Chalston Beach Resort

This is the third time we had a family reunion here. When the venue was decided I said oh no yet again but when I left the property I said Oh Yes , Yes again. A nice drive from Goa north airport, close to the main shopping area yet tucked inside away from the crowd and right on the beach , this family run property is well maintained and spacious with sprawling greenery and huge rooms. The family interacts with the guests all the time and the staff is smiling and efficient. A great place for a wedding venue too.

Thoroughly impressive hotel! Great food, ambiance, and proximity to the beach. The property is huge with two swimming pools. The only drawback is that one needs to walk a lot within the property. The breakfast spread is excellent! Truly memorable stay!

Pros: 1. Situated right on the beach, the sea view from the restaurant is fantastic! In our opinion, that's the main highlight of staying here. 2.Clean and spacious rooms. 3. Lush green lawns, well maintained property and beautiful statues of Buddha :) Cons: 1. Once the restaurant is closed and lights are off the beach area in front of the hotel is pitch dark and become hard to spot the hotel. Please at least have a SINGLE lamp post on, and a bigger billiboard so guests can easily spot the back entrance. The security is also non existent there. Definitely needs improvement. 2. Better system to handle housekeeping -- The protocol is to hand over keys to the reception sometime during the day, and houskeeping will clean rooms. I haven't seen this anywhere else, where a guest is required to personally hand over keys to the reception desk, and room cleaning is shut down after evening. 3. Better handle customer requests -- In one particular incident I dialled up reception to ask for extra bottle of water, only to be told to redirect my call to housekeeping. A better thing to do would have been for them to coordinate with housekeeping than redirect guests. However, overall our stay here was pretty pleasant, and I elaborated on the cons only to hope them seeing addressed. Will surely visit again, if we decide to stay at Calangute.