Five stars all the way. True to the Tata tradition❤️
The pros totally outweigh the cons.
Almost 200 year old property (197 to be precise), cottage style rooms, rooms with high ceiling ( rarer nowadays), very well maintained. Rooms are huge with a fireplace. Separate dressing room, compact bathrooms. Small room adjacen to the bedroom with sofa and a table. Stunning view everywhere ( situated in the heart of Nilgiris), greenery and flowers outside. Grass lawns with table and chairs, if you want to read in the natural sunlight. The property maintains the vintage beauty
The staff in the reception, dining, cleaning and housekeeping -- were extremely courteous and provided a service with a smile.
The family rooms had an adjoining door connecting 2 cottages, which was very convenient.
Huge lawn for children tonplay, game rooms with board games, a foosball , miniature library.
Breakfast and dinner timings are 7:15 to 10:15 am and 7:15 to 10:15 pm respectively.
Huge breakfast spread. A la carte dinner for 2 nights and then a dinner buffet due to sudden inflow of guests.
The staff and the chef made the food spicy, non-spicy without garlic . according to your taste. After 8 pm, the dinner room gets overcrowded though.
Hotbag is provided on request to keep the bed warm in the night.
High tea has coffee / tea with the Ooty famous varkeys. You can order snacks extra at your own cost.
Jiva spa was good. Took a massage. Lily from Nagaland gave a comfortable massage.
Vegetable garden was not to our expectations.
Children can enjoy pony rides, cycle rides, play with bunnies.
The staff were from different parts if India. You could see the national integration in Taj Savoy, Ooty👏🫡
Special shout out and thanks to the following staff:
Chef
Priya-- WB
Arul
Archana -- WB
Santosh- Bihar
Archana- WB
Rahul- MP- Bhopal
Sandy-- mettupalayam
Cleaning lady-- Ooty
Sebastian
Few disadvantages/ cons:
As I had mentioned, the pros outweighed the cons.
Few lawn/ road lights were not working in the night. Had to use the phone torchlight
The rooms were not at the same level, there was a level difference between the bedroom and dressing room, could pose a hazard for senior citizens and children, maybe.