The Hotel is located on Willingdon Island, a man-made legacy
of the Raj era and one of the reasons why Cochin ranks amongst
the world's finest harbours.
As you drive to to the hotel, you pass the massive dockyards
of this ancient port, omnipresent coconut trees and stretches
of glittering Arabian Sea.
Simplicity and elegance are the lietmotifs, as indeed they are
in all our properties. The parquet floors in the room are a
distinctive touch and you can luxuriate with bubble bath and
shampoo from the little clay pots in your spacious bathroom.
The restaurants at the Casino hotel have become institutions
for Cochin's food lovers. If you feel a need to temper the exotic
with the familiar, The 'Tharavadu' is the place to begin. It
serves an extensive buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Your first breakfast in Kerala could be good ol' scrambled eggs,
your lunch roast chicken and a shrimp salad, your dinner a fiery
squid curry and appams ( fluffy rounds of fermented rice and
pulses, the traditional accompaniment to Kerala meals). The
range of Indian and Continental cuisine is vast
The speciality seafood restaurant, Fort Cochin, is the hotels
pride and joy, perpetually popular, though it is open only in
the evenings.
Good Housekeeping called Fort Cochin "one of the most renowned
seafood restaurants in India". Eating here is like diving
off a springboard into the flavours and textures of food throughout
Kerala.
