Empire Guest House

Guesthouse

Guys stay away, this place should be shut down! I arrived at 5am in the Goa train station, travelling as a solo female and had booked a taxi through them but he never showed up despite them confirming to me over the phone. Luckily Goa has a governmental taxi station and I could get one there. But the nightmare begun. The place is run by a couple, Jahan (John) and Nazneen. John was the one I did the booking through but he is never there and Nazneen, his wife, runs the place. From the first minute she started asking for "her money", so I thought she is just being unwelcoming. But day after day, she refused to help with anything I had asked for and ended up harassing me! As a simple example, I struggled to book my flight for Mumbai for 2 days with Wi-Fi on the beach but had many errors so I eventually asked her to share her 3G connection for 5 minutes to finish my booking but her reply was to send me to the main road where I should ask for rickshaw drivers to take me to places with internet (! ). The most shocking part was when she asked for my passport to make a copy but said she couldn't return it to me faster than in a couple of hours. I refused to leave it with her for the first 2 days but on Friday I gave in because she was insisting and they don't have a xerox machine in the house. I went back to the house at 6 pm and all the doors and windows were closed. I started knocking at the doors and calling them but no reply.

Nice homely feeling. AC is small for the house. Top floor is unbearable in summer. Hosts are good. Do not be too loud.

Very Good accommodation near Calangute Beach.