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Araliya Beach Resort & Spa Unawatuna- Where You Meet the Sea All Year
4.3/561 Reviews
We are currently staying at Araliya Unawatuna resort. So far the experience has been very disappointing to start with. Check in was delayed due to various reasons. High season and very busy. One of our family member’s room was booked in as a triple room for 3 adults. We booked this reservation six months ago. They said we can pay when we get to the hotel. However after going back and forth this was sorted finally. The whole check in process took about 1 hour. I won’t go into details of this as this was sorted. The breakfast buffet - Out of juice selection only mixed fruit fresh juice. All other juices are cordial. Small amount of watermelon was kept in the breakfast buffet for fruits. No other fruits in the buffet. For a five star hotel you would expect to have a decent selection of fresh fruits. Dinner buffet also did not have any fresh fruits. Today we wanted to order a drink from the pool bar. We normally look forward to have drinks by the pool bar. We were told since we are a group booking we cannot order drinks and charge to the room. The pool bar man spoke to the management and we were advised they won’t be able to take our order. This was highly disappointing as I don’t carry cash or credit cards when we are in the pool. This made us feel very unwelcomed. Very poor customer service. They give only one room key. If there are two people in the room you need two room keys. Otherwise without the key we cannot even access the lift and go to our room. Somehow the guy at the reception was very nice and gave us two keys on request. He did say the management has discouraged giving two keys. I will not say his name as I do not want this person at the reception to get in trouble. Pool towels- they give you a card. When you want a towel you have to hand the card to the pool man and then they give you the towel. When. Returning the towel, they give us the card back. If you loose the card they charge you LKR 3000. We have been to many five star resorts around the world and never had to go through all this to get a pool towel. The bathroom had only 2 towels when we booked for 2 adults and a child ( 8 years of age) We were out the whole morning in the pool and then the beach. We put the sign for the room to be cleaned in the morning.As soon as we arrived to the room at 1 pm , the cleaning person came to clean the room. This is only a small issue. At least the guy came to clean the room, but with everything else it just added up. We have booked three nights and checking out on the 31/12/24. Just wish we didn’t book 3 nights!!!! Whoever is in charge of management is sadly not doing a good job. I hope they take this review well and improves the management.
Villa Thawthisa the Boutique Hotel Unawatuna
3.7/535 Reviews
The view is great and breathtaking during sunset. They keep the hotel premises and garden clean. But when entering to the hotel, we feel like its an isolated/neglected place. Path is broken and both sides covered with ugly trees and bushes. No one to look at until we park and go to the reception. People park the vehicles wherever they want blocking other vehicles (we had to wait nearly half an hour to move our vehicle because someone was blocking it).We got a deluxe room with pool access.The bathroom design is so stupid and uncomfortable design. Rooms are not nice as the photos they have posted in web. Room amenities are ok but furniture and design of the room looks cheap. There is a very small staff. They looked like some random people found for day pay. Restaurant has no proper AC. We were sweating while having meals. There was only one guy to serve us who is not even wearing a mask. Special thank should go to the Chef. He had arranged very tasty food for the limited budget(we heard how they discuss the meal budget and all. They were too noisy and disturbing). Meal quantity is really small. Took longer time to serve. However next day breakfast was a buffet which was better. Rooftop is flooded when raining. Such a beautiful view is wasted. Elevator is out of service and we have to climb 4 floor to the restaurant. (this was reported in other reviews posted long ago). Such a beautiful location is wasted due to mismanagement.
Sergeant House Boutique Villa & Private Beach
4.8/538 Reviews
Wow what a place! Once you enter the beautiful gardens, you feel relaxed, calm and peaceful. The old buildings are beautifully and sympathetically decorated with so much attention to detail. The swimming pool has some sun and shaded areas and beautifully clean. My husband had a massage, which he enjoyed. Our room was the suite. Now I have to say, I travel around 9 months of the year and this is one of the best and biggest I have stayed in. We compared it as just short of Raffles in Singapore. Every little detail was thought about. Plenty of room for your toiletries, a plug next to a mirror for the hairdryer, socket next to the bed, etc. The evening dinner was very romantic, a beautiful setting in an open dining area by the pool. The food was delicious too. We were lucky enough to have the whole place to ourselves as it was low season. It felt like it was your own beautiful home. Sadly we only had time for one night. When we next visit Sri Lanka we will be checking in for a week.
Thaproban Pavilion Waves
4.3/548 Reviews
We visited this stunning hotel in Sri Lanka over Christmas, and it exceeded all our expectations! The highlight of our stay was the incredible effort the staff made to prepare a traditional English roast dinner, making us feel truly at home while being miles away. The rooms were spacious, comfortable and beautifully decorated with an art deco feel. The views were absolutely breathtaking, we had a sea view room with a huge balcony. The main infinity pool is stunning. The service was outstanding!! Every single member of the team went above and beyond to ensure our stay was perfect. This was a Christmas we’ll never forget. Highly recommended!
Thaproban Pavilion Resort and Spa
4.2/546 Reviews
A super hotel with good facilities and a good location. The buffet breakfast is comparable to the standard of lunch and dinner. The hotel’s open-air saltwater swimming pool is clean and buoyant. It faces the sea and makes waves. It’s amazing. The family suite we stayed in, open the skylight, the sun shines in, it is too comfortable.

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Highest PriceBRL 10,290
Lowest PriceBRL 155
Number of Reviews330
Number of Hotels21
Average Price (Weekdays)BRL 1,467
Average Price (Weekends)BRL 1,469