Anantamaa Hotel

The pool was great and the proximity to the beach and local restaurants was very good Unfortunately, this hotel didn’t live up to our expectations, especially considering the price. The rooms were very basic, the bathrooms were extremely small with no shelf space for personal items. There was a constant unpleasant smell coming from the shower, and the bathroom didn’t appear to be cleaned thoroughly. Even after the daily housekeeping, there was still soap scum left on the basin, which was disappointing. While the location may suit some travellers, we felt the overall experience didn’t justify the high price. There are likely better value options available with more comfortable facilities and attention to cleanliness.

Green beautiful garden, clean rooms, cheerful n helpful staff. Met owner who was down to earth being rich! Breakfast portion was large! We couldnt eat . Very delicious fruit platter Road n parking

Great staff, tasty food, great location

Great spot with a little luxury. Good to relax on the beach. Can recommend.

no faciities on the beach not even beach chairs only a narrow passage to the beach

Very friendly and helpful staff, we were almost the only guests and they cooked special Srilankan breakfast for us. Just a few steps to the beach.

Not much. Bugs and all rooms flood. Bugs are major issue in room and can't keep them out even with doors and windows closed 24/7 Nothing at all. Accidentally broke a cup. No big deal charge £10.00 for a cup which cost 20p rob dogs

The hotel and its location was right on the beach via a private pathway.. the tropical gardens and very large swimming pool with comfortable sunbeds were amazing. The staff were so helpfull and polite and the rooms really comfortable. Cant wait to return again soon.

Spacious room, amazing breakfast, beautiful beach.

Gorgeous location. The pool area is beautiful. The staff were all incredibly helpful. Our room was spacious and clean. Really overpriced (for the area) at £220 per night. It’s more expensive than a lot of hotels in the area and we expected more luxury than what the hotel offered. Basics could be improved on. Examples which spring to mind: our room smelling like drainage, the tea & coffee included in the morning breakfast was from a sachet, the wifi wasn’t very good, a cable box provided with the TV but with a plug that doesn’t fit the wall socket. When you’re paying a premium price and some of the basics aren’t there, it’s more disappointing.

Superb

Beautiful well-kept pool

Rooms were very clean, good shower, comfortable beds. Lovely big pool. Easy access to beach Staff were great. Nothing

Breakfast good No Breakfast complement

We had a pleasant two-night stay here over Christmas. I was a bit worried by some of the reviews, but I needn’t have been. It was the most expensive place we stayed at in Sri Lanka, but we were happy to pay for the experience we had. The hotel itself is a decent size, it doesn’t feel too big, and it has a good-sized, well-kept pool that I enjoyed swimming in many times. The pool was generally fairly quiet (although not always - see my negative points), and there were times when we had it all to ourselves. The room was comfortable, with a nice bed, a strong shower, good AC, and a kettle with tea and coffee that was replenished daily. Mosquitos were not a problem! The hotel has its own private access to the (public) beach, with eight sun loungers for hotel guests on the sand at the point that the private path meets the beach. The beach itself is very pretty, but note that the water is very shallow and, at least when we were there, the waves were quite rough, so it was not possible to swim in the ocean. It was easy to walk to other restaurants along the beach front. There was a nice mix of Sri Lankan guests and foreigners. However, it was Christmas, and so perhaps this wasn’t usual. Once or twice, in the evenings, a bit of a party atmosphere arose down by the pool, with loud music and fairly loud guests. We stayed in our room when this happened - it wouldn’t have been nice to go for a swim. We ate lunch from the à la carte menu at the hotel’s restaurant, after we checked out, and the experience was quite disappointing. The food was relatively expensive, took over an hour to come, and the portions were very small, and unfortunately it was not very tasty – my grilled prawns for instance were very dry, and moreover, what came was not exactly what was listed on the menu (different sauce and vegetables). Dogs – One evening we ventured out of the hotel to try and find a restaurant on one of the nearby roads, but it was a scary experience – there was no street lighting, and there were many stray dogs, some of which would bark at us aggressively. Subsequently, we would only walk along the beach at dark, not the roads (although the beach has its own stray dogs). Occasionally there were stray dogs in the grounds of the hotel, too. The AC broke once, but the staff fixed it in fairly short order.

Superb

Good

Everything Nothing

Very good

Superb