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Reviews of Yara Galle Fort

3.5 out of 5
Yara Galle Fort
40 Middle St, Galle, SP

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 49 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 60 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Yara Team on 11 Dec 2023
Thank you very much

2/10 Terrible

Amanda

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Yara Team on 19 Jun 2023
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and efficient staff. Allowed early check in. Very nice property.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Luck on 4 Apr 2023
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach vibes in a fort
Nice clean stay. Very modern and nice walkable distance to everything in Galle fort!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very comfortable and stylish hotel a short walk from the busiest streets in Fort Galle. Helpful staff and a delicious Sri Lankan breakfast with nice touches such as fruits in the room and cooling towels on arrival made this an excellent place tonstay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Luckshan on 5 Apr 2022
Dear Ms. Susan, Thank you very much for your valuable . Thank you Regards, R.L.Luckshalyan

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended hotel in Galle Fort
Would recommend a stay here for those looking for a hotel in Galle Fort. The premises is in excellent condition and the rooms are very spacious and new. The layout of the hotel could be better—the restaurant is in the front but the kitchen is all the way in the back, and air does not circulate too well in the patio. Otherwise this place is a very nice option with excellent service, beautiful premises, and a good value.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good upper range choice
We chose the Yara Galle Fort as an alternative to the higher priced hotels in the Fort area like Galle Fort Hotel. The room and the hotel overall was spotless and nicely decorated. Staff were helpful and friendly without being pushy. If we were to return to Galle we would definitely book here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Brandon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yara Galle Fort is a lovely little place off of the main touristy areas of Galle. There is a small garden on the interior where you can sit and read or take meals. The meals that I had were good. From the location you can easily access the ramparts on the western side of the fort. There are two rooms adjacent to the restaurant and lobby that can be a bit loud but otherwise it is quite comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kaley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel, stay for the breakfast
Beautiful boutique hotel. Perfect location in the fort but quiet. Clean and well appointed rooms with comfy beds and nice showers to cool off after a day of wandering. The breakfast was amazing, I wish I could have it again! Staff were friendly and helpful. Was only there for a night, but no issues and would absolutely return.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Fatema

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Luckshalyan on 12 Feb 2020
Thank you very much for your valuable comment.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Luckshan on 12 Feb 2020
Thanks for your valuable thoughts.

10/10 Excellent

Prashand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I had an awesome stay at Yara. The room, bed and bathroom were awesome and the people at the hote were amazing. From the time I arrived until I left they made sure that I was comfortable including specially preparing breakfast for me. Thank you Smith, Rizan and Lukkhana. Hope I got your names right. The location of the hotel was not far from the main entrance so getting in and going out were easy. I got in, dropped off my luggage and took a stroll to the rest of the fort area.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Luckshan on 6 Jan 2020
Thank you very much for your valuable comment

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Luckshan. on 6 Jan 2020
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great food!!!!
We loved the staff here, especially the chef. They are so warm and kind. Construction going in so a bit noisy. No alcohol but they have lovely high teas. Location good—you can walk to train station or town.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from GM Yara Galle Fort on 25 Nov 2019
Dear James, First of all let me thank you for staying with us and taking your valuable time to post a review. Your constructive feedback is of utmost importance to us since it helps us to improve on every aspect and serve you even better on your next visit. Thank you for the recommendation given to our chef as well as our lovely staff, at Yara we pride ourselves on exemplary service to our valued guests. It is unfortunate to hear that noise hampered your stay to a certain extent on the day we installed soap trays in our bathrooms which was requested by many guests. We did complete all installations on a single day and did our best to maintain the noise to a minimum, also we would like to state that there were no other constructions that had taken place during your stay. We would love to welcome you back to our hotel and once again we apologies for the inconvenience caused.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Luckshalyan. on 24 Oct 2019
Thank you

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Architecture of the building was interesting. The staff were generally helpful although we did have an issue with being overcharged for breakfast but they did fix that up quickly when it was pointed out to them.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Team Yara on 24 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for valuable comment

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully appointed property. Great location. Amazing service. Delightful experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Luckshan on 27 Sept 2019
Thank you very much for your valuable thoughts .

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Team Yara on 10 Sept 2019
Thank you for your very positive rating. This will certainly boost our performances.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a lovely little boutique hotel that has been thoughtfully restored. Staff was attentive and very helpful. The traditional Sri Lankan breakfast was fantastic. The room was beautifully appointed and very comfy. The hotel is within walking distance to everything within Galle Fort.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Luckshan on 13 Aug 2019
Dear Mr. Christopher, Thank you very much for your valuable comment. Thank you Yara Team

10/10 Excellent

Dani, Melbourne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay! Beautiful decor in our room and throughout the hotel, sublime and peaceful outdoor lounge area, superb bed and very clean room, very friendly and helpful staff. Great value in Galle and a short (5min) tuk tuk ride to the train station.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Luckshan on 13 Aug 2019
Dear Ms.Dani, Thank for your valuable comment. Yara Team

10/10 Excellent

Courtney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay and location
We had a great 3 night stay at the Yara Galle Fort. The room was very nice, food and service were excellent, and the location was perfect for walking around the fort. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Luckshalyan on 30 May 2019
Thank you very much

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bedsheets did not smell clean Breakfast was not good
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Resident Manager on 26 Aug 2019
Hi, Thank you very much for choosing Yara Galle Fort. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. Appreciate if this matter was raised during the stay so we would have replaced the sheets with immediate effect. We are pleased to inform that we have one of the highest ratings for housekeeping and cleanliness on many web-based reviews. Apologies for not meeting your expectation for breakfast, however our breakfast was a highlight on many guest reviews. Appreciate if you could personally get in touch with us with the guest booking details to conduct a further investigation. Your satisfaction matters to us and we will make sure this will not happen again. Hoping to serve you even better in the future. Thank you Lakkhana Kalawana Resident Manager

8/10 Good

Joyce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in quiet lane
Lovely hotel near the main entrance inside Galle Fort. It is in a quiter area. Very attractive entrance way and nice outdoor seating area for the restaurant. The hotel is clean, staff are friendly. We liked our room which was spacious and located on the upper floor. It had high ceilings, AC and a ceiling fan. Bed was comfy as were pillows. Breakfast was good. Front desk staff were helpful in giving advice on things to do in the fort area. We stayed 3 nights. We would go back to this hotel and would recommend to friends.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Team Yara on 21 Apr 2019
Thank you for the very positive comment. This will further boost our performance.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Luckshan on 15 Apr 2019
Thank very much for your valuable comment

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from luckshan. on 15 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for your valuable thoughts.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel does not have a pool but it makes up for the lack of pool with good service and relaxing atmosphere. The hotel did not have a licence for alcohol so you could not have a drink here of that sort. The rooms were good size and clean. The bathrooms great. Noise levels low and location very good. Short tuc tuc ride into Galle if shopping is needed.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Luckshan on 10 Apr 2019
Thank very much for valuable thoughts.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service from staff was first class, really appreciated the kind attention whilst retaining our privacy, fantastic location 500 meter walk to restaurants
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Luckshan on 29 Mar 2019
Thank you very much for your valuable comments.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a relaxing place, walking distance from every coffees, restaurants and shops. Dessert on the front porch at the end of a hot day was really satisfying ! The service was impeccable and a plus is the Sri Lankan breakfast option which we had not seen anywhere else in hotels. Would recommend !
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Team Yara on 16 Mar 2019
Thank you very much for your very positive review. This will certainly boost our performances.

10/10 Excellent

Pravin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Galle Stay
Small but excellent hotel in the heart of Galle Fort. Choice of breakfast and evening meals if required but many good walking distance restaurants. Very pleasant staff, quick check in and checkout. Would recommend
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Luckshan on 15 Mar 2019
Dear Mr. Pravin, Thank very for sharing your experience with us.

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Team Yara on 4 Mar 2019
Thank you for the very positive comments. This will certainly boost our performances.

10/10 Excellent

Mr Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super hotel, super location
The hotel is superb. The bedroom was spacious and very clean and all of the staff were extremely polite and friendly. The location of the hotel is also very good.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Luckshan on 9 Feb 2019
Dear Mr. Alex, Thank you very much for your valuable comment Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice elegant place to stay
New, elegant decoration, cosy, great staff, excellent location. Overall a great place to stay and relax. Much appreciation to the staff who went to the town center, bought and brought back 2 boxes of effective Sri Lanka herbal tea for taking care of my flu and cold-like symptoms. We loved our stay. Hope to come back.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Luckshan. on 9 Feb 2019
Thank you very much for your valuable comment .

10/10 Excellent

Nicki, Sydney, AU

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was brand new and very comfortable. Very well located
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Luckshan on 9 Feb 2019
Thank you very much for your valuable comment

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Luckshan on 9 Feb 2019
Thank you very much for your valuable comment

10/10 Excellent

Sonali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed for two nights and had a wonderful time!! The staff were very thoughtful and went out of their way to make our stay as comfortable as possible..after asking our plans they went ahead and made us a goodie bag to take on our excursion at 5am in the morning. It was great that the staff always asked when b'fast/dinner should be served! The hotel is a relatively new establishment and is tasefully decorated with a central location which is an asset to its visitors. The hotel is maintained by a young energetic staff who gave us an impeccable service!!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Luckshan on 28 Dec 2018
Thank you Very much for your valuable comment.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Luckshan on 12 Dec 2018
Thank you Very much for your valuable comment

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Luckshan on 30 Nov 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Beautiful hotel, perfectly located for the fort area. Highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Luckshan on 30 Nov 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Luckshan on 30 Nov 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Luckshan on 30 Nov 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Extremely clean and comfortable rooms
Super friendly staff, very central to the cricket ground, local bars and restaurants. Beautifully decorated and extremely clean. The Singaporean mud crab is a must try dinner for seafood lovers!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Luckshan on 30 Nov 2018
Thank you very much for your valuable contribution

10/10 Excellent

Poh Choo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Aweome hotel!
Fantastic hotel. Gd location. Tastful I design. Gd value
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Luckshan on 29 Oct 2018
Thank you Very Much

10/10 Excellent

Varun, Dallas, TX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well maintained and a beautiful location. We will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Luckshalyan on 25 Oct 2018
Greetings From Yara Galle Fort Thank very for your valuable comment please do comment on the Trip adviser as well. Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Madhu, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
Newly built hotel. Excellent personalized service. Great food and drinks. Two minute walk to the beach. 15 min walk from the central bus stand,railways station and the town area. All attractions within the fort area at walking distance. Courteous and knowledgeable staff. Highly recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Luckshan on 3 Oct 2018
Thank you very much for your Review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
スタッフはフレンドリーで親切でとても快適に過ごせました。
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Yara Team on 10 Jun 2023
Thank you very much for valuable comment.

10/10 Excellent

Masayoshi

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Eine sehr hübsche Einrichtung und gute Lage in Galle Fort!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020