The Zuri White Sands, Goa Resort & Casino

“Beautiful Hotel & Location”

A nice hotel Resort with casino, good friendly helpful staff, only the food quality or variety needs an improvement, example the bakery items are hard seems not fresh etc. A great destination for all kind events etc. Big lush green grounds, with beautiful beach view.

“5 star my armpit!”

Where to start? Firstly the ‘sands’ aren’t white - fair enough, a bit of marketing hype maybe? You should be aware that this hotel makes the vast majority of its money from wedding parties which can dominate the hotel facilities and restaurant at times. Food choice in the restaurant is good at bot… more

Where to start? Firstly the ‘sands’ aren’t white - fair enough, a bit of marketing hype maybe? You should be aware that this hotel makes the vast majority of its money from wedding parties which can dominate the hotel facilities and restaurant at times. Food choice in the restaurant is good at both dinner and breakfast but be aware of ‘little darling’ children seemingly off the parental leash screaming and dashing around everywhere. Rooms are VERY dated and tatty in places with furniture falling apart / showing their age. Irons and ironing boards have to ordered from housekeeping which is a faff in a supposedly 5* hotel (I’m actually chuckling to myself that anything approaching 5* can be attributed to this hotel). Our bathroom was filthy in places with rotten dirty bottom of door frames, built up dirt / mould in corners and around the shower screens and signs of dirt on the toilet flush buttons as well as what looked like coffee splashes on the mirror surround. A slightly sewagy smell often followed flushing of the toilet). I had ‘Delhi belly’ for a day and whilst this could have been caused by a number of things, I think the bathroom the most likely source. The trendy Tangerine bar off reception was quite nice apart from the stupidly loud music making conversation difficult. They did turn it down (slightly) when asked. Once again the logarithmic complexity of Indian taxes makes drinks considerably more expensive than they first appear. The redeeming feature is the staff who are very friendly and will try their very best to accommodate your requests which is the only feature of the hotel which even approaches 5*. Top tip - go explore bars and restaurants outside the hotel, especially Leo’s Roar, which are incredibly cheap with really good quality food. And before you ask…..no, I had my tummy troubles before eating externally.

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“Good hotel just a bit noisy”

Nice hotel, all staff pleasant and helpful. Both pools are great, the guys at the swim up bar deserve a mention for creating the best cocktails and Prakash was a star keeping the pool area clean and helping me to move my sun bed into the sun! The grounds are immaculate, it’s a lovely walk down to … more

Nice hotel, all staff pleasant and helpful. Both pools are great, the guys at the swim up bar deserve a mention for creating the best cocktails and Prakash was a star keeping the pool area clean and helping me to move my sun bed into the sun! The grounds are immaculate, it’s a lovely walk down to the beach. Fins bar is ideal for a drink watching the sun go down, all drink prices are reasonable. Massage treatments at the spa are exceptional, total bliss. Room is a great size though like many of the inside areas is a little tired and could do with a bit more character. Restaurants good though not as much choice as would expect for a hotel of this size. I was surprised not to see more variety of traditional Goan dishes. The Waterfall restaurant is very noisy, didn’t make for a great ambience for the evening meal, though I did enjoy the evening they served outside and had local dancers. Noise was also a concern when in room at night. Walls are like paper so I could hear everything for room next door and the part covered walkways means noise travels, I was woken early a couple of mornings from the noise of young children running up and down. Overall a good stay, 4 nights was enough and helped me get my mojo back, thank you.

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