Nilaya Nest Away

Good food

People may find many attractive reels on YouTube about this Hotel Nilaya Nest Away. But never fall for it. Check my detailed review below. This is based on my own true experience on staying here which led for early checkout. 1. This hotel is located nearly 400 m inside a narrow galli named as Chintamani galli. This access road is in very bad condition, full of small stones, potholes, etc. You have to drive in 1st gear only. You must reverse your car if other car suddenly comes from the front. High chances of damaging your car. In case of rain, a lot of water accumulates there, so walking is hectic as well especially in night it's fully dark with hardly any lights on this road. 2. You may find all the common amenities for the kids and young guns here as shown in YouTube videos, but believe me all the amenities are in bad condition. 3. Housekeeping from the pool area to the common lobby, staircases, etc. is very poor. They don't clean the slippery, watery floors regularly after someone has walked out from the swimming pool to their rooms using the stairs. Also the staff never tells this to the guests using the swimming pool to dry out themselves properly before walking out. So others may slip, fall down and get injured. 4. There are no lifts in this hotel. 5. Rooms are bigger, have kitchen platform also. But what's the use of a kitchen platform in the room in place like Alibaug. Tourists rarely stays in the rooms because everyone likes to explore the Alibaug and eats in hotel or outside restaurants. 6. Bed linens are of poor quality. Poor houskeeping, Insects around. 7. Bathroom fittings, accessories are in very bad condition. 8. Never use the tap water for gargle or taste it, it's very bad. May be they don't have any water purification plant or it's not maintained well. 9. Food is of average quality. 10. They have open parkings for 5-6 cars inside their premises. Few of them are located under the coconut trees from the adjacent compound. Instead of putting a roof over this area, this hotel has displayed a caution notice that the hotel is not responsible for any damage to the car if any coconut falls from the trees.11. Ratings are hyped for no reasons. Pricing is for sure high for this average below the par kind of hotel. For me the pricing in this hotel for the room only to be around 1000-1500 only. You may not find all these observations on any hotel booking website earlier and also at the time of direct hotel booking, the staff will never tell the truth and will misguide only. I may rate this hotel 0/5 or 1/5 (1 for some of the courteous staff). Even if the hotel improve upon all above observations, the access road will stay as it is. So a "Big No" for this hotel or any other hotel located in Chintamani galli in Nagaon, Alibaug. Better spend more money and stay in quality hotels rather than staying in such average 1-star/2-star hotels.

Food was good

We had a very good stay at Nilaya. The staff was very polite and helpful. Swimming Pool was neat and clean and food was too tasty. I would love to visit again for peaceful stay.

The property is extremely over priced. The cleaning of the room when handed over was way below par. Dirty mattress, sofa and bedsheets were provided. All the utensils submitted in the room were not cleaned properly. Buffet was not offered, we had to order from the menu. Games and swimming pool were good. Maintenance of the property and room need really good upgrade.

The property is located close to the beach, and in a very peaceful location. It is a privately owned property, and very well maintained. The swimming pool is very well maintained, clean and hygienic. The food was excellent at minimal costs. 24x7 room service was available, and the hospitality staff were very friendly and helpful.