We discovered this beautiful oasis of relaxation by chance after discovering our reservation at another hotel was only a reservation request. Because Jan/Feb is wedding season, all the hotels were booked in Pondi. We drove around for an hour at 1 am looking for a room. We were about to drive back to Chennai when we came across the Kailash Resort. The room was beautiful, the beds were firm but surprisingly comfortable and the old decor put you back in time in a very good way. We woke up to a complementary breakfast, took a walk on one of the cleanest beaches I have been to in India, and then had the most marvelous day around the gorgeous pool. It's a little bit of a drive to Pondi, like 15 minutes, but we were looking to get out of the hustle and bustle of the city. The service was very friendly and we will be back sooner than later I hope.

It was only after arriving at Chennai, we heard that a cyclone had hit the area only four days before, so we were rather uncertain about what to expect when we arrived. The road from the mainroad to Kailash was strewn with broken branches and leaves and there were knocked over electric poles and ruined houses.The catastrophe was apparent.The neighboring hotel was closed, But: Kailash Beach Resort was open and functioning and the staff was attentive and helpfull. The whole area was without electricity, but the hotel has its own generator, so everthing functioned almost normally. Quite remarkable
The rooms have a classic colonial feel with an refreshing lack of tv, minibar and other such nuisances. It´s a rural, quiet place and perhaps too quiet for some people, but it´s easy to get to Pondycherry by rickshaw for some change of pace. The staff is very attentive and friendly and the pool was great! It´s a beautiful place, even if a lot of trees were knocked over or stripped of their leaves - they had already started sprouting fresh leaves before we left. I imagine it will soon be as beautiful as before.
If i should suggest an improvement: a mattress pad would do wonders as the beds are rather hard!

foods very very average in fact does not have taste at all.... nearest road is 4 K.M from the resort

Kailash Resort is spread over a beautiful property and has clean, simple rooms. The concept revolves around cutting yourself off from the outside world and with no TVs, no minibar, etc in the rooms, I suppose it makes that point.
Our family visited in Dec 11. We paid about 5k a night, but weren't happy with the rooms. Though we had no complaints about the cleanliness, some simple things irked us - no soap dishes in the bath, no running hot water because the resort depends on solar panels, mosquito netting on the outside of the room allowing people to just lift the net and jump into a room. One of us got a room (room 7) with a bathroom whose windows opened to the outside passage and we had to ask for another set of curtains for the bathroom window. The bathrooms are pretty basic but clean.
Also, the restaurant food wasn't great - the menu variety is limited and the service pretty slow.

The positives are the lovely swimming pool, the friendly and smiling staff and the absolute serenity of the place.

It would be best if you have your own car/ taxi because the resort is at some distance from the town. The resort has Wifi, a decent massage centre and access a public beach.