Alila Diwa Goa

We stayed for one week at this hotel in Goa as a family of five, and everything was absolutely perfect. The hotel is ideally located just a three-minute drive from the beach, which can easily be reached using the golf cart service provided by the hotel. From the hotel itself to the atmosphere and the swimming pool, everything exceeded our expectations. The staff were truly extraordinary: always smiling, welcoming, and ready to help. This applied to everyone, from the housekeeping team to the bartenders, the restaurant staff and the reception desk. Speaking of the restaurant, I would especially like to thank Sourav and his team for the many meals we enjoyed at the hotel’s main restaurant, which offers breakfast and dinner in both buffet and à la carte formats. The food was excellent, very diverse, and the service was outstanding. We spent the night of December 31st to January 1st at the hotel without having any particular expectations, and it turned out to be exceptional. Even though my siblings and I are young adults over 18, the evening was perfectly suited for everyone: couples, young children, adults, and young adults alike. The hotel also offers yoga sessions, both group sessions included in the stay and private sessions available at an extra cost. The group sessions were very relaxing and enjoyable. Once again, a huge thank you to everyone working at this resort for their kindness and warm hospitality. I highly recommend this place.

We had an absolutely wonderful stay at Alila Diwa and couldn’t recommend it more. My wife and I had a fantastic time from start to finish.||A huge shoutout to the amazing staff — Gavin, Owen, and Jessica were outstanding. They were warm, attentive, and genuinely made us feel welcomed and well taken care of throughout our stay.||The room was spacious, spotless, and very comfortable. The bathtub was a highlight, perfect for relaxing after a long day — truly one of the best parts of the room.||The swimming pool was incredible, especially with the floating beds, which made it such a unique and relaxing experience. Being able to enjoy drinks by the pool was also pretty cool and added to the overall vibe.||Overall, everything exceeded our expectations. A perfect getaway for couples looking to relax and enjoy top-notch hospitality. We can’t wait to come back!

I had an absolutely wonderful stay at Alila Diwa Goa. This was my third visit here in my last five trips to Goa, and there’s a reason I keep coming back - the experience is consistently exceptional. I stayed at the Alila Diwa Club and the room was fantastic - beautifully designed, spacious and extremely comfortable. The hospitality throughout my stay truly stood out; every staff member was warm, attentive and genuinely committed to creating a memorable experience. The food across all the restaurants was top-notch and consistently delicious. The property itself is stunning, peaceful and beautifully maintained, with a serene atmosphere that makes you instantly feel relaxed. Overall, a flawless and deeply enjoyable stay - I highly recommend Alila Diwa Goa and would love to return again soon.

Me and my family had the most amazing stay at Alila Diwa, I would say the staff here throughout the hotel were just incredible and so friendly that some started to feel like family and friends since we celebrated Christmas here with everyone. Other hotels should learn from Alila about what excellent service and hospitality looks like! Breakfast was always great and plentiful. We ate at almost every restaurant and I can say that the food did not disappoint anywhere. The pools are lovely and very spacious, NOT temperature controlled though so it did always feel very cold especially at first. We weren't expecting weddings to be taking place over Christmas but how wrong were we, there were two weddings whilst we there and as lovely as they look and are it did cause a slight disruption to our holiday which was unfortunate but the staff did everything to help us feel comfortable. I visited the spa for a lovely and relaxing massage with Jamier (sorry if that's spelt wrong) it was one of the best massage I've had and she really knew her stuff, but my friend who had a massage whilst the weddings were going on didn't have a great experience as all she heard was the music blasting from the wedding DJ where it should have been nice and relaxing. Finally a special mention to Aditi, Sourav, Mohit Raju, Colin, Chef Chandra, Soundari, Vaibhav, Ramachandra and apologies if I've forgotten anyone. Can't wait to go back 😊🙏

It's a nice resort! Rooms are amazing, pools are very nice, location is good (though not near any ATMs, FYI, so stock up elsewhere if you want to hang out at a cash-only beach shack). In-house restaurants were pretty mixed. We liked the breakfast (lots of variety and good South Indian options), but the service for lunch/dinner was insanely overbearing - every time we started serving ourselves from our shared dishes, they'd rush over and offer to help. Like, do you think I'm five years old? I can serve myself. Why would you run over, ask me where I want you to serve my curry, then slowly, painstakingly, spoon some of it onto my plate, when I could just serve it myself wherever I see fit? Leave me alone! The restaurants also have zero atmosphere whatsoever and they're very expensive. Food is fine but not exceptional. I would recommend just staying here for the rooms/property and eating elsewhere. Martin's Corner is nearby and serves very good Goan food. Oh, and stay away from the salon services if you don't have Indian hair - they seemed to have zero idea how to deal with my partner's hair and ended up botching her haircut.

Wonderful stay at Alila Diwa Goa! The hospitality was outstanding, and our child enjoyed the warmth and care from the staff the most. The restaurants were amazing — Spice, Courtyard, Vivo, and Bistro — each offering great food and a lovely ambience. A special thanks to Saurabh from Vivo Restaurant for his exceptional service and friendliness. Highly recommended for a relaxing and family-friendly stay. Looking forward to visiting again!

More than just a review, this is an appreciation post for the GM Mr Anish Kuttan and team.||I had an issue with my booking done via Cleartrip at Alila Diwa. I ended up cancelling the booking due to the issue and sent a feedback email related to the response for the issue from front office and reservations. Normally the hotel managememt team sends standard response stating generic improvement comments and asking to reach out next time for better service etc. But in this case, I didn't just get a prompt response, but the hotel team reached out to me and helped me make a new booking addressing the issue. Thanks to Mr Kuttan and Mr Prajwal for excellent hospitality!||Coming to the stay, I had an overall good stay at the property. Good food with multiple restaurant options, nice swimming pool, decent Spa, nearby clean beach with buggy (Van) service was useful. Overall excellent hospitality from hotel staff members reflecting the leadership. Taking few names, Mr Mohit at restaurant, Chef Kirtee, Ms Breanna at front desk and Mr Panchram at security created good experience for the guests.

The hotel itself was amazing. The staff were incredibly helpful, the room was awesome and the food was very flavorful with an exceptional variety of dishes. There were two downsides because of which I did not give it 5 stars; (i) this is a wedding hotel and there is very frequent loud noise somewhere or the other in the hotel - for example, really loud drums right in front of the lobby for nearly 2 hours; (ii) We had around 8-10 power outages during our 2-day stay - thankfully these lasted for only 2-10 minutes each time, but even so they were a major nuisance.