Beautiful old colonial style property; very small boutique hotel just a few rooms but comfortable rooms and the property itself is quite large; great staff and incredibly friendly manager Goshi who knows a lot about the country.

Nothing negative to say

High quality furniture, new & pretty premises. WiFi was working great. As soon as the gate opens, the busy noises of the traffic get left behind. Friendly and attentive staff. The canal (due to draught) in our room smelled, so we got a new room quickly. Loved the evening swim in the pool.

Prices of snacks/beverages are a bit higher compared to other hotels. Since the house was used privately before, it doesn’t feel like a hotel which makes the general area feels a little bit empty/like a museum. But room was cozy.

Really beautiful hotel with a very clean, well appointed room; stunning grounds; staff were so lovely and helpful; great meals while I was there; really helpful communication with the staff before I arrived. Handy location for staying overnight prior to flying out of Sri Lanka from Colombo airport (closer to stay in Negombo than in Colombo).

The house itself is very clean, grand and well maintained. The bedroom was clean, with a lovely bathroom and the bed was really comfortable.

This is a large house which is not equipped to cater for 5 couples. It has one dining table so you have to dine at specific times. Yet meals were late and not complete. We booked full board as we had looked at the extensive menu and felt excited to try lots of different foods, but we were then offered a very scaled down menu that we had to choose from in advance from meal times. I asked if we could reduce this to half board but was told we couldnt and that he would offer us the more extensive menu. However this was impossible for them to cater for. The service was either intense or non existent, where either the house keeper or the manager would be standing next to you intently asking if things were ok, or you couldn’t find a staff member to ask for a drink. Meals were often late or incomplete. One couple left due to not getting their meal for so long, so we were asked if we could have what they had ordered for their meal, so not to waste food. The day that we left we said we weren’t happy. We translated this in to Sri Lankan so the manager could understand and he still said he didn’t understand and simply asked for the money, whilst telling us to go via booking.com. I eventually after some weeks received 50% off of our bill. But this all left a very bitter taste, that I don’t want others to go through. We had travelled all over Sri Lanka and we were excited to have some luxury before our flight home, but this was not as expected. The property and amount of staff present can cater for that they offer. Addtionally pool is much smaller than it appears, the local area has very little to offer and the house keeping wasn’t efficient. We were given some cheese cake on arrival and the plates were still in kit room the next day.