Ente Kumbalanghi Homes by BluSalz

The BEST luxurious homestay one can experience! It was our first home stay family trip and we were wondering how it would turn out especially since we were celebrating multiple family birthdays and the special occassion of our dad's 70th bday. We really wanted it to be special and thought of trying out this property. To our sheer delight, this was one of our BEST family stays. It supercedes any luxury hotel experience due to the below factors. 1. Utmost privacy 2. 7 plus staff catering to our requests 3. Excellent ambience and cleanliness 4. Absolutely delicious food made as per your request only for you. 5. Whole villa for yourself 6. Amazing bond with nature and birds The villa has total of 6 rooms and can accommodate 5 families . Every room is very spacious with walk in wardrobes and luxurious bathrooms with rain showers. 2 bathrooms have tubs too. All rooms have some great collection of books for the avid book lovers and some delightful and amazing curio collections. Very tastefully done decor - all rooms have spacious balcony with great lagoon and backwater views with the Chinese fishing nets. Such a picturesque sight! The variety of birds including the property grown turkey was quiet an amusing sight to see them strolling in the lawns every morning The villa also has an elevator for those who find the stairs cumbersome . A special note of appreciation to the staff - Sibendra, Prashant, Aliuddin, Chef Pundhu and his assistant and the others - they are all from other states, but speak malayalam well. They were really attentive at the same time ensured not to intrude to our personal space. Sibendra is available round the clock attentive to all our requirements. Pundhu has exceptional culinary skills and a simple idiappam tastes better than how a local would make. The palada was just heavenly and so were all the other dishes. Our connection with this stay was right from the booking stage with Ms. Priya and Mr. Pradeep who ensured a hassle free booking.  Pradeep was really helpful in arranging the bday celebrations and also getting some of the delicacies of the region. Not only his exceptional support at the booking stage and at the premises , Pradeep has taken extra step  to assist us in sorting our neupass points for Taj customers. This review would be incomplete without mentioning the owner of this stay - Ms.Rekha Thomas who has taken extreme care in the minutest details of this impressive property and grooming the staff. Ms Rekha's beloved mother - Late Mrs. Sherly Thomas was the wonderful creator of the beautiful lawns and the orchids. Sherly's Ente Kumbalanghi will surely keep her memories and I'm sure every guest who stays here gets a glimpse of the passion. The only feedback for the property would be to include a fully equipped gym and a stronger wifi covering the vast area but with most of us having our mobile data this aspect is also covered. Hands down the BEST luxurious and private  home stay . Thank you for giving