What I missed was a ceiling fan or AC. There was a portable fan available, but it is too noisy and does not really help. During the night I was sweating and it was not pleasant.

Location close to center, quiet. It was the best homestay we had during our holidays in SL. Best equipped, with toilet paper, soap, kettle, hot water, moskito net, what is not standard in SL and this price category. It was the very first time, that homestay had also information regarding train schedule!

Stayed in March 2024

The Boat Safari of 1 hour to see only Mangroves is not worth the Money. A German drunk man was keeping everyone awake chatting on the common terrace until 1:30 in the morning and from the room at 1st floor you can hear everything loud as it is open on the ceiling and on the top of the door.

The Landlady is very kind and cares for Tourists. There is always drinking water. Common Cooking facilities and a big fridge. The rooms are spacious and have comfortable beds with good matress and mosquito nets. Very beautiful tropical garden by the Bentota River and have canoes and Boat Safaris .

Stayed in February 2024

It was a very good place and great for relaxing, but the rooms on the second floor do not have running water in the bathroom, but the management was excellent.

Stayed in January 2024

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Very nice family, clean room, very tasty dinner and breakfast, I recommend this place

Stayed in December 2023

Nothing as of such

Owners are very friendly and helpful.

Stayed in October 2023

The view was good. The staff were welcoming. Worth the price

Stayed in September 2023

One of the best guest houses I stayed in during my trip to sri lanka. Rooms are reasonable and clean. Location is great, close to the beach amd city center with the river right in front of the house. The host are increadibly helpful and polite. They offer travel tips and advice as well always do their best to help with anything you may need. Very nice experiance. Excellent value for money. 100% recommended

Stayed in February 2023

no hot water and bathroom not clean, There are cobwebs The room is a partition made of gypsum that isolates it from the rest of the house, and therefore the outside sounds are audible and the privacy is less.

polite staff you need to walk but still close from the center and near the river

Stayed in January 2023

Do not order miss( home woman) to cook for you! Because she bring for you very very cold and ice food not hot not warm!!! How ever i was called to her husband and say him please take ready my food at 9.30 but when i come exactlly at that time food was so ice and cold!!!

Clean & location was good Have mosquito net that very important Private room whit nice view Come to this place really good & Secure place for holiday but do not order food at this palce

Stayed in January 2023

The family hosting the property were lovely and kind

Stayed in December 2022

The curtains arent very dark so it's very light in the room as soon as the sun comes up!

Lovely room which includes a boat trip in the price! Air conditioning too which is great! One of the best places we stayed in our two months in Sri Lanka!

Stayed in April 2022

there is no power backup

location

Stayed in March 2022

could be a little bit more cleaner, towels didn’t smell too nice. no biggie though. all in all we recommended this place if you are in Bentota.

great location just by the river. room is big with a nice view, garden is beautiful and lush. you can see many different birds and even big bats daily. river boat tour was nice and we recommend booking room with tour option. everyone is nice and helpful. you can also use tea or coffee free of charge, refrigerator is also available.

Stayed in March 2022

We spent the last night in the downstairs room which is quite small and therefore not as comfortable as the upstairs one.

One of the best stays we had in Sri Lanka. We extended our stay from two to five nights. The hosts are super friendly and do everything to make your stay comfortable. We stayed in the upstairs room most of our stay which is just amazing. With river view and the room is huge and bright.

Stayed in February 2022

We spent the last night in the downstairs room which is quite small and therefore not as comfortable as the upstairs one.

One of the best stays we had in Sri Lanka. We extended our stay from two to five nights. The hosts are super friendly and do everything to make your stay comfortable. We stayed in the upstairs room most of our stay which is just amazing. With river view and the room is huge and bright.

Stayed in February 2022

The room was a bit hot at night. There is a fan, but room would need a roof fan to be perfect. But very good value for money!

Very nice family! Let you lend kayak and bicycle for free. Good location next to river. Nice balcony and free coffe and tea. Fridge available.

Stayed in January 2022

Unfortunately the wifi doesn’t work well

This family is very very welcoming ! always trying to help. The host drive me to a place to exchange money for free. Food is nice, the house and garden lovely. I could stay one night more without problem.

Stayed in February 2022

There where no curtains in front of the window door.

Very welcoming people, nice breakfast, free coffee and thee, good wifi & good location!

Stayed in October 2021

Our room was without AC, so it was almost impossible to sleep :( if you plan to stay in this property - choose room with AC. Also strange smell in the room…

They have a nice entrance to the river to chill :)

Stayed in March 2024

Nothing

Spacious room, fridge for guests, fan was enough to keep me cool!

Stayed in February 2024

It is not close to the central location. Also it is in an alley. You have to walk/to take taxi for sometime to reach to the hotel. There were cockroaches in the room.

The owners were nice and humble people.

Stayed in November 2023

At least nature was around us to forget where we were !

We weren't supposed to go to this hotel because of the negative comments but in Bentota there are few budget rooms and indeed the description does not correspond at all to reality and it is not honest! We had hardly put our luggage in the room that they ask you for your passport and to pay! the standard rooms do not have a fan but simple table fan which are not suitable for the heat of this country, so of course we had no choice to take the more expensive room with air conditioning! what a nice trick right ?!!! all the hotels we went to were equipped with a normal ceiling fans. Regarding hygiene There was a disgusting smell in the 3 rooms they showed us and a heat to pass out!, the bath towels were so disgusting that you could mistake them for the doormat, the curtains were stained everywhere the tables were dusty, the rugs on the floor looked like they hadn't been washed in years! they gave first one bed sheet just enough to cover 1 person again we had to ask for another one and they seem to not like us to ask ! and finally there is a bar-restaurant near their house and the music was so loud we had to wait at least 1:00 am to be able to sleep ! in short I don't know how people can write positive comments about this hotel it's very strange ! in short avoid this place if you want to sleep in a clean, quiet and decent place!

Stayed in February 2023

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Stayed in February 2024

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Stayed in April 2024