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3 out of 5
Sunrise Palace
No.97/A, Pillewa Road, Dalupotha, Negombo

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 49 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 87 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Karla, Houston

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Satya Prakash

Disliked: Staff & service
The garden view had an open drain in front The food time was irregular and over all experience was below expectations given the. Comments
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Terézia

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly Helpful Staff
Friendly Helpful Staff
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Servesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sunrise palace hotel recommended
This place is located is little far from beach park but everything is accessible by uber & pickme app. Place is very quite, peaceful & environment friendly. Hotel area as well as rooms are spacious.i like the place. They serve continental breakfast which is just point for me because i am pure veg but food quality is good & hygienic.there are many restaurant nearby for veg as well as for non veg individuals.I got veg Indian food Nearby . Overall i will recommend this place to everyone
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
OK for the price.
Good, could be better in linens, towels,toiletries.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Virginia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very good
Lovely people who were very helpful! Good clean basic accommodation and breakfast. They are next to a small river so make sure to bring mosquito spray. My prebooked taxi to the airport cancelled at the last minute and the hotel owner very kindly stepped in and took me to the airport himself.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Belinda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff were incredibly helpful, the breakfast was delicious and the room was very comfortable. A great place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly and helpful people.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel,good service Good location ,good breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Abby, Philadelphia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for one night
This hotel is beautiful, large room but very basic and about 20 minutes from the airport. I needed it for a 1 night, so it was fine. Omelette and toast and fresh fruit for breakfast were great. However my reservation indicated 30% off of dinner. When I asked about it, I was told that I could order in... Don't expect bells and whistles, just a small bar of soap on the sink. I had a desk with no chair. I had to pay cash for the airport transfer (no credit cards accepted), but the front desk person did not have cash so I ended up paying more without getting correct change...
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place was really nice. big spacious room and clean bathroom. The only thing - we were unlucky to hear a loud music from the outside till 2.a.m. Don't know if it was a night club near by. We spend one night on our way to the airport. Great location. Near to the beach and only 30-40 minutes to the airport.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Jeanette, australia

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
A bit out of the way but a quiet location.
The pre arranged hotel pick up from the airport was missed by the hotel. I eventually hired a taxi that struggled to find it as it is out of the way. Although staff were pleasant, the staff member who greeted me could have provided more information regarding where to purchase food and/or eating places, attractions etc. An apology was made for the mix up by the manager.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super stay.
Stayed here for one night. Beautifully clean room. Lovely owner who was very helpful. His wife cooks a great Sri Lankan chilli omelette. A great choice.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Katarzyna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay !
Nice place to stay in. Negombo.. Simple and clean. Owners very accommodating and helpful .Good breakfast .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

kevin, london, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely quiet hotel
Great hotel for a get away, just out of Main Negombo but not too far, walkable or 150-200 in a tuktuk, these can be ordered using Pick Me Sri Lanka app. Hotel was lovely, big rooms and great breakfast.
Hotel at night
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing value for money
Really good budget hotel. Large spacious room, great and friendly staff. Quiet area. Good garden. Great breakfast. Would love to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

JAMES

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stay here the best
The best hotel i stayed at in Sri Lanka. The hotel is super clean. The owner is so helpful and gracious. Could not ask for a better or more pleasant stay
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

8/10 Good

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Homely stay in Negombo
Quiet Hotel Friendly helpful owner Tasty breakfast Easy enough to get around

10/10 Excellent

HYESUNG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
깔끔,온수 잘 나오고 와이파이 빠르고 오너 아저씨 친절하심.
숙소에 대해 기대를 안하고 갔는데 기대 이상으로 깔끔하고 오너도 친절하고, 우려했던 모기도 방안에는 없어서 편안하게 하룻밤 묵고 다음 행선지로 이동했네요. 오너 아저씨가 사는 집 바로 옆 마당에 호텔 건물을 지어서 사시는 듯 했어요. 수압 괜찮고 온수 잘 나오는 편이지만 제가 배정 받았던 1층 방 화장실 세면대가 배수가 안되서 샤워부스에서 양치질해야 하는 불편함이 있긴 했지만 화장실이 전체적으로 깔끔해서 커버가 됐어요. 혹시 다음에 가게 된다면 다시 묵고 싶은 곳이예요. 오너 아저씨가 다음 행선지를 물으시고는 자기 차로 버스 터미널까지 드랍 해주겠다고 제안했는데 가격이 비싼것 같아 거절을 했는데 나중에 적정 가격이었음을 알고 후회 했어요. 생각보다 터미널이 멀리 위치해 있더라구요. 밤늦게 공항에 도착해서 택시를 타고 호텔까지 이동했는데 기사님은 호텔 주소만 가지고는 위치를 잘 모르더라구요. 전화번호를 꼭 기사님에게 보여 주고 호텔측과 직접 통화해서 위치를 파악하도록 하세요. 공항에서 호텔까지 삐끼가 10달러 부르길래 타고 갔는데 기사님이 25달러 달라고 협박. 그냥 쌩까고 10달러만 주고 내렸어요. 삐끼 무시하고 사람들 많이 줄서서 기다려서 타는 택시 잡아 타고 가세요.

8/10 Good

Yoke Li

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Negombo for one nite (4 friends)
We arrived late at nite, and the owner was very obliging waiting for us. The rooms are clean & comfy. We had a good nite sleep. The wifi is real strong too:-)

8/10 Good

Kamran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Near Negombo beach, close to airport
We stayed at Sunrise Palace for two reasons. We wanted to go to the beach strip and eat at a nice restaurant. We also wanted to stay near the airport because we had an early morning flight back home. The owners are very friendly and generous folks. They made us feel welcome and served us a superb breakfast. They also arranged a vehicle for our airport drop-off at 2 AM. Sunrise Palace is a nice, quiet and clean little hotel located in a residential area a couple of minutes walk from the main road. It looks new and the facilities are in excellent condition. There's a small but lovely garden outside which we also enjoyed from the balcony in our room. The room is quite large and is nicely lit. The bed is comfortable and we had a good sleep. I would like to point out to the owners that they should try to control the small ants that get into the rooms. I usually don't mind ants or even the odd spider or wall lizard in the room but these small ants were extremely aggressive. We made the mistake of leaving some fruit and sweets in plastic bags on the table and the ants were swarming into them when we woke up. Overall this is a very convenient and lovely place run by wonderful owners.

8/10 Good

Dietrich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient for airport, super helpful owner!
Owner was SUPER helpful, printing a bunch of documents for us, arranging ride to airport. They gave us lots of bottled water for no charge.

8/10 Good

Sandy

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly Staff and Owner
The hotel was further away from the airport. During mid day traffic might take about 25 minutes from the airport. Owner and staff are very helpful. Clean rooms except the toilet emits a stench. Not sure if that was only in my room.

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay here
Really nice wing of excellent rooms behind a residence. Garden. Quiet area. Nothing but small shops nearby, but not far from the main Negombo strip by rukruk. Extremly friendly and helpful owners.

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and comfortable at SUNRISE PALACE
we were met at the airport by the proprietor and driver, lovely room with excellent shower , evening meal available when we asked , delicious breakfast , we stayed for 3 nights and were made very welcome , proprietor very helpful with sightseeing arrangements -tuc tuc , we can recommend Sunrise Palace

10/10 Excellent

Simon, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay, with fantastic staff!
We stayed here on out last night in Sri Lanka and couldn't have been happier! The staff were fantastic, and the rooms were well equipped and very comfy! Location wasn't close to the beach, but it was very peaceful, and closer to the airport.

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff was exceptional. Very helpful and accommodating. Breakfast was delicious.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
The staff were wonderful! Very nice place

2/10 Terrible

Georgiana

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Awful
We book this hotel to be close to airport for our way back home. I couldnt sleep even a minute because of mosquitoes.i never saw so many in one room. No spray,nothing. Room is big,and everything inside is new. The towels were washed but look still dirty. The ac is exactly above the bed,and very strong. Imposible to use if you want to not be sick after a night there. The area is quiet during the day..but in the night is a temple around which is singing non stop.

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel close to airport
We arrived at 2am but the owner was waiting and we enjoyed our stay. The breakfast was excellent and in the shaded garden. Taxi driver needed to keep calling the owner to find his way there from the airport as the hotel is in a little lane a long way down so make sure your driver does same

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff, perfect to spend a night after the airport and before going somewhere else. You can rest in the spacious rooms and have a great breakfast

10/10 Excellent

Jocelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A sweet little find away from the hustle n bustle
Cute place with very sweet staff. Very clean n neat n good aircon. Comfy bed n modern bathroom. Great price. Took just over 15mins by cab from airport. Would definitely recommend for a long or late flight into CMB if u don't want to travel all the way to the city when you arrive. Didn't explore the area so I don't really know but it didn't seem close to shops, town etc. - definitely great for chilling out before the onslaught of Colombo traffic tho!

10/10 Excellent

Greville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient hotel
Enjoyed it very much

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
More than 4 stars to me
It took us a while to find the hotel. But everything here surprised me. Huge room, lake view, friendly staff. I woke up with birds' tweet in the morning. It was a fantastic experience during my trip. I would like to introduce this hotel to my friends.
breakfast
bedroom

10/10 Excellent

zoe & gwyn, Uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean, handy location for the airport
We arrived about 10:30 and were met by 3 very friendly staff. We had to leave around 5:30am for a flight so it was just a quick stop over. The staff were very helpful in arranging a taxi to the airport the next day and made us feel very welcome. The room was basic but very clean. I would definitely stay here again.

10/10 Excellent

Imran, Aylesbury

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reccomend staying here!!!
Our stay here was perfect. Low price room and we were sceptical but both the owner himself and the room was much better than our stay in another hotel further up on our travels. Anyone coming into Sri Lanka should stay here. Taxis/Tuk Tuks may find it slightly hard to find but ask them to call the hotel and they will direct no problem. Really good place to stay.

10/10 Excellent

Monique, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel by the airport
We could not have been happier with our choice. With our flight arriving at 4.35am we needed a place close to the airport. Two quick emails with the hotel got us an air conditioned car collection from the airport which was a 15/20 drive away at $20. We arrived and slept in comfortable clean air conditioned room for 10hrs. Town is a $2 tuktuk away for dinner and a walk around. English plug sockets and good wifi.

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay over
Only stayed one night after a late flight arrival. Very close to the airport. Superbly friendly owner. Room was large, clean and comfortable, with a private balcony. Breakfast was huge and very tasty.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for overnight Stay
Good except a bit difficult to find but taxi eventually found it after a phone call.

10/10 Excellent

fmcp, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place to stay on arrival or departure
Huge, clean rooms and bathrooms and a breakfast to die for. Saminda and the boys Ashvarg and Panar, (hope I've spelt their names correctly) can't do enough for you. Their hospitality is exceptional, everything we needed or asked for was given with a huge smile. We asked if they knew where we could hire some bicycles, Saminda went out and bought one for my husband, while I borrowed his wife's . Now that's service. By the way, definitely hire the bikes from them, it's a great and easy way to see the sites of Negombo. We would like to say a huge thank you to Sandamale, you are an amazing cook, and your hoppers, Dahl, sambal and curries at breakfast time were fantastic and totally set us up for the day. We know we will see you again, as your lovely guest house is the only place we will stay when its time to leave. So happy to appreciate and receive your hospitality on two occasions Thank you

8/10 Good

Alastair, Inverness

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient for airport.
This is a nice and quiet place. Rooms are good with a balcony. Tuk tuk can take you to anywhere but nothing in the immediate are. Marred slightly by room not being clean and smelly toilet. Breakfast very good and staff very friendly and helpful

10/10 Excellent

Le, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great haven to rest your head
I booked a one night stay at this boutique hotel upon arrival in Sri Lanka at this place and was so glad I did! Although we arrived quite late, the family was great at quickly ushering us into our room for the night. Our room was on the first floor and was extremely spacious with a large king bed, a sizable bathroom, and terrace that overlooked the garden. The hotel is located within a gated wall and is extremely safe. When we woke up, the family did a wonderful job of providing a full breakfast spread of eggs, juice, multiple breads, and delicious fruit. We really enjoyed our stay and meeting the family that owns the hotel! Our only regret was that we were only there for one night as it was such a wonderful way to start or end a vacation in Sri Lanka!

10/10 Excellent

AEK, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice small hotel close to the airport
We stayed here on two occasions, both after arrival and before departure from Sri Lanka. The room was very clean with excellent wifi and air conditioning. It was an easy 15 minute taxi ride from the airport and they were very accommodating with our surprise late check in due to a flight delay. Highly recommend this hotel.

8/10 Good

Barb , USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New, tastefully decorated hotel
This beautiful quaint hotel is tucked away in a quiet neighbourhood. Rooms are spacious. The clean, white floor tiles and dark wood doors and windows give a tranquil Asian effect. Bathroom fixtures and rain shower head add a special touch. Meals are served outside on the patio (unless you ask for room service) as there is no restaurant, only a kitchen in the manager's house.

10/10 Excellent

William, Kilwinning

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
The Sunrise palace is only 25 minutes from the airport Taxi will cost 1450 rupees about £7.50. Rooms are big air con great WiFi good grounds immaculate. The breakfast was great tea toast eggs fruit and yogurt and more if you want it. We booked it prior to arrival in Sri Lanka and it was so good we booked it for our last night prior to flying home. Negombo beach is 8 minutes bu tuk tuk cost about 300 rupees from location using the owners contacts. the owner and staff go out of there way to help and are very friendly.

8/10 Good

Faye, HK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place for one night stay
Our flight leaves at 7 the next morning, so we stayed in this place in Negombo. Only 20 mins away from the airport. The room is basic but thumbs up to the owner. He is the most responsive and efficient person we've encountered during our ten-day stay in Sri Lanka.

10/10 Excellent

Angel, Bangkok

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Favorite guesthouse in Sri Lanka
Anyone flying into Sri Lanka will need to use the airport at Negombo, which is an hour away from the capital of Colombo and is the start for most tourists' visit to this country. Sunrise Palace is a brand new guesthouse in a quiet residential neighborhood of Negombo designed for comfort for guests and their drivers. Rooms are spacious, include a small bedroom area en-suite for a driver, balcony with chairs to relax in shade and are laid out to minimize noise from adjacent rooms. Design wise, this was by far the best guesthouse I stayed in for the week I was in the country and very reasonably priced. The manager and staff are friendly, proficient in English and super accommodating to ensure you enjoy your stay with them. They can arrange tuktuks to the airport for any time of day and were very helpful when I ran out of rupees and needed to exchange some more local money as tourists services in this town are quite minimal. The guesthouse can be a little hard to find, but have your drive call them and they will gladly give directions. The guesthouse is a 5 minute walk to a main road that has a number of local and Muslim restaurants and a beer store, as well as a 20 minute walk to the beach hotel area which has the most available for tourists such as bar/restaurants if you want something more foreign friendly. Overall an excellent choice for your arrival and departure stay in Sri Lanka.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very nice place. owner is very helpful and friendly. overall a comfortable stay.

10/10 Excellent

Thomas, Norfolk, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great little hotel.
We enjoyed our stay at Sunrise Palace, the owners and staff were all very friendly, nothing was too much trouble. The breakfast was brillant, you need to wake up hungry.