Amba Kola

If you're looking for great food made from local ingredients, many from the garden served up in, cooked to perfection then this is the place for you. Even better, you can stay in a wonderful air conditioned room, in a wonderfully comfortable bed shrouded in mosquito netting and shower semi-alfresco in your well equipped unsuited shower room / toilet. Janik and his mum will look after you so thoughtfully and kindly you won't want to leave, and you'll vow to return. Go there if you can.

We stay 2 nights in Amba Kola and what a fantastic time we had. Janik the owner wasn’t here but Greshan and Swarne (Janik’s mum) I believe were exceptional hosts and really looked after us. We did a safari which was brilliant - we saw dozens of elephants, buffalo, deer, monkeys galore, even a crocodile or 2. This exceptional trip was organised by Janik and the driver was amazing with fantastic eyesight- he spotted things that we would have just driven past. This said, the 2 highlights for me were Swarne and her cooking. Swarne was warm and friendly and very funny she really couldn’t do enough for all of us, but her cooking…. This was some of the best food I have had in Sri Lanka- fresh and beautifully presented. If you are going to do a safari please stay here at this small family run place and be fed by Swarne and I promise you won’t be disappointed.

We stayed at Amba Kola for 2 nights and both my wife and myself agreed it was the best time spent on our holiday. Janik and his mom were the 2 warmest, kindest, friendliest and welcoming people we met on our trip. They couldn't do enough for us to make our time amy more special. They arranged our transfer from Ella for us and it was cheaper than anyone else we had priced, they surprised us with food when we arrived,. Janik mom is a fantastic chef and all our meals were the nicest we enjoyed on our holidays in Sri Lanka. The breakfasts were out of this world from pancakes, to freshly made juice, homemade granola etc and the evening meals were equally beautiful. Our room was beautiful and so comfy. We also did our safari with Janik which was an amazing experience . There are beautiful walks through sugar cane plantations surrounding Amba kola and we were accompanied by one of there dogs for our walk. Janik organised for us free of charge to go to the nearby town to pick up some supplies we needed for our travels and even bought us ice cream on the way back. The atmosphere at the house is so relaxing and chilled that you just never want to leave. The love that Janik and his mom show for animals has no boundaries also , so because we feel the same it made the stay feel more perfect. All in all my wife and myself couldn't recommend staying here enough. Its beautiful, perfect, definitely 5 star, beautiful food. Fantastic safari, fantastic people and atmosphere and super affordable. Thank you both for making 2 days so special in our lives and thank you for giving us memories to hold in our hearts forever.

We had a fabulous stay! The place is so well maintained with all the good details. The owner Janik is such a nice person, he helps people and animals. Janik mother’s cook is super, the best food we had during our whole trip at Sri Lanka. 这个小旅店实在太好了，这个品质用这个价格住简直不可思议。老板Janik人非常非常好，认真对待每件事和身边每一个人和小动物。Janik妈妈做的饭实在是太好吃了，她开的餐馆曾经是Ella地区的餐馆第一名☝️，没想到我们能有这个口服，这两天的食物是我们在斯里兰卡十天中吃到的最好吃的饭了。旅馆外面是无边无际的甘蔗地，带上店里的三条小狗在田间漫步十分美好。本来只打算住一晚，到了以后直接又延了一晚，把在斯国的最后一晚也贡献给了这里。强烈推荐一定要来体验一下！

We were staying round the corner and went for food - it was incredible! Even though we showed up with no notice (apparently it's mostly pre-booked) we were cooked 8 different curries that were all incredible! Definitely try and eat here if you get a chance - some of the best curry I'd had in Sri Lanka