27 Spathodea Ave, 00500 Colombo, Sri Lanka
#6 of 56 B&Bs and inns in Colombo
Guests' ChoiceBased on 64 B&B reviews
9.5Cleanliness
9.8
Comfort
9.7
Location
9.1
Facilities
9.4
Staff
9.9
Value for money
9.4
Free Wifi
8.0
Real Bookers. Real stays. Real opinions.
Read more– opens a dialog boxEach review score is between 1 and 10. To get the overall score you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of them. We use a weighted review system, which means the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. Guests can also give separate “subscores” in crucial areas like location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value, and free Wifi. Note that guests submit their subscores and overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an accommodation that you booked through our platform if you stayed there, or if you got to the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialize in detecting fake reviews submitted to our platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team so that our fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we'd publish every review we get, positive and negative. However, we won’t display any reviews that include or refer to (among other things):
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out. We may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old, or if the accommodation has a change of ownership.
An accommodation can reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (e.g. language, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). You can sort and/or filter them by time of year, review score, and more.
Sometimes we show external review scores from other well-known travel websites, but make it clear when we do this.
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly, without limiting expression or strong opinions. They're also applicable regardless of the comment's tone.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, or the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and other similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties, and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options might be available (by type of traveler, by score, etc...).
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
End of dialog content
Showing 1 - 25
Reviewed: April 4, 2025
Ciprian
BulgariaAbsolutely everything
Stayed in April 2025
Reviewed: March 12, 2025
Hsin
TaiwanNone
Everything is protect.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: March 2, 2025
Sharon
United KingdomNothing.
Lovely and quiet property away from the centre of Columbo, but easy to get around in the plentiful and cheap tuk tuks that are easily accessible. Sita is the wonderful and friendly housekeeper and made us feel very welcome. She prepared a yummy Sri Lankan breakfast and also cooked for us twice in the evenings, a delicious and plentiful curry for US$10 each. The owner, Glenn, although not there when we stayed was very helpful prior to arrival and organised a taxi for us from the airport. Very good value for money and would recommend a stay here.
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: February 20, 2025
Tammany
United StatesBeautiful decor
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: February 2, 2025
Peter
United KingdomThe lovely lady looking after this guest house and the owner keeping in contact.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 27, 2025
Winkle
United KingdomThe Wi-Fi was shocking.The toilet seat was loose and moved when you sat on it. The tap also was loose and moved around when you used it. I know it’s a bit petty but if you say it gives them the heads up to put it right.After all that’s what reviews are for, I think.
Sita and Yannik were really friendly and helpful.The breakfast was really good.Nice big and comfortable bed.We were only there one night.Glen the owner was overseas working but still messaged us to make sure we had everything we needed.He also said we could message him if we needed any tips going forward on our trip.That’s what I call great customer service 👌🏻.I would highly recommend a stay here if you are in the area.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 26, 2025
Nazarij
SlovakiaOur room didn’t have a mosquito net, which would have been helpful since there were quite a few mosquitoes inside. .
The villa is beautifully decorated, conveniently located in the quiet part of the city, and the staff are very friendly.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 23, 2025
Mohit
IndiaLocation, staff and felt very homely.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 9, 2025
Célia
FranceLovely stay at 27, the place was super clean, nicely located and Glenn has been a perfect host helping us to get organised for both a transfer from the airport with the amazing Darrel and booking a great tuk tuk city tour in Colombo. Sita was also truly amazing and prepared a delicious breakfast - we felt at home and can only recommend +++ ! Thanks for making our first hours in Sri Lanka so perfect !
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 6, 2025
Caitlin
United KingdomGreat location, very friendly staff- Sita was lovely. Bedroom was spacious, clean, very comfy bed and AC! Breakfast was provided in the morning. Glenn the manager was also great for communicating before our stay
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 27, 2024
Denis
CroatiaNice place and warm host. We were leaving early in the morning so we didn't have time for breakfast, but the host still woke up to prepare some food for the trip. We had all the information we needed. Bonus: They have a cute friendly dog :)
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 23, 2024
Prakash
IndiaNothing to dislike
The accommodaation was in very nice and calm locality, close to city centre. The house itself nicely decorated for Christmas, and rooms are big enough to keep luggage. The caretaker Sita was very humble and helpful person.. We reached well past 11pm, welcomed us with smiling face. Though we ciuldn't meet the owner, but he was always there to help/suggest from the date of booking. Many eateries are near by... We would love to stay again in future.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 16, 2024
Eunjeong
South KoreaRoom condition was good, food was best. Our flight time was 18:20, check out time was 10 a.m. The staff member, Sita got accepted our ask that we could take a shower before leave. She also served curd with breakfast.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 14, 2024
Frank
United Kingdomgood quiet location but easy access to everything via tuk tuk. Sita is very helpful and a kind person. helped us get our sim card sorted ( there was a long queue at the airport and it was so simple to sort just round the corner from the house). we ate Sita's home made fish curry and it was even nicer than the quite posh restaurant we went to on our second night! finally, we were both a bit washed out from our long flight and we got into the room a little early and stayed a couple of hours after checking out which meant so much to us. thanks again Sita. And Glenn who was very helpful via messaging.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: November 21, 2024
Leysan
EgyptCommunication prior to arrival was absolutely great, and a lot of helpful information with advice was given. We got room to take a rest before check-in as we arrived very early in the morning. Sita, our lovely host, made very nice breakfasts and was very friendly and hospitable. The place is a home-like cosy and nicely decorated with a small, beautiful garden outside.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: October 27, 2024
Charles
Sri LankaEsthetics , clean, comfortable, nice and efficient service
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: October 26, 2024
Leanne
New ZealandAbsolutely perfect in every way. The house is beautiful, beds are very comfortable, and the breakfast is delicious. The area felt very safe and there are plenty of good restaurants, Cafes, and bakery within a short walk. The hosts left a very helpful guide book with recommendations. Sita is such a lovely person and a seriously good cook. Would definitely recommend having at least one meal at the property - you will not regret it! Glenn (the host) was very helpful and responsive Highly recommend!
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: October 8, 2024
Claudine
ThailandNothing. But just as a small suggestion, for longer stays it would be nice to provide fresh sheets / towels at some point. Otherwise everything was perfect and I would definitely book the property again.
Everything! Location was perfect for me as I had business nearby. Room was very comfortable with beautiful furniture, interior design and a modern bathroom. Breakfast was outstanding and I highly recommend trying one of Sita’s home cooked Sri Lanka dinners.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: September 22, 2024
Judith
GermanySita the Lady who takes care of the place is lovely and helpful. She made us everyday lovely breakfast. Sita, thanks for everything and all the best for you! The rooms/house is pretty and clean. Lovely garden. The house is in a quite street.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 15, 2024
Danilo
ItalyI would suggest to provide the room with some essential stuffs like a little wardrobe or some hangers.
The house was very cozy and beautiful. Breakfast was really good and Sita, the landlord, has been very helpful and available.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: July 12, 2024
Aimee
AustraliaThe only minor inconvenience was being unable to have a nice hot shower because the property uses solar panels and we stayed during the off-season - so little sun! Having said that, the water wasn’t cold, more lukewarm and it really didn’t bother us much because it was so humid anyway.
As the name says, a true oasis in a hectic city! We felt very at home and slept like babies in the huge and very comfortable bed. The style of the home is beautiful and all the essentials we could need were provided (lamps, some toiletries, free drinking water). Breakfast was delicious and from the moment we booked Glenn was extremely helpful in his recommendations for transport and things to do. The info book is such a simple addition that makes a huge difference. Seetha was also wonderful, even taking our laundry to be cleaned on the day we arrived. The location is fab, walking distance or a short tuk tuk ride to many cafes and shops. Getting to the main touristy part with all the sights is easy and it’s much nicer to stay out of the hectic centre. I would 100% recommend.
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: June 22, 2024
Karthik
IndiaLocation, ambience, cleanliness, food and amazing help from Sita.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: May 10, 2024
Sascha
GermanyA Bit far from the inner City of colombo
We had one Night in the nice accomondation. We really enjoyed our stay and the breakfast in the morning. The rooms and the whole house has a very nice interieur. Our room had air conditioning and the bed was very comfortable.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: April 30, 2024
Keith
United KingdomThe location in Havelock town was a good ride away from the main Colombo city, maybe 10-15 minutes with kamikaze bus drivers! The local Tuk and taxi drivers didn't appear to know where the accommodation was as it was tucked away, but didn't cause too much of a problem.
Great greeting by an enthusiastic host, eager to share his extensive knowledge of Colombo and Sri Lanka in general. Good size room with comfortable bed, adequate shower facilities. Lovely breakfast with what we later found to be typical Sri Lanka breakfast fare. Staff were all eager to please and nothing was too much problem.
Stayed in March 2024
Showing 1 - 25
Milano Marittima, Italy
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
Sa Coma, Spain
Bisceglie, Italy
Carvico, Italy
Semarang, Indonesia
Wandūr, India
Booking.com is part of Booking Holdings Inc., the world leader in online travel and related services.
We have more than 70 million property reviews, all from real, verified guests.
1
The only way to leave a review is to first make a booking. That's how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property.
2
When guests stay at the property, they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the staff is, and more.
3
After their trip, guests tell us about their stay. We check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site.
If you booked through us and want to leave a review, please sign in first.
End of dialog content