Fabulous

We enjoyed our stay however the standard is not 5*. The hotel IS nice and has good views, the room is beautiful too. The pool is smaller than it looks. The “let down” is the menus with hand written/edits, which would never happen in a 5* hotel, and the lack of gym. Also we asked for cappuccino at breakfast and were told this is additional cost, and one day the fresh fruit was “on request” rather than laid out for the buffet, which is weird and as I usually eat mainly fruit at breakfast making it all a bit awkward. Also no “nibbles” with drinks, again normally 5* hotels provide nuts or something with drinks. Overall fine, but not 5* so adjust expectations.

Friendly staff and nice pool area but everything else is nowhere near 5-star for a place charging 250usd per night. - Restaurant is expensive and not nice - Awkward processes including over 30 minutes waiting for check-in - Outdated rooms with water leak stains on the walls

Mostly good but somewhat mixed feelings on this stay. I messaged the hotel via the Expedia app/emailed with the hotel to arrange a pickup for me at the airport. No one came to pick me up and when I called the hotel they were unaware. It was upsetting considering I was a solo female traveler and it was 11:30pm. The room was nice and the view was nice, but the shampoo and conditioner were absolutely horrible. I heard other guests complaining about it too. The shampoo felt like dish soap and the conditioner was watered down. It was very odd and afterwards my hair had never been so tangled. I think for the price per night the hotel could have just slightly better bath products. I do like that the room came with two water bottles and a loofa. I suggest getting shampoo and conditioner at the general store across the street. The view at sunset was absolutely beautiful. I got a massage at the hotel and that was amazing! The hotel has a few restaurants and shops across the way. The pool, layout chairs and beach access were also really enjoyable!

Yes

Staff great, good location

Schönes Hotel am Meer. Das Personal ist freundlich aber verglichen mit dem Personal in anderen Hotels auf Sri Lanka nicht herzlich. Viele Touristen schlafen da nach Ankunft oder vor Abflug. Das merkt man. Eher Massenabfertigung und das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ist eigentlich zu teuer! Trotzdem haben wir die letzte Nacht vor dem Abflug dann noch einmal da verbracht. Wir haben uns wohl gefühlt und mehr war auch nicht nötig.

Beautiful hotel, Nice room, very friendly staff.

Great pool area. Staff were excellent. Food was OK

Smutsigt på rummet när vi anlände.

Staff were excellent, room is good and pool is lovely. Unfortunately there was a huge amount of noise from street level until 2am including drums and microphone singing. It was impossible for myself or my baby to sleep which was the point of getting a hotel near the airport.

5 star view of the ocean, 3.5 star room, 2 star service from the staff. Stayed for 4 nights, first day was ruined due to being given a sub standard room. After complaining to the supervisor, we were given a nicer room with a beautiful view of the pool/ocean - but the room felt more like 3.5 star - nothing special, No mini bar and room was outdated. Paid nearly $200/night, not worth the price. Breakfast was the same for all 4 days of our stay. Also, felt that people of color are treated differently and raised this with the supervisor. The arrogant male staff in particular at front desk, restaurant and pool area need to be trained properly. This was raised with the supervisor.. Note that an additional 10% service charge, 18% VAT is added to food/beverage/spa.

Outstanding hotel. Great rooms, great breakfast, lovely pool, great location for exploring Negombo.

They did very well under difficult circumstances. On the positive side while we were there a cyclone and huge flood hit the island. The worst weather situation since 1902. Most tours were canceled and most visitors were stranded. They did their best. There was no power for a very long time. Actually, the power was off on my side of the building for the last 24 hours. We were there.. They did their best in terms of trying to keep the water out of common areas which was a full-time job for many people. So I would give them an A+ for that. When we arrived, we asked if we could get an early arrival room and they said the hotel was fully booked and there were no available rooms however, if we paid $75 then we could go into our rooms immediately. So no available room is fully booked unless you paid. I thought that was poor form but it’s their policy I guess. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the food. Cafeteria food basically.

Stay was fun and enjoyable

Staff and Concierge Sampath arranged our last requests perfectly and definitely visit thecrestsurant he referred us to Sameetha very reasonable and outstanding!

Very pleasant and helpful staff. Room was also very quiet which is important to us.

A really good hotel with kind and attentive staff. The room was clean and the breakfast was great. Really enjoyed the spa services. The only minus was how cold the room got because of the AC (didn’t matter how much we tried to adjust it), but I would definitely stay here again.

Wonderful place to stay! The staff are so friendly and nice, the services were worth the price and the food is excellent

We only wish we didn’t start our 5-week stay here! It was so amazing that most of our other accommodations paled in comparison. We don’t normally stay in this kind of hotel as we tend to prefer smaller, less fancy hotels. But this was the perfect place to chill for 3 nights as we got over our very long flight to Sri Lanka. Our room was gorgeous, the staff were lovely, the pool was just what we needed and the buffet breakfast was so good!!!! We loved the location and walked one way along the beach and roads on one day and the other way on another day. Each day we walked well over 10km-15km and felt safe the entire time. The hotel is close to many restaurants and we highly recommend it for your stay in Negombo.