Guest User
June 8, 2024
We had a 3 days stay at the hotel also planning for a birthday celebration. At the reception when we were filling the details I let them know that we had a birthday celebrant, my mother, and they asked how and where we wanted the cake to be. It was amazing. On the day of the birthday, there was a surprise when we entered the room, it was nicely decorated welcoming us in with a birthday wishing. Which was absolutely lovely. Special thanks to Kumudu. The owner of the hotel, Mr. Panabokka was there at the dinner time too and talked to us, when I also mentioned that it was my mom's birthday, he wished my mom and ensured if I had made the staff aware of the birthday. That was so nice of him. That night my mom was surprised with a cake on the hotel. I had already asked them to prepare it for dinner to cut the cake after main meals, during dessert time. When it was closing in on the time I also asked them to play the birthday song with live music (live music was already playing at the time) whilst bringing the cake. Everyone attended to each and every request of mine. Thank you so much, Mr. Indika, Anjali and the staff we were all so happy and my mom was indeed surprised. Apart from all that, I should mention that they have a lovely garden, which is maintained by Mr. Nihal and the Manager. They are such nice people. Thank you for giving us your time and teaching us more about plants whenever we asked about the plants and trees. When it comes to food, the buffet was splendid! Loved the food. I should also thank Nadeesha, Ajantha, and Aruna for attending to our requests when dining. Also Raneesh, always had a smile on his face inspite standing at the fruit/waffle/pancakes area serving customers for so long in the morning. Such pleasant to see. The downside I encountered during my stay at the hotel was that their a-la-carte menu was not that good. There were vegetarian, as well as non-veg with us. Except for a vegetarian wrapper we had as a starter, none of the other meals were at least satisfactory (of both veg and non-veg, which we ordered). So I wouldn't recommend a-la-carte menu, which is mostly available for lunch and no buffet. However, I would absolutely recommend their buffet. The dining area didn't have fans, so we were not feeling comfortable in the afternoon. The fans they have didn't have long enough extension codes to reach to certain tables at times, and neither did we get a satisfying air blow. The night was pretty much cool and we didn't have the need to request for a fan. All in all, I loved the stay. Had a wonderful and pleasant time. The staff is so nice. Spacious bedrooms in the new building. There's so much area to walk. There's a pond, there's a good view of the river. There's a lovely garden. A good place for nature lovers.