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Reviews of Sigiri Shen Residence

No:253, Kalapuraya,Sigiriya, 21120 Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

#17 of 183 B&Bs and Inns in Sigiriya

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Review score

Based on 221 B&B reviews

9.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.6

  • Comfort

    9.5

  • Location

    9.6

  • Facilities

    9.4

  • Staff

    10.0

  • Value for money

    9.8

  • Free WiFi

    8.1

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  • Reviewed: 3 September 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    All, Shen the host was awsome and so helpful, literally 11/10. I would totally recommend to the others :D

    Stayed in September 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2025

    9.0
    Lovely stay with lovely hosts
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Hansi and Shen were so lovely and polite. The food at the restaurant is excellent. We also hired some bicycles from them, and they gave good advice re when best to complete the hikes. The accommodation was spacious and comfortable enough.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 3 nights

    We had a really nice time at Sigiri Shen Residence. The rooms are cozy and clean, the hosts are amazing and helpful people. The breakfast is very nice and dinner is also great and home made (we had the best Kottu of our trip :) ). Would absolutely recommend!

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great value for money. Clean rooms with aircon. Good location, 10 min walk into village. Nice cafe with good food

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 21 August 2025

    10
    A brilliant stay
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything perfect

    The staff here are amazing! So incredibly kind and helpful. No need to organise anything because they can help with everything. Great food, location anf rooms too!

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing!

    What lovely hosts at Sigiri Shen Residence! They made sure our stay there was comfortable and always gave us recommendations. The room was very spacious and clean. Would definitely recommend it if you want to stay near Sigiriya centre.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great stay with very friendly people. I could organize a safari in advance so that we could start almost immediately after our arrival. The breakfast was delicious. You can have dinner as well, which is very delicious too.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 August 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I had a wonderful stay! The staff were very kind and attentive. The rooms were clean and comfortable, and the breakfast was delicious. I was especially touched that they congratulated me on my birthday such a lovely and thoughtful gesture! Thank you for making my stay so special.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    10
    Fantastic value
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Really wish you could close the bathroom window all the way

    Great location, fantastic staff that helps with everything, can rent bicycles for free and just generally a very good vibe

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    10
    Best place to stay in Sigiriya !
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe King Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing (really)

    A wonderful stay at Shen's residence. A loving, caring family who will give you good advice. The location is ideal, the rooms are spacious and clean, and the restaurant's food is excellent. You will have an incredible time in Sigiriya :)

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 July 2025

    10
    Comfortable stay, hospitable, good food and coffee.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms close to the road might be too noisy for light sleepers. No chairs in the room, but a comfortable terrace with chairs.

    After a couple of nights, I was moved into the new rooms away from the road. The room was comfortable, clean and quiet.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 21 July 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe King Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    All very good! The staff, the room, the food

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 July 2025

    10
    100/10 a complete experience with great room, delicious food and kind hosts, a place to come back to
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe King Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything was more than perfect!

    This was the best accomodation we had in Sri Lanka. It was perfectly clean, even though the upper floor was in construction, and it had everything we needed. The location is an oasis of peace and you will wish to stay longer! The family also cooks, and the food was out of this world, we enjoyed every bite and every sip of freshly squeezed fruit juices. We especially recommend maracuja and make sure to try their kottu! Besides all that, they were extremely kind and helped us with everything. They arranged us an elephant tour in a heartbeat, our driver arrived in 15mins. They also arranged us a tuktuk drives and they arranged our clothes to be washed in their neighbourhood. The lady that did it not only washed, but also ironed and folded it perfectly. It was the end of our trip so you can imagine the joy we had from this. We cannot wait to come back to this lovely place, because Im sure we will!

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 July 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe King Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We had a perfect stay at Sigiri Shen Residence. This is a family operated spot with everything you need for a comfortable, chilled out time after adventuring around Sigiriya. The food in their restaurant was excellent and the breakfast was a great start to the day. Everyone was super kind, helpful and friendly.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 July 2025

    9.0
    Nice Residence
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not much storage room but we stayed a night and it was perfectly fine.

    The restaurant right next to the Residence was really lovely! We enjoyed a dinner and especially the breakfast. The owner was very kind and helpful

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 June 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very clean and food was delicious, she was also very kind.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing.

    We had a lovely time in Shen Residence, the hosts are welcoming and friendly, and the breakfast is amazing with lots of fresh fruit. Location is perfect, very close to restaurants and bars, and to the main attractions of the areas, but also very peaceful and quiet. Highly recommend!

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 17 June 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast was excellent Staff woman who owned this property, was so kind and helpful. Property has a CrossFit gym, so you can do some exercises

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 June 2025

    10
    The best of Sri Lanka
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I’ve had a lovely time in this hotel, it did not feel like just a place to sleep in between all the touristy stuff to do, it was part of the experience visiting Sigiriya. It’s actually so nice and comfortable just chilling in the hotel. The room is spacious, absolutely spotlessly clean, and super comfortable. The balcony outside is a perfect hangout, and at night it’s beautiful to look at the moon giving light to the place. Shen is the absolute legend of a host, incredibly nice, thoughtful, was kind enough to bring me in a scooter night - an experience I’ll never forget - and was always kind to share suggestions on the best route to follow during my planned activities. Breakfast was sooo soooo good, I wish I had a bigger stomach to be able to eat more. Highly recommend this place, it’s super close to restaurants, main must sees and all, I’m a walker and consider all of this walking distance, but it’s all super close.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 June 2025

    10
    Excellent property with bikes!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Experienced a couple of electrical outages - out of control of property - but Shen provided lights right away.

    Shen was completely attentive to all needs while staying at the property. He has bikes for use which frees guests to roam around the moat and further.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 May 2025

    10
    Solid stay in Sigiriya
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing comes to mind.

    Shen, his sister, and family were beyond kind and warm in their hospitality. They have a beautiful property where we stayed in a spacious and clean room that had comfortable seating outside our front door. Food at their restaurant was authentic and delicious with reasonable prices. We were able to walk to town from the property, but Shen was readily accessible and available to obtain and arrange for transfer to all the sites, including our private car transfer to Kandy. We would book this place again without hesitation.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 April 2025

    10
    Just Amazing !
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hosts themselves, very friendly people, helpful and always interested in what they experience :) Everything was organised for us on request. A great service. And the restaurant there also serves delicious food at local prices. The rooms are very large and really comfortable. A great terrace to relax and let time fly by :) Thank you for the great time with you, dear Sigiri Shen Residence.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2025

    10
    Great experience in the nature
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The location is perfect, within the nature. The room was clean and very comfortable, with a private terrace. The breakfast was amazing! And Shen is a very friendly and polite guy, he helped us with everything, always available! Highly recommended

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Fan
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We had an amazing stay, such a nice welcoming family that go above and beyond to let you feel good. Definitely not to be taken for granted! We spent three nights and have wonderful memories. Breakfast is amazing, try the coconut pancakes and thank me later. Super recommended

    Stayed in April 2025

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