The property is so secluded and it's so quite and peaceful.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Suggestions
I suggest to put floor mats in the room specially in front of toilet and bed and also to install TV. And open toilet is concerned for safety-issue. It can be covered with fiber glass. Thanks

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A haven!
This place is a complete haven. We stayed two nights in the town of Kumbakonam and while great, is just so noisy. So we moved here. 6km out of town and from the moment you enter the site there is calm. Check in very helpful and individual villas large and comfortable with nice terraces. The pool is beautiful. We found the food to be of average quality especially given the price. Indian breakfast is far superior to continental If you wish to escape the noise of town then this is a lovely retreat. Just bear in mind that it is isolated and in a very local area.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Resort out of the way
For people looking for an authentic indian experience blended with western amenities, this resort is a great option. From a temple bell that gets rung upon arrival to the ceremonial breaking of a coconut when you leave, the staff of Mantra Veppathur got it right. The only feature of our cottage that seemed weird to me was the open air shower as a part of the bathroom. There is a covered shower though, thank goodness. The one thing that blew me away was the quiet atmosphere that was a welcome change after 2 weeks in India where quiet is almost impossible to find.

10/10 Excellent

NATARAJ LAKSHMANAN, Chennai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Where Genuine Hospitality is a Mantra!
We had a wonderful and very memorable stay at Mantra Veppathur. The staff are genuinely warm and hospitable and take good care of all your requirements. The hotel vehicle (we used an Innova) is also impeccably maintained and the drivers are professional. The food at this resort is Sattvik and very very sumptuous! A treat for the taste buds! The overall ambience of the resort is amazing and each area - be it the reception or the little pond with preening swans and an Annapoorani temple in the middle, the swimming pool, the restaurant, the rural tea shop and the Illams (rooms), is very thoughtfully done! The rooms are marvellously spacious with all comforts and a traditional flavour to boot! Missed a tea kettle and tea bags/coffee though. The bathrooms are spacious and well laid out, but could do with a little paint touch up in some areas that have started showing their age; especially the concrete jaliwork. The open air shower area could also be cleaner - esp the potted plant had withered and that was a bit of an eyesore. Except for these couple of points, everything about Mantra Veppathur is lovely and we definitely feel it is great value for money. I would like to mention a few of the staff who made our stay all the more memorable - Mr Nagarajan (reception) and Mr Pandian & Mr Karthik (drivers). The restaurant staff & the housekeeping staff (don't remember their names) also deserve special mention!

10/10 Excellent

Rita, Winchester, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Eco Hotel in a wonderful country setting
We only stayed here as we couldn't get into The Ideal River View Resort for two nights. Had we known it was such a beautiful place to stay we would have rather stayed here, and probably for longer. We loved the vegetarian food, classical Indian music performance, outdoor (as well as indoor) showers in the room and tasteful art work and fittings. It is totally peaceful there with a beautiful pool to cool off in. Unfortunately we didn't have time to experience the massage and beauty treatments. We look forward to returning another year.

8/10 Good

Martine

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel confortable, belle piscine
Bel hôtel agréable, très belle piscine avec chaises longues et serviettes. Chambre confortable, lit un peu dur à notre gout. Terrasse du restaurant très agréable. Petit déjeuner avec peu de choix ( surtout pour le pain) selon critères occidentaux
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Sanooj on Mar 6, 2019
Dear Guest, Greetings.. We are delighted to note that you had an overall enjoyable experience with us. We thank you for the feedback on our room and the service of our hotel. We have noted your valuable comments regarding the bed and breakfast experience. We consider your feedback constructively and corrective measures will be taken. We at CGH take tremendous delight in the service that we offer, as every guest is very special and it is our constant strives to make sure that they have a remarkable experience. It was certainly a pleasure for us to be at your service and we all look forward to welcoming you again soon. Kind Regards, Sanooj Ravindran | General Manager