Mother's Inn Homestay

People were lovely, very helpful for a solo traveller!

The proximity to all the places. Nice and work people

Smuk have, dejligt værelse med 2 rum og et stort badeværelse. Sødt personale.

Der var ret lydt fra fællesområde lige ved siden af min dør, da jeg skulle sove. Men med ørepropper gik det

Thelma makes amazing food even though we didn't do much of that this time, I have experienced it before. Everyone from the receptionist Ashif (who is amazin) to the kitchen staff and even the owner, were so nice and made us feel at home.

Die Familie war so nett und hat mir spontan eine Geburtstagsparty geschmissen, als sie mitbekommen haben dass ich Geburtstag habe. Das Haus ist wunderschön und der Garten ein Dschungel-traum. Lediglich die Wände sind ein wenig dünn, aber gut aushaltbar.

The breakfast is wonderful. It is home cooked. The property is very warm and inviting and comfortable. It is located in a quiet area.

I love this place.

El alojamiento està bien situado, un lugar normal para pasar un día o dos

Nuestra habitación no tenía agua caliente, salía muy poca agua por la ducha, el desayuno no tiene mucho, el café no estaba bueno.

Great location if you prefer to stay in a silent part of the Fort Kochi. Breakfast fine. Service great. Could pay by card.

Small room with very limited garden view. Advised to not have breakfast and dinner in garden due to insects.

It was a very good property to stay in the nature

Everything was good

The garden

Beautiful property and we had a very comfortable stay. We had a lower floor room with seating on a patio outside. The room was spacious and very clean and we had the hottest water we had in any of the homesteads we used. The bathroom was a little tired and could do with a refresh. We visited on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and as a result there were no evening meals provided as advertised. Also the rooms are advertised having tea and coffee facilities which they didn't however if staff were available they would gladly make tea and coffee. The property is in easy walking distance of the major sights of fort kochi.

No tea and coffee in room and bathroom could do with a refresh( minor things ).

Beautiful garden, lovely people, great location .

Nothing really though a mosquito net would be a welcome addition, as a few do sneak in through the door to the garden however careful you are.

Beautiful accomodation set in its own garden. Staff friendly and helpful. We had breakfast and dinner here which were both lovely. Walking distance to shops and restaurants.

Really lovely stay at Mother’s Inn, the beds are comfortable, clean, really central location and a very nice receptionist who helped us out a lot.

Nothing! Very nice property and very well taken care of

Absolutely delicious stay. Except for a minor check in communication issue the host went above and beyond, making sure that i always felt taken care of. The staff is super kind and my lunch amd breakfast was wonderful. Location is also great.

The host was gracious and staff was excellent. A very beautiful property. I would recommend it.

I loved the single and double rooms. They are super clean and comfortable. The staff is amazing and very helpful.

The bunkbeds are average and not as clean

The property was very clean and all the important sights were very near. The property also had a garden.

Tasty breakfast, good private location near to fort kochi. Nice outdoor area.

Uncomfortably hard bed, thin curtains or lots of light through.

The property is beautiful. It is comfortable. The meals were excellent. The staff was beyond helpful with directions and recommendations for things we were looking to purchase.

The property is perfect.

Nice and clean homestay. The position is perfect to walk around Kochi. Amazing typical breakfast. Highly recommended

Beautiful homestay and Dorm. Very Clean and amazing breakfast. The balcony and the Garden is really unique and perfect for resting. Thank you for everything :)

Location

Water in the bathroom could have been hotter

Absolutely fabulous! This has to be one of the best, if not the best, hostel that I stayed in during my travels around S. India. The property is in a delightful setting that's quiet and secluded. The accommodation was excellent - spotlessly clean, spacious rooms with very comfy beds. The staff were all amazing - very helpful. Book it now before it's too late!

The staff was very cordial. The perfect home stay for your time near Kochi. The dormitories were clean and comfortable. The ambience is great and the food is the best homely food one can get!

We loved everything about Mother’s Inn! Amazingly comfortable bed, delicious breakfast and extremely accommodating and friendly staff. Would definitely stay again!

Everything, we came back for 1 more night before flying to Goa. The staff laid on a anniversary meal for us and it was probably the best table of food we have ever eaten in India. Absolutely lovely fish and prawns immaculately presented with all the side dishes. They put so much love and attention into making you happy and comfortable. We would love to stay here again.

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homely atmosphere. great location. warm staff. garden around the building.

It was a calming oasis away from the hustle and bustle. Staff were so friendly and helpful and always on hand with help and advice. We will be back next week for one more night. We would highly recommend this property.

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The property is very well located, in the heart of fort kochi ! It’s very quiet, because it s completely inside a residence alley. Very beautiful garden with wild peacocks 🦚 really amazing ! The hist est very kind and the food is very tasty ! I definitely recommend it

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l loved the breakfast! The lovely staff

Smell of the bathroom and cobwebs, noise early in the morning

Value for money, nice gardens although we didn't have enough time to enjoy them. Reasonably located given it's in Fort, although next time would probably stay a bit closer to the action. The breakfast was nice and the lady serving was lovely, think she may have been the owner but not sure.

The staff were perfectly nice but could have been a bit more helpful in providing information about the stay (e.g. what time is breakfast) and the local area.

The room is lovely with a green, green garden view and a super comfortable bed. Lots of seating indoor and outdoor. It’s very quiet, tranquil, peaceful. The staff is very warm and genuinly kind…so very helpful. This was my first stop in India and I needed to rest after a long journey. This was the perfect place to do so.

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Staff is so lovely and helpful : they made suggestions of activities we could do, and they managed the booking of the tickets for us Breakfast is amazing ! It is freshly made just for you, and it keeps you full until the end of the day Room is nice and well furnished Location is great, walking distance from many nice restaurants and places to visit

Everything. Particularly the people running it.

Occasionally a little noisy if people played tabletennis ( happened only once)

Breakfast was very good. Consisting of fresh fruit and local home cooked curries. Everyday something different, very pleasent food. The staff is incredibly forthcoming and accommodating. They helped me in arranging a variety of activities, organised taxis and a laundry service. Also it is a very clean place. I will come again when I'm in fort cochi.

Everyone so helpful and friendly. Breakfast was great and they called a taxi for me. I would definitely stay here again.

The home stay is charming and spacious. Staff were helpful and delightful. Very calm, quiet location with beautiful garden.

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After 6 months of traveling this is by far our favourite place we have stayed. You are welcomed into their family environment immediately and the incredible staff instantly make you feel at home. Breakfast was super tasty every morning delivering traditional Kerala dishes all bursting with flavour and obviously made with love. There was plenty to go round! The staff are amazing, everyone is extremely professional and helpful. The property is stunning, the gardens make you feel like you’re in the jungle and the rooms are perfect. I honestly can’t say enough about this accommodation, it was 10/10 and I would HIGHLY recommend!

I generally refrain from writing poorly about a property. However, it is important to bring truth to fellow travellers. The only good point about the property is its location. Close to good cafés and places to visit.

The entire property smells of dampness. We had to request room change as our room was full of dampness and bad smell. Even the second room had so many places on the wall covered with dampness. On the first evening of our stay, the fan in the room stopped working. We informed the family but it was not repaired during our stay. The bathroom has very slippery tiles and on step where I slipped while stepping out of the bathroom. They didn’t even keep basic toiletries in the bathroom. A small spray with hand wash in it was kept. There were no hand towels. There was no wiper in the slippery bathroom to wipe the water from the floor. They do not even have electricity backup. On our last morning, the electricity was gone for hours and we could not charge our mobiles. We have to go to cafe to charge our mobiles. Overall a very bad experience and definitely not worth the money they charge.

Beautiful homestay located in the back corner of a quiet and peaceful residential small road - just a couple of minutes from a main street into Fort Kochi. The property is bright, spacious, homely, and freshly decorated, with a lush tropical and quiet garden to enjoy and chill in the hammock! Our double room on the ground floor with private veranda was very spacious and clean with comfortable 4-poster bed - we had very handy little fridge freezer, kettle, fully-functioning AC, ample storage space for everything we needed, and private bathroom with amazing waterfall shower with consistent hot hot water every day 🚿😍 We couldn't speak of the staff highly enough! Our wonderful Aunties Thelma, Yancee and daughters, and ever present young man were our family during our stay - always present and there for us with a helping hand, special smiles, and cooking up incredibly tasty Indian breakfasts with fresh fruit, tea and coffee each morning - included in room price (always happy to cook up food requests also). They truly make Mother's Inn what it is - a special homestay gem for any traveller in Fort Kochi! Will always remember our stay here and would definitely recommend and return in a heartbeat 💗

Nothing we didn't like - just a couple of ideas to share...maybe the bedroom door onto the private veranda could have fitted mosquito door screen so that the door can be open and beautiful garden view enjoyed without worry of mosquitos getting into the bedroom. Also we thought maybe a slip mat in the private bathroom to help with slippiness and to provide a good grip after showers. A couple of the electrical sockets were loose and needed attention. Just maybe for travellers to be aware of, there were a few wild dogs around the streets and round and about the quiet residential streets when coming and going - mostly doing their own thing - but thought important to mention so travellers know that they seem to have increased in number....but this is nothing related to homestay who were nothing but helpful!

Extremely nice staff and great location

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Staff was very kind and helpful. Clean room, great position

I've stayed here before and love this spot. The staff are AMAZING and the food exceptional.

There was a function going on in the premises but the staff was really nice about it going out of their way and even got me some cake so in all I didn't mind tooo much.

clean and air-conditioned room, good bedding. peaceful and well located place, very kind staff

Common areas poorly ventilated

Very pretty, neat and very well maintained, lovely garden, walking distance to popular places, helpful staff.

In walking distance to the center. Staff was excellent. Breakfast was homemade and delicious. Though I arrived very early and waited in the garden in à hamac, the manager did not mind and even offered me a room to stay before mine was being cleaned. I liked this cute home stay.

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- Staff were great, able to help with bookings including some things we hadn’t heard about in Kochi (like a kayak trip to see the seasonal bioluminescence in the backwaters) - Room was compact, comfortable and good value for money. Loved the canopy on the bed. The much-needed AC worked fantastically. - The included breakfast of fresh fruit, tea/coffee and a home-cooked Indian ‘dish of the day’ (we were served an egg curry and a chickpea curry on our two days) was delicious and served with a lovely, friendly smile! - Laundry service available was great value for money (85 INR per kilo, and ready within the day)

- Plug sockets in the room were a bit finicky. We only managed to get one socket to work with our adapter (we had a power bar with us so were able to charge everything we needed, but worth being aware if you aren’t travelling with one). - A/c didn’t extend to the bathroom, where there was a window partially ajar for air flow, so it got a bit mosquito-y in there - Card reader was down so we ended up having to pay in cash

Nice breakfast with fruits and specialties feom kerala (dosa, puttu). It's not right at the center of the vibrant Fort Kochi but very close. Nice hamac in the garden.

The Homestay was immaculate and the staff were friendly and helpful. The house is beautiful and set in its own tropical garden away from the hustle and bustle of Cochin. It offers great value for money and a quiet environment. Good value for money!

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Great location, within walking distance to some of the main city highlights! Quiet area, beautiful garden and big room. We arrived a bit earlier than planned, and the host was nice to give us our room before the official check-in time.

There is a lot of humidity, so in our room there was a bit of a damp smell, especially in the bathroom.

Charming old building in the process of renovations My room was nice if a little small ( budget room ) Bed was good and firm Good wifi and aircon, there was a fridge Quiet and relaxing - big garden surrounds, peacocks about Huge breakfasts that change daily. It's really nice to get the local cuisine for a foodie like me, and the staff was charming and helpful Room clean if ask for it Bathroom clean and tidy They take credit card with no extra charge, a good thing, many many many places in India cash is King and credit ( foreign) cards don't work 50% of the time Sure it will be a good place when they finish the works on it

The mosquito's seemed to get in the gaps in the door The grounds were also very mosquito - they need to do something - you can't enjoy sitting outside, but this also is a Kochi problem they tell me Building was going on to make a new dining area, some noise and dust The room was a little overpriced, common in India It's a bit too far away from the centre, need a tuk tuk, nothing much around those streets, but nice and quiet area, which is a bonus in India A little faulty towers, power and wifi dropped out at times. It's a work in progress, new staff not familiar with process Problems with electrics in rooms, had to ask staff to get aircon back on etc, power surge blew up a battery charger, after power went back on

Friendly and warm staff who were helpful in answering questions, booking excursions and securing travel information for my onward journey. Delicious fresh breakfast each morning with different choices. Impeccably clean communal areas and room. Large bedroom with four poster double bed. Excellent AC unit. Enormous walk-in shower room. Desk and chair with refillable, purified water bottle and glasses. Enjoyed spending time in my room. Brilliant, quiet location easily walkable to historic fort area.

I was expecting to stay with a family when booking the homestay but I have come to understand that bed and breakfast accommodation in India can also mean the family who owns the house does not live there and often will have an onsite manager and staff running it on their behalf. So in this case you will not be eating and talking with a family.

The property is very close to the beach of Fortune Kochi, the staff is friendly and helpful, the place served delicious fresh fruits and local breakfast. The place is a value for money.

Nothing to dislike.

Breakfast was fine. Air conditioning was good and cold.

Beds were rock hard. Walls were thin (woke up in the middle of the night because neighbours were having loud sex), doors had chipped wood so didn’t fully seal. When we tried to check out in the morning all the staff had disappeared but our driver was waiting so we just left.

There’s a nice garden to chill out on a hot day. The staff is extremely helpful - we were provided and early check in and were offered luggage storage if we wanted to explore the city after checking out.

Nothing - it was just the right value for money.

Very good, traditional breakfast. As I had to leave early, they served it earlier for me. Very helpful in finding me a reliable tuktuk. Large room, and nice garden.

It feels more like a hotel than a homestay, but still, it's a very good small hotel!

This is one of the nicest places we’ve stayed in Kerala. The rooms are beautiful and so clean. The food is absolutely amazing - traditional breakfast every morning. The staff are so kind and helpful and explain everything. The photos do not do this place justice it is very very beautiful. Very peaceful place also. Thank you so much for having us :)

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It was clean and at the end of a road so it was fairly quiet.

I had an outside area but the garden was having work done to it so there wasn’t a nice outlook.

Homestay with good home cooked food

The location - not easy to get to or in and out of. The window in the room did not close properly and allowed mosquitoes which were a problem. No view to the garden which was advertised. Building work was going on and was noisy, taxi cost was overpriced compared to other hotels for the same distance.

Lovely Homestay, Surya and his team were so helpful and looked after us. Good location. Lovely keralean breakfast but can also provide omelettes, toast etc. Surya gave us lots of info about local area and good restaurants. Our room, with four poster bed was perfect.

The house is a little tucked away from the center but easy 10min walk to Princess street for restaurants and the beach is close by too

Friendly host and room was clean

Unfortunately we arrived at Mothers Inn Homestay only to find substantial refurbishment underway. What was most disappointing was that we were not informed of this before our arrival. The room we had requested did not have its balcony in use due to construction work so we chose a standard room. Despite the lack of communication to us about the building site situation we were charged full price for the room we had. Throughout the day construction work was extremely noisy. During the evening staff and other people could clearly be heard from the room, ear plugs were essential. There was no hot water in the evenings.

Centre of Fort Kochi but very quiet. Really comfortable bed and great shower. Everyone is so helpful and kind.

Loved everything

The stay is overall good. The breakfast is very good. All the staff are friendly.

No TV. Bathroom tiles are a bit slippery if it is wet. Some rooms are smaller than others.

Very welcoming staff and a great location. Clean and comfortable rooms and very pretty exterior. Excellent homecooked breakfasts. Everyone couldn't do more to be helpful.

Hospitality and approach

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Mother’s Inn is surrounded by a lush garden in a quiet residential area. It was our first experience of a homestay and we really enjoyed it. Surya was super helpful with information on where to go in the area, the Francis bar being a top tip! Breakfasts were delicious and the bed was super comfortable. Can’t fault it in terms of value for money!

Staff are charming, helpful, friendly, eager to please. Food fantastic. Building beautiful, clean, comfortable. The house is set in a quiet and safe neighborhood, about a 5-10 minute walk from the commercial areas.

We liked everything!

Lovely, quiet location and a very friendly, welcoming place to stay. Room was small but very clean and comfortable. Breakfast was communal. The food was delicious, plentiful and varied - we enjoyed it.

Balcony seating area wasn’t so good but that didn’t matter to us.