Hotel berhampiran Saselka, 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 .

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.

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

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

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.

實在是一言難盡的體驗，怪不得也沒多少國人入住。 酒店屬於本地的連鎖酒店，雖然在攜程上打的是5星級，酒店牆壁貼滿tripadvisor sgs等認證，加上是bawa設計的遺作 但入住後實在強差人意 入住的時候剛好碰上小高峯，同時間好幾團旅遊團辦理入住，前台顯得有點手忙腳亂。所幸的護照行李等也沒有弄亂，安全的拿到房卡。 酒店面積有點大，前台所在的大樓實屬5🌟，bawa的功力放在50年前絕對是劃時代的作品。 但一離開酒店主樓，就彷彿去了另外一個酒店，年代感撲面而來。尤其是中間那草坪看着像prison yard。草坪毫無修飾，坑坑窪窪 邊上有幾衹野狗在遊蕩。 進入房間後不過不失，但與主樓相比最多就值個3🌟但由於非常接近海邊故住在二樓地面也會無緣無故泛潮。雖然酒店在2019完成翻新但房間的設施也非常不合邏輯。 整個房間衹有一個空出來的電源插座，其餘的都是插上了燈 燒水壺 電視等設備。天花燈的開關非常有趣，左邊床的開關控制右邊床的燈。 入住的時候也帶娃去了小童樂園，就是國內商場那種室內小童樂園但裏面的維護實在不敢恭維，最可怕的是連電箱蓋子打開也沒人管 如果放在老美早就給人控告賠錢 餐飲方面不算貴但口味不在線。不過有一説一這邊的服務員比較local貼地，可能因為酒店大多數都是本地客多。整個酒店白人亞洲人住下來吃早飯碰到的10個都不到。跟之前住的anatara有明顯區別，那邊可能歐美客户多，員工都習慣了什麼都tiptiptiptip，bentota這邊的比較真誠

Good resort bang on the beach. The wo fi connection was very poor. It’s a good property with great location and potential but the service calls for a huge improvement also the room cleanliness. They give 2 small bottles of water every day and an additional small bottle was charged rs 500. The pools are good and the location is amazing. The breakfast was fine