South Cliff Janardhanapuram, Temple Road opposite Sea Shore Resort Varkala, 695141 Varkala, India
#17 of 69 hotels in Varkala
Guests' ChoiceBased on 47 hotel reviews
8.6Cleanliness
9.2
Comfort
9.0
Location
8.8
Facilities
8.4
Staff
9.3
Value for money
8.9
Free Wifi
8.3
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Reviewed: April 14, 2024
Arunkumar
IndiaVery very neat & clean...
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: April 3, 2024
Lichee
IndiaThe stay was wonderful! The property was located near the beach and the owners helped us with everything!
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: March 16, 2024
Prasanna
IndiaOne of bathroom flush leaking, unable to do basic cooking considering it's a home stay
Clean & comfort stay. Proximity to beach & temple. Friendly pet Tommy. Very good ambience.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: March 15, 2024
Patricia
United KingdomNothing
Comfortable & small
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: March 14, 2024
John
IrelandVery clean and quiet location, friendly hoast and lovely home. If you are looking for privacy its a good option, and only 20min walk along the shore to the more active north cliff.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: February 2, 2024
Adithya
IndiaNo meals , no tv, room was bit too small
Clean and good staff
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: January 24, 2024
Chance
United KingdomSuper clean room, nice location, great balcony, good internet
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: January 18, 2024
Keith
United KingdomFriendly and very helpful .the property is by the quieter end of Varkala is very peaceful and relaxing yet close to restaurants and the beach.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: January 15, 2024
Joel
PortugalNada.
Super close to the cliff, about a 2 min walk from Soul & Surf - where there’s yoga, surf and food. Comfy rooms, we had a side entrance room with AC that was cool during the heat of the day.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: December 20, 2023
Daniel
SwitzerlandAC is not included in the rate of every room Water supply of the shower didn’t flow properly sometimes
we loved the location close to the South Cliffs of Varkala! The host was super nice and helpful (e.g., money exchange, providing breakfast, giving hints) The room with a small balcony was clean and chill
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: December 17, 2023
Vishnu
IndiaPls note in booking.com room says non-AC . If you want AC you’d need separately Rs 600 AC charges per day separately to the property owner
Cleanliness
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: October 1, 2023
Nikhil
IndiaNeat and clean rooms and premise. Only 10 mins walk to happening cliff. You can have food from Nearby soul and surf cafe (ambience 💯). Owner is nice and polite. Good place for family and friends to hang out. There is super friendly Tommy 🐶 to welcome you.
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: March 28, 2023
Michael
SwitzerlandOne of the three mosquito nets at the window was a bit broken, but you can just leave that window closed and if you still feel uncomfortable, use the mosquito net above the bed. I didnt have any problems with mosquitos though.
Simple but clean budget option for anyone looking for a quiet relaxing time in Varkala, whilst still being close to everything. The guesthouse is in a quiet backstreet right behind „Soul & Surf“/South Cliff Taxi Stand. The beach is 5 mins away, if you want to swim, north cliff with many restaurants just north of the beach, and temple junction is also close by if youre looking for supermarkets or more authentic Indian restaurants. South Cliff beach also is less busy for anyone trying to get away from the crows more and also has its own sea-view clifftop restaurants and cafes (Sarwaa, Soul & Surf etc). There are also a handful of Yoga schools in the streets surrounding the Guesthouse. The owners are very friendly and helpful. You can do laundry & have breakfast as well (Indian or Western, both very delicious). On top of that youll be blessed with a very friendly, quiet, and peaceful dog called Tommy :) Can only recommend!
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: December 17, 2022
Ines
PortugalVery friendly helpful host Comfortable spacious clean room Provided amenities Quiet location near which is for me the best area of the beach - more clean, less people Almost next door a place with a good cafe surf and yoga
Stayed in December 2022
Reviewed: October 26, 2022
Santtu
IndiaCleanliness, peacefull atmosphere. Very helpful hosts. Breakfast was awesome. Healthy but tasty 👌
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: October 8, 2022
Mohamed
IndiaBinu was very much friendly, accepted and organized our requests and made our stay more comfortable. We requested for breakfast and lunch during our stay and they provided us delicious meals. We took our 9 month old infant with us and it never felt like we were staying in a different place, it just felt like home. Sea shore restaurant is just a minute walk from here, where we enjoyed a relaxing 180° beach view and experienced the soothing sound of waves away from all the public. The place is also very close to the South cliff beach. But, you must have a strong legs if you plan to have a walk to the beach. Overall, the place was beyond our expectations and we thank them for making our stay peaceful. Definitely will recommend other to visit here.
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: April 19, 2022
Shilpee
IndiaBinu the owner of the property is one of the best host I met till date. He is way beyond helpful. The property is at perfect place really 2 minutes from beach. Super clean rooms and bathroom. Even you will get kitchen area to make your own tea if needed that was bonus for me. Binu helped to get scotty at cheaper rate and he lend his own bike for few hours to roam around as well. Also, we checked out however he he allowed to use the common bathroom and keep the luggage and called auto driver at night to drop till station. Words are less for Binu. Great man !!
Stayed in April 2022
Reviewed: February 14, 2022
Hari
IndiaIt was very Homely.. felt like being in home... No kind of micro monitoring.. but staff was very attentive. Helped a lot..
Stayed in February 2022
Reviewed: November 15, 2021
Raj
IndiaLocation of this villa is super.
Stayed in November 2021
Reviewed: May 2, 2023
Uthaya
Indiahe’s not allowing outside food to eat inside the room itself. but he and his friends will drink the resort inside. he’s not arrange proper facilities.
the property is good but owner is not good. not behaves proper way.
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: February 4, 2023
Aleksandra
GermanyThe mattress was quite hard and the shower water pressure was very weak.
Lovely owners, really helpful and friendly. The villa is about 10 minutes walk from the main part of the city with shops and restaurants. The room and the bathroom were clean.
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: November 18, 2022
Santosh
Indiahospitality
booking.com
Stayed in November 2022
Reviewed: October 13, 2022
Dinesh
IndiaNeed More Privacy pls provide seperate rooms, which really helpful for people like us
Cleanliness & Economy price
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: October 3, 2022
Anonymous
Indiait was so clean and so pleasing
Stayed in October 2022
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