Vadamaradchi South-West Vacations & Trips from ￥124,720

Noisy due to celebrations Waited 45 mins for a coffee which never came. Otherwise good

Decent quality 3 star hotel on negombo seafront. Nice garden facing the beach and great views of sunsets. Guests were a mixed crowd of locals and foreign tourists. Check in process was slow and inefficient. Staff seemed to struggle to process a group booking ahead of us and told us to wait. This took more than half hour. The older lady who showed us to our room incorrectly told us that there was no room service. Her younger male colleague confirmed there was room service and said he was frustrated with this older ladies capability to do her job. We struggled on our first night as the air con didn't work. The maintenance staff struggled to fix the issue and we had to be moved. Many of the sockets were not to the current Sri Lankan /UK standard. In other words they were the 3 round pin sockets.. Buffet on the saturday was very good and wide ranging. Sunday was a lot worse, we think it may have been cos there were less guests All in all a mixed bag but the staff are reasonably friendly, garden is nice. Rooms need updating but compared to some so called 4 star rival hotels i would say this place is decent value for money.

Stayed for a week to unwind after a two week cycling tour. We booked a suite for the extra space but what we were allocated was better described as a 2 bed apartment (just as good). It was tucked away at the back of the complex in a corner of one of the well maintained gardens . Initially we were not overly impressed by the outlook but it grew on us as we enjoyed the large terrace and quietness. Rooms are a good size and clean. Fittings basic but functional. The A/C units (1 in each of the bedroom) were effective. Plenty of hot water for the showers and adequate wardrobe space and hangers in the 2 bedrooms. The friendly staff came around regularly with glass bottles of water and took away the empties. However they didn't enter the room to clean. We had to request this and leave the key with reception. Not a problem, but would have been good it this had been made clear when we arrived. Pool area very nice but only around 10 sun beds. Some days the pool was quiet but occasionally a rush of people would arrive so another half dozen would have eased the availability issues. The hotel location is good with the beach and a number of restaurants close by (we didn't use the onsite restaurant at all). Very convenient for the airport. Overall it exceeded our expectations when compared to the much more expensive accommodation we stayed in during our tour.