Anantya by the Lake

The resort is located on the lake with the hills in the background about 1 hour from Trivandrum airport. The rooms and grounds are well kept. The food is excellent and varied veg and non-veg. All the staff are excellent and ready with a smile. It is hard to fault this resort. It has a good sized pool, spacious grounds and bikes and games area for all to use.

Location is great in rubber plantation by the Chittar lake. 90 minutes from Thiruvananthapuram by road. Rooms - Siddhi rooms are large size with lake view. Bed and other furniture are of good quality but rustic and old. Linen and towels are good. Room lighting could be re configured and be made user friendly. Bath room - good size with quality sanitaryware. Downside - walls of bathroom area and some parts of bedroom needs to be redecorated and painted. There were seepage/fungus marks and were unpleasant (room 203). The floorings is dead old and painted red - must be changed immediately. The outer sitting area facing the lake can be made more tidy and grass needs to be trimmed. Restaurant - located next to the lake and far from some rooms. Its well ventilated as its sides are open mostly but there is a roof. Overall it is well placed with views of lake, woods, pool and other water bodies. Food - it is mix state of quality. Some food items are delicious and authentic. Other foods were ordinary and average in taste. Some dishes were great like idly, coconut chutney, freshly made puris, nan and kulcha (made on request), potato vegetable dishes, some fish and chicken items. But dosa was always flop show in taste and crispiness. Sambhar and rassam were hugely disappointing, may be that is how they make and eat intuit part of Tamil Nadu. Repeated foods in buffet and food taste were boring after 1-2 days. New Year eve party arrangement were planned in a great way at lakeside lawns but strong winds were not taken into consideration which disrupted the show at some stage for about 30 minutes. Food was plenty in variety but with a some poor and average quality and below average taste. Positive points are both the senior chefs Jayesh Chandran and Nidhis and their serving staff, they were ever helpful, polite, and kind. Kitchen and restaurant team deserves an additional star for their polite behaviour. Both chefs were attentive to look after the allergies and offered food options. Jayesh was always handy in providing options. Reception - welcoming with warmth. Welcome drinks needs to be less or not at all sugary. Mosquitos can be an annoying presence in every area. Games area and Ayurvedic Massages - good team and the lady manager was so ever smiling and helpful. Our group enjoyed Ayurvedic experience. Highly recommended. I may revisit but there is nothing extraordinary.

This was one of the better hotels on our road trip. The cabins were very well appointed with wonderful managed grounds, a lovely rstaurant and first class polite and attentive staff. We were the only English couple at the resort on our weekend there which made it extra special for us as we had plenty of Indian tourists to talk to. We had some treatments which were well explained in the room guide and they were excellant value for money. We also went on the rubber plantation tour which we found very educational. So in summary, this is a lovely place right by the lake, good food, great grounds and wonderful staff. Oh I almost forgot, the best dosa maker, top marks to him! Do go and stay there, its worth the detour.

Guests praised the hotel's staff, who they described as professional, respectful, warm, and friendly. They also enjoyed the hotel's location, which was a nice drive to and from the airport and close to the main city area.Guests praised the hotel's staff, who they described as welcoming and helpful. They also noted that the rooms were immaculate and very comfortable, and they enjoyed the delicious breakfast each morning.

It was a pleasurable stay. Our cottage was a bit away from the main resort area, we have to walk a long way for using restaurant and pool. Room was neat and clean. Premises need more care and cleaning. Food was good, not the best for the price offered. Location is awesome, wast lake view form the room also from restaurant.

This resort is located in a perfect place! What a view, service and top notch food. Chef Jayeshchandran and Nidhish curated each and every dish with their skills and flavors that is second to none! Really highly rated chef and staff. Everyone were knowledgable and helpful. Clean, quiet and excellent property! Kudos to restaurant for sure to bring out the real Kerala flavors!