Ratings based on 31 Verified Reviews
4.0 Room cleanliness
3.6 Service & staff
3.6 Room comfort
3.3 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler from Australia
Posted 25 May 2019 on Wotif
Jenny was lovely and helpful. Travis lacks people skills. He was arrogant and acted petulant after a discussion about a key disaster at the house. He would be preparing food and washing up at midnight with the kitchen right next to our bedroom, clanging crockery on the tiled bench, keeping me awake. Someone was slushing out the bathroom next to us at 10.30 at night when we were trying to sleep.
The house was very hot. The bathroom was dank and smelt musty. It took 3 days fir things to dry in there. No airflow.
The beach near the house is full fishing boats and fishing gear. Buses come in the hour to get around the island.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Jan 2020 by Owner Villa Bethlehem, Hotel Management
Greetings and good day from Villa Bethlehem.
Thank you for your comments.
From what we gathered it seems that your holiday was not to your expectations and all of that started after the room key was lost and never found.
Following a request to settle for the new lock we noticed that your character changed drastically which forces you to complaint over a one time late snacks that was being prepared for another guests in-house.
Knowing that your room was on the first floor, we believe that this was not the reasons for you to complain over disturbance at night.
It is to be noted that the weather was indeed very hot thus this should have not been a problem to dry your clothes with the help of our racks provided in all rooms which you can use i.e. in bathroom or at the wooden decking alongside the terrace.
Anse Boileau is protected with a bay and nice beaches. There is a community of fisherman and I will not be surprise if fishing boats are nearby, while the main street are just 60 meters away from Villa Bethlehem with a public transport services designed for the local community hence used by visitors. To help mitigate the movements of our guests we have in all rooms a detailed bus schedule with free maps issued to guests.
This help them to plan ahead and don't waste unnecessary timing i.e. on bus stops or on the roads.
Having said that we hope that we have enlighten the doubts of other guests that would love to experience Villa Bethlehem.
by A verified traveler from Glen Burnie, MD USA
Posted 3 Dec 2018
I’m not reall use too staying in a B & B where you share living spaces. I had a large room with my own bathroom which was nice ,clean and safe. The host were great. It was a good stay.
Comment from Hotel Management
13 Feb 2019 by Travis & Jeanny, Hotel Management
Thanking you for your positive note.
Best wishes.
by A verified traveler
Worst hotel
Posted 29 Jul 2018 on HotelsDoesn’t like to stay here again. As the property owner is not friendly...I will not refer this hotel to any body
Comment from Hotel Management
31 Jul 2018 by Kind Reagrds Travis, Hotel Management
Warm Greetings from the Seychelles Island.
Dear Janakiram.
Thank you for your contributions of which we feel deserves an honest answers as part of our continued commitments to all our in-house guests.
We would like to remind you that the reason you where called to review your hygiene was after complaints from other guests in-house.
We welcome and accept all nationalities in our beautiful country and the same is shared at Villa Bethlehem hence we need to find that balances between nationalities and habits of many people around the world.
As the owners of Villa Bethlehem, unless paid full exclusivity, guests in house need's to always maintain a very good standards of personal hygiene and should not compromised the comfort of other guests.
We hope the above are clear and we hope to revers your experience to a more friendly approached should you in future choice Villa Bethlehem.
As a whole cleanliness are one of our strong recommendations and we feel this should be maintain always.
We are happy to note that we have addressed your concern and we remains available for any clarification should this be required.
by A verified traveler
Posted 18 Jun 2018
Comment from Hotel Management
9 Aug 2018 by Travis, Hotel Management
Thank You
by A verified traveler from Canada
Posted 8 May 2018
Having read the previous reviews before booking, we knew going in that the hotel was more of an "Air Bnb" or home stay. The family who runs Villa Bethlehem live on site, on the second floor, and the kitchen/living room/restroom/bedrooms are on the main floor. It certainly feels like a home as opposed to a hotel.
The staff was very friendly and more than happy to share their experience with the various tourist sites and beaches of the island. We had rented a car, and the place was easy to find, with ample parking. When we arrived, they were waiting for us, and we had no problems checking in. The room was clean and had working air conditioning. They offered to cook us meals (for a fee, obviously), but also let us have access to their fridge/utensils free of charge.
The only thing that I was particularly unhappy about was that they wanted to charge was 1 euro per piece of clothing for laundry. I was certainly not interested in spending almost 30 euros to do laundry for the two of us! In the end, we just got a laundry detergent bar of soap from a store close by and did it ourselves.
Overall, I enjoyed the place and would definitely come back if staying in Mahe again!
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Jan 2020 by Owner Villa Bethlehem, Hotel Management
Greetings from Villa Bethlehem.
Thank you for your comments.
We noticed from what we read that there was a miss interpretations on our laundry charges which are Euro 1 per washed.
Should all clothes be washed together, it would have cost you Euro 1
Unless there are colored linen which needs segregation, then for each washing we would apply Euro 1
We apologies that this was only pointed now and we hope that this will help other guests to know in the near future.
The above is for your information.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Seychelles
Nice and comfortable, easy to access
Posted 1 Apr 2018Our stay was short but was well received. The staff are friendly and helpful. Location is quiet and ideal for a short get away from the normal busy routine of our lives.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Jan 2020 by Owner Villa Bethlehem., Hotel Management
Thanking you for your comments.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Dallas, TX
Beautiful and cozy room
Posted 8 Sep 2017Beautiful, clean, spacious and cozy room. Easy to access by public transportation. Jeannie is extremely helpful and sweet.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Jan 2020 by Travis Owner Villa Bethlehem, Hotel Management
Thanking you for your lovely comments.
It gives us the strength to go on.
by A verified traveler from fort lauderdale , fl
Could not be found
Posted 4 Sep 2017 on OrbitzWe never made it to the hotel. No one ever heard of the place!
by Radek from Czech
Radek
Posted 16 Dec 2015 on HotelsNobody knew abour us, the vila was under reconstruction. We had to share toalet with the family.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Jan 2020 by Travis Owner Villa Bethlehem., Hotel Management
Greetings from Villa Bethlehem.
Dear Guests.
Thank you for your input.
Indeed, last minutes are sometimes missed out especially if it is booked hours before arrival.
Rooms are available with private bathrooms although the one offered was annex to your room and that do not mean that it was being shared as all rooms have their own facilities.
by Padraig from QATAR
Villa Bethlehem is a B&B.....
Posted 1 Oct 2015 on HotelsWell to say we were disappointed would be an understatement because we did NOT expect to be staying in somebody's house. It was an unbelievably awkward situation as we felt we just intruding. If we had wanted to stay in a B&B we would have booked that.....we assumed it was a part of a villa where we would have our own space. It wasn't far from the beach but otherwise there is nothing else in the immediate area apart from a few food shops and one restaurant that only opens in the evening and not on Sundays....so we were pretty hungry that day! Unfortunately the weather was awful and it rained for 3 days, so we were pretty much housebound. The couple who own Villa Bethlehem are kind and offered us food but we thought that 20 euros a head for breakfast was a tad steep!!
All in all it was clean and tidy....nice a/c in the bedroom and a huge bathroom for one of the rooms but it was just not what it said on the tin and it felt pretty awkward most of the time. We did explain to them that we felt it was mis-represented and so they wouldn't accept money for our boiled eggs and toast breakfast.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Jan 2020 by Owner Villa Bethlehem, Hotel Management
Greetings from Villa Bethlehem.
Dear Guests.
We thank you very much for your comments and we recommend in future that you read carefully and understand what you are purchasing to avoid such disappointments.
All that we offered are written black on white for your view and others to see.
We hope that this will serves as some point of reflections for our future guests.
