Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia Resort

Novotel hotel ***agement should renovate rooms as soon as possible, it’s looking very old , I think they haven’t change their interior from last 20-25 years, running their hotel with same old interior,Rooms doesn’t give feel of Five star property. Rooms & Toilets - 1/5 Location - 5/5 Breakfast - 5/5 Swimming Pool - 5/5 Lunch & Dinner - 3/5 Staff & Service - 3/5

Very good for the family.

This resort is excellent. The staff are extremely helpful and friendly. Rooms were clean and well maintained. Breakfast is also excellent with a wide variety of foods. A volleyball court close to the beach would be fantastic. The beach shacks close to the resort is also brilliant.

The Novotel Dona Sylvia Resort, Goa is the most wonderful place I lived so far. We got Beutiful Sea view from our villa. The staff are welcoming and generous. Special thanks to Pari who arranged a beautiful decore for our 20th Anniversary. It made our special day more special.

Just returned from the most amazing week in Goa at the Novotel Dona Sylvia. The hotel itself is set in stunning grounds and has a short path right onto the beautiful and quiet beach. The rooms were very clean with a nice balcony or terrace. The Aircon was very good which was needed as very hot and humid during our stay. The best thing about the hotel though were all of the friendly, helpful staff and the standard of food. The main buffet restaurant was such great quality and had different options at each meal, with some of the best curry dishes we've ever eaten. There are then 2 al a carte restaurants to choose from as well. Special mention must go to Gita who helped arrange a very special wedding anniversary as a surprise for my wife. From arranging our room to be decorated during the day to a very special meal setting with flowers and champagne, she really went above and beyond to make us feel special. The only bad thing was that we only had a week and we hope to return for longer. One other recommendation would be to go on the dolphin watching boat trip with Cris's cruises. This can be booked at Mike's place (restaurant) and is about 4 hours. Cruise out to sea to spot dolphins in the sea and then back up the river to drop anchor and have lunch which was fresh prawns starter, fresh king fish and accompaniments. All the while served unlimited drinks and for approx £12 per person

Private beach, lovely sunset, classy pool view, lovely ambiance, decent crowd, luxury service, breakfast spread & cozy rooms

I was pleasantly surprised with this hotel, I am a seasoned traveller and am fortunate to have experiences of staying in 4 and 5 star hotels all over the world. The rooms, hotel and grounds were spotlessly clean and tidy, and everything was in working order and well maintained. The staff were extremely helpful, polite and friendly and definitely provided a good service, doing all they could to make our stay perfect. The pool area was clean and comfortable.The breakfast was lovely and plentiful. The location was excellent, just a three minute stroll to the beach where there were approximately 10 beach shacks, and just out the front of the hotel were a number of shops. On the down side I felt the room was small compared to similar hotels, (and we didnt even have a standard room) ,and the entertainment was awful, there were singers who really were not very good and it would have been better without,especially on Sunday when I had to listen to them droning on all day whilst I was at the pool area. If you want to hear some good singing there is a bar just over the road with some fantastic singers and I would encourage the hotel to perhaps poach them as the current singers at the hotel were well below par.