Svatma - Hotel in Thanjavur - Thanjavur, India

We stayed here as part of a tour, the welcome was lovely, however, that was the best part of our stay. Charged for water at dinner, although the rest of our group got their's free! No fridge in the room!! So warm water all night. Came to shower next morning, shower broken!! Went to check out and told we had not paid for the water the previous evening and not believed until we proved that we had on our bank account. Never, ever again would we stay here!

The resort is beautiful and serene with so much old world charm. You could sit just about anywhere in the resort especially by the pool and forget all your worries. The staff are so kind and helpful. The rooms are very spacious, comfortable and charming. Would love to know where they get their pillows from. Food is great too. If you have the opportunity to stay there, don't pass it up.

we had a great experience while staying at Svatma. The property is very well maintained and has a fantastic old time charm. The rooms were very clean and comfortable as well. The swimming pool and the garden had a very calm and positive vibe and it was a pleasure to stroll. Overall, we enjoyed our stay and highly recommend this place.

The hotel is located in a suburbian area. The hotel it's self looks very nice. The rooms are ok, the lamps will fall down the wall with the slightest touch. Be aware that the TV will start playing an advertisement every time you enter the room and start the power. You will have manually turn off the TV every time you enter. The restaurant is to be avoided at all costs! Not only is it rather pale and mediocre at max (every street vendor seasons with better taste) it is horribly expensive for what it is. They charge 800rps for a beer. A bottle of water costs 227 rps! Breakfast for non residents will cost almost 1000rps! And it's nothing special. Normal Indian breakfast. Had better in all other hotels. Definitely avoid the continental cuisine approach. They serve sandwiches topped with nothing more than industrial melted cheese and cucumbers. It tastes like it sounds. Concerning the overall experience, the hotel looks nice. The Wifi is not good and you won't have a connection near the pool. You will certainly be rewarded with better food and service in other accommodations (manager won't really answer questions about the food and will only read out what is written in the menu. His English is good). Traded for a less fancy entrance. The hotel itself looks very fancy. They offer yoga from 6-7. But that is rather early for most people including myself. I would have loved to go but that's unrealistic. Earlier than most people will start their workday. Overall, unfortunately, especially because of the looks of the entrance and pool, never coming again.

We stayed here for three days. Rooms were good but service is not at all 5 star. Service is very bad. Inspite of calling ahead for etc bedding, they said there will be 5000 charge of extra bedding. This was not communicated when I called:( Room service - u have to call multiple times and will arrive two hours later just for water. Hotel - food is decent but service is bad. U have to call folks to take order, food will be served but you have to ask for plate and water. For the price of the hotel, definitely expected much better service:( pool is good but you can't swim without goggles as the water is high is chlorine. Eyes burn without goggles.

Very comfortable and tranquil. Free yoga class was quite good. Food is a bit overpriced and rather bland. Quite far from attractions.

Overpriced and underwhelming, please avoid. Other than the tasteful decor and pretty pieces of furniture, the hotel has nothing going for it. The rooms are tiny, cramped and overpriced. The bathrooms are awful. The bedding had stains, the covers of the plush pillows had stains too. They don't even have a closed dustbin in the bathroom. No hand-wash soap dispensers either. The lighting in the room is terrible. Cannot fathom how and why they charge so much for each room. I've stayed at budget hotels with better rooms and service. The staff doesn't give a damn about you. No one engages with you, and even when we checked out, no one asked how our stay was. Food was very very average.

Stayed for 2 nights with Australian Group as a part of Luxury Escapes South Indian Tour. It was a shear disappointment. Food was absolutely shocking, Indian food was served in Western style , it was cold and lacking any kind of flavours. At least 3 to 4 of our fellow travellers had upset tummies including myself. Guests were served water and later on got charged almost 300 rupees for each bottle. Rooms were tiny and bathrooms were dirty and had mould in the shower walls. Towels had stains and were smelly. I would rate this property as a 2 star basic hotel.