There is no insulation, you can hear your next neighbours like there were in your room. The owners run a family restaurant, that is busy in the evenings. And the roof has openings - that's the reason, they have mosquitos nets on the bed. Also the water under the shower is runing very slowly and there is only a hint of a warm water under the shower.

The location was perfect. The entrance to the beach allmost directly. The staff was friendly. The price was very low and exceptional for this location.

Stayed in February 2025

Shower wasnt the best regarding pressure and there is some noise from the street, which is to be expected in that location.

Everything worked fine. Good location, 2 mins from the beach.

Stayed in February 2025

Location is superb, however it does not have sea viewing rooms While in Booking.com listing it says so

Stayed in January 2025

We had two rooms, one for us, and one for our teenage girls. The air conditioning didn’t work in our room do after waiting several hours to have it fixed they moved us to a place a couple blocks away. Shanaka guest house. Lady was very nice. I didn’t like staying away from my girls but unavoidable. I did sleep in because I stayed with them later than usual. I missed my dive appointment at 8:30 but could get one for 9:30, would mean back at hotel at 11:00, which was at check out time. As they didn’t need to change sheets for room we didn’t stay in requested one hour later check out. They would not accommodate the 1 hour, only 1/2 hour, which meant I couldn’t do my dive. I thought this was unreasonable given I felt we were very accommodating when the room we paid for wasn’t ready for 5 hours after we checked in nor close yo our children.

Gentleman manager was very very nice!

Stayed in March 2025

Really noisy location ..from bars playing terrible music late and street full of tik tuks. Didn't like Unawatuna. Been spolit by overdevelopment. AVOID

Place was fine

Stayed in March 2025

Located close to the beach and other happening places. Value for money. Owner is an amazing person, went over and beyond to help us get cabs, etc.

Stayed in February 2025

Staff demanded significantly more money than Booking.com confirmation amouNt upon arrival- and then disappeared never to be seen again. Dirty bathroom. It was impossible to sleep until after 2am as the noise from the street was excessive. AirCon just blows air - doesn't actually make the air cold.

The 4 poster bed was very impressive and the room was right on bar street.

Stayed in February 2025

As previous people mentioned, initial check-in asked for more money than the dollar equivalent. Few dollars extra so I didn’t complain. Bathroom toilet flush broke.

Good convenient clean place. Friendly staff. Rooms were clean with air conditioning. Good value considering busy season. Outside balcony common area, and a refrigerator and a drying rack and seating area and some books to read. Thoughtful.

Stayed in February 2025

Nice clean AC room. Great location

Stayed in January 2024

Everything was awful, from the rude owner and staff who refused to give us two fresh towels when there was only one towel given in the room (for the two of us) which smelt awful. The rude owner was also very judgmental of the fact that we had attended a party and returned late in the night which is frankly not their business, especially when we had no guests over and made no noise as we were barely at the property (because it was practically inhabitable) There was no hot water and the water pressure was impossible. We had to crouch and use the tap under the shower head in order to wash ourselves. There is no sea view, fridge, tea/coffee and there was no water from the taps for most of our stay (there was a water cut which is not the property’s fault but their tank should have at least been filled). The drinking water provided in the room was not in sealed bottles - we have no idea where this water came from and we refused to drink it. The owner tried to charge us a much higher price than was indicated on booking.com (nearly 20% extra). The pictures on booking.com were also heavily photoshopped. The room is much smaller and dirtier than indicated in the pictures. The bedding was also very uncomfortable. As a Sri Lankan, I am ashamed that this property is part of what beautiful Unawatuna has to offer.

Location was good. That is the only positive about this place.

Stayed in January 2024

The lady tried to charge us more than I booked it for on booking.com. It also said sea views, you can only see the sea if you’re standing up and looking over the tops of the buildings opposite. It’s said kettle in room, I asked for one but got no response. They knocked our door before 11am and told us to check out now, when it’s says 10-12 on booking.com. I found that quite rude, We were quiet guests and caused no trouble for them. If there was a problem with the check out time on the website, at least wait 10mins after 11am! We didn’t feel welcome there, almost like an inconvenience to them not a valued customer

Very clean, comfortable bed and good location to walk to the beach

Stayed in January 2024

Very friendly, central, breakfast was great, clean.

Stayed in January 2024

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Stayed in February 2025

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Stayed in March 2024