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Reviews of Nilaveli Beach Hotel 3 stars

Trincomalee, 31000 Nilaveli, Sri Lanka

#10 of 16 hotels in Nilaveli

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 62 hotel reviews

8.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.5

  • Comfort

    8.6

  • Location

    8.9

  • Facilities

    8.1

  • Staff

    8.4

  • Value for money

    7.6

  • Free WiFi

    5.4

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  • Reviewed: 29 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Non Availability of high speed WiFi in rooms n restaurant Food Menu is westernized to suit only foreigners, it shud have more of local flavour

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 February 2024

    9.0
    Good stay in great location with great meeting room facilities too!
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Nothing, really happy with our stay

    Really nice hotel. Rooms, food and staff all really good. Meeting room facilities also good. If we are in the area again, there aren’t lots of hotels with workshop facilities around and this one is well-established and long-standing. Definitely would stay again.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 February 2024

    9.0
    Good stay in great location.
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Nothing, very happy with my stay

    Really nice hotel. Rooms, food and staff all really good. Meeting room facilities also good- did have an issue with a HDMI cable for the projector but managed to sort it. If we are in the area again, there aren’t lots of hotels with workshop facilities around and this one is well-established and long-standing. Definitely would stay again.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 February 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food price

    Location

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2023

    7.0
    Great communal space to unwind but hugely overpriced for what it is and definitely not worth the money they are charging
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The rooms are some of the worst we have stayed in in Sri Lanka. We were so disappointed. We paid for a room with a view of the sea and to say there is a view of the sea is tenuous at best. The beds are terrible. Very hard mattresses. The aircon and fridges are very old and out of date. Bathrooms all need re doing. The staff are also not that pleasant. This was the last stop on our Sri Lanka trip and compared to every other hotel the staff where unsmiling and not nearly as warm and helpful as every other place we stayed in. They didn’t see to care if things were ok or not!

    The communal areas are beautifully done. The landscaped gardens, the pool , the beach and the entrance to the property.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room was not ideal for the price however was suitable for the stay - it was two beds not a double - when requested a double.

    Right on the Beach with no other hotels close by, was nice to sit under the trees on the beach. Breakfast food was really good to try lots of Sri Lankan food I had not yet experienced.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 August 2023

    8.0
    Peaceful, well organised and we would return again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The rooms were a little dated. However, they were clean and well maintained. The only thing we would liked to have improved is the Wifi. It is only available in certain areas, and drops out regularly. Generally speaking, in a quiet beach resort, limited wifi could have been quite nice. (Particularly if the hotel had explained the reason for it - possibly due to the remote location of the hotel?). Unfortunately, my partner and I both had significant work issues which arose whilst we were there and the general guest wifi was no where near good enough to deal with this. However, the staff quickly invited us to work in the main office where the wifi was good - good enough to do a global Teams call.

    Excellent dinner buffet - terrific range of food which varied each day and was beautifully cooked. Breakfast buffet also very good. The hotel will arrange a candle lit beach dinner if you request it too. The location on the beach was beautiful - very quiet, clean beach with a hotel boat service to Pigeon Island and a Dive School operating from the hotel. The service from the staff and overall management of the hotel was superb.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 18 August 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lunch at a la carte restaurant took more than an hour after ordering before food came. Nothing offered in compensation except an apology. Also property is overpriced for quality of rooms even allowing for peak season

    Food and service.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 August 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    That I had to leave 🥺

    The area was superb. Quiet, cleanest beach I have ever seen. The rooms were clean and cosy. Staff were very attentive and helpful.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 June 2023

    8.0
    Thoroughly enjoyed it. Will return again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Ocean Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Our second room was a budget room behind the hotel. A significant walk to facilities & the suite where the rest of family was staying. No tv or wifi in the room

    The suite was exceptional, beach front with uninterrupted ocean views. The beach was very safe for young children. Breakfast was brilliant - Sri Lankan which changed daily plus good selection of western food.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 June 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful breezy beachside stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    dinner buffet was quite expensive - $25 USD is too much. so we went out for dinner after the first night. also, the reception and room service were not responsive to our phone calls.

    excellent location - roll out of your room straight onto the pristine sands of nilaveli beach. the grounds are spacious and airy and shaded by beautiful trees, and the swimming pool is large and delightful. the staff were really nice and accomodating. the breakfast and dinner buffets are marvellous with a wide range of food but we only stuck with the (great) Sri Lankan specials. best of all was the price - around $80 USD per night was extraordinarily good value for the quality of the stay.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 February 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    beach & breakfast

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 February 2023

    8.0
    great stay beautiful beach and hotel grounds
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    wifi and internet facilities really need to be improved at this property. While the general ambience is fantastic the lack of basic internet facilities is a bit of a let down. Internet is available only in one area and even that is a very choppy and sporadic service

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner options were fantastic. Beautiful grounds, Fantastic staff and great room size

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 September 2022

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Everything was great

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 8 May 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beach is very nice, breakfast was good as well and staff is very polite

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2022

    7.0
    Very nice Clean beach, relaxing, lots of shades and beach chairs. Well maintained and staff was grea
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    No in room ROOM WI-FI.’ Lobby WI-FI WAS SLOW, AND DROPS OFF. Main concern is lighting in the stairways . We had very near slip and fall. The stairs are grey cement color and there was no lighting by the steps. Especially at night there was no lights the area at all. Also, there was no proper check outs procedure for early check out. We had to check out early at 6:30am , there was no one available to check out. It tool nearly 20 minutes for someone to show up.

    Food was very good. Friendly Staff, Cleanliness of room and facility was good. Awesome Beach! Overall one of the best beaches we have been to.

    Stayed in March 2022

  • Reviewed: 20 February 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food.

    Location .

    Stayed in February 2022

  • Reviewed: 16 February 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Service offered by a Senior Restaurant Manager was beyond our expectations

    The location & the ambiance

    Stayed in February 2022

  • Reviewed: 13 January 2022

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    There was no Wifi in the rooms.

    I was looking for a pristine beach in Trinco and the location of the hotel was ideal. It was well maintained, clean and the sunrises were magnificent. The food was good too. Highly recommended.

    Stayed in December 2021

  • Reviewed: 25 December 2021

    8.0
    It was a great experience we enjoyed our stay at Nilaweli Beach Hotel.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Breakfast is good, but could have some more verities in the menu.

    Beach is clean and very peaceful. We enjoyed lot on the beach. It was shallow, however, bit rough may be due to the seasonal effect.

    Stayed in December 2021

  • Reviewed: 5 December 2021

    7.0
    Simpler resort but good for the price.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lacked a little character but well run.

    Simple clean 3 star property on the beach. Well trained staff, clean rooms. Good beach. Reliable if not stellar. Pool was pleasant and the trees have great shade.

    Stayed in December 2021

  • Reviewed: 1 April 2024

    6.0
    Facilities, Food and staff were good, but crows diving into our food was not pleasant experience.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The crows were entering the breakfast area and diving into the tables and taking good. Several times my food was taken. Even at the other dining area near the beach side same thing, crows diving and grabbing food from plates. I had a crow dive into my cocktail twice. The staff knows about this problem they said, but no solution. Other hotels I’ve seen have put thin netting around the meal areas.

    The crows were entering the breakfast area and diving into the tables and taking good. Several times my food was taken. Even at the other dining area near the beach side same thing, crows diving and grabbing food from plates. I had a crow dive into my cocktail twice. The staff knows about this problem they said, but no solution. Other hotels I’ve seen have put thin netting around the meal areas.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 March 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nicely designed hotel. Food was excellent. We particularly enjoyed the seafood barbecue on the beach though all the food was very good. Great swimming pool.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 March 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Poor wifi

    Excellent location and comfortable.

    Stayed in March 2024

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