Queens Inn, Velankanni

If you’re new to this side of the state, you should know that finding a decent stay at an affordable price is easier said than done when it comes to finding stays at Velankanni. The town is home to one of the most visited Roman Catholic Latin Rite shrines called the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health – a destination that people of all cultures, traditions, languages, nationality and of course, religions, visit. Not to mention the fact that thanks to being a coastal area, the town also gets a fair share of tourists. From whatever I’ve seen, the place attracts a huge chunk of people who spend a fortune to travel from different corners and their priority is to get a place as cheap as possible. To put it bluntly, this makes most of the stays in this town to be extremely pocket-friendly ones thereby making it hard to find a calm and decent place to stay. When searching for one during a recent trip, I stumbled upon Queen’s Inn thanks to Trip Advisor and decided to go with it.

Finding the hotel is a piece of cake — Queens Inn is tucked away neatly from the hustle and bustle of the town that’s always filled with people. The extremely spacious hotel has a huge car parking space which is also hard to find in hotels in this town. Checking in was a breeze. The room itself is like any decent hotel room you’d find in a metropolitan city but finding something that good in a town is indeed a pleasant surprise. The well-spaced room has all the basic necessities — right from AC, TV and regular furniture. What I really liked about this hotel it the fact that the bathroom was exceptionally clean. The effort that’s gone into keeping the place neat is evident. But on the flip side, the bedsheet that we got was dirty – as I have shown in the picture.

On the whole, Queen’s Inn is a lovely hotel to stay irrespective of whether you’re a part of a family, a group of friends or even just a couple. The hotel ticks all the basics which they’ve maintained as well as they can.

Rating:
Location: 4/5
Parking: 5/5
Food: 2.5/5
Service: 3/5
Comfort: 3.5/5

Address: East Coast Road, Arch West Street, Velankanni, Tamil Nadu 611111
Contact no.: 096419 99888

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