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Reviews of The Serai Bandipur

5 out of 5
The Serai Bandipur
Kaniyanpura Village, Mangala Post, Gundlupet Taluk, Bandipur, Gundlupet, Karnataka

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 31 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Terrible service
The service is bad and the staff are extremely rude. Information provided is incorrect and attitude is unacceptable. Especially the front office reception.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Ashish

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We stayed at the Log hut for 1 night on 31st May. The room was pretty run down and the bathroom had a strange smell throughout our stay. We mainly stayed in Bandipur for the safaris and the 2 safaris we went on, we saw only elephants. No movement of tigers unfortunately. Ofcourse it’s all luck. The bf spread was ok. I would’ve typically given the room 2 stars but gave 1 extra star for the service provided. The staff were prompt if we asked anything. Service at restaurant was also really good.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Kathryn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Manoj

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get lost
It is easy to get lost here (literally and figuratively) as you're in middle of the great wilderness with pretty poor cellular connectivity, hence always better to carry a book. (A loaded iPad if you don't read.) The above two applies only if you don't walk and explore the forest you choose to be in. Great place for families coz kids have more than enough area to run around and explore. Spacious rooms (and bathrooms) mean they can continue running around indoor as well. Pros: Location. This is quite a dichotomy coz there's actually nothing to do in or around the property other than to immerse in the forest. Cons: If you are like me, you would have wished for the restaurant rates to be a bit more tame. Or for a Zomato/Swiggy delivery.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Shobhit

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is amazing. The cottages are huge and beautiful. Staff is very polite and helpful. Food is great. Sometime you can see some deers from your balcony. Very big property. I would definitely recommend this property.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Madhava

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was 2days stay with the Kid , staff are very friendly and resort is well maintained. Front Office : Office Manager Nixon was very helpful . Since we were the only booking other than a large group that has booked rest of resort , he arranged for safari in an open jeep safari just for us. Restaurant: Staff Madesh and NagShetty were very accommodative with the kid , provided us with the items that were not on the menu but asked by the kid.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

KIRTI

Travelled with family
Like: Great infinity pool. Dislike: they begrudged me packing up (taking home) an empty (small) glass cookie jar which I had refilled with almonds for my 9yr old to eat on the 5 hour drive back home - they stopped me post checkout & confiscated said amenity - beyond petty when considered in context of the 2 courtyard rooms costing rs.18-24k each I had booked 🙄
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ujwal

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Lovely property. Allthough a bit inconvienient if you want to do the safari given the location, the main safari point is about 45 mins drive up and back all the way with not very good roads
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

KENNITH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very serene and relaxing . Friendly and attentive staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021
Response from Srikant. K on 19 Apr 2021
Thank you so much for your most valuable ratings and comments

10/10 Excellent

Himanshu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021
Response from Srikant. K on 19 Apr 2021
Thank you so much for your most valuable ratings

10/10 Excellent

Praveena

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay, beautiful nature walk, tasty food
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Remote.spotty wifi forced disconnection.bland staff
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Avinash

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
Super place master Chef Azad very accommodating & good ! His team also very good👍
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Pamela R

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Glorious
Extraordinary place—way off the beaten path. Very exotic yet comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rahul, NYC

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is in a serene environment, on the shoulder area of the Bandipur Forest. It’s a small property with 24 rooms, but very cosy and clean environment, excellent for families.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
beautiful and well managed property. doing a good job of employing local villagers
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kuldeep

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
It was amazing location and service was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful hotel, staff and activities. View over the reserve is amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our overall experience at The Serai, Bandipur was excellent. The staff there deserve special mention, they are extremely hospitable and friendly. The spa (Oma spa) also was great. The only reason for rating 4/5 stars was because we had mixed experiences at the restaurant and bar. The food and drinks were really good sometimes and at other times they were bad. It was either a hit or a miss. If consistency can be maintained here then there is no reason to not deserve a 5-star rating.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Navneet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Nature
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ashutosh, Gurgaon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location of the resort is Excellent almost in the Jungle, the best part of the property is they have kept it natural and wild. We stayed at the Log Hut which i must say is the best room category as its facing the Jungle and we could see wild animals from our room sit out area. Staff is courteous and nice, special thanks to the Operations Manager Ankush who took very good care of us. A must visit!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sanjeev

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Serai Bandipur
Very nice trip. We have been to Serai Kabini before and knew what to expect when we booked Serai Bandipur. We were not disappointed at all and in fact our experience was better than expectations as the property in Bandipur is bigger and has more facilities than in Kabini.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Johannes

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very bad accommodation.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Giuliana

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eckhard

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Hotel direkt am Bandipur Nationalpark
Super Service mit ausgesprochen zuvorkommendem Personal! Essen war hervorragend und die Ausflüge mit dem ‚hauseigenen‘ Wildhüter in das Bandipur Tiger Reservat absolut spannend.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019