Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach Hotel 5 stars

I and my daughter stayed here for two nights. We really liked the hotel.

When I thought of a leisure trip to Vizag, I had following things in my mind- (i) the best room to relax with the best view of the beach and it should be a pleasant stay, (ii) It should have a good gym, (iii) It should have nice restaurants, (iv) It should have a spa. Novotel has it all. The hotel staff makes sure that you have a great experience. The hotel also has infinty pool, rooftop walking strip and rooftop bar cum restaurant and with all these, you are surely going to come back again. The only two things which I feel can be improved are hotel reservation through all.accor website (which couldn't be completed. So, I had to call the hotel for reservation and confirmation) and the limited number of English newspapers.

Stay was fine, but a bit expensive.

I stayed here for two nights. The ability to wake up early and walk along the beach boardwalk was very nice. We ate at the rooftop restaurant and it was a very nice atmosphere. Very friendly and accomodating staff. Thanks for a positive experience!

We have been staying at the Novotel in Visakhapatnam for the past 5 years, and have also stayed at a Novotel in Hyderabad and Rome and the experience is always a fine one. The workers are always professional, the rooms are spacious and clean and the food is good!

Superb

Good and comfortable stay

The facilities provided were excellent. The staff was courteous and the location is great. Keep it up.

Nice experience

All my experiences were except a driver for local sightseeing who went missing! But the travel desk immediately took action and sent another car with driver.

It was a pleasant stay due to the beautiful property with infinity pool and great Ocean view. Room was good n worth it. Food was good but expensive.

The Buffet Breakfast was Good. Some rooms have excellent views. Over all good Memorable Experience

The hotel itself was clean and lovely. The service was great from the hotel staff and they were always ready to help. The pillows were horrible as they were flat and had no volume to them. Requested extra pillows which were delivered to the room promptly but they were the same flat pillows and also smelt mouldy. Had a cappuccino in one of the restaurants downstairs and the only way I would describe it is warm milk with a slight hint of coffee flavor added just for the sake of it. I wouldn't even call it a basic coffee let alone a cappuccino. Small things like this need to be addressed to make the stay even better.

It was great until we went to check out. We are American and only speak English so we asked the clerk to call a taxi for us. We just needed to go to the Mahindra shop to get our Jeep Bolero. She sent us to the “travel desk”, where the man tried to sell us a 4 hour tour package and REFUSED to call a taxi for us. We finally walked away to get our own ride on the street. THEN someone followed us down the drive saying, “Sir, we’ll call a taxi!” Too late! We got our own ride. Terrible way to treat a foreigner, who stayed two nights when we just needed to stay one night, and ate all meals in your restaurant and required no room housekeeping services.

Room and grounds are beautiful, food is delicious but ran into a few issues such as access to the executive lounge. I had access the first couple days of my stay but then it was removed and when asking to add it back on I was denied but offered to pay at a discounted rate. Said no to that. Shopped at Kankatala and experience was not good. Overpriced and very pushy. Bubbles was great for massage and facial but I was also cold throughout both services.