Thaproban Beach House

Mate and I were in the sea facing penthouse suite, steep stairs to upstairs room but great

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Everything , beachfront location, large well furnished bedrooms , fabulous restaurant , excellent ( English Speaking staff). Our second visit to this wonderful hotel, we have had sea view room 3 and penthouse 12 , both excellent . The al la carte breakfast is substantial with choices of English , American or Sri Lankan , the beachfront restaurant ( best one in Unawatuna ) serves a variety of choose your own seafood or several other curry/pasta/ English choices. WIFI is reasonable. The very best thing about this hotel is the staff and of course the resident dog Johnny.

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Where to start! Location - perfect , step outside straight onto the beach! The rooms ( room 12 penthouse, room 3 , sea view are the two rooms we have stayed in) beautiful rooms with all that you would want, safe, TV , minibar, hairdryer , well equipped en-suite . Al la carte breakfast , any style you want. Saving the best til last , the staff ( and Johnny the resident dog) !! All wonderful .

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We loved the Penthouse option in this little hotel and a big balcony facing the ocean. The mattress and pillows were just perfect, clean linen, daily change of towels, sheets are proper and spotless. Good coffee, thank you, Stefano (!) Attentive manager, thank you, Sir(!) Breakfast is typical English but totally good and nourishing. Comfortable beach long chairs , towels and umbrellas ( I always tip even they belong to the hotel) This equipment due to the busy and crowded beach are necessary but if you are gone fore more then an hour you will loose your bed . Just a hint to leave books or beach bags if you intend to return soon. I only think it’s fare to give others their time to enjoy the beach if you are not sure to come back soon. Also people need to understand that good quality coffee, or in fact anything doesn’t come for free. We liked the fact that a there are many little restaurants along the beach and many tourists and shops . It is a great spot to spend time with a company of friends. I read a lot of reviews with people complaining about the noise from the restaurants around but we had no problems what so ever. The music was down by 10 pm, even though you could hear some far away slight sound, the sound of waves would totally calm us to a good proper sleep. The AC is working properly and not loud.

I would get a handle for the balcony door so one could close it properly being outside on the balcony. No extractor fan in the shower/ toilet but we opened the window with no mosquito net on the window. The blinds in a upper bedroom need to be black outs! It gets hot and sunny early morning. Or yes, in many hotels the beds have these sharp corners, you know about it once you hit your lower front leg a few times over hem. Good idea to get these bloody things under control , like putting some soft padding covering a bad carpenter job. Just avoiding your guest having a few Bruises would be a real thoughtful hospitality . I thought I will put that here for others. We made a mistake and took a seat during dinner time at a nearby restaurant instead of our hotels....what a terrible mistake guys! Do not eat at a neighboring restaurant ever. Our hotels offers very good choice of seafood but the chairs and tables from the first look the same...but the table lights are different! Be attentive, it spoiled my night completely. ( looking facing the ocean, left from our hotel - terrible rip off prices for the worst food I ever ate rubber lobster and slushy calamari ) I liked the beach , it gets deep right away and has clear water , moderate waves so people can swim.