The Lucky Elephant

Nice locale and decent hotel but absolutely bad after-taste because of our experience with one person - tyrone zenoh. Right from being partial towards 'white-skinned' foreigners for small things like baby turtle launches to even rude service during bfast or dinner, his attitude completely killed the mood of the trip..to top it off his arrogance to say that keeping the ac on while keeping open the balcony door, is abuse of hotel, was ridiculous and unacceptable invasion of privacy. It felt as if he gave us money for staying instead of us having paid to stay there. Surprising to see in this day and age, people with colonial slavish mindset. Completely don't recommend this hotel to Asians or family trips because of this guy's s attitude. Unfortunately indians and srilankans share the same dna which seems to be completely lost to this fellow. Atrociously poor experience thanks to tyrone.

We stayed in this hotel between 9th feb to 11th February. Hotel rooms are good. Service is absolutely pathetic. Especially the person in charge of food and beverage department - TYONE ZENOH. This guy had zero decency and was peeping into our room. Moreover, he was racist despite him being his being a south asian and was giving preference and spl treatment to a select few. PLS DO NOT BOOK THIS HOTEL. The bald man in white shirt is that pathetic person

What a beautiful and amazing location and hotel. I loved that it was almost boutique style. We upgraded our room and boy was that the most beautiful and breathtaking view with the waves almost touching our toes we were on the doorstep of the beautiful sound of crashing waves. The staff were super attentive and it was an all round relaxed vibe. The service is immaculate, even though the breakfast can do with including a few more things for guests to choose from, it was by far the best location and the pool was just the most serene pool. It’s family friendly, they included us in the Xmas eve dinner and it was so special. The releasing of the turtles was such a thoughtful little activity to do with the guests. I did not want to leave this place, I loved our room so much, we stayed in room 208. To us it was the presidential suite, our safe haven to recoup from our busy schedules and lives. The area of Hikkaduwa has imprinted on our hearts and the lucky elephant feels like home. We booked the airport transfer and were picked up swiftly, on time and driven 2 hours to the airport, thank u for this service, we took the same service back to the airport on our departure and our driver was the most amazing driver, taking much care to get us safely to the airport, such amazing humans in this country. What a special place with special people who are the beating heart of the hotel. We love u lucky elephant, the staff, The location and Hikkaduwa. Thank u for taking caring of us and for making us feel at home, allowing us to unwind, and forget the world for a while, we cannot wait to come back and stay in room 208 again. Our hearts were sore to leave, we feel connected to this sacred place. Much love. The Wood-Wards

If you’re planning on staying in Hikkaduwa for a few days, this would be the ideal place. We stayed here for 3 nights as we are travelling around Sri Lanka. It is literally ON the beach, the rooms are spacious (with incredible AC), the staff are very friendly and welcoming. Do not expect anything fancy with the gym - it is literally a treadmill and a couple of machines under the building with rubbish AC in a tiny hot room. Overall, an ideal place to stay as Uber is very easy to use. Fantastic area to relax.

Unfortunately only stopped here for one night at the end of our tour of Sri Lanka. We were working our way back to the airport. Arrived unannounced and early. No problem welcome drink and a short sit on the beach whilst our room was prepared. Only waited 30 minutes but were then told we had been upgraded to the suite. What a fabulous room. Beach area fantastic. Decided to eat in as the staff had been so nice. Superb meal and service. Left early the next morning armed with a take away breakfast. Do not be put off by the average looking front of building - all of the hotels looked a bit like this, once inside and the beach facing area were all excellent.

i’ll start off by saying that the staff were mostly nice. housekeeping didnt know a word of english but thats alright. the worse thing was the manager, who was too pushy with being nice. it came off as breaking our boundaries. the staff often just stood behind you and watched as you ate. im not going to judge the overall cleanliness of the place cause youve got to expect worse stuff when you go to a place like sri lanka. the food was poor at best, the wifi was horrible but the overall location was nice. it was a very busy street though. dont go if youre scared of bugs.