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Reviews of Happy Beach hotel nilaveli 3 stars

Ward 2, 9th mile post,, Nilaveli, Sri Lanka

#13 of 20 hotels in Nilaveli

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 18 hotel reviews

7.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.4

  • Comfort

    6.8

  • Location

    9.7

  • Facilities

    6.4

  • Staff

    8.8

  • Value for money

    6.5

  • Free WiFi

    7.5

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  • Reviewed: 29 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Nice stay at a beautiful beach. Simple rooms, but location is why you are there. The staff is super friendly and the food amazing! Love the breakfast we got served in the morning.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 July 2025

    6.0
    Nice restaurant, awful too expensive rooms.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The price/quality is way out of balance: the rooms are far too expensive for what they offer. The room is large but poorly maintained and dirty - especially the bathroom - and there are bedbugs, ants, and roaches in the room. Such a pity, because it could be a really nice setup.

    This place is all about location: right on the beach. There is a restaurant area at the beach and a hotel area right behind it. The restaurant is nice - if you don't mind waiting - but the rooms are truly awful: poorly maintained and dirty.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 July 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms were spacious, but not very clean (sheets and towels had a lot of stains. Not all of the lamps worked and you have to keep the curtains closed, if you don‘t want anyone who crosses by to look inside - so the rooms are really dark. A cable was hanging out of the walls - looked dangerous. I was staying in hotels with different price classes in Sri Lanka and this was the most expensive and the rooms were the worst of our whole journey. The value for money was not ok.

    The big plus is the very nice staff and the beach. Staff members were really super nice and helpful. And the beach - wow!!! very clean with good spots for shade and crystal blue water. Breakfast was good and a lot, and juices were amazing.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 21 July 2025

    7.0
    Very nice location if you don’t mind a basis room.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The rooms are very basic. No fridge.

    The location is great. The rooms need some refurbishing. Good airco!! Good breakfast.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 July 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms were pretty basic, not overly clean. No frills.

    Awesome, friendly staff. Location great, right on beach. Outside setting very nice.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    N/A

    It is beach front resort and safe to swim even child.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bathroom needs to improve water pressure, and the water heater is not working

    Great location, just 50 metres to beach and helpful caretaker

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 August 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff is very nice and very friendly 😍😍😘The rooms are comfortable and clean. The location is beautiful, right on the beach. The breakfast and other dishes are very tasty..it's a very nice place.👍🥰

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 August 2025

    2.0
    NOT RECOMMENDED
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Unmaintained, dirty, no facilities in the room, very old towels and sheets, water interruptions, nothing free like drinking water, tea or coffee. No vault/safe, no TV, no fridge .. very overrated.not event fitted to be 2 stars. Over priced and manipulation with currency exchange rate

    Beach front ONLY and staff were friendly especially Samir

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The rooms are very simple, but we needed them only to sleep. The restaurant is expensive compared to others at the beach.

    This place is about the location. A fantastic beach and you are in the middle of it. Barefoot stay. The ambiance at the beach and the restaurant is very chilled. Relaxing at its best. That is what we came for and that is what we got. Breakfast was delicious. Good fruit juices.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2025

    9.0
    Brilliant location, friendly staff, tasty juices!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing really, when we arrived we were tired and the rooms are very basic but once we slept we saw the charm of the place.

    The hotel was on the beach, with a restaurant. Lots of tables under cover but also on the sand if you wanted. Food really good, juices and cocktails amazing. Covered sun-beds. At night time the lights all around the trees looked amazing and they light a bonfire right by the sea. The people were friendly, it felt like several friends/families were living there and running it together. Very welcoming when you first get there to help you to your room. The air con worked really well, the rooms were very cool. The rooms were basic but fine and clean. No fridge/water but you could buy a very cold big bottle for 500 rupees from the restaurant. We stayed one night to do Pigeon Island and it is a brilliant location for that. Breakfast was amazing, lots of different foods all bought to your table. Toast, banana pancakes, coconut roti, curry, eggs. They let us keep one room until later as we were diving and then allowed us to use another room free of charge to change into before we left. They even helped us find a driver to take us back to our main hotel in the opposite side of the island. Very helpful and friendly.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 July 2025

    3.0
    Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The rooms were very basic. No water, tea or coffee supplied. Just a couple of beds in a run down room. The shower had hair still in the drain. Considering the cost we paid it was very overpriced. They asked us to share a room on the last night with the couple we were traveling with as they were overbooked. Then complained we didn't eat or drink at their restaurant. The prices were ridiculous compared to some of the other places along the beach.

    The location was perfect. Right on the beach. The guy that had only been working there for about a week was really friendly and helpful. The breakfast was 1 positive of our stay. Very tasty pancakes, roti, Dahl. This place has so much potential🙂

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 July 2025

    4.0
    Stunning location but let down by the facilities and value for money.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was very basic for the price, we had no Wi-Fi access for our stay. Not what we expected.

    The beautiful beachfront location — it was lovely to wake up right by the sea.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 June 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Couple
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very friendly and welcoming staff, super nice and newly done beach front hang out area, fantastic food (both - breakfast and dinner) and the best juices on our trip :)

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 June 2025

    10
    Favorite beach in Sri Lanka
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room is right next to the beach, so we could swim in the sea anytime we wanted. The staff are friendly and helpful, and they clean the beach regularly, which keeps it nice and tidy. The food is also good. It’s just a 5-minute walk to Divinguru, where we booked our whale watching and snorkeling trips to Pigeon Island. We enjoyed every sunrise and sunset here.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2025

    9.0
    Arranged around a grassy courtyard with fragrant frangipani trees. Rooms are simple and comfortable. Steps away is beaut
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Incredible location. Friendly staff. Clean site.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 May 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

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    Stayed in May 2025

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