Bloom Hotel - Dona Paula

Was easy to book, I'd heard a lot of good things about Bloom and since we needed a good(Decent) place to stay for 1 night, we booked without a second thought. We had a bite to eat after checking in, Fish and Chips & Curd Rice. The curd rice was very good, the fish and chips portion was unexpectedly huge. We were to checkout at 4.30 am so they packed us lots of fruit and cold coffee, which Aman handed over to us. This was a very kind of them.

I found everything here to be nice and simple and no hassle. I enjoyed that nothing was too much trouble for the staff and was very impressed when they sourced me a shaving kit (which was something my previous 5* failed to offer) The location for me was ideal as I dont enjoy staying in busy area's, but its equally close enough to Panaji to keep taxi's and rickshaws at affordable prices. The hotel was very clean and appeared well maintained, and the staff are superbly friendly. The food in the restaurant I found to be reasonably priced also, aswell as it tasting good. I had a corner King room on the 6th floor, and the view from the balcony was perfect, exactly what I was after, I could see both sides of the bay. There was plenty of room in the shower cubicle and the air conditioning worked perfectly. The room pictures are exactly as advertised, so I have decided to share some pictures of their food instead, which I took myself. I enjoyed the variety of foods available at breakfast, and chef was only too happy to cook eggs to my liking. On booking.com, this property is rated a 3* ... personally I would raise it to 3.5* purely based on the cleanliness, staff and location - would I stay here again ? Absolutely !! Well done Bloom Hotel :-)

The fact that it was clean, very aesthetic and it had a cafe and it had a great theme going on Juice was free. The cafe/sitting area was quite nice the rooms were comfortable and spacious and aesthetic

It was so hard to find a good cheap hotel in Panijim. It was a 300 rupee auto ride or a 20 rupee hot bus ride from the centre but IT WAS WORTH IT! Super clean , very techy , modern and bright. Views from the balcony.And very comfortable and LONG beds - we are both over 6’2” . It a short 50 m walk from the auto stop and about 1 km to the headland where there is a nice promenade and an excellent seafood restaurant- look on trip advisor ! After 2 weeks in proper India this was so luxurious!

Supremely comfortable beds, terrific shower, simple modern style and really helpful staff were highlights for us. The small additional charge for the Executive Room with balcony was worthwhile - we had a great sea view. The location is very quiet but just a few steps away from transport. Hugely recommended!