This hotel has everything you need to make it a comfortable and memorable stay, with excellent personal service from warm and friendly staff. We really enjoyed our meals taken in the restaurant. A special mention has to go to Rahana and Shisha who were very attentive and helpful with our meal choices and room service. The pool is ultra calm and relaxing, with added bonus of Babu, who took great care in making sure we had all we need. Sudeep and Bibinesh were very helpful on reception with our travel and extra services. Our room had a great view and balcony with cleaning service every day - bliss!

The hotel has a great view of the sea and nice sunsets from the beautiful balcony, pool, and almost all of the seven rooms we booked for 3 nights. My family liked the one-man band playing very good nostalgic English music and a very good buffet for the gala Christmas Eve dinner party. The pool is well maintained. The daily buffet breakfast was great the rooms were clean and the staff was very friendly. We went out for dinner to the Varkala cliffs and other good dinner venues because we wanted to taste the variety of foods that were being offered with live music. at much lower prices.

There was no direct entrance to the beach from the propery.,and it being old property there was no lift and it was difficult to get around with many steps to climb. even though they have a handicap ramp and offered my 94-year-old mother a wheelchair and assistance.

The hotel has stunning grounds which are maintained to a high level. The interior is just as nice. Very good sized rooms. The hotel is very clean throughout, and being constantly cleaned. The swimming pools are very clean, and clearly marked showing the depths of the pool. The rooms are of a high quality and very comfortable. The greatest asset of the hotel are the staff. They are all very friendly, polite and respectful. I especially have to say that Shruthi at reception and Vishnu in the restaurant provided fantastic customer service.

I liked everything. A recommendation would be that maybe a lift/elevator may help.

I think the location is the strongest plus for this hotel. If there is only one thing that you have to choose, I'll choose the view from its main entry. One of the best looking views that you can witness. The hotel was small but comfortable. Every room had a great view. The reception lobby had a view of the entire property (greenery & swimming pool). Right outside the property was a small green belt area (to give you the feeling that you are traveling through a jungle) and beyond that was the view of the sea. All of that was visible from the hotel lobby. Rooms were decent sized and clean. Hotel staff was courteous and helpful. Food was delicious. Outside location was peaceful. Overall a good value for money stay.

Not too many options for activities except for a swimming pool and few tables (game) at the lobby area. Even though the sea had a beautiful look and all, it was not conducive for beach fun. People were doing different types of rituals there. Everything else was great.

Rooms were spacious, spotlessly clean and well air conditioned - bathrooms too. Bed very comfortable and shower brilliant. Nice touches in the room such as water, toiletries and amenities (fridge, safe etc). Pool was great and open slightly beyond sunset, and easy access to Varkala beach and North Cliff via the path (during the day). Breakfast has a lot of options, and the treatments we had in the spa were very relaxing. Staff are pleasant and very helpful and the same day laundry service was very efficient.

Location is great in the day but once the beach path closes you are reliant on taxis/autorickshaws to get around at night. All services provided by the hotel are more expensive than most - taxi service, restaurant (also fewer vegetarian options than expected), laundry (price per item but same day drop off available) and spa treatments - which were very good however the communication about what treatments entailed and what was happening throughout could be improved.

This was our third visit to the Gateway Varkala. It’s a lovely hotel, clean,comfortable and friendly, approachable staff- excellent breakfast. Varkala beach/cliff is stunning and just round the corner. We’ll be back again!

It was perfect for us but it’s a bit quieter as it’s set back from the main Varkala cliff.

Food is very good especially veg. Children would love to eat Dal kichdi which is complementary too. Access to resort from Varkala sivagiri station was convenient. If people wanted to see the north cliff especially shopping and dining, we can take the road uphill by walk or auto. If u want to access the beach down, best route would be taking a walk close to Janardanaswamy temple. Kaveri elephant park is worth watching.

Best resort with excellent facilities like great pool, great staff. Front office staff were helpful and accommodating. Pool maintenance is excellent especially Mr Babu made sure we were all safe and provided suggestions on how to make our trip plan better.

Dinner was not good, but breakfast buffet was good. Delay in room service for dinner coupled with not so good tasting food.

There was a staff member at the pool at all times and I felt safe to leave my child there briefly in his care. He was very attentive to our needs and made sure that our chairs remained in the shade. The spa took special care of my daughter as she had her first massage. The staff overall, were very protective of her, wanting to make sure that she was well cared for. Naresh, in the restaurant, called us by name every morning, and made sure that my daughter had a snack for the next part of the trip.

Check in could have been a bit more streamlined but serving apple juice is a nice way to make it easier. Also, I had hoped for some suggestions for the next part of the trip and the staff didn't seem to know much about the area we were travelling to.

We truly enjoyed this place. We visited with our baby toddler on 2 years and the staff was simply amazing and so kind to him. They helped babysit when we were eating and in the pool the staff also played with him. This made our stay very relaxing. The rooms are clean and big and the view is breathtaking. We will definitely come back if possible.