H78 Veli

Compare with other buidlings nearby, Chen Beach Inn is much modern and pretty. Overall my experience in this hotel was good.

the transfer service from airport to hotel is appreciated.

Very unorganized hotel. Lack of any communications. I asked through both direct emails and 3rd party booking portal for airport pickup but never got response. When I finally did research and decided to go by myself through taxi, they showed up at airport and insisted to pick me up there with surcharge. It is fine for charging, but please don’t do unexpected charges like this especially when customer tried to plan ahead. Also we asked for transferring us back next day to catch up speedboat. They did poor communication to the next representative again, and send us to the airport late so boat has left. We wasted our full day to arrange the transfer. Staff are actually friendly if you ask them, but they aren’t very helpful to make your trip smoother. Room-wise, it is very dim in bathroom. Can’t do cosmetic daytime, or shower at night. Hot water went out for 3 mins. We found roaches at floor. There’s also left clothes from last guest. Broken outlet for hair dryer. I didn’t expect much given the price and this for quick transient stay only, but confusing guest and make their trip delay and wasted vacations can be a very serious problem.

I stayed for. 3 days 2 night! I love this hotel so much , the room such a huge room that I ever find in hulhumale , so clean and the service from the staff was amazing and warm welcome from Gaiya one of their staff since I came until I leave from that hotel he was treated me so well. I wanted to come back again on April. Thank you so much Chen beach inn hotel!!

Pros: decent sized room, clean and relatively new. Very helpful and willing staff. Helped us get in touch with our island resort and book taxi following morning. Cons: The view out of our room was a building in construction so I kept the curtains drawn. The soap might have been left from previous customers, I used my own that I took. Breakfast wasn’t so good. Coffee is instant powder. I found the hotel‘s corridors had a bad odour. Recommendation: start breakfast before 8am, invest in a coffee machine and use some air refreshners throughout the hotel.

Wonderful ocean view room with balcony. Very spacious. The people who work there are very nice. The food options were surprisingly very good. I recommend the chicken noodles and chicken curry. The only con would be that the bathroom is very dim. It would be nice to have a mirror in the room since it’s dark in the bathroom. Would definitely return.