Hotel Park Avenue Fort Kochi — Hotel in Kerala

During check in a waiting Indian Lady continually tried to catch my eye and shook her head. ||I was greeted cordially and assured that the noise of electric drills, mechanical saws ets was due to ongoing renovation. The hotel reception area gives no clue as to the state of dilapidation of the rooms. initially the room I was shown to didn't appear too bad, but closer scrutiny made it necessary to immediately get online to find an alternative hotel, which on December 30th was not going to be easy with Fort Kochi winding up for the New Year festival. Forced to stay the night, the bed was large, with crisp clean linen and with a hard mattress which afforded me a surprisingly good nights sleep. The photographs on Booking.com were obviously not recent The hotel location on Princes Street in the centre of Fort Kochi was the best feature of this establishment. ||Walls were showing damp missing widow panes were tacked with wooden board on a balcony window that opened directly over a busy ally with the wall of a building opposite as the view. floor boards were missing and loose sticking to my feet as I walked round, The bathroom was so filthy that I could not bring myself to use it, wall tiles were covered in all kinds of dirt and stains from previous users, the washbasin was covered in grime and still had the toothpaste stains from previous occupants. The plastic bucket in the shower which many of the Indian bathrooms include looked as if it had been used on a building site with no sign of ever having been attempted to clean it. I will let the photographs speak for themselves. This establishment should be ashamed of the UNCLEAN state of their hotel. The roof top restaurant advertised was like a bombsite with someones laundry strewn across the seats drying. and rubbish everywhere. There is an excuse for dilapidation but absolutely no mitigation for a bathroom filthier than a...

Park Avenue is a charming and family hotel, and not expensive, but it has everything you need. Rooms cost between 23 $ to 28 $ per night. Really cheap and nice, and amazing location, right in the heart of Cochin Island, in the middle of all the events, but still quiet and fun to sleep at night. Staff where lovely and kind and the rooms have a TV, wardrobe, private facilities, and really, really clean there. Recommends to go to the Jewish synagogue there. There are also around the fishermen's nets, where you can buy fish directly from the fisherman, and there is also the chef cook for you once the fish or seafood. The region has also Katakali traditional performances, a dance spectacle, really cheap and a great way to get a taste of Indian culture with music. Just enjoy!||My recommendation for how to reach: Princss Street, Fort Kochi, Kochi / Cochin, India 682001 taxi comes to the island, or for the city with...

Stayed here for two nights with a group. Had to ask for a top sheet as only bottom and blanket. Bathroom was dirty, very stained and bare wires above the shower. Room was not serviced, had to ask for extra towels. Very noisy, the air con did notwork even after they said they had fixed it. No breakfast on site you had to do down the road. Big hole above the door where the smoke detector should have been.They did offer laundry and after 24 hours it came back to us damp. Staff were fairly friendly. Needs some money spending on it, there are other places that are cleaner and safer for not much more money, we were stuck there as...