Fairfield by Marriott Goa Calangute
4-star hotel · Calangute, Goa
Long Weekend score
Strong1 serious report in 388 reviews: someone fell ill
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in Goa are rated 8.7 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 84% of Goa hotels
- 77% of guest comments are praise
- 98% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 84% of Goa hotels. Compared with 633 hotels in Goa. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 77% of guest comments are praise. 490 praise, 148 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 98% of guest photos show no damage. 122 of 125 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- $63 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $60
- 15 min walkto Candolim Beach
- 388 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 125 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- 15 min walk to Candolim Beach1.1 km by road
- Swimming pool29 guest photos show it
- Staff248 praise · 33 complain
- Location59 praise · 5 complain
- Pool24 praise · 1 complain
Against
- Room size38 complain · 6 praise
- Foodcomplaints falling: 6.9 in 100 a year ago, 2.6 now15 complain · 15 praise
- Valuecomplaints falling: 8.6 in 100 a year ago, 1.5 now14 complain · 13 praise
- Complaints the hotel left unresolvedcomplaints falling: 9.5 in 100 a year ago, 2.6 now18 of 388 guests
What guests reported
What guests say
388 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: staff (248 guests). Weakest: room size, where 38 of the 44 who mention it complain.
Pool241Strength
Swimming pool is excellent, rooms are quite good, breakfast is awesome, food served in the restaurant is great.
Booking network, September 2024, rated 10/10 by this guest
Swimming pool is best and the buffet breakfast served has good variety.
Google, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Location595Strength
The location is excellent—centrally placed and easily accessible from all major spots in Calangute.
Google, May 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
We had a thoroughly lovely time here!The Property & LocationIf you want to be close to the action, this hotel's location is unbeatable.
Tripadvisor, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
They Don’t have taxy service despite they are far from everywhere.
Booking network, November 2024, rated 1/10 by this guest
Staffcomplaints falling: 16.4 in 100 a year ago, 5.1 now24833Strength
We had a wonderful experience at Fairfield by Marriott Calangute, and a big part of it was the exceptional service and hospitality extended by the entire team.
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Excellent Hospitality from Start to Finish!!!
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Front office staff is so !RUDE!, unhelpful and incompetent.
Booking network, October 2024, rated 1/10 by this guest
Breakfastcomplaints falling: 6.0 in 100 a year ago, 1.5 now4811Mostly good
The breakfast was delicious and plenty to choose from.
Booking network, March 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
The breakfast spread was excellent, with a wide variety of options to suit different tastes, and everything was fresh and well-prepared.
Google, May 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
And coming to breakfast i did not like anything the breakfast kept was tasteless!
Google, June 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Cleanlinesscomplaints falling: 6.9 in 100 a year ago, 4.4 now5820Mostly good
Special thanks to Asst Housekeeping Manager Mr Bilal for his support and he helped me alot during the stay regarding the room cleaning housekeeping team did very well job
Tripadvisor, July 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Room was exceptionally clean and well maintained housekeeping team did a great job with attention to detail lines were fresh bathroom was spotless and amenities were fully stocked .
Tripadvisor, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
The toilet seat was dirty, and the bed covers were visibly soiled.
Google, June 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Quiet at night137Mostly good
The hotel is located at nice locality and incredibly calm and quiet inside and outside, you won’t feel any distraction from the traffic or crowds at all.
Google, May 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
"A lovely, peaceful property set back from the main Calangute road.
Google, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Could hear thuds, things moving all night people talking so loudly in corridor .
Booking network, January 2025, rated 1/10 by this guest
Views64Mostly good
I stayed in suite room the view of my room was amazing.
Google, July 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Rooms view are good, staffs are polite and helpful
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Don't expect great goa beaches from balcony
Google, June 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Foodcomplaints falling: 6.9 in 100 a year ago, 2.6 now1515Split
We repeatedly lost our table while getting food.Poor Lunch/Dinner Menus: Extremely limited choices.
Google, August 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Food was bad, we had a buffet lunch(bad- not tasty and very limited options) and breakfast (just OK).
Booking network, April 2025, rated 3/10 by this guest
You have to sell your house to order any food from your room.
Booking network, April 2025, rated 7/10 by this guest
Valuecomplaints falling: 8.6 in 100 a year ago, 1.5 now1314Split
Nothing at this property is worth spending money on.
Booking network, February 2025, rated 1/10 by this guest
It was good value for money.
Booking network, November 2024, rated 8/10 by this guest
Room size638Weak spot
Tiny room, tiny bathroom.
Google, September 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
The rooms are very small, never recommended.
Booking network, June 2026, rated 1/10 by this guest
The room was just toooooo small
Booking network, March 2026, rated 3/10 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: beds and room condition.
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 1,967 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: complaints the hotel left unresolved, in 18 of 388 reviews.
Complaints the hotel left unresolvedcomplaints falling: 9.5 in 100 a year ago, 2.6 now18 of 3881 in 22 reviews
I asked at reception about getting it rectified, was told I should ask again the following day, no suggestion that either a duty manager or senior management would try and rectify matters.
Booking network, December 2024, rated 2/10 by this guest
Despite reminding the management and staff multiple times leading up to our arrival, they didn't even bother to put up a single decoration.
Google, May 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
A slow check-in11 of 3881 in 35 reviews
Despite intimating in advance, we received the room and keys at around 5.30 pm Vs scheduled 3.00 pm and you are not afforded any flexibility of delayed check out to compensate that !
Google, May 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
after a long flight and ended up waiting in the lobby for over 30 minutes, only to be told our room wasn’t ready.
Booking network, March 2026, rated 2/10 by this guest
Not as shown or booked5 of 3881 in 78 reviews
They have put misleading photo rooms are too small also very dirty
Booking network, June 2026, rated 1/10 by this guest
Insects or pests4 of 3881 in 97 reviews
On January 5, I found a cockroach in my room.
Booking network, February 2025, rated 5/10 by this guest
room service takes a lot time and rooms had cockroaches 🪳
Google, June 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
A booking not honoured3 of 3881 in 129 reviews
They canceled my booking just before arrival and claimed that the credit card was not valid.
Booking network, March 2025, rated 1/10 by this guest
When we said no, we were informed that our booked room was unavailable and were temporarily allocated a room without a balcony, with a promise that we would be shifted later.
Tripadvisor, June 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Serious reports
1 in 388 reviews, most common first. Shown beside the score, never averaged into it.
Someone fell ill1 of 388 reviews
3 of us fell ill after eating a breakfast item in the buffet.
Booking network, January 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
These are guests' own accounts from their reviews. We have not verified them, and the hotel may dispute them. A report is counted only when the guest says it happened at the hotel and holds the hotel responsible.
Photos, checked
3 of the 125 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (2%).
What it advertises, against the photos
Guests’ photos confirm: swimming pool (29), restaurant (19), bar (6), kids' area (1), private balcony (3), event space (1).
The hotel says it has no hot tub.
Price, place and rooms
Price
$63 is a typical night, from 276 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost 11% more than weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Apr 2027, $60Dearest month: Nov 2026, $101
Prices on booking sites, the day we checked
What each seller advertised on the one day we checked, so these sit outside the year-wide figures above and can fall below the typical price.
- Agoda$99
- Trip.com$99
- Booking.com$99
- Hotels.com$99
- expedia.co.in$99
- bluepillow.in$99
- hometogo.com$99
- qantas.com$99
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Candolim Beach is 1.1 km away by road, about 15 minutes on foot.
- Nearest shop: Supermarket5 min walk410 m by road
- Nearest main road578 m
- Nearest beach: Candolim Beach15 min walk1.1 km by road
- Baga Beach4.1 km
- Mopa airport28.2 km
- Dabolim airport41.9 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
20 room types, from 20 to 42 m².
- Room, 1 Twin Bed, Patio, Pool View20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Room, 2 Twin Beds20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalcony in its photos
- Deluxe Room, 2 Twin Beds, Balcony20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalcony
- Room, 2 Twin Beds, Balcony, Pool View20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photos
- Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Balcony20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalcony
The other 14 room types
- Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed, Patio, Pool View20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Room, 1 Queen Bed, Balcony, Pool View20 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub in its photosBalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Fairfield Deluxe Queen- Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage20 m²Sleeps 3
- Fairfield Deluxe Twin- Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage20 m²Sleeps 3
- Pool View Queen Balcony - Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage24 m²Sleeps 3BalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Pool View Twin Balcony -Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage24 m²Sleeps 3BalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Queen with Balcony -Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage24 m²Sleeps 3Balcony
- Deluxe Twin with Balcony - Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage24 m²Sleeps 3Balcony
- Pool View Queen Patio -Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage33 m²Sleeps 3BalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Pool View Twin Patio -Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage33 m²Sleeps 3BalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Fairfield Suite- Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage42 m²Sleeps 31 Queen bedBalcony in its photos
- Studio Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Balcony (Corner)42 m²Sleeps 3Bathtub in its photosBalcony
- Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Balcony42 m²Sleeps 3Bathtub in its photosBalcony
- Corner Studio Suite -Kids’ swim classes + 15% off Food & Beverage42 m²Sleeps 31 Double bedBalcony in its photos
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 9.4 out of 10. 84% of the 633 hotels in Goa are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.7.
Every review site, out of 100
If room size matters to you
Here, 38 of the 44 guests who mention room size complain. These nearby hotels do better on it.
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The nearest first, with our score for each.
How we know
388 reviews counted · 285 photos checked · updated 19 September 2026
- We collected this hotel's 1,661 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 388 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 518 older, 3 in other languages, 734 with a score but no words and 18 about the restaurant rather than a stay.
- The hotel replied to 101 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 37 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- 10 reviews mention a free upgrade, a cake or a gift.
- We looked at 285 photos: 160 of the hotel's own and 125 from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.