Fairstay Holiday Resort, Ooty – Review
Last
month I was in Ooty and stayed in the Fairstay Resorts which is about 1.5 km
before the main Ooty town. I did not know anyone there, just looked up the
reviews in tripadvisor and other sites and decided to pick this place based on
the very good reviews that the customers had given.
Here
is my review on the resort based on my experience here.
The
place:
When
they say resort, do not imagine anything big like a beach resort you would see
in Chennai or any other city, but you can expect a decent hotel kind of a
place.
The
resort itself is situated about 1.5 km before the main Ooty town. Which means
you are out of the hustle-bustle of the crowded holiday town, but the same time
the access to all the major tourist places are easily accessible through car /
taxi.
The
resort only entertains people coming as a family and do not hesitate to turn
down guys coming as a group so that they could maintain a good atmosphere.
The rooms
are quite spacious and maintained very well and clean. One cannot have too many
complaints about the facility.
A couple
of nagging things about the place is that the approach road to the hotel from
the main road is not paved well. It is quite bumpy, but that is only a stretch
of few meters. This is a non-issue for me. Another problem that people may find
is that you do not get mobile signal in the hotel rooms and there is no landline
in any of the rooms if you want to make any urgent calls outside.
Food:
They
have a very clean kitchen and dining room. Though not very big, it is very well
maintained. They provide only vegetarian food. If you insist on having
non-vegetarian then they can buy it from outside. No preparation is done in the
kitchen. The kitchen itself is very well maintained and they even encourage the
guests to visit the kitchen if they want to, so that they can be sure about the
hygiene of the food.
The food
as such is very good, like home-made food. In the package that I took, the
breakfast was complementary and they had about 5 varieties of food every
morning to choose from.
They
also provide dinner and change the variety everyday with rice and rasam as
standard menu. The food was really tasty and hygienic!
They
do not provide lunch, which makes sense. After all you are not visiting Ooty to
just sit back at the hotel room and eat and sleep. You will be going out to
visit place, so manage the lunch outside!
Service:
Off late,
I have not seen this kind of excellent service from a common man’s hotel / resort.
There is no surprise in a star hotel giving an excellent service, but I have
not seen this kind of courteous and prompt service from a common hotel.
Starting
from the room service to attending to the guests needs, the service had been
excellent throughout and I had absolutely no complaints about the service
provided in any way
People:
Last,
but the most important. It is the people who actually make excellent service. It
is no surprise that the service was excellent as the people who work here know
what they are supposed to be doing and are real professionals, though I doubt
if they would have any professional qualification in hospitality institutes.
Right
from the director Mr. Anbumani to every staff of the hotel, everyone were
polite, courteous and well behaved. And the same time very helpful and lively.
I have
to give special mention to Mr. Sathish who was our taxi driver right from the
time we landed in Mettupalayam railway station. He picked us up from the
station and guided us throughout the entire tour of 3 days giving loads of
information about the place, people, culture, plants, trees, flowers and
everything that you can imagine there. He definitely is an asset to any
employer.
He has
the right kind of knowledge and contacts to get us to places which may normally
need some prior bookings or permission.
Conclusion:
Overall
it was a very good family vacation for me after a long time and the time was
spent really well.
To sum
up, here are the pros and cons of the place.
Pros:
Excellent
service
Well
maintained rooms, dining hall and kitchen
Very
good food.
Courteous,
polite and well informed people
At
Rs.2500 per night during the season time is a reasonable rate for this place.
Only
family is allowed.
Located
just outside the main town which makes the place calm and beautiful!
Cons:
No
mobile signal inside the hotel
Bad approach
roads.
Would
I recommend this place to my friends? ABSOLUTELY! If you are planning to go
with family, look no further. Fairstay is the place to stay!
9 comments:
Awesome pics as always.Thanks for the review at Fairstay. Will try this resort next time I am in Ooty.
great dramatic clouds :)
Thanks Ramakrishnan sir and Joshi Daniel..
Ram
Will consider this place for our next visit
wow... those are some seriously good pictures.. loved it
@Shrinidhi, you will not be disappointed for sure.
@Sneo, thanks :)
Ram
After reading your post and observing the images you added with, I am really surprised by the natural beauty surrounding this hotel. I have written many times for Ooty but never about Fairstay Ooty. This place will really make WeAreHolidays blog splendid.
Wow! Amazing hill view cloud pictures, Ooty is one of the most recommended holiday locations in India.
You post such a beautiful pictures. I love it, thanks for share with use.
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