Uga Residence - Colombo
About this hotel
Luxury eco-certified hotel, walk to Gangaramaya Temple This hotel features an outdoor pool, a restaurant, and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include a business center, concierge services, and dry cleaning. Uga Residence - Colombo offers 11 air-conditioned accommodations with DVD players and minibars. Tempur-Pedic beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. LCD televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with rainfall showerheads and hydromassage showerheads, bathrobes, slippers, and bidets. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, safes, and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include irons/ironing boards. Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Amenities
Pool
Air conditioner
Internet / Wifi
Parking
Laundry
TV
Garden
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Reviews
4.8/5.0
Outstanding(83 Reviews)
5.0
Absolutely gorgeous hotel, a lovely oasis in the middle of the city. Excellent service and the rooms are wonderful with really comfortable beds. Great breakfast and amazing atmosphere. Will definitely return to Uga Residence!
5.0
Wonderful hotel and wonderful stuff.
Can’t find a single con.
Only good things to say about this place.
4.0
Very good
3.0
The staff at Uga were amazing, and the room size and comfort is simply outstanding. To top it all off, each meal there is a culinary delight, from a simple croissant, to the amazing steaks for dinner.
truly one of the best properties i have stayed at.
2.5
The staff at Uga were amazing, and the room size and comfort is simply outstanding. To top it all off, each meal there is a culinary delight, from a simple croissant, to the amazing steaks for dinner. truly one of the best properties i have stayed at.
4.0
A very comfortable oasis in the middle of Colombo. The beautiful pool only has 4 sunbeds round it, but while we were there this was never a problem. As is customary in Sri Lanka the service is glacially slow in the bar and restaurant. The restaurants in Park Street Mews next door are worth investigating.
2.5
Friendly, helpful and service minded staff in a peaceful beautiful location. Fantastic breakfast. Highly recommended
3.0
Friendly, helpful and service minded staff in a peaceful beautiful location. Fantastic breakfast. Highly recommended
5.0
Beautiful spacious room, friendly welcoming staff. A wonderful stay!
5.0
Very happy with experience at this hotel. Room was very spacious and clean. Staff was very smiley, accommodating, and helpful. Breakfast at the restaurant was 10/10 delicious. Location was great too, only a short walk to a lot of temples and sightseeing places. Only slight con was that our bathroom door didn’t lock properly. Would recommend this place to anyone visiting Colombo!
5.0
This was a very quiet, sophisticated property at which to stay.
5.0
Great hotel. Good breakfast. Rest of the meals not so good. Staff very friendly and helpful.
4.0
The room was huge with a very comfy bed. The hotel is absolutely beautiful with a lovely pool. Very clean. The gym is very very basic. The staff were attentive but a little slow. The restaurant food was actually vile - weird fusion food like chicken with apple (?!). Overall a good stay. Loved that there’s tea making facilities in the room.
5.0
Smart Property in Good Location with Superb Service & Excellent Fine Dining Restaurant
3.0
The Uga Escape properties are the best!
We watched the manager going over many details with different staff member s inside and out.
Outstanding!!!
2.5
The Uga Escape properties are the best!We watched the manager going over many details with different staff member s inside and out.Outstanding!!!
5.0
Very beautiful and calming building in the middle of Colombo.
5.0
The food here is superb. Love the fact that breakfast is a la cart, and you may have to wait a little, but it is worth it.
3.0
Residence by Uga Escapes is a truly luxurious experience. In the center of Colombo (near one of the more famous Buddhist temples) you find this oasis. Right next to the hotel there is also an alley with restaurants with a varied cuisine. With that said, you won't need it as Residence by Uga Escapes has a fantastic restaurant. It it by far the best food we ate during our three week trip to Sri Lanka. What makes this restaurant stick out is it's Sri Lanka-touch on it's fusion food. Rather than offering only Sri Lanka-food or fusion food this combines the two and makes it wonderfully. It also has a really good espresso martini!
Other than the food everything else was also impecable. Good and really helpful service, nice rooms, tasteful decorations both inside and outside of the rooms. Nice swimming pool!
2.5
Amazing stay , enjoyed very much. Had a great time. Friendly staffs
3.0
Amazing stay , enjoyed very much. Had a great time. Friendly staffs
5.0
Beautiful, spacious (bigger than our HK apt), boutique hotel. Excellent service, friendly staff. Would absolutely stay again!
5.0
The Residence is a wonderful small oasis of calm in the chaotic maelstrom that is Colombo. With the rooms, bar and restaurant wrapped around an inner courtyard, featuring the small lap pool, you get idyllic peace and quiet - until you venture out to enjoy the vibrate downtown Colombo.
3.0
Succeeded all of our expectations... The most beautiful hotel, with warm, hospitable and very professional staff. I would not have changes a thing! It was really an oasis in the city, and with relatively few roms, it felt almost like a private villa with a big lovely pool, plus a superb restaurant with a fresh, modern, varied and delicious meny (and an exclussive wine cellar!) Their motto was "feel like home" and it really did - we were sad to leave to continue our vacation outsider of Colombo...The neighbourhood was quiet and peaceful, but with a chique street with lovely restaurants and bars just a hundre metres from the hotel , several sightseeing spots nearby and a short tok-tok trip from the busier parts of town. We hope to come back and enjoy the lovely ambience once more...
3.0
Great small boutique hotel in the heart of Colombo. It is walking distance to all main 'attractions' and also provides a good quiet escape from the chaos going on around you. I would definitely stay here again if I was to return to Colombo.
2.5
Great small boutique hotel in the heart of Colombo. It is walking distance to all main attractions and also provides a good quiet escape from the chaos going on around you. I would definitely stay here again if I was to return to Colombo.
2.0
The hotel looks amazing and it has been maintained really well. It was our second trip there and I must say I was disappointed by the service. The checking process was relatively pain-free but it all went downhill from there.
I can't imagine how a simple request for an ice bucket could take up to an hour and when we sat around for breakfast we noticed that foreigners who came in after us were served before us. The restaurant manager made it a point to speak to everyone about their meals but never bothered with us. They went out of their way for foreign guests but dealt with our requests with nothing but apathy. It is really sad to see staff being prejudiced in this day and age, specially when we locals pay the same amount.
I am thoroughly disgusted by this and will take it up with the management.
1.5
The hotel looks amazing and it has been maintained really well. It was our second trip there and I must say I was disappointed by the service. The checking process was relatively pain-free but it all went downhill from there. I cant imagine how a simple request for an ice bucket could take up to an hour and when we sat around for breakfast we noticed that foreigners who came in after us were served before us. The restaurant manager made it a point to speak to everyone about their meals but never bothered with us. They went out of their way for foreign guests but dealt with our requests with nothing but apathy. It is really sad to see staff being prejudiced in this day and age, specially when we locals pay the same amount.I am thoroughly disgusted by this and will take it up with the management.
5.0
For improvement:-
1) Mosquitoes and cockroaches, lots. But the team cleaned them out speedily
2) Bathroom layout, could have been more practical
3) Too many doors to open to come back to the hotel room, at least 3
Really Great:-
4) Fast to listen to feedback, acted on the feedback, which is crucial
5) fairly new hotel, noticed the owner is constantly on upgrading the property
6) a posh location for families and young hipsters to hang out and dine
7) 10 rooms and 1 suite, so the guests can feel at home without the crowds
8) the breakfast and dinner are amazingly good, asked for recommendations from the team
9) room is really large
10) Service is exceptionally well
5.0
A beautiful relaxing boutique hotel in a quiet but accessible part of Colombo. Our room was palatial and very comfortable. Welcome drink and tray of sweets and chocolate was a lovely touch. Staff were very attentive and efficient. The bar and restaurant were fantastic. Great cocktails, wonderful food- Euro-Asian fusion, but leaning more to European. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit, and hope to return there soon.
2.5
We have rented this venue while our visit to Colombo and instantly fell in love with its charm and colonial ambiance. The lobby/bar/restaurant/pool area etc. are very well maintained, cleaned every day, and has a nice vibe. The rooms are large, clean and well attended to. The service and food are excellent and the location is also well situated (Colombo 3). A street hosting numerous bars/cafés/restaurants is walking distance as well as a temple. I highly recommend this venue for your stay in Colombo.
2.5
We have rented this venue while our visit to Colombo and instantly fell in love with its charm and colonial ambiance. The lobby/bar/restaurant/pool area etc. are very well maintained, cleaned every day, and has a nice vibe. The rooms are large, clean and well attended to. The service and food are excellent and the location is also well situated (Colombo 3). A street hosting numerous bars/cafés/restaurants is walking distance as well as a temple. I highly recommend this venue for your stay in Colombo.
5.0
Amazing beautiful hotel. Staff superb, restaurant amazing. Had a wonderful stay, peaceful and calm get away in the middle of Colombo. Close to many facilities. Highly recommend!!
2.5
From pulling up in our transfer until we left 3 days later the hotel exceeded our already high expectations. The restaurant is amazing and your stay should include an evening meal here. The rooms are spacious and you lack for nothing. The staff are helpful, above and beyond. The whole residence is a perfect oasis amidst skyscrapers going up all around. An absolute gem.
2.5
From pulling up in our transfer until we left 3 days later the hotel exceeded our already high expectations. The restaurant is amazing and your stay should include an evening meal here. The rooms are spacious and you lack for nothing. The staff are helpful, above and beyond. The whole residence is a perfect oasis amidst skyscrapers going up all around. An absolute gem.
2.5
Beautiful historic hotel in Colombo, staff we amazing and the hotel facilities we wonderful.
5.0
The core of the hotel is a 19 th century house that was the birthplace of Sri Lanka’s first Prime Minister. This very comfortable boutique hotel, with spacious rooms and a faultlessly pleasant and helpful staff, is a great base for a visit to Colombo. Laid back yet elegant. Breakfasts were to die for— creative options, cooked to order to the standards of what by night is one of the country’s top restaurants. I’d stay there again in a heartbeat. Bravo.
2.0
Staff are really lovely. Not a large establishment as there are only 11 rooms as it is a boutique hotel. Neighbourhood is a bit quiet and remote.
5.0
wonderful inner city retreat close to Park St Mews. What really sets it apart (aside from the impeccable decor, lovely rooms, delightful food and beautiful and tranquil pool) is the exceptional staff. Service in a lot of hotels can be very hit or miss, but this was definitely above par. Really, really nice and attentive staff added to the overall experience greatly. Highly recomend and I would stay again.
5.0
We were greeted by courteous staff who were more than obliging to help with anything we wanted. The rooms were excellent - very tastefully decorated. The meals too were good.. This is a wonderful place to stay in the heart of Colombo where discreet elegance is the focus. It is very handy for people who have to stay in Colombo and attend business meetings. I would not have any hesitation in recommending this hotel to anybody wanting to visit Colombo. This is the only hotel I will stay at when next visiting Colombo
FAQs
How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Colombo?
The average price for a rental in Colombo is $73 per night. This rental is $91 above the average.
Is parking included with this hotel?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Uga Residence - Colombo. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this hotel?
Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Uga Residence - Colombo. Enjoy the water!
Is Uga Residence - Colombo pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Uga Residence - Colombo?
We found 7 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, internet / wifi, parking, and laundry.
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