Amaya Beach Pasikudah

I came here with my husband and toddler (a year and a half old). Overall we had a great time. What we liked: - The view was breathtaking! - Our housekeeping staff Ajithkumar was amazing to us! He always greeted us and asked if we needed our room cleaned. And when he did, we were greeted with a pleasant surprise, a swan scultpture made out of towels and a really cute elephant scultpture for our son. So much talent! - Our room was VERY spacious which was great for our toddler son who loves to run around. And our room came with a HUGE balcony . There was an entire garden! It was amazing! - Our room was clean and the bedding was very comfy! - Easy access to the beach which is very comvenient - The hoppers at the hopper station at breakfast was amazing. - Great ambience! Loved the overall feel of the space. From decor to the music, it was very nice. - Shakila from the restaurant was very nice to us. She always welcomed us with a warm smile and helped us with whatever we needed. She even interacted with our toddler son which was great! What we thought could have been better: - We felt like some of the staff gave the "foreigners" better/special treatment. I'm a Canadian with brown skin who could be mistaken for a local and I felt like at times,we weren't treated like the "white skinned" guests. That's a shame! - The food overall was mediocre. A lot of the food was bland. The a la carte menu was so much better than the buffet. Still not much to rave about.

3 days and night of hell, no safe place to swim, only a children’s pool. Beach on next property was crowded with bus loads of noisy people playing very loud music every day all day, stayed in room all day, but no peace from the noice next door to the hotel. Hotel was otherwise nice, but impossible to enjoy! WiFi very slow,had to renew pass word every morning

Stayed two nights with the family. in two rooms. Booked through Hotels.com site which gave a better price than the Amaya Beach hotels own website. This is situated among a series of new luxury hotels in Passikudah which were built after the long years of war, which ended in 2009. I could not help the feeling that the mushrooming of these hotels are eating into each other with not enough occupancy. Pros Large area of land, probably the largest premises among similar hotels in Passikudah. We walked along the beach from one corner to the other , looking at all the hotels and felt that Amaya is the greenest and calmest of all. Architecture is old, probably like mid 90's compared to the other hotels in the area. But it is unique and feels serene at the same time. Large open spaces, very wide corridors. Frangipani trees full of flowers, which they pluck and use for decorations, Well maintained coconut trees in the backyard/pool area are all interesting features. Rooms were good. large, beds comfortable, room amenities great. I believe most of their rooms have a Sea view with a balcony, except perhaps for 10 rooms or so. House keeping is good, comes another round in the afternoon inquiring if the clients need refills etc. Power saving features include automatic turning off AC once you open the door to the balcony. Buffet dinner and BF were good with a reasonable variety but , may not be satisfactory to everyone ( F&B is perhaps the most difficult area to cater to everyone's

We were 5 families traveling together and this hotel was perfect for us. Rooms are spacious and the beds were very comfortable. The food was amazing! It's located right on the beach and just a few steps away from the lovely Passikudah beach. There is a lot of activities on site, like volleyball, badmington, rental bikes etc. The staff is very friendly and service minded. I highly recommend this hotel!