Ward no 3, Gopalapuram, Pulmoddai Road , 31000 Nilaveli, Sri Lanka
#12 of 20 hotels in Nilaveli
Guests' ChoiceBased on 37 hotel reviews
8.1Cleanliness
8.4
Comfort
7.9
Location
8.7
Facilities
7.9
Staff
8.7
Value for money
7.9
Free WiFi
5.0
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Reviewed: 15 August 2025
Elaine
United KingdomThe room is very tired but they are renovating after the season so I expect it will be lovely next year.
The staff are lovely, really helpful. Allowed us to leave our luggage after check out so we could go snorkelling and then on our return use the pool before we left.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 15 August 2025
Chris
United KingdomNothing
Warm welcome, great covered restaurant area next to the fantastic pool. Rooms were great with lovely balcony area overlooking the pool/site. Great location near the beach.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 27 July 2025
Sara
BelgiumThe rooms are up for refreshment.
The location was great! Our host Hilmi was super! There is nothing Hilmi can’t take care of. He made our stay very enjoyable.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 20 July 2025
Sarah
BelgiumBit smelly
Very beautiful garden, big pool, close to seaside, very nice breakfast with nice juices. You are in a privileged hotel resort close to Sri Lankian local sea experience, which we appreciated. You can walk to beach restaurants. MOON isle was the best
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 28 March 2025
Rakdaow
ThailandNone
Lovely setting in a garden. Clean swimming pool and rooms.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: 19 September 2024
Maxime
AustraliaWe stayed there during a long weekend, which drew an insane crowd. It ended being very loud and extremely busy all around. That's all unrelated to the quality of the hotel. Internet is not very stable.
Great place, 1 min from the beach. The swimming is nice and the rooms are good. The staff is friendly and helpful.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 2 August 2024
Adrienne
AustriaWe had a wonderful stay here. Everyone was very friendly and helped us with anything wherever possible. The hotel is very close to the beach the pool is fantastic and the rooms were clean.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: 13 August 2023
Tabitha
United KingdomNot many restaurants/bars around and so you need to go to trincomalee, which wasn’t much of a chore. One night our Wi-Fi stopped working, but then they gave us a router in our room. So all in all nothing to not like.
The staff were exceptionally helpful. The location to the beach was excellent. Trincomalee was a short Tuk Tuk ride away, Tuk Tuk are easy to come by. The staff were able to put us in contact with pearl divers, who provided an excellent and reasonably priced whale and dolphin watching trip.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 10 August 2023
Adrianna
PolandThe shower is really complicated and the pressure of quater was poor. The sunbeds are old and uncomfortable.
There were nice garden and swimming pool. They prepared us breakfast on one of the mornings and even opened coconuts for us. That was really nice. Rooms are really basic, not to elegant but clean. They do not provide any kind of celaning or chaninging the towels during the stay. The village itself is really small and there is not much to do. But overall it was good 3 night stay.
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: 28 July 2023
Juna
GermanyThe brekfast was underwhelming, you'd get some toasts, butter and jam with some fruits. For the price the service was meh, the English of the managers and people working there was alright but not "good" enough for such a high price. Furthermore they weren't too nice, they didn't really care about you and made no circumstances to try and do something pleasant.
The rooms were freshly renovated, modern and really clean. The facilities were great, the pool was always clean, in great condition and the surroundings were taken care for, so it always looked green and beautiful. As for the location, it's a at most 2 minute walk to the Nilaveli main beach with life guard with lots of great but "expensive" restaurants around.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 17 July 2023
Alexandre
PortugalIt is not beachfront, you have to walk for a while to get to it. Despite there is a "restaurant" there is no service, meaning, you have to go outside for breakfast or even a bottle of water. No information about motorbike rental (absolutely essential, in order to find food), diving, snorkeling, or any sort of activities. Basically, we were left to our room and had to find anything by ourselves. Overpriced, considering the surrounding offering.
Super comfy beds, big swimming pool.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: 2 July 2023
Chloe
United KingdomOur door was very difficult to lock and unlock and the room felt a bit unloved. Think we need more than a sheet on bed.
It was fine for the money. I was surprised we couldn't pay by card. The staff were nice. Close to beach.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: 4 June 2023
Elavarasan
IndiaTV not working
Swimming pool available
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: 12 September 2022
Sue
Australianothing, it was all good. would have been good if the restaurant was open, but it is understandable.
the room was comfortable and clean, with aircon and hot water. the garden was lovely and also the pool was nice. it is a short walk to the beach. the restaurant was closed as we were the only guests. we are at a couple of other nearby restaurants. the young man who looked after us was really helpful, organised laundry for us. highly recommended.
Stayed in September 2022
Reviewed: 29 August 2025
Elisa
ItalyStaff was not really prepared and slow Positioned very closed to the public beach but nothing else around Room not very clean and very basic (no water/fridge/glasses)
The garden was well maintained
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 21 August 2025
Tracy
AustraliaWe were there during school holidays so the beach was crowded and party busses carrying locals lined the street playing music until all hours. Located opposite Nilaveli beach carpark. Beach was dirty. Bed was small double despite being advertised as large. A/c ticked loudly when trying to sleep. Many of these are variable but not for the price.
Great pool, tv worked, restaurant (run independently) made nice food at reasonable price.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 26 May 2025
Hayley
AustraliaWifi was very poor and didn’t work in the rooms, stayed 5 nights and not once offered any more toilet paper, clean towels or bins emptying or cleaning. Was hard to find someone at desk, no available water or drinks if you wanted something at the pool unfortunately and the surroundings was a little noisey in the evenings.
The outdoor pool and gardens were lovely
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 31 January 2025
Ruwan
New ZealandStaff support was poor. No house keeping. We had to ask for everything including towels.
Close to the beach
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: 15 September 2024
William
South AfricaUmm well it’s not on the beach… that was kiss leading! Breakfast is absolutely terrible!! One nice cafe around the corner!!
Nice pool! Grass was well looked after
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 4 September 2024
Oscar
Spain-Swimming pool water looked like “milky” with a heavy chlorine smell. -Electrical problems with plugs related to ground installation, I managed to make it work with a power adaptor without ground connection. -Fridge plug fuse was tampered with a safety pin. -Some dust in ceiling’s molding.
-Location, just 100 m from the beach.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 29 July 2024
Linda
United KingdomGreen hotel in a great location
We loved our stay here, it is a great hotel in a great location. We had a lovely room with a balcony overlooking the garden. The room had a fridge which kept my beer, and water icy cold. The pool is fab, quite big and really clean. The manager was lovely, he went out of his way to accommodate my husband’s dietary needs and got food in especially for him. The resort is a short walk from the beach and there are lots of great restaurants in the area too. There is also a wine shop just around the corner.
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: 25 May 2024
Nafeez
Sri LankaNothing
Very rude staffs Bad place
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 12 August 2023
Klara
NetherlandsAfter three weeks in Sri Lanka this was our first and only negative experience. The hotel has no management onsite and the communication with the onsite staff was difficult, as their English is limited. The restaurant is closed and there is no bar or room service available. The breakfast was very simple and the surrounding of the hotel has limited to offer, except for the beach of course and the swimming pool of the hotel. You need a 10-15 min tuk tuk ride to get you to the nearest proper restaurants. We did not expect this from a rather expensive hotel. When we wanted to pay, we could only pay with cash (which was a rather big amount after staying a couple of days). When we complained about this, we received a rather unfriendly and inpolite message from the manager. All in all a non-typical Sri Lankan experience of hospitality. And even though the onsite staff is not to blame, we can unfortunately not recommend this hotel.
The rooms were outdated but clean with a nice swimming pool
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: 1 August 2023
Elisabeth
SlovakiaIt was far from good restaurants and shops we had to travel far with Tuk tuk for diner/lunch
It was near the beach but not beachfront and had a Nice pool The staff was friendly and ready to help you with anything. The restaurant was closed but they offered free breakfast which was a nice bonus
Stayed in July 2023
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