Достойный отель Decent hotel

Hello. My wife and I stayed at this hotel for New Year's Eve. Impressions of the hotel are quite pleasant - new rooms, beautiful and clean area. The pool is for children and for adults, and there seems to be a jacuzzi, but we only swam in the pool once, and the rest of the time we are constantly on the beach. In general, who travels with children, then the time by the pool is quite suitable for them). Rooms are located in two-story houses with 4 or 6 rooms. We had a room on the second floor, we really liked it there, because there is a veranda, a table with two chairs, you can sit at any time in the evening. The room has a large bed, bath and shower, hairdryer, mini-bar, but it is paid except for tea, coffee and drinking water, which they replenish every day. Cleaning is done twice a day, clean enough, if you leave a dollar tip, it will make different shapes out of towels. As for the service, everyone is quite friendly, smiling, but sometimes the waiting time was delayed (it seems that they forgot what they were asked a few minutes ago))). When ordering any dish or drink, find out the final cost, because in Sri Lanka in hotels add service and government tax to the price. Without knowledge of English at least at an elementary level, it will be difficult to communicate in the hotel, there is only one manager who knows Russian, but very poorly.
As for food, the food is not too varied, seafood, fish (tuna), chicken, fruits, rice, eggs, salads and pastries. In general, probably, like everywhere else, after 10 days of rest, you already want Russian home cooking. Every day on the territory, where sunbeds prepare different dishes on the grill, it is very tasty. Every evening in the restaurant at dinner, music of different styles is played, it's also nice that people play live.
We were not very lucky with the weather, out of 10 days of rest, 4 days were rainy, but warm. The water in the ocean is constantly warm, even warmer at night, you can walk a little along the coast. The waves are not very big, just dive under the first one and then you can swim perfectly, like on the sea.

By the way, at the exit to the beach, to the right of the hotel there is a shop with inexpensive fruits. You can also order king prawns, lobsters from them, which they will cook deliciously and add some vegetables. We ordered a kilogram of lobsters and the price was 2500 rupees (about 625 rubles). The hotel food is much more expensive.
You can get to the town during the day to the supermarket, for this there are always tuk-tuks at the entrance to the hotel, and the drivers will be happy to take you for $ 20 (2500 rupees) and if you wish, you can walk around the town, wait for the shops, ( be sure to bargain in the souvenir shop) a tuk-tuker will be waiting for you and after everything will take you back to the hotel. There are also several beach-boys walking along the beach, which offer their services for excursions at prices lower than those of the hotel. It is better to buy alcohol in a shop that any tuk-tuk knows about and will show you. Prices are much lower than in a hotel. We made friends with a guy named Gayan, he has the cheapest prices, we went to the city with him for 1500 rupees. He also drove us to a seafood restaurant where we tried seafood and had a great view of the ocean. Gayan is a political person there, so he has several guys in his team, and he can organize a lot of different excursions, you can also bargain with him. He and his brother took us by tuk-tuk through several mountains in Tangalle, from where there is an excellent view of this province and Buddha statues on the peaks. We also went to Yala Park on a safari, at a price they paid 17.500 rupees (about 4.500 rubles) for two. If you collect more people, then the cost of the trip will be cheaper.
I would like to convey some impressions about the local massage, which is done by the local Saman. Its prices are half that of the hotel and it does really better, with soul and it is clear that with skill. A real Ayurvedic full body massage (1.5) hours can be done at Saman for $25. My wife and I went to him for almost the entire vacation, she tried different massages, both on the face and on the feet - a complete delight, very relaxing and after it a heavenly feeling. But I constantly gave him a back massage (1.500 rupees - about 375 rubles), even advised some exercises so that my back would not hurt. I advise you to visit these procedures at least once - complete relaxation. Here is his phone number 07.322 8009. He works until 4 pm on weekdays, but will call you back if you leave a message. On the day off, he sometimes comes to the beach to also offer tourists a massage. It's best to call him directly, because if you ask the beach boys about him, they will charge a little higher to keep some for themselves.
In general, the hotel is decent, minus the long drive from the airport, but for a family vacation or those who go on a romantic getaway together, it will definitely fit. Happy holidays and good weather.