Hotel berhampiran Gunapala Stores, Kalutara

One of the tour hotels for Luxury Tours. I would not recommend this hotel for future trips. Hotel looks amazing on first entry, lovely lobby, very grand. It was raining heavily when we arrived and checkin was okay (group of 16). The first main issue is that the hotel is not conveniently located in my opinion (our tour skipped Galle and staying 1.5 hours away in Kalutura). I expect the price was a factor in that decision for our tour. Anyhow, once you get to the rooms and start to get in and look closely, you can see the age of the hotel and the musty smell in many areas, obviously more because of rain that night. We ended up googling and found the hotel was built in 1983 and apparently last renovated in 1999 (before the tsunami that actually when though hotel). I expect there was some repairs at that point in 2004 also, but otherwise it's really overdue for a refresh. They had to entire wings of this large hotel shut off and not sure they were planning on reopening, didn't look like any work was going on. Felt quite creepy in some areas when we walked around. The spa was badly signposted, feels like it may have moved locations, the jacuzzi for the spa clearly wasn't being used as looks abandoned. There were villas and a beach access door on one side of property that were all shut up or locked, the hotel next door appears to have closed down. Very gloomy and depressing, so don't recommend exploring. Rooms were okay size, bathrooms small and kinda gross, mold in the shower cubicle and screens not that nice. Well appointed amenities though, toothbrush and vanity kit etc. Door to bathroom had a glass window with a blind that had seen better days. When the sun was out the next day, was much nice one the wet smell had mostly gone. Pool area was nice. Great that it's next to beach expect you can't swim in it as apparently too rough and heaps drown there, no beach to walk along, so that sucks, just rocks. So basically trapped in the complex. Prices were insane for a Sri Lankan hotel for drinks! Cocktails were Australian prices, so didn't bother trying any. Buffet was okay, extensive food options, but not actually that good and mostly cold. I got excited for crab, but then they deepfried it and provided nothing to help get the crab out of the legs that were coated in batter, very strange. Almost too much staff, clearing plates away before you really had a chance to finish, and often getting in the way lol. Oh and the really annoying thing, I called to ask for some ice. They bought to the room, and then asked me to sign the BILL!!! For ice. It was only 240 rupees, but never in my life have I been charged for ice in a hotel. And then the day before we checked out, they rang at 12pm to ask to come and clear the bill since we were leaving next day, and my friend said we will come later. Then they called again at 230pm to ask when we were coming. I said really, can't we just pay when we check out like normal, and they said we really prefer

Hotel is modern , fresh , well maintained . Perfect for a relaxing vacation with gym , excellent long pool , yoga , sports area . Access to the beach is private and peaceful. Food spread was lavish Nd tasty . Staff is very friendly Nd goes out of the way to help you . We enjoyed the wide spread of food for new years gala dinner . Bar has good choice of liquor. You can take a tuktuk from hotel lobby roam around to see local life . Go to kalatura rich look store or others for cheap but good quality daily wear clothes . Beach is little rough . Spending 5 nights with hotel was relaxing then we moved to bentota to enjoy the beach which is smooth Nd one of the best I have come across travelling world around . Special thank to Tusharri to ensure we had the best stay Nd the personal touch she provided and Mr Prasad Wijesyriya for maintaining the hotel so well . You can always see them around with a smile and ensuring all guests are happy checking on them . Key feature is the long swimming pool . We are staying at Taj bentota now but we found citrus much better with pool , rooms and pricing for quality .

حلو ،. قدامه شاطيء ،، الاكل جيد نوعا ما ،، الغرف جيده بس عندهم مشكلة النامس في المدينه كامله ،، يفضل شراء اجهزه النامس الخاصة للامان ،، السرير مريح يوجد بانيو بالحمام الله يكرمكم ،، و شرفة مطلة على البحر و المسبح والحديقه ، كان رقم الغرفه ٢١٩ للي حاب نفس المواصفات

We stayed in the deluxe wing, which does not offer a good view of the ocean, for the price of the room. The hotel and its furniture looks dated, but the room was large and comfortable enough. The beach in front of the hotel is a public beach - there are touts standing just outside the hotel waiting to sell things.

The property itself beautiful have to spend 1 full day inside the property to have that luxury best stay best food chef gave a special attention towards us as we are vegetarian too ... staff are friendly very understanding and they also entertainment arranged for the cost night.

جميل إلى حد ما والبوفيه متوسط يحتاج إلى مزيد من الخيارات ، الغرف واسعه وجميله وفيها بلكونه وشطاف والعزل جيد .. عامل النظافه sugath كان ممتاز ورائع وخدوم 👍👍👍بجانب هذا الفندق العديد من الفنادق المميزة والعديد من النشاطات البحرية 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Not much to add to the other review.Marvellous place for our two days stay,peaceful room spacious and comfortable,clean and tidy every where and service tip top.Food was great and G.S Sanjeewa (Restaurant supervisor ) was perfectly his duty done.wish u all for success in hotel field and future endeavors.May God bless u all.

Undeniably Beautiful ‘ The Closest Resort from the City Centre of Colombo. Hearty Thank You RAVEEN ‘ Very Kind worm welcoming Front office Desk ‘ You are a YES man ‘ you made our stay comfortable & most of ALL smooth… ThankYou Bumika for a Wonderful service you a great Man and Talent when in service .. Appreciate you to the Utmost for always accepting any request & always a ‘Yes’ Kind loving Team at the Restaurent… Lasantha & Roshan @ the Bar truly amazing service provided to Us.. Hearty ThankYou to the Assistant restaurent Manager … My wife loved the Vegetarian option the Food was great ‘ A Lovely ambiance and great staff overall…. Sampath ThankYou … And ALL in the restaurant from the reception to the Chefs were remarkable… Food standards and layout was amazing.. Hassan you were great keeping our rooms clean the linen was clean and your service was par excellence.. Trainees were All remarkable at the restaurent Well done ‘ WE would be happy to come again.. for One Reason ‘ Keep your Service Going’ Amazing resort’ our first time ‘ It was indeed overwhelming The Saturday night DJ’ was a Good thing.. No other beach resort does it… We had a great Dance’ ThankYou 😊 From - We will be back a 100% ‘ Mahesh Roshini & Kashish