Good hotel on the first line

Written: 4 april 2019
Travel time: 20 — 23 march 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Amenities: 8.0
I was in Sri Lanka for the first time, so it is difficult to compare with Sri Lankan hotels. But from what was on the booking - for this money it is quite worthy. Other hotels on the first line with similar conditions were much more expensive.
What we liked:
1) The territory is the best! very large and beautiful, well-groomed, greenery, palm trees, everything is very beautiful.
2) Cleanliness: nothing to complain about, the grounds and the beach are very clean, cleaned all the time.
3) Attentive staff.
Of the minuses:
- The Bentota region itself is completely dull and empty, there is nowhere to go, even to eat. But that's not the hotel's problem.
- The number of rooms is quite affected.
Other points:
We took without food, so I can not say anything.

We dined in a cafe on the seashore, "Sasha". A poor establishment, but there was still nothing to choose from, so we went there. We took seafood dishes at an affordable price (for example, a plate of grilled shrimp with potatoes, salad and sauce for our money, about 120-130 UAH). Beer - about 70 UAH.
ATTENTION: in this cafe Sasha trades with a local named Cherry, who offers excursions. Knows Russian well. Do not take anything from him if you do not want to fall for rudeness and divorce!
We first ordered a boat trip from him along the Bentota River, for $ 10 per person. Everything went fine. But during the tour, he offered us an evening picnic on the island for $ 15 per person: shrimp and fish on the grill, national music with drums. My friend and I agreed, because. we thought that if we pay money for this, we can be sure of safety: moreover, such excursions in the "picnic" format are offered at all resorts, and this is normal and interesting. As a result, he came with a friend, at first everything went according to plan, and then they started to pester us dirty, FOR OUR MONEY!!! ! We barely got rid of them, and heard a bunch of other nasty things addressed to us.
That is, it turned out, it was a real scam!!!
But this has nothing to do with the hotel, there are no complaints about the hotel. I give the hotel a solid 4*
Translated automatically from Russian. View original