Good hotel but bad location

Written: 23 november 2017
Travel time: 11 — 21 november 2017
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 3.0
This was our first trip to Sri Lanka. If we had the information that appeared after the trip, we would have chosen a completely different place. The first thing I want to note is the beach and the ocean. The closest beach is the beach of the nearby hotel Laya Beach. It is dirty in itself (if not compared with the beaches that do not belong to any hotel). Near the beach at the Blue Water Hotel. There the beach is cleaner and bigger, but still dirty.
Ocean: if you want to swim in turquoise water in a relaxed way, then you are definitely not on the west coast. Here the ocean is raging. The waves are constant, they do not subside at all. The ocean is grey-green. But maybe we're just unlucky. Or someone likes to jump on the waves.
Hotel: small in itself. Has no territory. There is only a hotel and a pool. The pool has 2 sunbeds for all residents. But you can easily bring a table and chairs to the pool, you just have to ask. The hotel is located in a small village. The closest market and supermarket is in the center of Wadduwa 15 minutes walk or 5 minutes tuk tuk ride. A large market and a supermarket are located in Panadura (15-20 minutes by tuk-tuk). I advise you to take breakfast and dinner, because. There are few places to eat in the town itself. Not to mention cheap food. Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, 2 sausages, toast with jam and butter, and fruit.

Rooms: normal. Clean, bright. The bed is large, the air conditioner is powerful, the bathroom is good. The only downside is the railroad. It is located right next to the hotel. Trains run every 2-4 hours. And if during the day it doesn’t matter, then at night and in the early morning it is well felt. We consistently woke up every night 1-3 times.
Service: all at the highest level. The employees try very hard to please. Always smiling. Communicated with them either by gestures, or in semi-English, or through an interpreter in their native Sinhalese language.
Wi-fi was, but caught very badly. It's easier to buy a card and sit on 4G.
Conclusion: the hotel itself is good, just located in a bad location. Next time we will definitely go south. Everything is 100 times more beautiful and comfortable there.
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