Name: Jamindars Palace
Address: C T Road, Puri, Puri, Puri, 752002, India
Rating: 8

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Biju Patnaik International Airport

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The Overall experience we had with as just average. I think we expected a bit too much from this property. 

Location:
This is located in Blue Flag Beach. The back of the hotel touches the seashore. Though you have to pass through Hotel Panthanivas for beach entrance. You get unlimited access to the beach while you stay in this hotel. 

Stay:
These people are very strict on their checkin time. Even though i did an advance booking, they did not allotted the room and made us wait till 9:00 am. After which they provided us a change room. The room was being prepared by then. Quiet irritating. 

Foods:
Foods are also average. The breakfast is boring and repeating.
The room service is Ok but costly. 

With a price tag of 4 Star this is an average 3 star hotel. 

But thats the story near most of the hotels in Blue Flag beach

An Average stay with a superior price tag

A very average or poor experience we have had after paying for what 5 star Hotels charge on any destinations in India.
The only plus point which the Hotel has, is its private Beach.
The staff is not very well trained and the ambience is also too average.
Everything including the Rooms ,Bathroom or poolside all is too average .
If that wasnt enough the complimentary breakfast on all four days was the worst we ever had.
A overall poor experience ,not suggested at this price.

A POOR EXPERIENCE

During Jun-2023, we stayed at Jamindars Palace hotel again. This was our 5th visit, and of course we will be visiting again. 

Without any request from our side, we were automatically allotted room 305, where we had stayed twice before, and had grown quite fond of it. 

The stay and food was as usual very satisfying. The balcony and the sea in front of it has always been the favourite for us, and is the primary reason for me going back there again and again. 

The recently demarcated Golden Beach is a wonderful addition to our overall visit to JP hotel. The hotel also provides complimentary tickets (once a day) for going to the Golden Beach. 

Anand in reception was very helpful throughout, during check in and check out as well. Billing process was very smooth. 

It's just a matter of time before I go back there again for my 6th time. 


Wonderful stay for 5th time

It is an average 3 star property but with a swimming pool. The staff is excellent and that really makes this place desirable. 
Somehow, we couldn’t find anything better around these dates in Puri. Didn’t understand the reason for this overcrowded time of the year!
We only had breakfast here and it was average. The food menu looked average and usual. 
The super deluxe and deluxe room had a very nice sea view. The sea in Puri is very noisy, their sound proof doors are extremely effective. 

The wifi doesn’t work in the room. We were in room no. 406 & 301.

3 star property with a 5 star hospitality/staff 😀

We had opted for suite 407 as it was sea facing and just right for our group of three adults and a kid but there was a stink of sewage in the entire suite. As the smell was not coming from the bathroom but from the AC vent, it seems that the drainage and AC duct are interconnected somewhere. Despite multiple requests we were not provided an alternate room  on the first night and had to stay in that unbearable stench. We were even okay with moving to a double room with an extra bed but the hotel refused to accommodate us and finally gave us a side view three bed family room on the second day, and even had the gall to say that they were providing an upgrade, simply because this room could accommodate six people. Initially they were also not willing to give any other concession despite our having to move from a costly sea facing suite to a large non sea facing room (that we didn't need). Eventually the hotel did give us a discount, but it was only after a major altercation with the duty manager Mr. Mishra at the front desk. At all times he made us feel that they were doing us a favour by changing our room even though their own housekeeping staff had come and confirmed the stench (and pleaded helplessness to do anything about it). It seemed to us that the hotel had sold us the room despite knowing that there was a problem with it (it was not available initially on their website when we were looking to book but was made available for us after we had called them). This lack of honesty and the abrasive behaviour from the manager Mr. Mishra really left a bad taste in the mouth. 

Apart from this incident and the fact that for a three star hotel prices were almost equivalent to five star hotel prices, the hotel also has other disadvantages:

1. No direct access to the beach - you have to take daily (free) tickets from the front desk and go through the adjacent OTDC Panthaniwas property
2. Prices of some menu items especially the tandoori pomfret are a bit on the higher side for the location
3. There is limited parking within the hotel compound and most people had to park in a no parking zone in the street outside. The limited parking inside the hotel can at the most accommodate six cars.

In terms of positives, their restaurant is nice and their food is in general good. Also, apart from the manager Mr. Mishra everyone else was nice and cooperative. Room sizes are decent and they are well kitted and sea facing rooms have a good view.

Bad odour in our suite and poor attitude of the front desk staff spoilt our vacation

The property has amazing views..well maintained..some maintenance work was ongoing but overall quite superb.

They provide access to the blue beach which is worth taking a dip considering the cleanliness and low crowd around.

Staff at the restaurant is helpful

Serene views of the ocean..decent food

We  Visited  Puri to have Bhagwan shree Jagganath Darshan. I wanted Sea Facing Hotel Room. Scanning Google Map, I stumbled on this Property. good thing was that it has Lift so one can select Higher Floor. I got Sea Facing Room on 3rd Floor  with nice Balcony. We had our Morning /Evening Tea sitting in Balcony watching Sunrise and Sunset, I spent my free time  in Balcony. Room was of good size, was cleaned everyday, mattress was good. toilet and Shower needs change. Fortunately we got Hot water in shower any time of the Day.  Breakfast was OK. Standard fare. Restaurant staff would get dishes we ordered from Kitchen. we didn't bother to go and get food from buffet  spread. Everything was served on Dining table. We visited Temple with Pandaji of the Hotel. He guided us in that mad rush in Temple and we could do darshan of the Lord. Next day He came and gave us Prasad in Box to bring  home. We travelled to Konarak and Chilka, Taxi of the Hotel's Travel Service charges more than prevailing rates but their Taxis were new. We used services of Travel co. just  across the road. This Hotel has open area which is rented out for wedding reception. One evening was noisy with orchestra belting out songs in Oriya ( which we didn't understand.) Singers were average, only Music interludes were good. I watched the reception from Balcony, Overall stay was good.

Beautiful Sea View

The worst Service one can experience is in this hotel called Jamindar Palace, Puri. Other than rooms, everything including food, breakfast Service is bad. Strapple pin in 'Poha', asking your id to prove you are a senior citizen, Receptionist accompanying you to open your room( key not working) are common things here. And then the staff has the audacity to laugh it way. I will suggest future travellers to stay elsewhere.

The worst Service one can experience is in this hotel called Jamindar Palace, Puri

Recently our group of 6 family  members travelled by road to Puri and stayed in Jamindar Palace for 4 nights. We booked Suite room and got higher floors (407 and 107) with a wonderful view of sea and sunrise. I have stayed in this hotel three times over last several years. I spoke to the Reception team regarding a gradual decline in room maintenance and cleaning. while food was reasonably good , a full house in morning breakfast was chaotic and frequent  empty food trays. However the location and the beach (Called BLUE Beach ) was a definite attraction. Most of Reception guys were helpful . Travel Desk (Dipu) always tried to help visitors to chalk out the travel plans. Dinning Area was spacious and staff's (few in number)  tried to service well. Names we remember for trying to provide good service were Akshyay , Sima who toiled with a smile.

Puri Beach with a clean touch... Visit and stay in Jamindar's Palace

And we came back to stay at this hotel property again after 5 years. We found many improvements of the hotel post covid and now this hotel can boast of offering really pleasant stay to its clients.

Booking:
This time we didn't book hotel directly but  booked thru hotel's approved agency Puriyatra.com to get good discounts. Mid November  is not peak season, so getting booking at some discounts was still easy at this pre peak season. (Peak season considered 15Dec to 15Jan). After much nego, we were able to get a deal of Rs 6944 per night for a Suite room (for 3 adults) incl of breakfast, which is much cheaper than hotel's direct booking rate. Also we got 1 free entrance per person to blue flag beach daily complimentary. And Puriyatra cooperated us good.

Check In:
We had previous experience of 3.5 hrs waiting. This time it was only 1 hour ( as we reached hotel at 10am, May be 11am was their chk in time). So we dumped our luggage at their reception & went out for a stoll at the newly developed Blue flag beach & hotel gave us complimentary entry ticket for that. (Will review Blue flag beach seperately). At 11am we returned & at 11.15am we were allotted room. We insisted for higher floor so they allotted front sea facing corner suite no 307 (3rd floor). Reception desk manpower quality improved a bit in terms of attitude.

Suite Room:
Since it's a corner room towards east, view from balcony is awesome. We enjoyed excellent sunrise from our balcony. Rooms are clean & tidy enough. Large room (bedroom) consists of a king size bed, bedside tables, a work table/ chair, a large wall mounted TV & 2 extra chairs (we placed those at our balcony, which is sufficiently large). Large glass doors gives you sea beach view even lying at bed). 3 plug points equipped for charging devices are there. Small room / drawing room is having, a large sofa, centre table, 1 extra bed/ couch, a mini fridge, a smaller TV, tea making arrangements, table shelves etc. Wash room is having a bathtub, separate shower cubicle. Toiletries provided were quite good. Room lighting not loud but sufficient. AC working ok. Overall room is comfortable & pleasant.

Restaurant/ Breakfast/ In room dining:
Breakfast spread improved. Although replenishment need to be faster. Milk/ cereals, bread/ butter/ jam, poori/ sabzi, idlies, mini uttapams, omlettes, boiled eggs, some fruits like banana, watermelon etc, boiled veggies, dosas, juices, tea/ coffee are normal availabilities. Although spread is not huge, but sufficiently enough choices to fill your hunger. We asked for sunny side up egg poaches which was made available although after 2 reminders. F&B Manager is pleasant & quite cooperative. We opted for lunch & dinner at room. Expected serving is from 35 to 45 mins, which need to be improved. But food quality is quite good, far better than our previous experience. We would mention 3 awesome dishes- Butter Chicken, Malai Kofta & Grilled Fish (Basha) masala. Chicken Biriyani is also good. Since we were about to check out early morning at 6am on the 3rd day, we requested for some packed breakfast. Since the service starts at 8am, they packed us fruits, bread, butter, eggs previous night, which we definitely appreciate. 

Other Things:
Hotel have a average size swimming pool, at the right side of hotel entrance. Since this is on the other side of sea, the water is always too cold. But water quality is too good & have large section for kids. Staffs (house keeping, restaurant, security) are very cooperative. The hotel is bang on the blue flag beach. Earlier you needed to walk just 50 mtrs from hotel gate to beach. But since the beach is now protected as prestigious Blue flag beach, you need to walk some 150 to 200 mtrs to enter the beach thru another property, Hotel Panthanivas.  The best advantage of hotel is its location. Swargadwar beach is approx 2.5 kms, you can get there by auto or erickshaw at Rs 80-100. Mahaprabhu Jagannath Mandir is approx 3.5 kms & autos charge Rs 120-150. Railway station is a mere 1.5 to 2 kms & autos charge Rs 100-200 depending on your nego skills. For travel/ cars/ bike rentals, don't go to travel desk as they are costlier. There is a private counter just opposite the entrance, who are much cheaper, trustworthy & good. For Mandir Darshan always book your Panda Ji/ Purohit in advance to avoid disappointment interms of satisfaction, cost etc. Although bit costly, you can take Hotel's approved Panda Ji. However we booked our known Panda Ji externally. Opt for Sea facing higher floor rooms. 3rd floor 301-307 and 4th floor 401-407 are recommended.

Overall Review:
The hotel has definitely improved much on look, service, food etc compared to pre covid era. For families, this may be one of the 3 best accommodations in Puri & definitely recommendable. Would like to come back here again. Ask me if I missed some reviews. 

Pleasant experience at Hotel Jamindars Palace, Puri. With locational advantage & improved services, this hotel is highly recomme

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