Where to Stay
Deshadan Plaza – Main Avenue, Near Passport Office, Panamilly Nagar, Kochi – 682 036.
Email – reservations@deshadan.com
Location of Deshadan Plaza, Kochi
Within 15 minutes of the main shopping area. There’s a pool of water way down the road leading to it due to multi-storey building construction. But the hotel itself is in clear surroundings. Being away from the bustling part of the main MG Road, it’s nice and quiet, an oasis really in the heart of the city. There was no noise at night. Bliss in a city.
Interior
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| Deshadan Plaza, Kochi - Executive Room |
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| Deshadan Plaza, Kochi - Executive Room Double Bed |
It’s the only hotel that offered two comfortable beds separated by a table. It’s got a nice, clean interior. Storage space is more than adequate. Mural painting on the wall which was abstract. Switches in the room are within reach. The bathroom levers for hot and cold water are steel rectangle blocks that merged with the rest of the steel design so it took a bit of figuring out to open. There’s air conditioning but no fan. Some hotel rooms offer a top view of Kochi and Kochi lit up at night is a sight to behold. Others offer road and building views. The TV offers all satellite channels.
Food at Deshadan Plaza, Kochi
It has a 24 hours open restaurant. It had the best prepared jeera water. It’s the only one that offered the traditional Kerala appam at night. It’s actually a breakfast dish - sweet rotis (bread). The dinner was very good. Take the specials they offer for the day. We tried the lemon coriander soup (Rs.70) and it was super. Their phulkas (Rs.10 each) were as soft as they’re meant to be, too. The Aloo Gobi (potato-cabbage) veggie (Rs. 90)was not heavy. The portions are large, more than adequate for two.
The a la carte menu breakfast the next morning was disappointing. There was the traditional Kerala cuisine Puttu (ground rice cylinders with grated coconut in the centre), but it seemed a trifle unpleasing to the eye and heavy on the stomach. There was bread, jam; idli/sambhar; pineapple juice/tea/coffee; The food was laid on a table but with no place at the side to keep the lids when opened. The idlis were hard when they should be soft and fluffy.
Service
Impeccable service standards. Extremely helpful. Got a scissor and stapler when asked for. Others have asked for a hair dryer and got that, too.
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