People booking ocean view rooms at a hotel with online photos like this one expect ocean front or clear unobstructed views. When I complained upon check-in that one could only see the ocean from my recessed room by standing at the window and looking 45 degrees through a restaurant, the staff responded that most clients checking into such rooms also complain. They insisted that the customers are at fault in not opting for "ocean front" rooms (all of which were full during my stay), typically shown on a subsequent web page.
"Honesty is the best policy" and management should spare its staff and customers disappointment and wasted time by representing its de facto non ocean view rooms as "Partial Sea View" or "Obstructed Sea View".
On the positive side, staff was responsive, breakfast was good, and I had an extremely delicious dinner of fresh Pomfret fish in their restaurant.
Further negatives, there were excessively frequent power failures that weren't promptly fixed, resulting in loss of wifi and having to leave for a day of sightseeing with phone and camera uncharged. The floor of the large 3 by five meter bathroom lacked any slope or enclosure to direct water from the shower to the drain, requiring that the hotel leave a window wiping "squeegie" on a long handle in the bathroom, to keep the floor reasonably dry.
Although the staff were nice and my stay pleasant enough, I think next time I'll try another ptoperty on this wonderful beach.
