Enki Vadi Boutique Hotel

This place was located in a nice place near the water but unfortunately I had some concerns. There was a lot of money spent on making the place “instagramable” but not a lot of thought put into guest experience. I would have to rate this place pretty poorly for safety. There isn’t the normal tap card entry. Each room has a PIN code they enter on a pin pad on their door. The pin is connected to your room number… meaning if you know your rooms PIN number it’s simple to figure out everyone else’s PIN number by just swapping out the last few digits. There’s also no additional locks inside the room like a latch lock or bolt lock. I was travelling with my parents and I was easily able to go in and out of their room which made me uncomfortable at how easy it would be for someone else to go into our room. Outside food and drink is not allowed. To the point where we were stopped at the door for having a water bottle with us…. Which is really silly. Never have I heard of a place having a problem with bringing water into a place where you can’t drink from the tap. Food and drink at the hotel is pretty overpriced for what it is. The hallways are all marble and sound echos and travels very loudly and easily. It would be helpful to have some type of rugs or tapestry’s to absorb some of the sound. I could hear people in other rooms having conversations on their phones. There are 2 pools but they both close at 6pm. This also made no sense. In a place that is so hot and people come to vacation why would you close both pools so early? Why not alternate the cleaning schedule? Close one for cleaning while the other ones open and swap to close the other one for cleaning. It’s almost just for show to have 2 pools that are closed for half the day. Never have I heard of a hotel pool closing so early everyday. It can’t possibly get that dirty in one day that it needs 16 hours to clean itself. Rooms are pretty standard. Someone came to take inventory of our mini fridge while we were still in the room to make sure we hadn’t used any of the snacks or drinks in there. That also made no sense, my credit card was on file, why wouldn’t they just check and charge afterwards like any other hotel would instead of having an uncomfortable inspection while we were packing to leave. On a plus side tho the breakfast was delicious. Great spread every morning. Over all the location was convenient for our needs on this trip but I definitely will not stay here again and I do not recommend it. I would rather pay more and stay somewhere more decent.