Ri Kynjai Serenity by the Lake

An easy 2 hour drive from Guwahati and an hour short of Shillong city. Lovely resort located on a lake with serene views. Both the rooms and the bathrooms are super comfortable and oversized. The balconies have lake or forest views. The FnB head Mr Mishra looked after us very well. The food is good and not great. This was expected given that it is a small resort located far from town. We did a day trip to Cherrapunji and another day trip to Dawki village. Both were 12 hours long given that we were staying an hour short of Shillong. The rooms have fans and get warm during the day. There should be mesh doors added to the glass doors leading to the balcony. For now you cannot leave the doors open for ventilation as insects come into the rooms. Also a room fridge is required for cold water and drinks.

We stopped for lunch at Ri Kinjai en route to Gawhati. The hotel is located overlooking the Umiam lake, and has beautiful rooms. Beautiful setting, great food and a view to die for. It is a bit over priced but the rooms are large and tastefully done. Food was great.

Great Property Great Service Great Hospitality. Would have given 6/5 had the booking office not only thought of robbing the customer but also look at the customer. Inspite of no light in the hotel for over 13 hours no co****sation was even offered. Inspite of paying for a singer and the hotel not being able to provide for the venue payment for a non existent singer was taken. The singer had a cold and cough and couldn’t sing but still that was. It considered. All Reena at the booking / marketing was interested was rob the customer. Full marks to Rani , Mishraji and their team at site for looking after each detail.

What kind of place is this is it a 5 star place or a 7 star place this is so funny . Me and my fiancee, went there and reach our destination in the resort Ri kynjai and it's so funny that the security guard said that if you are not reserved it yet, then we have to pay first, 1500 rupees just to enter the restaurant. It's funny if the place is a five or seven stars place I would accept it but it just a local home stay. That's why it will never be popular and I will make sure everybody knows about it, even in a 5 star property in India you don't need to pay for an entrance except in the club, this is rediculous, didn't expect this..

This is a long overdue review. We'd travelled here before the pandemic. We'd been travelling across Meghalaya - hiking extensively. We'd booked Ri Kynjai for the last night to relax and rejuvenate after about 8 days of extensive walking and climbing. We decided to splurge and specifically booked their best lake view room. It was pricey but we'd planned it as our one luxury to end the trip. The day before we were to reach Ri Kynjai our tour planner got a call that the room that we had booked suddenly developed electrical fault and they cannot give us that but will give us another room. ***** with apologising, they agreed to waive off our meals as well as stay. This seemed a bit odd and too generous, so we prodded further asking what the actual reason was. They stuck to their response. Our tour planner was confused as well. When we went to Ri Kynjai - we checked the guest list and saw that the room we had booked was now marked for VVVIP and we'd been allotted a different room. That explained the sudden shuffle We went to the reception and asked them why they changed our fully paid booking and they still said it was an electrical fault. We showed them the guest list picture and they refused to accept that it was changed for a VVIP. So let me say here that the place is beautiful, food was great. They did waive off our stay and the meals. It was the thing to do in such a situation. But here is what they did not do. They weren't honest with us - informing us of the issue and requesting for cooperation. They continued to deny it inspite of us seeing the whole VVVIP contingent at the resort, informing that us we could not use the dining room but would be served meals in the room. The issue that bothers me is if I'd booked a room and paid for it fully, a month in advance, shouldn't that have held any value? Shouldn't common honesty be expected? Aren't plans for regular citizens not important enough for common courtesy? SAs a resort facility, they are fantastic. o yes, my issue is with the lack of honesty and courtesy that should be shown to every paying guest of the hotel and hence this review. That is what rankles and hence the 3* review. This was

I visited the property again in 5 months time even though I have to take two flights to reach the place .the stay here is amazing and is nothing like I have ever experienced . The sun rise , the wooden interiors , the trail to the lake , the smell of the pine trees and the great service is all par excellence . Will go again this year with my friends . Kudos to the team who ***ages the place perfectly n spotlessly clean fulfilling all your requirements .

If you want a place to just chill and destress this is the place for you! Friendly staff, great service in housekeeping, super rooms, amazing area of greens... It's a lifetime experience trust me ❤ was there for 3 days with my Family ( including 2 kids)

Gorgeous gorgeous place. The view from lake view cottage is just breathtaking. Definitely a splurge but worth it. The fog descending in the morning on Umiam lake is a picture meant for your eyes to capture… Food is also pretty decent… breakfast spread was good

Words cannot describe how beautiful this hotel is. Impeccably decorated with every detail taken care of . Lake view room is a must. Extremely spacious and well appointed, a cute electric fireplace , lovely veran*** with a superb view of the lake and the sun rise , large bathrooms with a tub , changing cubicle with a closet and dresser. They also have the superior lake view cottage rooms which are a level higher in category… but apart from a marginally larger veran*** , a very small single attic bed on top , a jacuzzi which is only a part of the small bathtub … the cottage has got more or less the same view as the lake view rooms. So not worth the extra money The restaurant was nice with a good variety of dishes. Service was a bit slow. The hotel has a gazebo which we booked on one of the nights for Rs 5900/- since we were a large group of friends. The hotel is very far from the main town and all the tourist attractions. So one must be certain what is the purpose of your visit before staying here. This hotel is meant to relax and enjoy the ambience , food and the views. Would definitely highly recommend this Hotel.