Hay this is an amazing place - I warn though the hotel has steps and lots of them! Plus everyone moans there is not enough sun beds - but we english like to moan!!

The food I thought was great - buts it not the caribean so dont think you can eat english....there is three resturants the main one which is buffef for b/fast/lunch/dinner..there is an a la cart you can eat in twice, plus lawn dinning and BBQ. Dinks are good too - free till 11.00 the very cheap.

Theres not too much local but enugh to eat out for a change and have a few drinks. We went to East Meets West and Titos resturant and both were great - entertainment at both too.

The local beach - baga is a little crazy and there are lots of shacks and people trying to sell you things - not relaxing but great fun to barter. We went to Angelheart shack - best food on the beach. To get a to a relaxing beach you HAVE to go to maderm beach - its the most beautiful beach Ive ever been on. Get a taxi to Dunes!! Morjim is also very nice.

If you want to do the local trips - travel agents are con!! Spice place, elephants, waterfalls, temples .... get a cab for a day - we did it all. Elephant was great and water falls were amazing - very bumpy ride through jungle and bit of a treck so need to be a little fit!!

All in all great place .... going back to Delhi in Oct and backpacking the west coast - cant wait!!

Having read some of the bad reviews the Sun Village was getting recently was really worried about the holiday. What on earth was every one moaning about? In the end I was pleasantly surprised as it was not awful we had a really good holiday. Ok the hotel is old fashioned and its not what we are used to but it had a charm of its own. We have to remember India is a third world country. Its more like a 3 star but very clean, stayed in hotels 100 times worse in Spain.
My only moan was the sink in the bathroom was a bit mildewed round the edges. Now I'm being fussy.
We had a top floor room looking over the pool with fantastic views. I was glad we decided not to upgrade rooms because everyone I spoke to was sorry as we had the better views.
The room was cleaned every day and towels and sheets changed constantly.
I really enjoyed the Indian food, you could have curry breakfast, dinner and tea if you wished. The staff where excellent and nothing was too much trouble.
Would recommend using the taxis outside the hotel for trips as it works out much cheaper than with the reps. Ask for driver called Jana as he was a lovely man and a very safe driver. Also spoke very good english and told us lots of useful information.
Very cheap to phone England from Goa, we used Sammys phone shop just outside hotel gate. Also you could change money in Sammys shop with a better rate than in the hotel. Say hello to Sammy and his wife Sneha as they are lovely and helpful.
Remember to take 100% deet, I only had 1 bite and usually I am covered. Had a really enjoyable holiday and will defintitely return one day.

Just had a 2 week break at sun village , and after reading reviews was a bit worried to say the least.
we need not be.
fair enough the hotel has seen better days(rooms could do with refit and new furniture), but the food was excellent especially the indoor a la carte.and room was clean,with fresh towels and bedding every day.
i cannot understand peoples previous reviews, food was always hot , and there was a good selection , but mostly indian,but if you don,t like indian food why go to goa????
stick to benidorm!
none of us had problems even my 14 year old son, even eating at various shacks on beach.
the people working in hotel ,and goa in general are really friendly and cannot do enough for you!
but bear in mind you are in a third world country, and you may be initially shocked, but relax and drop into the goan way of life!

on arrival my husband and i were allocated our room(superior) balcony was shaded by a huge tree asked to be moved only problem was all superior rooms were shaded. so we opted to downgrade room to standed for a sunny balcony, in my opinion standered room was much nicer.(brighter and fresher)
the staff at hotel were fun frendley and helpful.
i do not eat spicy food at all(dont like anything that burns my mouth) but i had no problem getting somthing to eat from buffet

room service our pillows were sweat stained and smelled but they changed them as soon as we complained . fridge was restocked daily nuts crisps cake wine port all replenished as drank . bedding changed daily and towels sky tv kettle tea and coffee well stocked hair dryer and if you foget mossie plug in they can be borrowed from reception

trips
did the jungle trip through the rep(cheaper booking with taxi driver) had a brill time sleeping in the mud huts dancing around camp fire singing songs and telling jokes but the elephants were the hi light of the whole trip got to ride them bath them and take a power shower on there backs WOW

I would recomend this hotel overall we had a great holiday