Outdoor pool

Reviews of Anantamaa

3 out of 5
Anantamaa
No 07/42, Alles Garden, Uppuveli, Trincomalee

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 34 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 67 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stay here! 😀
Superb stay! The staff were friendly & helpful & the hotel has a relaxed feel that makes it hard to leave! The beach area is accessed via a short alleyway & if you ask at reception, they will put an umbrella up by the sun loungers for you. The only thing that can be improved is the Wi-fi connection inside the room.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Nimali on 8 Feb 2020
Dear Valued Guest! Warm greetings from anantamaa hotel Trincomalee! Thank you very much for taking your valuable time to review us.It's always so nice to hear from great and valuable comments like yours. Your positive comments of your recent stay experience. Your recommendation will definitely encourage us to continue focusing on guest satisfaction at any time in the future. All related department will be shared with your mentioned comments for sure. once again Thank you very much,

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awful place, WiFi advertised was so slow it unusable. Electrics in room dependent on let putting in slot but every hour you needed to remove card and renter meaning during night aircon would turn off. Around pool there are ponds of stagnent water which attract mosquitoes so pool is unusable. Worst still is in heavy rain these ponds overflow into pool contaminating pool water. Breakfast dry, bland, cold and inedible. Worst food we have had in Sri Lanka by a long way. Booked excursion to see dolphins. Told to be in reception for 5:50am.arrived at 5:45 and made ourselves known, told to wait and tour company would pick us up by bus to take us to beech. At 6:10am no tour company but told on way. 6:30 still no tour company and then told that the boat had broken down. Then told to come back next day. Explained that was impossible as we were leaving at 8am but had to argue over getting a refund. Eventually they agreed and asked me to comeback at 7am.at 7am asked to come back at 7:30" refused so they refunded and apologised for failing to book with tour company so the boat breaking down was a lie. Due to this we missed going out to see dolphins which was the main reason we came to trinco
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We arrived after a long journey and were glad we picked this hotel for our first night stay. Just a 1 minute walk to the beach was great as was the onsite swimming pool. We ate at the hotel and could not fault the meal, presentation or the staff. The personal sitting out area outside the room was also a nice touch. Staff were excellent. All in all a good choice.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Henry

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Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
relaxing stay and would recommend it to others
We stayed here out of season and had a great time. The staff could not do enough for us. As it was out of season all food was to order which made a nice change from the huge breakfast buffets at other hotels. There are quite a few local bars and restaurants to get good food as well within walking distance. Good large swimming pool with some seating around and a short walk to the beach. A great sandy beach a delight to swim / body surf on it. The gardens are gorgeous with the most beautiful flowers and well maintained. They regularly spray to keep down the mosquitos - we had no problems while we were there with them. Some of the decor is a little weather worn but as they were out of season they were doing some work on it. The finish is the bathroom is not good with incomplete seals on the showers therefore I managed to flood the bathroom, partly because of the force of the shower as it was great. Wifi - they seem to have 2 networks so if you want to use it in your room and the bar / restaurant log in to both. Overall we had a very relaxing stay here and would recommend it to others.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Avner

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Emmet

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Very nice room in a beautiful location. Staff all very nice and helpful. Breakfast was pretty good, a mixture of western and Eastern buffet and fresh made omelets. Dinner was average but 3 times the price of the local restaurants which are tastier in my opinion.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Awesome relaxing stay in clean hotel
We booked this hotel for a couple of days to just relax. It has a great pool and beach is a two minute walk. Both have beds for hotel users only. As it was very quiet when we were there, we had such a relaxing stay! The rooms were very spacious, comfortable and clean. We unfortunately had a room next to reception and it was very noisy ealry in the morning as guest left and arrived and we heard the reception phone ringing all the time. Rooms aren't very soundprove. Location was perfect for us. There are plenty of restaurants and beach bars around and also a small supermarket within a 2 min walk. Overall, very good stay for a very reasonable price. Just try to get a room away from reception.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lan

Great beach hotel
Great hotel, excellent service and facilities. Very clean and right on the beach. Really great place to relax. Only thing is that food wasn’t as tasty as other places but I think this is because it’s been de spiced for western tourists.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

MARKANDU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will definitely stay there again
Vert peaceful quiet Hotel. Garden excellent, pool excellent. Food average. very friendlyhelpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place and a treat for lap swimmers
I had planned for four days; I extended to eight. The swimming pool is beautiful. I swam laps every day. Room is spotless, staff is very friendly and helpful, short path to the beach, nice balcony overlooking the pool. Very relaxing. The wifi could be improved. I had good reception from the balcony, but spotty in the room. I felt like the place was a really good value. I plan to be back. Trincomalee is a nice place to visit. The train ride up was spectacular (but you need to get up early to catch the train from Colombo). A special treat for vegetarians. Rice N' Curry maybe 400meters away offers a nightly vegetarian buffet for about $5 US. It is spectacular. Some very exotic vegetables, very well prepared, and all you can eat.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chanaka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay with family
Good hotel, clean and nice. The staff is very helpful. Food is very good. The beverages and a la carte food is overpriced. Check the prices before ordering anything outside the initial booking.

10/10 Excellent

Joaquim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2018
Response from Sri Tharshan on 11 Mar 2018
Thank you for your feed back.

10/10 Excellent

Tamara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Lovely place close to the beach. Staff were friendly and helpful. There are places to eat near by on the beach. Recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Gerald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pretty good
On uppuveli itself. Great food around
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had an OK stay
The hotel was generally clean and tidy. It has it's own path to the beach which is nice but it is by no means on the beach. We have a young family and breakfast didn't start until 7:30am which was much too late for our liking. Whilst I am on the topic of breakfast make sure to add it into your package as it is reasonably expensive to add on later. Overall I would say that it was ok but would not go back
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful and relaxing beachside Haven
Very relaxing. Beautifully laid out hotel. Great pool and restaurant (we only had breakfast there). Staff extremely courteous and helpful

10/10 Excellent

mm & ge

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very relaxing
great hotel, very cheap for yhe standard of facilities. really excellent buffet

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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I loved to stay there
All perfect! - very clean - nice room - lovely hotel staff I stayed 10 nights there and there was no single issue there

8/10 Good

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stylish hotel close to the beach
The hotel is quite stylish for this part of Sri Lanka, and the location was good - close to the beach, with a nice pool area for relaxing. Breakfast was good, although we didn't eat any other meals here as we preferred to eat on the beach itself. The room was fairly basic, but comfortable enough. Service was good, and a trip to Pigeon Island and tuktuks to Trincomalee were arranged easily at reception. Having looked at the Trinco Blu hotel up the beach, we're glad we chose to stay here.

8/10 Good

Kasaro, Melbourne

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Nice & Clean Hotel.Illumination was excellent.
It is a nice place to stay. Cleanliness was very important. Both myself and my wife were very happy. Staff were very god and friendly. The most important to me was the illumination of the pool area. The free moving of Rabbits was another attraction. Breakfast was reasonably good. Looks like more improvements could be done.

10/10 Excellent

Joe

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A very good choice.
Very nice hotel in a good location near Trincomolee. The room was very nicely decorated with a balcony, modern and trendy. A small walkway leads you to the beach, but the pool is also very nice place to chill. A very good choice.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good facility shame about the staff
Good facility, but rude and unhelpful staff. Swimming pool was green and reception was worst I have ever experienced.

8/10 Good

Anna, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for the price, but some annoyances.
Great deal for price on hotels.com, about 60% of what the hotel was charging. Great pool and clean place, however the bathrooms smelt quite bad, the WiFi didn't work in rooms and in the common areas it was still very slow, and the staff wasn't overly friendly. They have too many people working there, I'd often go to reception and feel like I was intruding on 6 friends having a loud chat.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing experience
This place was infested by mosquitos. The room was not that clean (sheets and towels were dirty), we had to complain about it to get new ones for the second night. We asked for only 1 early vegetarian breakfast (3 out Of 4 people did not eat any). What came was scandalous : three pieces Of fruits, and they wanted to charge us 4 Times 1200 roupies for this. To finish, this hotel pretends to have a beach, but it is only an access to the magnificent indian ocean, since there was only two chairs and two umbrellas for the "whole" beach of the hotel. The only positive point : a kind staff , but every member does not speak/understand very well English. We had a good price but it was still to expensive for this quality of service.

10/10 Excellent

Balachander, Bangalore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel - plushest in Trincomalee for the price and next to only Chaaya Blu in terms of luxury. Good attentive staff and although the hotel's not on the beach, they're fairly close to the beach. The restaurant has a dead feel to it though, and could use a bit of a lift - only dud in an otherwise excellent property. All in all, great value for money.

10/10 Excellent

Amy, London, England

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Unexpectedly Fabulous Faultless Hotel
I stayed at Anantamaa the last two weeks of February this year (2015). The hotel taxi collected me from the airport and the two staff made me feel very welcome and took good care of me and encouraged me to sleep in the bus as I'd flown overnight. I woke up several times and every time they asked if I were ok. It was a long 4 hours in the bus but they made it very pleasant for me as they were so attentive. They also pointed out the sights and animals and birds we passed along the way. The hotel was totally immaculate in every detail. Most hotels have dirty flaking/peeling paint somewhere. I was determined to find some but failed miserably. The hotel was by far the best maintained in the vicinity. The ground staff were out everyday tending the flora and the pool and absolutely everyone employed there gave me a gorgeous smile every morning. The dining room staff were falling over themselves to please me and were attentive, warm, jovial and hospitable throughout. The food was imaginative, of high quality and presented with flair and aesthetic mastery. The reception staff were exemplary and everyone was unfaltering in their kindness and integrity. The amenities in the room were what one would reasonably expect from a good hotel and the bathroom products were of good quality and replenished every day. They even supplied razors, toothbrush and paste and cotton buds as well. Sleeping was easy on the king size, firm, supportive memory foam bed which had the sheets changed daily.

10/10 Excellent

Florence, Beijing

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for comfortable hotel in good location
A very comfortable hotel in a good location very close to a beautiful beach. Excellent breakfast and well- prepared and delicious food for dinner. Friendly staff. Good pool, very clean.

8/10 Good

Tommy

Travelled with group
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Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Wim

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Zou weer hier boeken
Mooi hotel met zwembad goed onderhouden tuin en 100m van het strand. Top.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Nimali on 10 Feb 2020
Dear Valued Guest, Thank you very much for your feedback recent stay with us. Please rest assured we will pass your helpful comments to the hotel team, thank you for your review and we hope to welcome you back to our hotel soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
シャワーの出が弱かったのと、少々洗面所の方に流れてしまうので少し困りましたが、プールのタオルで防いだので問題なかったです。 スタッフの方々が皆さん親切丁寧で、3日の滞在も気持ちよく過ごせました。朝ごはんも美味しかったです。夜は外で食べたのでわかりませんが、プールバーでの飲み物も、値段も良心的で美味しかったです。
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from S. Anton George on 29 Aug 2019
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Wlan muss besser werden - sonst gut.
Insgesamt in Ordnung für eine Geschäftsreise. Frühstueck gut, Wlan eine Katastrophe. Rezeption war sehr nett. Bad leider etwas muffig.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

bo

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good stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Tobsen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Entspannung pur
toller Pool und kurzer Weg zum Strand. Weißer, schöner Sandstrand. Dort gibt es zahlreiche Angebote für Wasseraktivitäten z.B. Whale Watching oder Schnorcheln. In der Umgebung gibt es zahlreiche Restaurants um die Abendstunden ausklingen zu lassen. Rundum ein schönes Hotel mit gutem Service. Wir würden wieder kommen.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Elin

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Pleasant stay
Had a good time at Anantamaa hotel. The room was nice and clean, balcony outside the room. Short walk to the beach with sunbeds and almost no people. Good breakfast, but would have loved some water and more selection in juices. They should also consider changing the layout of the breakfast buffet, as it got really crammed by the eggs and by the toast.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Iris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Prima verblijf!
Mooi hotel met een eigen paadje (50m) naar het prachtige strand van uppuveli. Zwembad was mooi met voldoende bedjes (tenzij er net een buslading met groepsreizigers aankomt). De kamers zijn basic, maar hebben alles wat je nodig hebt. Ook lekker om een eigen terras voor de kamer te hebben.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NO quilt . just a thin 'CLOTH'
NO quilt . just a thin 'CLOTH' so i put three towels together to cove myself when sleep....
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Cristian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location very close to the beach, the swimming pool area is very well designed as well as the green areas. The room is essential with no much space but the shower had a very strong spray which I loved! Breakfast is good
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Kim, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
GROSSE DÉCEPTION
J'ai réservé cet hôtel , un des plus chers de Trincomalee, Et ma déception est grande. Des l'arrivée l'hôtesse joue la star en m'enregistrant. Je demande le code wifi et je vais dans ma chambre. Chambre de taille moyenne mais avec équipement minimaliste. Un petit tiroir pour ranger et une penderie basse de 20 cms de large avec 2 cintres! J'essaye le wifi, pas de réseau! Je retourne à la réception et la même hôtesse me dit avec son mauvais anglais PAS DE WIFI DANS LES CHAMBRES , seulement à la réception . Je dit Ironiquement " super" en français et elle répète ce mot avec un air narquois, d'une parfaite impolitesse j'essaye le wifi. Des que 2 personnes essayent de se connecter en même temps, ca ne marche plus. Le petit déjeuner, un petit buffet comme dans un Formule 1 , indigne d'un hôtel à ce prix.Pour terminer, parlons de transats . Il y en a 12 à la piscine pour un hôtel qui doit au moins avoir 50 chambres. Quant à la plage, une douzaine aussi mais tellement sales et répugnants que nous avons préféré nous allonger dans le sable. L'hôtel le plus cher que j'ai eu au Sri Lanka mais surtout, le seul qui m'ait déçue.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Charly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Schönes Hotel in Strandnähe. Der Pool und Garten sind sehr gepflegt. Die Zimmer sind groß jedoch fehlt es an Sitzgelegenheiten. Das Frühstück war hervorragend. Das Hotel ist sehr gut jedoch wie die meisten Hotels in Sri Lanka viel zu teuer. Das Preisleisungsverhältnis passt einfach nicht im Vergleich zu anderen Südostasiatischen Ländern.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Piotr

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Edwin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel, nice surroundings
Anantamaa is a very nice hotel, not too large not too small, we believe around 60 rooms. Rooms are located in 4 different blocks all kind of centered around the large swimming pool. Hotel has its own entrance to the beach (small alley, around 100 meters), and has its own little area on the beach with sunbeds. In the beach area you find various restaurants, bars, and small touroperators offering everything linked to watersports. We had 2 nights half board and the dinner was surprisingly good. 4 course menu with choice for the main course. Both times we were pleasantly surprised. Good quality, nicely presented, good taste, really good level restaurant. In the surroundings of the hotel, 5 - 10 minutes walk you will find various local restaurants, massage places, juice bar, coffee shop, little shops. Trincomallee is about 10 minutes by tuk tuk.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from S. Anton George (Asst.Manager) on 16 Aug 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

FlemmingG, Vanløse

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Godt - i et hjørne af Sri Lanka med begrænset turi
Tæt på vandet og mulighed for sejlture. Primitive - men gode - restaurenter i nærheden.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

felix, Kiel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top Hotel mit klasse Lage
Wunderschönes, sehr sauberes Hotel. Liegt nur 1 Minute entfernt vom hauseigenem Strand. Die gesamte Hotel Anlage ist sauber, sehr gepflegt und lädt zum relaxen ein. Pool und Garten werden jeden Tag gereinigt bzw. gepflegt. Auch der Hotel eigene Strand ist sauber. Über die Zimmer gibts nichts negatives zu berichten— saubere Handtücher, sauberes Bettlacken und ein sauberes Bad. Der Service
Stayed 9 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Anne-lise

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Hôtel bien situé et cadre très agréable
Séjour de 3 nuits fin juin 2018. Belle chambre avec terrasse et grande salle de bain moderne. Belle piscine avec transats pour tous. Grand jardin très bien entretenu : oasis de calme. Petit chemin qui mène à la plage ( surveillée ). Nous recommandons cet hôtel à deux pas du Fernando’s : meilleur bar/resto de plage testé au Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 !
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Claudia

Liked: Staff & service
Mittelklasse Hotel nahe am traumhaften Strand
Plus: Die Anlage ist schön, in ein paar Schritten ist man am Meer. Das Meer und der Strand sind ein Traum. Rundherum gibt es genug Möglichkeiten Essen zu gehen und man kann Kleinigkeiten einkaufen gehen. Das Personal ist sehr höflich und freundlich. Es ist relativ ruhig in der Anlage.(von Vogelgezwitscher und dem hupenden Bäcker mal abgesehen). Das Frühstückbuffett hat sehr viel Auswahl und war recht ansprechend. Minus: Das Zimmer ist alles andere als zweckmäßig eingerichtet: Nur eine Steckdose im Bad, nur ein Hocker. Der Kühlschrank ist regelmäßig überhitzt, wenn man die Kastentüre geschlossen hat. Die Klimaanlage war sehr laut und hat ständig getropft (immer ein kleiner See am Boden), die Regendusche war kaputt (wurde dann aber repariert). Einen kleinen Wäscheständer haben wir erst auf zweimaliger Rückfrage bekommen, da man die Badesachen sonst nur auf den beiden Terrassen-Holzsesseln trocknen konnte. Die Bettwäsche und Handtücher waren nicht wirklich sauber. In der Anlage fehlten die Auflagen für die Liegen am Pool, die Nebenpools mit den Fischen waren sehr ungepflegt, einige Schirme kaputt. Wir konnten aber beobachten, dass sie diese Dinge nach und nach angegangen sind. Wir waren noch in der Nebensaison und offenbar hat man für den Beginn der Hauptsaison (ab Juli) dann schon einiges vorbereitet (Poolauflagen waren dann vorhanden, man hat viel repariert, die Pools neu eingelassen....) Insgesamt hat uns der Aufenthalt gut gefallen.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Fredrik

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Väldigt bra valuta för pengarna
Hotellet var ett av de bästa vi bodde på under vår vistelse i Sri Lanka. Det är gångavstånd till stranden där hotellet har sina egna solstolar. Frukosten består av en frukostbuffé där det finns både västerländska och lankesiska alternativ. Personalen är väldigt vänlig och rummet höll en hög nivå. Helt klart värt de pengarna vi betalade. Det enda negativa var prisnivån på drinkar och mat, men det finns bättre alternativ för detta i närområdet.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018