I had come to this hotel about 45 years ago. It was a beautiful place then so I remembered it fondly and booked my stay for a week there in December of 2012. But I will never consider it again..EVER. The staff at the restaurant was very nice and the buffet was okay. But, in a week, I changed the room thrice. The first room was nice, but some rowdy neighbors screamed all night long and the hotel clerk was not able to stop them, so I lost my sleep two nights. Then we changed the room only to know that it was full of mold and we couldn't breathe. The cleaning staff agreed that there was mold. The owner doesn't care, it appears. Even a doctor patron had the same problem. We then shifted to Crown Hotel for a little more and were pleasantly surprised to see so much hospitality and cleanliness just about one kilometer from Hotel Mandovi. However, the staff at Mandovi was really nice, but I don't blame them. They were only employees and had to do the best in the circumstances. Majority of the guests come for the boat casinos and cannot contain themselves. They lack social etiquette and courtesy. I guess the hotel is very convenient and located on the waterfront, so they come in crowds. The guests also fall over the buffet as if the food was going to leave the planet. A realtor in Panjim told me that the stay and the food had gone down in quality and the hotel was not considered prestigious.