11 Closenberg Road, Galle. Sri Lanka ., 80000 Galle, Sri Lanka
#99 of 106 hotels in Galle
Guests' ChoiceBased on 52 hotel reviews
6.0Cleanliness
6.1
Comfort
6.0
Location
9.0
Facilities
5.8
Staff
8.3
Value for money
6.3
Free Wifi
4.2
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Reviewed: February 10, 2025
Daniel
AustraliaRooms aren’t made up daily
Infinity pool and location
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: February 9, 2025
Wendy
United KingdomThe hotel overlooks a bay which is popular with surfers- and some of the beech bars play techno beat well into the night.
Fabulous location on a headland. Lovely old Dutch House and mature gardens
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: January 5, 2025
Dissanayake
AustraliaLACK OF MAINTENANVE.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: December 1, 2024
Neville
United KingdomThe photos of the hotel were really outdated,there was no bar and limited food options.
The staff and location of the hotel were excellent.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: March 21, 2024
Sanuj
United Arab EmiratesVery old building. Need renovation
Location
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: February 24, 2024
Tamara
United Kingdomneeds some maintenance…. bathrooms need a lick of paint and plug for bath..
the VIEWS!! and old world feel…
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: January 25, 2024
Robert
Sri LankaDoes need a major make-over. Whilst I loved the charm of the hotel a lot of work needed to bring it up to a standard. Bathrooms need an upgrade and wi-fi is intermittent
Exceptionally friendly and polite staff. Loved the colonial charm of the property. Lovely sea view and comfortable bed. Good breakfast serving both western and sri-lankan food.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: October 6, 2023
Apoorva
IndiaLocation. The hotel is inside the lane which is dark with no light It's far from the beaches and the galle fort area. Nothing is walking distance Ppl charge u a lot more especially tuktuk . The staff is clueless. It's not 24/7 service . Everything is shut after 10 . There is no power backup. So if light goes wifi goes. Everything goes
- U have bay view from the room - food is very good - the architecture and interior is old British period - it's peaceful beautiful. Ppl come there specially for photo shoots
Stayed in September 2023
Reviewed: September 3, 2023
Ragini
IndiaIt needs some TLC. Not the cleanest
Beautiful property overlooking the ocean.
Stayed in September 2023
Reviewed: May 30, 2023
Randika
Sri LankaThe room needs to be cleaned more regularly. Hotel needs some maintenance
The scenery, the staff and the atmosphere
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: April 30, 2023
Nicholas
SpainUnfortunately this property has been neglected and will need a huge investment to bring it back to glory.
This is a beautiful old property with wonderful views. it must have been wonderful at it height.
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 10, 2023
Andreas
Indianot very clean menu and kitchen dissatisfying
interesting ambience nice staff close to surf spot
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: March 29, 2023
Paul
United KingdomIt’s pretty tired to be honest. Needs some love and investment
It’s got great character and is steeped in history
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: February 3, 2025
Csaba
HungaryThe hitel is just terrible. There arr ants in the room and even in the bed. In the morning I woke up with ants’ bite on my body. The room ead dirty the toweld are dirty almos no water in the shower. Originally I booked 4 nights here ut after the first night we escpaed from here. This hiotel should not be on booking.com
Nothing
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: June 25, 2024
Wendy
New ZealandWe loved the old charm of Closenburg. We were invited to join in celebrations for New Year and made to feel very welcome. Beautiful views over the bay.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: February 16, 2024
Saber
United Arab EmiratesSuuuuper dirty
Only the view and staff was good
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: February 3, 2024
Jack
PolandRoom was extremely dirty. Stained sheets, mold andspiderwebs in the bathroom, dirty floor, dust everywhere, food with no taste. Extremely overpriced.
View from the window
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: January 13, 2024
Peng
Chinagood location, nice stuff, old property and furniture.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: December 29, 2023
Charlotte
United Kingdomthe rooms and bathrooms were incredibly dirty and the property was littered with rubbish - we were quite shocked this was a 3 star hotel
nice view and the original building was impressive
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: October 30, 2023
Sujish
IndiaRoads leading to the hotel are darker at night with no Street lights.
An old boutique hotel with its own charm and with an infinity pool looking at the sea adds beauty to it. Rooms and bathrooms were clean, but can expect only kind of boutique hotel types. Staffs were very friendly and helpful throughout. Food were very tasty and overall good even though options were limited. Infinity pool overlooking the sea is plus point to this hotel.
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: September 19, 2023
Sujatha
AustraliaWe were sad to see the lack of maintenance of the surroundings of the hotel and the pool side.
The breakfast was uptown the standard that we expected and the person who served us did his job with high level of professionalism. We thouroughly enjoyed the sea view and the hotel building itself. The history of the hotel is so fascinating.
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: August 2, 2023
Ashan
Sri Lankaeverything was soo bad.
100% not satisfied with the Hotel, the worst hotel I have visited during my life time.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: June 11, 2023
Daminda
United Kingdomthe stunning view from the rooms
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: April 8, 2023
Stephen
United KingdomIt was a pity that the hotel has lost its licence to sell/serve alcohol but this hardly retracted from the enjoyment of our stay.
The view from the rooms is beautiful. The food (we had breakfast and dinner every day) was excellent and had, if anything, improved from the last time we stayed at the hotel (2019 I think).
Stayed in March 2023
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