Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia hotellia

Plussat: The hotel only has 11 rooms so you get a personalized service . The rooms are spacious. The breakfast is not buffet it’s all you can eat but order from the menu the food is delicious and generous in portion. If you want to buy tea as a gift please dont fall into the trap of Ceylon government board shops their prices are triple of what is sold in other tea stores, super markets and even the airport .

Miinukset: The location is a bit far from the center. So you will need a car or tuktuk.

Plussat: The property has only 11 rooms, the rooms are spacious and elegant. Breakfast is delicious and generous in portion. High class Neighbour hood. If you want to buy tea as a gift stay a ways from Ceylon government board shops. I bought silver tip tea from it the price was triple from that in the supermarket (of the same brand) and even higher than the airport.

Plussat: Braekfast was good and they have many options, we lliked !

Plussat: Beautiful, charming, old-world pool and grounds and a huge room and very comfortable, clean, modern bathroom with a huge shower.

Miinukset: Food was ok but had much better for the rest of our Sri Lanka trip! And remember to wear insect repellent as we got quite a few bug bites during our stay.

Plussat: Arshad is great in concierge. Very helpful.

Miinukset: Location

Miinukset: Service a bit slow at times at the restaurant

Plussat: Bed and pillows were extremely comfy. The toiletries smelled lovely and felt great. The service was impeccable. Waiters at all the restaurants were extremely attentive and polite.

Plussat: Service and staff were excellent

Plussat: Aamupala, palvelu, yleiset tilat

Miinukset: Sijainti työmaiden keskellä

Plussat: Upea, tasokas hotelli. Erinomaiset palvelut, viihtyisä uima-allasalue. Erittäin hyvä aamiainen, monipuolinen valikoima. Mukavat sängyt ja huone merinäköalalla täytti odotukset. Täydet viisi tähteä.

Miinukset: -

Plussat: Prem the Duty Manager has shown exceptional hospitality skills, exactly what I was hoping to experience at a Shangri La.

Plussat: At breakfast staff were so friendly and helpful charming

Miinukset: It took 1 hour till i got checked in Staff was arrogant

Plussat: Lovely property right in the middle of the city, good views, warm staff and great dining options onsite.

Miinukset: Room service is good, but not great. Rooms are slightly old.

Plussat: Friendliness and helpfulness of staff

Miinukset: No outlet in bathroom or area where there was mirror where hair styling implement could be plugged in.

Plussat: Cinnamon Grand is one of the older, more established luxury hotels in Colombo. It's got some luxurious digs, but what I think really sets it apart from the rest of the pack are the food options that are available within stone's throw away from the hotel. There are several fantabulous restaurants, serving some of the best cuisine offered by the region within walking distance from this hotel. This, to me, is the main thing that makes this hotel awesome. Apart from that, it's what you would normally expect from a typical high-end hotel, and I think it was pretty good value for money, all things considered.

Plussat: the location, in-room dining, the food experience........ awesome

Plussat: Excellent breakfast, afternoon tea and happy hour drinks all included in executive rooms. Private Butler. All staff were excelllet.

Miinukset: Everything perfect.

Plussat: It was fantastic time in Kolombo (staff , swimingpool, breakfast )

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Pool, drinks, resturant.

Miinukset: Coffey at breakfast. Breakfast overall was not 5 star

Plussat: Like

Miinukset: Lake and The Swimming pool

Plussat: Pool & great breakfast very accommodating with children & connected room

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Pool area and staff. The hotel was very well maintained. Friendly staff.

Miinukset: First night of the Chinese New year dining was rather hit and miss. Hotel vehicle to the airport was very over priced. We got from Galle to Colombo for less.

Plussat: Totally fantastic

Plussat: Cinnamon had several in house restaurants all of which were of a very good standard. We particularly enjoyed the pool bar which was a relaxed way to enjoy a drink and the varied menu.

Miinukset: Our initial room wasn’t brilliant but once we contacted Warren on reception we were quickly moved to room that was excellent.

Plussat: Property’s location is good. Facilities are nice. Breakfast choices are good. We stayed in Cilantro suite and the view was great.

Miinukset: The size of the suite was great but it looked old and outside isnt maintained. The cement/paint is coming out. The birds droppings have spoilt the table and lot of patches on the ground. Something was dropping from top when we sat outside.

Plussat: It is a 6☆ hotel Everything was good at this hotel Breakfast Pool Feiendly Staff Nice big room Location A good place to relax

Plussat: All..excellent service in all areas except pool bar and staff

Miinukset: Pool staff were not aware of the clientele. Had to got the bar 3 times to get their attention. Lack of communication skills and presentation skills. Definite language barrier

Plussat: Good location and good

Miinukset: No airport shuttle

Plussat: It was comfortable

Miinukset: No ooopower points in the bathroom

Plussat: Good breakfast. Friendly staff. Great lobby and restaurants Room clean but needs to be refurbished.

Miinukset: Parking not available in most occasions. Rooms definitely need to be refurbished. Hallway outside the room has a unpleasant smell. Bathroom exhaust fan does not work right. Mirror gets fogged after shower. No power outlet in bathroom. Bad lighting in room.

Plussat: Friendly people. Amazing place. Great food. Super experience.

Miinukset: Rooms need a bit of a makeover now. Bathroom lock wasn't working for example.

Plussat: Great location. !

Miinukset: Bathroom could do with updating

Plussat: Staff

Miinukset: Room furniture was old

Plussat: The lobby, music and staff

Miinukset: Bathroom

Plussat: Historian havina sai ajattelemaan menneitä.

Plussat: Lovely antique decor and atmosphere is great. Staff a very friendly and helpful. Food (Sri Lankan) and drinks excellent. WiFi works well. No complaints. Very good value.

Miinukset: Although in supposedly the nicest suburb in Colombo (next to Embassies etc) it is still traffic chaos and pretty grimy once you leave the hotel premises. The pool is in a courtyard and quite small but does the job for a quick dip. There are mosquitoes about in the evenings if you are dining outside.

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Tintangel is an iconic, historically significant and beautiful boutique hotel in Colombo - one of the few in Colombo. Great restaurant - all food and drinks were amazing, and portion sizes spot on. Loved the decor in the rooms and the bed was super comfortable.

Miinukset: Could do with some paint in the outside/terrace areas in the rooms. Quite a few mosquitoes in the courtyard restaurant outdoor area, which could be better managed.

Plussat: Beautiful decoration and a lovely breakfast. The cookies during the turn down service was a lovely surprise. Staff are very friendly. Highly recommend the via Paradiso.

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Very beautiful hotel loaded with history - however the price is way above what is offered. Probably better to have dinner and or / take a drink in the bar to have a peep at the hotel rather than staying there for the night!

Plussat: I loved the hotel, the ambiance is exceptional. Loved every detail in the room and bathroom. Service was excellent. made our Colombo visit different and memorable.

Plussat: Absolutely amazing. We got engaged here

Plussat: A so so hotel

Miinukset: Room is not so clean. Sofa covers haven’t been washed for long time.

Plussat: Loved the place and the staff that work there. Great food and good location! I truly did enjoy my 3 day stay at this hotel

Plussat: Staff were very attentive

Miinukset: No problems

Plussat: Aamupala oli erinomainen ja monipuolinen. Uima-allas oli rauhallinen. Palvelu oli hyvää sisääntulosta poislähtöön. Taj Club lounge oli paras. Menisin uudestaan.

Miinukset: Edustava ja hieno hotelli, mutta pieniä päivityksiä voisi tehdä.

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Some of the floors are not renovated

Plussat: Enjoyed the ambience of the place and its proximity to the sea, shopping and all things nice. Lovely pool.

Miinukset: Breakfast could be better

Plussat: Absolutely everything else. Excellent food and service otherwise. Great room and bathroom. What a sea view.

Miinukset: Queue during breakfast is absolutely chaotic and unruly on the weekend, and I had to ask 4 times for a complimentary bottle of wine which was ridiculous.

Plussat: Everything!

Plussat: Grounds, public spaces & meeting rooms are lovely-5*. Large breakfast buffet with juice bar. Six bottles of water in my room in arrival (thoughtful) but they weren't replenished. Many wedding parties use lobby & grounds for photos-beautiful to see.

Miinukset: My room was in the older (not refurbished) wing and it showed. Water would not turn off completely in shower, closet doors were hard to slide & did not close completely. Safe was locked open & no one showed up to fix it after I called (but it was done by 3rd day). The room next to mine was under construction or being used by staff & there was a lot of banging one night after midnight. Also, several conference attendees had stomach issues from food they ate there.

Plussat: We liked everything about the Taj Samudra. We were pleasantly surprised to be upgraded to the Club room, with all its facilities such as the High Tea and the evening drinks. Our room was very comfortable as well as the courteous staff. The varied menu for breakfast and dinner was very delicious.

Miinukset: Everything was beyond our expectations

Plussat: Staff were 1st rate and incredibly nice everywhere throughout the hotel. the wide range of facilities and restaurants available at all times

Miinukset: Room service was wrong, and told us that they were right. we ordered ice coffee twice and both times got hot coffee

Plussat: Location was very good .. Sea facing

Miinukset: It was very busy .. it does not have Spa

Plussat: The kingsbury is absolutely beautiful and an amazing experience. There are so many restaurants to choose from. We ate at the steak bar which did not dissapoint. The staff were very attentive to our needs. We will definitely return in the future!

Miinukset: Nothing!

Plussat: Breakfast was excellent. Location was ok, but nothing really nearby to walk to.

Miinukset: Too formal. Too many people asking how you are doing? What would have made it better are some quiet informal places to sit and talk.

Plussat: The bed was super comfortable

Miinukset: The Japanese restaurant at the roof top wasn't so good

Plussat: Good location, nice bed

Miinukset: This is not the type of suite (Rm510) I am expecting, huge variance Vs my previous stay.

Plussat: Rooms were comfortable, great showers, good beds

Miinukset: They have a blaring disco at the pool until 11.30pm, the drum beats shaking the rooms at the North side of the hotel, affecting 50% of the hotel. They should either give a discount for those rooms or warn people. It's a strange business choice, as the DJ plays for 10-20 people at most, who don't seem to care about the music anyway, while a multitude of clients is adversely by it. I would certainly not recommend this hotel for this very reason. Staff also did not follow up on their promise to give me another room the next morning for my second night.

Plussat: This was a perfect hotel in a great location. We traveled all over Sri Lanka and found this hotel to meet or exceed every expectation. The room was perfect, the pool area was pure luxury and the restaurant choices were excellent. I would stay there again.

Miinukset: The only "quirk" was that the elevators were not air conditioned. But they were fast, so we didn't have to be in them very long!

Miinukset: Excellent overall, the only thing we didn’t like was the too active service during breakfast and dinner; your glasses and cups were refilled after each sip, and plates where taken away almost while you were still eating from them.

Plussat: Patina

Miinukset: Very little

Plussat: Wonderful location on the oceanfront. Great app lace to watch the sunset. Very helpful staff and great food and cocktails.

Miinukset: Reluctant to give a second key. The first response was to tell us the cost of losing the second key. The person who escorted us didn’t point out the safe which was not in the usual location as in most hotels we wandered around Colombo with our passports and money and discovered the safe as we were leaving

Plussat: Old colonial style hotel overlooking the sea.

Miinukset: Nothing really.

Plussat: If you like "old world charm" this is the place. A genuine unique old building with character and trained attentive staff!

Miinukset: Price! But that applies everywhere!!!!!!

Plussat: Amazing hotel one of the best I’ve stayed. Staff really friendly and accommodating . Breakfast was amazinf and food and mambos was so good.

Plussat: The hotel is very colonial - it literally breathes the history of older times. It is truly one of the main places to see in Colombo, we highly recommend it for a stay in the city. We stayed for one night on our way back home and we really regreted not staying there longer. The staff are AMAZING - welcoming, helpful, discreet. You truly feel the luxury and the tradition of quality. This hotel is a city within a city - there are so many things you can do - 4 amazing restaurants, splendid front line sea view pool with salt water, bars with an exciting selection of drinks, spa area, museum (how crazy is that?!:)), wime cellar.. Special thanks to the manager who gave us an upgrade and a complimentary early check-in. We were surprised that the hotel managed to overcome our expectations! Will definitely stay again.

Plussat: Emmanuel the Chief Concierge goes out of his way to assist above and beyond. He is a tribute to the grand old Galle Face Hotel.

Miinukset: Maybe try a happy hour in the main bar as beer is pretty expensive for Colombo.

Plussat: The old hotel was very beautiful. Variety breakfast Good room with bed & pillows Great view!

Miinukset: The warm water shower did not work.

Plussat: It’s a great hotel when it comes to atmosphere. It feels like you are in an 1800th luxury oasis. Everything is super clean and you can breath the quality.

Miinukset: They block/withhold an extra “cost” on your card for four days. The breakfast was not holding the same standard as the rest, same with the gym.

Plussat: Giant room.

Miinukset: We ordered a room with sea view and balcony. The view was towards the road and an industrial area. However in a sector from 9-11 you could see the ocean. There was a grand balcony, but it was not used by us. It was dirty, with piles of bird faeces and ants. Probably not cleaned in months. Besides it was noise from the nearby four lane road. The shower gave not enough hot water, although there were a bathtub with sufficient hot water. We ordered food to the room and my pesto and mozzarella sandwich came with eggplant, but no pesto, nor mozzarella. The tray had another surprise for me; a cockroach running around. Disgusting! Nobody ever asked us if things where okay. Not after serving the food, neither when checking out. When leaving the hotel a porter offered to take my suitcase. However, when I turned around after checking out my luggage was unattended. He just left it by the entrance... For the price I expected more.

Plussat: The hotel locatin

Plussat: Very Spacious comfortable apartments in a very central location. Great restaurants, all very close, with Supermarket across the street. Staff are very friendly and always happy to help with any queries. Will always choose Unique Towers as my Colombo accomodation.

Miinukset: Washing machine is a little hard to figure out.

Miinukset: It was short stay, but was pleasant.

Plussat: Very comfortable hotel apartments, hospitality and excellent reception from respected staff, especially Mohamed Dilshan

Plussat: The room was cleaned everyday, very spacious. The hotel itself is very close to some of the sights within Colombo.

Miinukset: Not anything that's worth complaining about. Could use an aircon in the gym area that's about it but, who works out on their holidays though ;)

Plussat: They gave us a free upgrade which was really great...

Plussat: Excellent location with lots of sites walking distance. Great apartment with full kitchen. Clean facilities in great condition. A highly recommended place to stay in Colombo

Plussat: Comfort

Plussat: Good breakfast, good staff, good apartment.

Plussat: Siistit, suuret huoneet. Upea allasalue ja kattobaari, monipuolinen aamiainen.

Plussat: Good location silent place

Miinukset: Foods not much choice .

Plussat: Ilmapiiri. Mahtava uima-allasalue.

Plussat: Friendly staff.. very good facilities.

Miinukset: Being woken up for room service every morning. They should fix the room service times and options to have DO NOT DISTURB signs displayed.

Plussat: Clean, great service, good location

Plussat: Kaikki pelasi hienosti. Aamu-uinti hotellin katolla kruunasi oleskelun.

Plussat: Uima-allas oli hieno ja aamiainen hyvä.

Miinukset: Illallisbuffet oli ylihintainen laatuun ja tarjontaan nähden.

Plussat: Location, Cleanliness

Miinukset: No Room Service

Plussat: Buffet ok ja uima-allas oli siisti näkymineen.

Plussat: Good location. Good breakfast. Polite staff.

Miinukset: Pool too small for number of guests.

Plussat: Great location with amazing roof top bar and pool. The king size room had a great view towards the city and the tower. Buffet for breakfast and dinner was good also with international variety.

Miinukset: The arrival receptionist, didn’t ask for a deposit, or mentioned at any moment what are the policies for the room charges, ex: any extras from the bar, coffee alcohol food etc. hence I had a business meeting in their rooftop bar, thinking I can charge everything on my room, but unfortunately they couldn’t charge because I didn’t have a deposit on my account. This created a very unpleasant inconvenience as I had to leave my business partner waiting for 10 min as I left to bring my wallet. Staff at the bar totally unhelpful in regards to this situation. It felt like they were afraid I won’t pay! Shame shame shame!

Plussat: Great food - breakfast and dinner with reasonable price Comfortable rooms Close to city center

Plussat: Hotellin sijainnista.

Miinukset: Huoneen siivous todella huonoa. Lattioita ei mopattu jäljet näkyivät laattalattiassa,tummia hiuksia lattialla itse olen lyhyttukkainen harmaat hiukset.Pyysimme käsipyyhkeitä toimitettiin kaksi toinen meni pyykkiin tilalle ei tuotu uutta.pesuaineita sai pyytää, Liikaa rappusia ,Odotan polvileikkausta ja todella kivulias polvi oli pitkät matkat kävellä neljännestä kerroksesta . Avain kortti vietiin päivittäin sai ravata Ranskassa pyytämässä uutta.

Plussat: Kattava aamiainen ja rannan kalaravintola olivat hotellin parasta antia. Altaalla tähystävä ritsamies piti naakat loitolla!

Miinukset: Sisäänkirjautuessa meitä kahta reppureissaajaa rinkkoineen kohdeltiin jotenkin alentavasti ja respan kaverista jäi huono maku. Kaikki maksaa extraa. Allastuolit ja hotellin oman rannan aurinkotuolit maksoivat, mikä tuntui hölmöltä ettei näinkään tyyriiseen hintaan kuulu mitään palveluita.. Myös ruuasta sai maksaa reippaasti normaalia Sri Lankan hintatasoa enemmän.

Plussat: The terrace and pool

Miinukset: The crows!

Plussat: All excellent ,well organized

Miinukset: Room , air Condition not working ,Dead Cockroaches under the beds , no hand towels ,external door to the balcony couldn't closed properly ( lock broken ) .

Plussat: On arrival it looked very grand, very colonial, unfortunately our room was in desperate need of a refurbishment. Very old fashioned and dismal. The housekeeping was poor. Nice pool though and the lunch buffet was exceptional.

Miinukset: The whole hotel needs a refurbishment to bring into the 20th century.

Plussat: The breakfast, location, staff service and comfortable bed Good service Poolside

Miinukset: Liked everything

Plussat: Loved the hospitality

Plussat: Swimmingbool,service, location

Miinukset: Everything ok

Plussat: Everything was amazing! Facilities, staff, location, food, room, beach, pool, view.. dinner by the beach was memorable!

Plussat: Food, Breakfast, Pool, Beach

Miinukset: Slow staff sometimes

Plussat: there was nothing that was disappointing,we would highly recommend the sea food cove restaurant,we will definitely return on our next visit to sri lanka.

Plussat: The guest house is not central so it is not easy to move around

Plussat: The owner was very friendly and helpful. He arranged tuk-tuks, transport from the airport and even booked a train ticket for us. The breakfasts were also great.

Miinukset: I felt quite isolated staying there because access to the property is from a series of narrow alleyways. If there had been other guests staying there at the same time, it might have felt less remote.

Plussat: After we got picked up at the airport we were welcomed in the hotel. Our room was big, clean and comfortable. Air conditioning was a big plus. We were asked what we want to have for breakfast, we decided for local breakfast and it was really good! They helped us getting a tuktuk or a taxi to go where we want to. They are friendly and trustworthy people.

Plussat: The owner is so friendly man and he lit me watching the TV and used the fridge to make my beer cold

Miinukset: I like all

Plussat: Very comfortable with stay

Plussat: Suresh was a wonderful host. He and his wife were so welcoming and helped us a lot with getting around and finding food what was a bit difficult due to the political circumstances. Even though the country is having tough times Suresh and his wife had always a smile on their faces and tried their best to comfort us. The food they served was super delicious. Especially the dosa and the coconut chutney *yum*! My bf could even watch the friendly lady cooking early in the morning and he could wrote down some recipes as a souvenir for home ;-) The room was spacious and really clean. The whole house is very pretty and is of a high Sri-Lankern standard. I loved the partio with the fishies :-) The internet was also 100% working - what was a crucial criteria for us. So don’t think twice and make a booking for this beautiful homestay!

Miinukset: All good! We were really happy! The location is a bit out of Colombo but with the local busses or a Tuk Tuk you can get around easily. Due to the attacks we felt even a bit better not staying in the center....

Plussat: Great stay, amazing host!

Plussat: Our host was excellent and assisted us with contacting the airport concerning our lost luggage . He also showed us where the supermarket was and arranged a tuk tuk to take us to buy some clothes as ours were missing. Would definitely recommend staying here. Thank you

Miinukset: Nothing not to like

Plussat: We started the trip from Colombo and we were very very fortunate to have selected this place to stay. Mr. Suresh Fernando is an extremely warm and gentle host. He planned the entire itinerary for our one week Sri Lanka trip which was worth the money. The entire property is beautifully decorated by him. The breakfast was yummy. Suresh along with having a passion for decoration also is a fine cook. I thoroughly enjoyed the stay