Pushkin Shukla Review of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worl...
I, along with my family have planned a long weeken...
I, along with my family have planned a long weekend getaway and selected Westin, Shona as our choice to be. We drove from Delhi and reached this property on time. I would recommend to start early because the traffic at National Highway could be bad the moment you pass Gurgaon. Although, the checking time at Resort is at 3 pm but you may grab a bit or take a round in the property.
1) Initial Experience :- I should mentioned that, My initial experiences with people at Western were not very exciting. I have booked my holiday on trip advisor site and I was shocked that only one room in the luxury villa of 4 was booked. But, it did too much time to hammer out the problem on phone with the reservation department.
2) Reception :- second shock struck me to look at the reception which was as humble as two people sitting in 2 corners chairs and respectfully checking in and checking out. But, to my surprise things were going smooth & there was no time lag and people were happy to check-in and to check out.
3) Property :- we booked of Luxury villa for four people along with a young kid and I am out of my words to explain the magic this property puts you on. We were star stuck to look at our villa which was splendid and so lush green that you feel like you are away from civilisation and very far from NCR.
4) Luxury Villa (#206) :- Such a refreshing room I must say, I was absolutely delighted to get up to a lush green view visible from my bedroom, with the most eye-catchy FAN. The bedding was comfortable with 32 inches TV both rooms and a 42 inches in living area. Happy to do a lot of reading before dosing off. You can't miss outside sitting or may be sip a nice cup of hot beverage (in winters) or a chilled beer.
I would request AC Thermostat to me more responsive.
5) Bathroom :- another very unique thing about this property is the bathrooms. Nice big bathroom without any door a big tub in the backdrop of a bamboo plant was giving an absolutely different experience.
6) Food :- food is the most important thing to make or break your impression about any property. But I would say The Livining Room at Westin has won me over, food was beyond explanation everything was freshly cooked, properly served and piping hot.
7) Extra Curricular Activities :- this place is the dreamland for kids the property have lot of activities to keep your kid engaging and enjoying. The cool zoo where they can make a rabbit eat a carrot, do horseriding, involved in activities like art craft playing enjoy with toys in the kids room. However, we can run around in the lush green property play football, basketball, badminton etc. You can also take CYCLE to paddle around the property. Difficult to unnoticed Swimming Pool. My kids was happy to see Imo Bird cutting his way every now and then.
8) Staff & Service :- "Men at work" the most important force of people who seems to be hand picked to make sure your stay is worth remember. I would like to take this as a platform to THANK every person in Housekeeping, Gardeners, etc who made our stay so nice and beautiful.
Would recommend : -
A) bit of lighting from Luxury Villas to restaurant at night.
B) Nasty sound of air gilding early morning turns out to be noisy for people relaxing in room.
Most of all, thanks a lot for a nice stay. I would recommend to each and everyone. And BIG THANKS to the most amazing resort and @STARWOORDS
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