Хороший отель, можно ехать! Good hotel, you can go!

Just arrived, I will write a few tips.

I liked the hotel. We lived on the first floor in a deluxe suite, maybe not the same sea view as on the second floor, but it is very convenient to go outside to the sunbeds. Sockets - take the adapter to the socket, so that later you do not run to the reception, shouting how to charge the phone.

The restaurant-food is normal, they took breakfast and dinner, I don’t understand the reviews where they wrote that there was nothing to eat. We ordered wine once, 2 x 100 grams. for 350 rupees, in the end they brought a bill not for 700 rupees, but for 1000 rupees, including a percentage for service, and for some reason the price turned out to be not 350 but 400, so keep in mind if you order drinks, be prepared for such nuances.

Sun loungers and umbrellas - there are enough sun loungers, there are umbrellas, the only thing that the serving boy tries to close them as soon as you go to the toilet or swim.

The location is excellent - on the left, if you stand with your back to the hotel entrance, a 10-minute walk is a fruit market, behind the market, if you walk along the road, there are two civilized supermarkets, there is a supermarket and opposite the market, and if you go to the right of the hotel, opposite the Citrus Hotel.

Beach and snorkeling - the hotel is located in the middle of a coral reef, which has a number of advantages - there are no waves and there is where to swim with a mask, you must take a mask and snorkel, you can take swimming slippers, but this is not critical.
It is better to take a snorkeling beam in the morning, preferably from 7-00 to 12-00, then the waves rise, the tide begins, from this underwater currents, a muddy bottom and all that.
You can swim opposite the exit from the hotel, you can walk to the right to Hikkaduwa Beach Hotel, there are many locals, but excellent snorkeling along the reef and flocks of small fish, grab bread, get great pleasure, or left to Chayaa Tranz Hikkaduwa, there are also turtles and too you can swim with a mask, there are corals, but not enough, flocks of large fish, and swimming turtles. Turtles can be found not only at Chayaa Tranz Hikkaduwa, I also saw them opposite Hikkaduwa Beach Hotel when I was snorkeling free-swimming along the reef.

Weather - don’t be upset if you have rains according to the forecast, it’s even better than the scorching sun, they are short-lived and don’t really interfere, since the air temperature is still +30, the only thing that doesn’t dry anything is high humidity.

nearby restaurants. Advice, check if they write down your order correctly and be sure to check the bill, the bugs are still the same. They may not bring you the dish that you ordered and it will certainly be more expensive, or the bill is not yours at all.
Everywhere add 10% service charge.

Were in three: Red lobster, Dolphin, Tigris. Red lobster won both in terms of price, the size of the dishes and the speed of service. Dolphin generally left zdye, with a sense of the gift of time and money spent. While the order was taken, 15 minutes passed, then another 40 minutes were prepared, they ordered shrimp with salad and shrimp with boiled vegetables for 900 rupees, it seems. So the shrimp in this dish just floated in ketchup, which scored all the noble taste. They ordered soup, they brought something laced with starch, as it turned out when they received the bill, it was a different soup, more expensive than the one they ordered. They also provided an invoice with 10% for the service (which we refused to pay). In general, Dolphin and I were not lucky, as he was not advised on the Internet. So be on the lookout.

I also wanted to add something about the food. You can't buy sausages in supermarkets, I've only seen ham in an iron can.
If you plan to have a snack at lunch, then take it from home, and since food on airplanes is expensive, you will not think about what you will take on the plane on the way back. Also try local ginger lemonade, sold in supermarkets.