Kenno's Korner

Lovely place! Perfect view from the garden. Sadly, we had a room without a view, but everything else in the room was perfect. Hot water in the shower, nice big sink with a big mirror and overall very clean. We enjoyed a delicious Sri Lankan meal cooked by the family. There’s also a good restaurant just next door (the best chocolate tarte! a must try) also they have a really good view of the sea and especially sunset. Other than the restaurant and the views, we didn’t find anything else in the area interesting. But Weligama is just a tuk tuk ride away.

We booked this place online and thought - wow this could be so nice to be close to the water. Upon arrival the host picked us up from train station and was very accommodating. We booked the „Deluxe Room“ and host described us that it would be his honeymoon suite. Upon arrival we realized that this was not really the standard we were looking for. We are 2 young students who traveled the world together - so really bear in mind that our standard is not high neither luxurious - but for 50€ a night we definitely expected something else when seeing the pictures. Here is what to expect: - Overall extremely cheap and used furniture like mosquito net that felt low quality and used - You can see the ocean from your bed but it’s glass that won’t open = you don’t have a single window with fresh air - Room consists of Wellblech instead of ordinary walls = it feels super cheap - Outside area looks chaotic and definitely not like holiday - Bathroom looks catastrophic like in a cheap hostel - no honeymoon feeling - green lightning - Cleanliness was HORROR - millions of ants in the room going in collonies; see photos - Lots of mold and brown parts all around the bathroom; rusted shower. You really don’t want to go in there with your bare feet - My partner had itchy body after one night in the bed - Outside area had broken sunbeds right in front of your view and more damaged furniture - You can hear every single person speaking due to the low quality walls - Ocean itself can’t be accessed for swimming; it’s only steep stairs and then rocks. No beach or anything to enjoy the water So overall we booked 5 nights and left after 2. Host did not make it easy for as and suddenly went really angry with us. At the beginning he said it’s fine and we don’t have to pay anything. However, later we needed to pay for two nights and the remaining taxes as he said that he is not able to sell the room anymore. However, after we left the place we received an immediate message from booking that our dates were changed and he tried to sell the place immediately after we left. So he completely lied to us and just took the money for his pocket. The whole cancellation process was awkward. He said that our standard is too high and we should go to Marriott instead. I mean sorry but we’re mid 20?? He was really rude and disrespectful only because we said his place wasn’t clean. In total - a disappointment for us. See the pictures for yourself. If you’re coming for a cheap hostel vibe, this is the place for you. If you’re coming to spend some nice holiday that you worked hard for and want to chill in your apartment - I would recommend to go somewhere else ☺️