Abalone Resort

Friendly hotel

Had a great stay at this hotel, staff really friendly and helpful. Our room cleaned every day and the room boy and housekeeping staff extremely trustworthy and courteous. Have stayed in Goa many times but a first for this hotel, if we return to Goa this is the place we will stay.
An ideal place for a relaxing holiday, lovely pool and good food. Easy to get around as there is plenty of transport available. About 50Rupees in tuktuk to beach at Baga, about 20 mins walk. This is a family run hotel and the owner, Mr Fernandes, is very accessible. Our request for a quiet room was dealt with immediately and we had a lovely big room. We spent four weeks here in Jan/Feb2009 and never saw one drop of rain!

Unique Quality: Great pool, good place for birdwatching and monkey watching.

cheap and cheerful

We have just returned to the UK from our third visit to the Abalone Hotel. The staff are helpful friendly and courteous. My mother was 82 during our stay and the staff arranged for a cake complete with candles and personal message. The pool is large and usually empty The service is Goan and the pace of life is slower. This tends to annoy the Brits who seem to spend a lot of time fault find and complaining. I think if you come to 2 star hotel in a 3rd world country do not expect too much or you will be disappointed. The hotel makes a terrific base to explore the region which the taxi drivers will be only too eager to act as your tour guide. We visited the temples of Ponda and the spice trail with tricky Vicky the taxi driver who speaks good English and explained all about Hinduism and how to make a gift to the deity. The Hotel is vastly improved on last year. The food was better and the outside restaurant was busy at night. There is also the addition of bar by the pool selling cocktails. The only disadvantage I found was whinging poms.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive

Abalone Resort Photo: This pool is huge for the size of the hotel.

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Its a good place to crash

I was really not looking forward to my holiday at Abalone, Arpora after reading some very mixed reviews of the place, however following a 3 week stay there, I wanted to say that I had a great time with them. The place itself is in need of a little care and attention but as a place to crash its more than adequate. I was travelling alone and it was my first visit to Goa so i was a bit nervous about what to expect, however the staff were truely lovely and made every effort to ensure that i was well catered for and happy, i never once felt anything but welcome and looked after! I would reccommend this hotel although i realise that some people would possibly want more from a holiday retreat i found it to be more than adequate and i would return there. Don't judge a book by its cover would be my advice!!

Unique Quality: The staff are really lovely and bend over backwards to make your stay there the best they can, the service isnt the quickest in the restuarant but hey you're on holiday what does it matter!!!

Goa's haven of relaxation

I would like to say that I have met some friendly folk on my world wide travels, but the staff at The Abalone Resort Hotel were the kindest and most helpful I have ever come accross. All they wanted to do was to help us have a happy holiday.
We are returning shortly, as we enjoyed our Christmas break so much. On Christmas Eve and Christmas day we had wonderful buffet food supplied and a treat to watch of Indian Colourful folklore dancing and music. It was brilliant. Sheets changed every day rooms cleaned every day - and every day our clean towels were placed in beautiful shapes. Hearts, flowers and one to top the lot two Swans with beaks touching and where the beaks met a pretty red fresh flower. I was amazed. Also the laundry lady was so sweet, and for a few rupees one can have their shirt or shorts washed and returned neatly folded in clean see through bag. Unbelievable. My husband loves cricket, and the young waiters and the head waiter always obliged him by making sure the t.V. was turned on and the correct channel to be seen with the cricket showing, and in the evening, when we would be sitting by the pool, they would pull aside the curtains at the window and turn the television around so he could view it from our seats beneath the stars. Can you believe this? Absolutely fantastic. One time one of the lads wrote on a card 'reserved' and placed it on the table by the window - we found this very moving actually. By the end of our stay we felt we had found another family.

Yvonne Chapman (Kent)

Unique Quality: The pool nice, and the surroundings beautiful - one could watch the Eagles soaring above, and the Kites, also exoctic birds in the tall coconut Palm trees, and the Monkets that clambered from the trees o n to the roof of the hotel, and then back into the tree tops. Absolutely unbelievable. All the drinks reasonably priced and the meals good.

Yvonne

a good base

Myself and my hubby always stay down south in Goa but this time because our family was with us we decided to go up north for a few days. Our stay at the Abalone was Quite comfortable and the pool was great, the food also was quite good. IT was a five minute ride to the beach and the nigtlife, and great to get back after all the hustle and bustle to the peace and quiet of the hotel. The guys on reception were great and sorted us a cheap price for our stay. We usually stay with indian friends when we go to Goa but our next tri in Feb next year will be to the abalone, keep up the good work.

Unique Quality: Great pool, Reeption guys very helpful especially when my daughter needed to see a doctor.
Good food.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average

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Certainly Unique Experience

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Related to: Budget Travel

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A Goa friendly bed and breakfast

I have just returned from my holiday in Goa. My family and I stayed at The Abalone Resort. I was slightly anxious about our stay because of the negative reviews I had read after i had made our booking. on arrival we were pleasantly surprised. The staff were very very friendly, our room was clean and comfortable, the pool was a delight and the food and service was good. My 8 year old son recomends the pancakes! My husband and son took home a shirt each made by the on site tailor, both made to perfection. For a 2 star bed and breakfast we were more than happy and we will be making a booking at The Abalone again before the end of the year.

friendly hotel

i have just returned from a fortnight at this hotel . my partner son and myself had a fabulous time.breakfast was just toast but you did nt want to. eat any more. our room was cleaned immacutly and the laundry service was excellent .the pool was cleaned every night and was a nice way to cool down in the heat. the jacuzzi no longer excists.visit the spice oven bar next door for smashing bar staff who really make you feel welcome.this hotel is slightly out the way but with excellent taxi service outside happy to take you anywhere sunny and magnum were the guys we used and are super.i think for a 2 star hotel abalone was excellent and we would definatly go back the people we met on holiday and the staff were great

Unique Quality: the way the hotel was set around the pool area was handy if you had children so you could watch them from your balcony

comfortable, clean two star hotel

I can not understand some of the adverse reports on this page. Abalone is basic, but clean, friendly, and above all has a superb swimming pool for those of us who like to swim without sharing a pool with crowds of noisy children. The food is from a limited menu, but well and freshly cooked and very cheap. The bar and restaurant service is fast and friendly. Room service is erratic and rhere is too much loud pop music pouring from the loudspeakers by the pool, overlooked and therefore overheard by half the rooms. There are at least four good restaurants within a few minutes' walk and the walk to Baga Beach is only 30 minutes, with good birdwatching on the way. A good hotel, away from the noise and hassle of the beaches.