Evolve Back Kabini

Wonderful stay and Amazing Experience!! The team at the resort are very very friendly and found all amenities useful. we stayed in Pool Reserve and all the amenities mentioned are very useful. Yogesh and team from Ayurveda spa, Rupa, Roshan, Vidya from Front office, the resort manager, Lokesh and team from restaurant all the staff are very very supportive. we stayed for 2 days and everyone treated us with utmost care. The boat safari team also took utmost care.

Nothing actually. only thing we missed was Spotting tiger at safari. not to do anything with property.

we liked the ambiance of the place and the staff were very good specially the restaurants staff we would like to give a special appreciation to Albin who served us at Kuruba grill

water temperature is not maintained at pool and jacuzzi and my children were a bit disappointed as the water is too cold to swim

Very spacious rooms, private pool, and location by the river with good sunsets

We are grateful to experience various 5 star resorts. Evolve back is very subpar at the moment with poor management and even poor flavour profile. 1. Food - We ate the same meal for lunch and dinner for 3 days - Evolve back Kabini has buffet for lunch and dinner on all days except Sunday and Thursday. Hence, you need to go the restaurant on and order from their a la carte menu which changes has 2 menus alternating. Chicken and Mutton Kebabs are good. Hence, we landed up eating butter naan and chicken for 3 days. We tried many other dishes but nothing stood out and rather butchered the ingredients with flavourless food. At breakfast, we tried dosas and idlis among with a few sweet things such as Halwa. Our choices were such because of 2 things - a. Breakfast spread is limited in terms of things you can actually eat. Their bakery items looked so dry and stale that no one dared to touch them. Even the hard to mess things such as an egg station has things to offer which lack flavour and overcook eggs. b. Spread has poor hygiene standard - The Jams and bakery items as aforementioned did not look fresh but looked pasty. Meat sausages and neighbouring items also looked stale. For lunch and dinner, we tried sarson ka saag with roti, Goan fish curry, veg forest stream platter, dal and rice and chicken with beet root. Everything cooked had no flavour. Our host made it a point to tell us this statement every 10 mins of talking to us, ‘ Tureen is our tribal cuisine restaurant and requires a reservation. ‘ We tried it and the same lack of tasty food also continued at Tureen. The only good items after trying a lot of things were a. Tandoori chicken served fresh at lunch and dinner b. Payasam in deserts c. Butter garlic naan. Side note - They serve peanut chikki in rooms which is fantastic but we only got on 1/3 days. Sadness! 2. Room service - We love to eat and sadness prevailed on this trip at meal times.

+ The property itself is amazingly designed and sitting right at the edge of the kabini backwaters offers a gorgeous view all round the day. + We stayed in the pool hut which had a private pool (not temperature controlled). The room itself was amazing and offered full privacy. Every aspect in the room is well designed and exceeded every expectations. The RO water tap for drinking water is so impactful it eliminates the need to call room service for the water and saves plastic. The beds were super comfortable and we had a wonderful sleep. The shower area in the bathroom was damn good. + Great place for kids and toddlers as the property has amazing kids area which has table tennis, carrom and other array of games. Also the kids area has a swimming pool for kids. + The cookies in the room which was complimentary was amazing. + The room services was great be it for food (they charge extra 25% for this) or anything. + The spa was wonderful and massage therapists were really humble and knowledgeable. The SPA is run by Indus Valley Ayurvedic Centre @ Mysuru. Three cheers to Suhas for the great massage. + The bullock cart ride and evening sunset boat ride were great activities (this is chargeable ~ Rs 550/adult) esp for the kids. The naturalists on the boat ride are very knowledgeable and gave us in depth details about the Kapila river and surrounding forests(Nagarahole and Bandipur). + The breakfast had a good spread and mostly had everything you need for breakfast. The chef tried his best to cater any customizations needed and anything needed for the kids. + They did not charge for the food ordered for toddler.

- It was our anniversary and even though the property managers knew about it they did not offer us cake or flowers on the day and this was a little disappointment. We love surprises and we have seen it almost always at this level of hotels be it ITC or Oberoi. At this price we expected more. - The pastry at the breakfast (muffins, cupcakes) was quite dry and at a 5-star facility we expect best always. - The dinner and lunch menu was same for all the days and it gets quite boring. - There are very limited continental items on the menu and we ordered aglio e olio with spaghetti and it was so spicy and totally not italian in any way. They need more expertise to get continental done right. - There were half used paper rolls in the bathroom, I understand the property is trying to minimize waste which I appreciate however those half used rolls could be used in common bathrooms and not in the private rooms since at this price point we expect every bit to be spotless. - The staff at the restaurant who served were at times callous and rude, they need to know at the end the customers are everything and need to be humble. Never once in the stay they seated us or asked for the order, we had to call always and seat ourselves.

The property is very well maintained. Staff is good

The location!! next to Kabini river!

it’s pricey

The knowledgeable professional naturalists who led the activities and safaris

The breakfast was superb! Chef Tapan cooked me an omlette that was exceptional! The location is outstanding!! Would like to go back to this property asap. Already recommending this to friends. The special dinner that we had at the Grill was an experience that's hard to forget!!

There is actually nothing that we didn't like or can be improved! The only thing that can be done better is the stock of things at the souvenir shop. Evolve Back Coorg has a better shop.