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Reviews of Elephant Arcade

Bogahapalassa Road Tissamaharama, 82600 Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka

#25 of 88 hotels in Tissamaharama

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 28 hotel reviews

9.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.4

  • Comfort

    9.4

  • Location

    8.9

  • Facilities

    9.2

  • Staff

    9.5

  • Value for money

    9.3

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  • Reviewed: February 16, 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    All Good

    Good

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 13, 2025

    10
    Very relaxing stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very friendly greetings from the Staff.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 12, 2025

    10
    It is very good place to relax and family stay. I will definitly come back with family very soon.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Fraindly Owner, kind & helpfull staff, more space for relax. I am happy with envirement and facilities. Staff help me to comming and departure times.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 12, 2025

    10
    Very good, we enjoyed facilities
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Beautiful location, friendly staff, friendly owner

    All food are very good

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 10, 2025

    10
    Worth the stay for Safari (Leopard spotting)
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night

    It'd be more pleasant if we were not pushed by the staff for leaving comments for their hotel. If we feel somewhere is worth a good comment, we will do so at our own pace.

    The room is quite spacious. It's the biggest room we've stayed in the whole Sri Lanka trip. The staff were very friendly. They helped us to prepare the other morning's breakfast package for the Safari tour. We left for the Safari at 5:30a, our breakfast had been there ready. It's at the end of a small village road, and there's a pond in front of the hotel. It's quiet.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: January 5, 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Cleanliness and room facilities

    Location

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: January 1, 2025

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Not close to the city center, but if you're looking for peace, nature, and a lake, this is definitely the place.

    Wonderful guesthouse with a relaxing atmosphere, a beautiful pool, delicious meals, and stunning lake views. Dennis is amazing – dedicated, energetic, and always kind and helpful. Highly recommended!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: December 26, 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing

    Place was extraordinary and special thanks to denis the staff here for preparing the food which was good. And a suggestion it would be better to a arrange a vehicle for the location area

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: April 18, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Advantage and disadvantage is large distance from amenities such as shops etc. Have your snacks prepared and it would be perfect!

    Quiet, clean place, with beautiful view on the lake. Tucans are resting on nearby trees. Lovely, friendly hosts, who will arrange you a tasty breakfast for safari, as well as everything you would require :)

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: February 15, 2024

    10
    Short but great stay! Next time will definitely stay longer. Very quiet and peaceful place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very friendly staff and clean and spacious rooms.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: January 29, 2024

    10
    Amazing stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No wifi

    What a beautiful hotel! We spend one night driving b35. Wonderful views, lovely pool and the room is giant and super clean. The beds were the most comfortable during our trip. The family is really lovely and friendly. They Made us delicious dinner and breakfast and helped us with our tuctuc.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: December 29, 2023

    10
    Great
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very kind and welcoming hosts, lovely room with ample space for two couples. Spacious and clean bathroom with great shower. The host catered for our doetary requirements and we can say without a doubt it was one of the best meals we have eaten in all of Sri Lanka. We also loved the complimentary tea. Istuti

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: December 20, 2023

    10
    Perfect stay for relax
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Rien

    wonderful stay, we were welcomed like family. very comfortable room with fan and air conditioning, large, in very good condition and large and very clean bathroom. Quiet place immersed in nature, pleasant swimming pool. perfect if you have a vehicle. otherwise the manager can take you to the bus stop by tuktuk, practical. The meals were excellent and plentiful especially the curry and Sriyani make also special dishes for my children.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: December 18, 2023

    8.0
    Location is little remote but extremely beautiful, difficult to reach without your own vehicle,
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night

    There was no hot water provision and there were no blankets provided by the hotel, actually, there were no blankets in the hotel, on requesting the staff they gave us bed sheets.

    Very good location, the staff was also very good and polite, the room was neat and clean, the view was 360 degrees, the food was nice, and the staff prepared good Vegetarian food for us. enjoyed the stay very much.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: September 20, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    -

    Lovely owners! They served great meals and helped us with the booking of a nice safari! Highly recommen staying here.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: July 18, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Tasty food, Very nice place. Good hospitality can recommend for everyone for spend holidays...”

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: June 4, 2023

    10
    Good compatible hotel in tissamaharama
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The staff who run the hotel alone with partner very helpful. He is name mr Jayasinha . He did the 100% of guest satisfaction. My travel is very happy and comfortable. my wife as well very happy . Good food very delicious special rice & curry. I will go againg and it is like our home. Room are very nice and location best Thanks you owner and Jayasinha again

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 15, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing

    We like everything it's a eco friendly hotel.. good hospitality can recommend for everyone for spend holidays...

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: April 20, 2023

    9.0
    We stayed only for a brief period in this calm and quiet place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Nothing much to say.

    Friendly staff.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: April 2, 2023

    10
    Beautiful, calm and friendly place to stay with real value for money & time spent.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing to dislike, loved every minute spend there.

    The food varieties provided tasted really good, the calm environment with the lake view is really amazing also the service given was very friendly and professional.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: January 16, 2023

    10
    We had excellent holiday with variety of tasty food
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Very nice place, tasty food, friendly & helping staff

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: December 29, 2022

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    nothing

    I like everything.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: February 3, 2025

    1.0
    Do yourself a favour and stay elsewhere!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    We booked a family room with lake view but was given a room at the back of the property with no view at all. The manager on site called the owner (who was away) and she said I could see the lake if I walked to the lobby! She then insisted that a local family who had already checked into the only family room with lake view to MOVE OUT!. Of course I refused! She then extended a discount which she later retracted, insisting that I had misunderstood my booking. There were missing amenities in the room and when I highlighted it to the owner, she insisted I was looking at the wrong Booking.com page. Talk about blatant denial. The air-con in the room made a thumping sound which disrupted our sleep. I booked a safari with the owner weeks in advance but there were miscommunication between the owner and manager on site. The first thing we arrived, he asked if we were booked on any safari! The manager also asked us to wake up at 5am for the safari but tea/coffee was only served at 530am. And the takeaway breakfast was only ready at 545am. We could have slept for another 30 mins. The swimming pool needed to be cleaned.

    There were 4 friendly dogs on the property and we adored them. The lake in front of the property was beautiful. We chose this property because it was in a remote area and far from town.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: April 5, 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family Room with Lake View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in March 2025

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