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Vacationing with my husband. The room was booked through the most simple tour operator, but when we arrived, we were pleasantly surprised. The hotel is located 50 meters from the sea-ocean, with sun loungers, umbrellas, as it turned out later, and beach towels are issued every day. The room has two double beds with mosquito nets, two fans, a refrigerator, a dryer and a closet with hangers.
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Vacationing with my husband.
The room was booked through the most simple tour operator, but when we arrived, we were pleasantly surprised. The hotel is located 50 meters from the sea-ocean, with sun loungers, umbrellas, as it turned out later, and beach towels are issued every day. The room has two double beds with mosquito nets, two fans, a refrigerator, a dryer and a closet with hangers. Separate bathroom with all necessary accessories. Gorgeous veranda with access to a cozy courtyard.
Very friendly staff, everything is clean, neat and tasteful.
Breakfasts are very plentiful, varied, adapted to European cuisine, also with soups and fresh fruits. The cook constantly asked the opinion of the guests, and clarified the preferences. . .
There are many sights nearby, which people from all over the world come to see: the Buddhist Temple, the Japanese Peace Pagoda, the Galle Fort. . .
In general, we swam, sunbathed, rested from the bustle of the city, and we didn’t even notice how two weeks flew by...
The only downside is that time flies very fast. . .
The room was booked through the most simple tour operator, but when we arrived, we were pleasantly surprised. The hotel is located 50 meters from the sea-ocean, with sun loungers, umbrellas, as it turned out later, and beach towels are issued every day. The room has two double beds with mosquito nets, two fans, a refrigerator, a dryer and a closet with hangers. Separate bathroom with all necessary accessories. Gorgeous veranda with access to a cozy courtyard.
Very friendly staff, everything is clean, neat and tasteful.
Breakfasts are very plentiful, varied, adapted to European cuisine, also with soups and fresh fruits. The cook constantly asked the opinion of the guests, and clarified the preferences. . .
There are many sights nearby, which people from all over the world come to see: the Buddhist Temple, the Japanese Peace Pagoda, the Galle Fort. . .
In general, we swam, sunbathed, rested from the bustle of the city, and we didn’t even notice how two weeks flew by...
The only downside is that time flies very fast. . .
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The impression of the hotel was not very pleasant. If you evaluate how they treat people there, then everything is bad. If you evaluate the ocean and the beach, then this is a little better. It was a shame that when you choose a special time and place to celebrate your birthday and there is such inattention - it's very unpleasant.
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The impression of the hotel was not very pleasant. If you evaluate how they treat people there, then everything is bad. If you evaluate the ocean and the beach, then this is a little better. It was a shame that when you choose a special time and place to celebrate your birthday and there is such inattention - it's very unpleasant. If tourists come here to meet and celebrate their holiday, then it is better to choose another place. There will be no holiday. But the ocean is calm here, there are no waves. You can swim, the green beach, everything is very good. The beach is good, the green area - everything is very good, except for the human factor.
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Good hotel for its level. Early check-in and late check-out are no problem. Which is not available in other places even if there are free rooms! We were in the old building, the room was certainly tired and must have seen a lot. But reasonably clean and tidy. There is air conditioning, fan and most importantly there is a refrigerator.
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Good hotel for its level. Early check-in and late check-out are no problem. Which is not available in other places even if there are free rooms! We were in the old building, the room was certainly tired and must have seen a lot. But reasonably clean and tidy. There is air conditioning, fan and most importantly there is a refrigerator. And a very large terrace from which you can see the ocean through the trees. The ocean is 50 meters from the hotel. There is construction going on next to the hotel, but we didn’t sit in the rooms during the day and it didn’t interfere. Breakfast is monotonous but delicious. The staff is normal. Towels were changed upon request, for cleaning the room you need to leave the key at the reception. We did not leave, there is nothing to clean. In general, who wants constant smiles from the staff, some kind of animation and swans from towels - this is not here. Here you have to enjoy nature itself. In the morning you wake up from the sound of the ocean and the sounds of wildlife. Near the hotel you can meet monkeys, peacocks sitting on palm trees.
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I read the previous reviews and I'm amazed! I'll tell it like it is, without exaggeration. Upon arrival, we were settled in the old building. I took a picture and made a video. I can send to anyone who is interested. This is JAH! Old furniture, leaking faucets, rusty air conditioner. In the room: an old century-old wardrobe, bed, minibar.
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I read the previous reviews and I'm amazed! I'll tell it like it is, without exaggeration. Upon arrival, we were settled in the old building. I took a picture and made a video. I can send to anyone who is interested. This is JAH!
Old furniture, leaking faucets, rusty air conditioner. In the room: an old century-old wardrobe, bed, minibar. In the bathroom, except for a rewound pipe dripping on the head and a dirty (with various greasy prints of someone's hands) mirror, there was nothing. The bed linen is red, the towels are torn. One plus is the presence of a large balcony. Everything! Next. . . breakfast! Ooooh, that's something! How do you like the range: chickpeas and beans (optional), tea or coffee with toast. Or. . . mivina and lentils. No vegetables. There is a photo! Very rare banana or 5 pieces of pineapple. Every morning, when they gave fruit (if they did), the cook stood near the distribution table and made sure that they took only 1 banana and some pineapples. Who did not have enough, the cook is not to blame))))) By the way, the rude staff behaved very nasty! They came out of the closet, threw food out of a plastic basin into a saucepan (like pigs), neighed and shouted to the people who were sitting waiting for breakfast, "go-go. " People get up, come to the table in order to have time to take at least something for breakfast, and the dudes again look out of their closet and just laugh insolently. On one of the weekends, all the staff were crawling around the hotel, because everyone was drunk. Where is it seen that the attendants drank? The next day, breakfast did not start at 8.00, but closer to 9.00. Certainly! I did not want to work from the future.
Next. . . Theft. Two new men's T-shirts disappeared from a room in the new building! Another woman's dress was missing.
Next....construction! This is zhah. A huge hotel is being built nearby. The developer is allowed everything, so this is one of the officials of this country. Every night many dump trucks came and unloaded huge stones. Did a few walks. The roar was on the whole resort. To be honest, one night we were blown up, frightened by the strongest roar. We went out of the room in a rage, seeing how the column of cars was going and going, we realized that we would not sleep. And so it went on until 4 am.
Next....the beach. Sunbeds counted))) there are 20 of them! The hotel accommodates (still 4 buildings) at least 50-70 people. But there are 20 sunbeds!!!!! ! Therefore..... we sunbathed while standing!
More....Who said that the staff is smiling???? ? I didn't see a single smile! Yes, they smiled, but to whom?? ? Yes, to the one who went every morning and gave them money! Seen with my own eyes. If you want to get a smile, give money! For one foreigner, they even singled out a personal one. They entertained her, smiled, and in return she put "sweet money" in their boat.
Regarding the appeal to the staff, I will say this: if you needed something, you could go to the manager and a hundred times - everything is useless! Instantly he forgot both English and Russian.
In conclusion, I will say: the hotel is terrible, the staff is arrogant, rude, lazy! And by the way, we personally had a holiday in our family, we did not receive any "compliment" from the hotel.
Old furniture, leaking faucets, rusty air conditioner. In the room: an old century-old wardrobe, bed, minibar. In the bathroom, except for a rewound pipe dripping on the head and a dirty (with various greasy prints of someone's hands) mirror, there was nothing. The bed linen is red, the towels are torn. One plus is the presence of a large balcony. Everything! Next. . . breakfast! Ooooh, that's something! How do you like the range: chickpeas and beans (optional), tea or coffee with toast. Or. . . mivina and lentils. No vegetables. There is a photo! Very rare banana or 5 pieces of pineapple. Every morning, when they gave fruit (if they did), the cook stood near the distribution table and made sure that they took only 1 banana and some pineapples. Who did not have enough, the cook is not to blame))))) By the way, the rude staff behaved very nasty! They came out of the closet, threw food out of a plastic basin into a saucepan (like pigs), neighed and shouted to the people who were sitting waiting for breakfast, "go-go. " People get up, come to the table in order to have time to take at least something for breakfast, and the dudes again look out of their closet and just laugh insolently. On one of the weekends, all the staff were crawling around the hotel, because everyone was drunk. Where is it seen that the attendants drank? The next day, breakfast did not start at 8.00, but closer to 9.00. Certainly! I did not want to work from the future.
Next. . . Theft. Two new men's T-shirts disappeared from a room in the new building! Another woman's dress was missing.
Next....construction! This is zhah. A huge hotel is being built nearby. The developer is allowed everything, so this is one of the officials of this country. Every night many dump trucks came and unloaded huge stones. Did a few walks. The roar was on the whole resort. To be honest, one night we were blown up, frightened by the strongest roar. We went out of the room in a rage, seeing how the column of cars was going and going, we realized that we would not sleep. And so it went on until 4 am.
Next....the beach. Sunbeds counted))) there are 20 of them! The hotel accommodates (still 4 buildings) at least 50-70 people. But there are 20 sunbeds!!!!! ! Therefore..... we sunbathed while standing!
More....Who said that the staff is smiling???? ? I didn't see a single smile! Yes, they smiled, but to whom?? ? Yes, to the one who went every morning and gave them money! Seen with my own eyes. If you want to get a smile, give money! For one foreigner, they even singled out a personal one. They entertained her, smiled, and in return she put "sweet money" in their boat.
Regarding the appeal to the staff, I will say this: if you needed something, you could go to the manager and a hundred times - everything is useless! Instantly he forgot both English and Russian.
In conclusion, I will say: the hotel is terrible, the staff is arrogant, rude, lazy! And by the way, we personally had a holiday in our family, we did not receive any "compliment" from the hotel.
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We celebrated New Year 2019 here. There was no promised program at all. The festive table was well... just modest)) One glass of non-alcoholic cocktail was poured from the drink. What they paid $ 100 for, no one understood) And pluses - the hotel has its own beach, on which there are many trees and you can hide in the shade.
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We celebrated New Year 2019 here. There was no promised program at all. The festive table was well... just modest)) One glass of non-alcoholic cocktail was poured from the drink. What they paid $ 100 for, no one understood)
And pluses - the hotel has its own beach, on which there are many trees and you can hide in the shade. Monkeys come to the beach every day, which can be fun to feed. Cafe on the beach - cooked every other time, once it was delicious, the second time was not at all. Changes are given very reluctantly, tips are added to everything, even if you take a bottle of beer and leave with it. They bought seafood, asked them to cook, they asked for the price for cooking the same as the cost of the products themselves. As a result, we met a tuk-tuk driver, he took us to the market, and for a little money he prepared it for us and brought it to the hotel. They also went with him to Khikaduwa, Galle, Kogallu and Weligama.
We lived in a new building, there are good rooms, but the bedding was made twice with a hole in the sheet. There was no hair dryer in the room, but I turned to the reviewer and they immediately issued it. Our friends lived opposite in the old building, where everything is of course already very "tired".
Beach towels are provided. There is a basket next to the reception, he came from the sea, threw wet into it. In the morning you go to the beach, take a new one at the reception. Cleaning on demand. I left the key at the reception, asked, they removed it. He did not leave, so he did not ask). They don't have trash bags, we put on the regular ones ourselves. There was a clothes dryer on the balcony.
From the main minus - nearby in a nearby hotel at the weekend there is a night discotheque, the music rumbles until 5 in the morning, it's not real to sleep at all!
All 14 days for breakfast they gave an omelette, bread, butter, a choice of tea or coffee and either a couple of pieces of fruit or a glass of smoothie. Something else stood on the tables, such as beans or some other porridge, but it was not possible to eat. Sometimes you had to wait for 15-20 minutes until you were served. Not critical of course, but at the end of the rest, I didn’t want to go to breakfast.
From everything we made a conclusion for ourselves - if we return to Sri Lanka, then we will definitely go to Unawatuna, but definitely to another hotel.
And pluses - the hotel has its own beach, on which there are many trees and you can hide in the shade. Monkeys come to the beach every day, which can be fun to feed. Cafe on the beach - cooked every other time, once it was delicious, the second time was not at all. Changes are given very reluctantly, tips are added to everything, even if you take a bottle of beer and leave with it. They bought seafood, asked them to cook, they asked for the price for cooking the same as the cost of the products themselves. As a result, we met a tuk-tuk driver, he took us to the market, and for a little money he prepared it for us and brought it to the hotel. They also went with him to Khikaduwa, Galle, Kogallu and Weligama.
We lived in a new building, there are good rooms, but the bedding was made twice with a hole in the sheet. There was no hair dryer in the room, but I turned to the reviewer and they immediately issued it. Our friends lived opposite in the old building, where everything is of course already very "tired".
Beach towels are provided. There is a basket next to the reception, he came from the sea, threw wet into it. In the morning you go to the beach, take a new one at the reception. Cleaning on demand. I left the key at the reception, asked, they removed it. He did not leave, so he did not ask). They don't have trash bags, we put on the regular ones ourselves. There was a clothes dryer on the balcony.
From the main minus - nearby in a nearby hotel at the weekend there is a night discotheque, the music rumbles until 5 in the morning, it's not real to sleep at all!
All 14 days for breakfast they gave an omelette, bread, butter, a choice of tea or coffee and either a couple of pieces of fruit or a glass of smoothie. Something else stood on the tables, such as beans or some other porridge, but it was not possible to eat. Sometimes you had to wait for 15-20 minutes until you were served. Not critical of course, but at the end of the rest, I didn’t want to go to breakfast.
From everything we made a conclusion for ourselves - if we return to Sri Lanka, then we will definitely go to Unawatuna, but definitely to another hotel.
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About the hotel, I can say that the reviews are not very good. The hotel is average. . . Firstly, there was construction going on at the hotel, which was not very comfortable. Secondly, when we arrived, they did not see the reservation of rooms for all (there were four of us), but they saw that only one room for two was booked.
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About the hotel, I can say that the reviews are not very good. The hotel is average. . . Firstly, there was construction going on at the hotel, which was not very comfortable. Secondly, when we arrived, they did not see the reservation of rooms for all (there were four of us), but they saw that only one room for two was booked. Later, everything was decided. Our rooms were booked in the old building, but there were no places for the four of us, so we were settled in the new building, where the renovation had already been completed. My husband and I got a good room, and the guys with whom we rested got a room where the air conditioner was leaking, the bed linen was with holes, not of very good quality. When asked to move them, we were told that in this case both couples should move to the old building. So, we returned to the old building, which we originally booked, where the rooms are, of course, "killed". The tour included breakfasts, regular breakfasts, no complaints. The beach is comfortable, it is a calm place, there are no big waves. We chose this hotel because of the beach. Loved that the beach is across the road. A huge minus is that there are very few sunbeds and umbrellas on the beach, places were occupied there from the very morning, so those who came later had no place left, they had to go to the neighboring beach, but still, it was very close. The territory is average, there are many shops nearby, both with clothes and souvenirs, etc. As for excursions, we went on them for the first four days, staying in different hotels, watching the city center, after which we already stopped at the Sea View Beach Hotel for a purely beach holiday, because it is not convenient to go on excursions from there, long and rather tiring.
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The hotel was on the first line, which suited us, and we also looked at the photographs that there is nature, a garden, the rooms are quite nice. We were settled normally, the hotel was old, but, in principle, we knew where we were going. What I didn't like is that the hotel is currently undergoing construction, and they are constantly sawing grinder there from 8 am to 10 or 11 pm.
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The hotel was on the first line, which suited us, and we also looked at the photographs that there is nature, a garden, the rooms are quite nice. We were settled normally, the hotel was old, but, in principle, we knew where we were going. What I didn't like is that the hotel is currently undergoing construction, and they are constantly sawing grinder there from 8 am to 10 or 11 pm. The room is adequate, normal, if you ask to be cleaned, they will clean it well, they warn about it. We had breakfast included in the tour, they are terrible, monotonous, not tasty, disgusting. We had a daily breakfast: tea or coffee, an omelet from one egg, probably also toast with butter and jam, and so for 10 days, so for the last three days we ate elsewhere. The hotel is far from the city center, but there were shops nearby. The territory is not bad well-groomed, chipmunks, monkeys, including snakes live there, there is a lot of greenery, in general, not bad. The guide is excellent, responsible, sociable, organized, with a sense of humor, he told about the country, and about memos, about history. Given that this is a 2 * hotel, I can easily rate it 10 out of 10.
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In September I was lucky enough to visit this hotel (ten days). This is my second time in Sri Lanka. The location of the hotel is excellent due to access to the best beach in Unawatuna, namely the bay with a calm ocean. The room had everything you need to relax, a good large bed, enough furniture, a refrigerator, an electric kettle, air conditioning, a ceiling fan, a shower with hot water - all the time.
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In September I was lucky enough to visit this hotel (ten days). This is my second time in Sri Lanka. The location of the hotel is excellent due to access to the best beach in Unawatuna, namely the bay with a calm ocean. The room had everything you need to relax, a good large bed, enough furniture, a refrigerator, an electric kettle, air conditioning, a ceiling fan, a shower with hot water - all the time. Very pleased with the large private terrace with furniture. Meals: only breakfasts were included - of course monotonous, but cooked deliciously. For lunch and dinner, we often ordered dishes at the hotel restaurant on the beach, everything was very tasty (first courses, seafood, meat dishes and side dishes). The cost of meals in your own restaurant is similar to other neighboring establishments. It’s better not to take risks at other establishments, as it’s checked in your own and everything will be prepared for you for 5+. The staff is very attentive and friendly, they try to do everything for your comfortable stay, the administrator understands a little Russian. WiFi is very good in the hotel, reception is even on the beach. An additional building is being built on the territory, and construction work is underway behind the hotel. But these constructions in no way affect your vacation, since you are not in the room all the time. I was also very pleased with the provision of a choice of rooms, early check-in and late check-out without any additional charge, plus a compliment from the chef to me and the guests on my birthday, which was also lucky to celebrate in this wonderful country.
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The Sea View Beach Hotel is quite modest and we were well aware of this. when they chose him. Therefore, when we went there, we knew what to expect, so we were satisfied. It fully met all our expectations. The food was delicious, the staff was good, that was enough for us.
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The Sea View Beach Hotel is quite modest and we were well aware of this. when they chose him. Therefore, when we went there, we knew what to expect, so we were satisfied. It fully met all our expectations. The food was delicious, the staff was good, that was enough for us.
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The hotel was on the first line, which suited us, and we also looked at the photographs that there is nature, a garden, the rooms are quite nice. We were settled normally, the hotel was old, but, in principle, we knew where we were going. What I didn't like is that the hotel is currently undergoing construction, and they are constantly sawing grinder there from 8 am to 10 or 11 pm.
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The hotel was on the first line, which suited us, and we also looked at the photographs that there is nature, a garden, the rooms are quite nice. We were settled normally, the hotel was old, but, in principle, we knew where we were going. What I didn't like is that the hotel is currently undergoing construction, and they are constantly sawing grinder there from 8 am to 10 or 11 pm. The room is adequate, normal, if you ask to be cleaned, they will clean it well, they warn about it. We had breakfast included in the tour, they are terrible, monotonous, not tasty, disgusting. We had a daily breakfast: tea or coffee, an omelet from one egg, probably also toast with butter and jam, and so for 10 days, so for the last three days we ate elsewhere. The hotel is far from the city center, but there were shops nearby. The territory is not bad well-groomed, chipmunks, monkeys, including snakes live there, there is a lot of greenery, in general, not bad. The guide is excellent, responsible, sociable, organized, with a sense of humor, he told about the country, and about memos, about history. Given that this is a 2 * hotel, I can rate it 10 out of 10.
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