Does The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

Is The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?

Self parking and extended parking are free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: noon. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Does The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's a shuttle from the airport to the hotel that runs on request. A fee of USD 105 per vehicle applies.

Where is The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa located?

Situated in the historical district, this spa hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, Jetawanaramaya Museum, and Brazen Palace. Sri Maha Bodhi and Jetavanaramaya are also within 2 mi (3 km).

The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

6/10 Okay

michael

2 March 2022

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

This property offered value for money - it was cheap. In its heyday, it must have been a very nice hotel but maintenance has fallen behind over the years. The common areas are fine but the rooms and exterior/grounds are very tired and badly need to be updated. Perhaps the owners can't afford it - there were only 4 guests booked in on the night we stayed.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

M Tissa

23 March 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

What a joke. Booking was on a quarantine hotel.

Absolutely ugly thing hotel.com has done by booking a hotel which is reserved for quarantine travellers. When we reached hotel, hotel staff didn’t allow us to enter as it’s reserved for quarantine people only. What a stupid joke of a service your company has done. We have been stranded without a hotel. You should have not accepted the booking if the hotel is reserved for quarantine people. I will NOT use your service again.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

25 December 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities

Disliked: Staff & service

Room wasn't ready on time and check out also got delayed as only one person at the Service Desk to attend all guests.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

20 April 2019

Disliked: Staff & service

The hotel was quiet and in a peaceful setting. Our rooms were very dark as there was bamboo in front of the windows and the first night a huge cockroach joined me in the bathroom. The front desk didn't seem particularly concerned about this when I complained. Communication with staff generally was very difficult due to poor English, a couple of staff members seemed quite pleasant but a lot were indifferent bordering on sullen. We ate at the restaurant both nights - the vegetarian Sri Lankan curry I had the first night was very good but the other dishes were very disappointing. My husband believes he left a wallet with quite a bit of money in it in our room but it wasn't able to be located.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Karim

7 April 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

En demi-teinte

Chambre peu lumineuse, piscine pas nettoyée, salle de bain sans eau froide, pas de couette ou couverture d’appoint en chambre... ce sont les points négatifs. Néanmoins, les vélos gratuits sont un gros plus, le restaurant est excellent, le personnel est très agréable et à l’écoute, l’emplacement au bord d’un lac est calme, mais aussi juste à côtés des bus vers Negombo/Colombo et du petit centre-ville ville avec quelques boutiques et restaurants tout en restant à une dizaine distance raisonnable des ruines et temples... Donc plus qu’acceptable pour une courte durée.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

29 March 2019

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The property was not at all what we expected, and not at all as described here on Expedia. I would describe it more as an upgraded hostel. There were no tours or assistance with finding tours, as the brochure in the room stated. The front desk lady way over quoted us for a tuk tuk, then later stated that she didn’t. The food was subpar, and the meal we were served (Sri Lankan curry) was not curry at all. We were not comfortable in the facility and so left after only one day even though we paid for 2 days. I would only suggest this place if you just want a place to lay your head, without any amenities.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

15 January 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hôtel, central, very welcoming, helpful and smiling staff.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Regina

3 January 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Spotless, comfortable with great customer service

we stayed at the hotel on NYE so we partook in the hotel’s special gala dinner. It was a buffet but very well catered with a great variety of Sri Lankan and western food which was freshly made, regularly replenished and delicious. We have loved the local cuisine on our trip but it was a treat to have fresh salads, smoked salmon and readymade flambé desserts. The breakfast was also a buffet. Not your average buffet - everything was fresh and tasty! The room was compact but comfortable. The bathroom was quite small but like the room, spotless and functional. Hot water, ac, good WiFi and very helpful and attentive staff. Great value for money and in a lovely location close to town but next to a lake with peace and quiet.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Andrew

23 November 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Good mid-range choice

Great pool and nice surroundings. Breakfast very good but leftovers are clearly used for lunch and dinner. Much better choices away from the hotel to eat however hotel itself fine for bed and breakfast.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

skategirl

15 August 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

お手頃価格の2つ星ながら必要最低限は揃っており滞在には問題ないです。南部へのインターシティバスターミナルにも一番近いホテルでその点も便利。ただ排水溝が全て下水直結なのか、蓋が開いた状態だと臭います。プッシュ式で開閉出来るので排水の必要がない時は閉めておきましょう。

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

5 August 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Free bikes

We stayed a couple of nights and enjoyed using the hotel’s free bikes to cycle round the old town. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Food was okay, nothing spectacular. Room was good.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Sai-hung

28 April 2018

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

差劣的接待

這是我經歷接待最差的酒店，事源訂了三間雙人房，但酒店告訴只是單人房，並要求以門市價錢補償，比訂房價更高（訂房 USD 40,要補償 USD 70）我們要求可否以網上價錢補償，但受到堅決拒絕。唯有要求和他們經理商量，但這位先生態度極端惡劣，拒絕彈性處理更指責我們是存心欺騙，我們十分憤怒並要求道歉，他知道自己說錯了願意只需補償 USD 18，事情終於解決，但心中不快仍揮之不去。

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

12 March 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Formal, professional, courteous welcome

Very warm and formal Sri Lankan welcome. Staff very friendly and eager to please. We had booked one room, a triple, pre-paid through Hotels.com, but another person joined us late in our trip planning, so we had to book a whole second room. (Son's new girlriend.) Rate was higher for that second room, but not obscenely more, which was nice. (And the staff was very apologetic for this.) Advantages: Hotel provides driver accommodation. Food (the breakfast buffet with Sri Lankan and Western choices) is outstanding. Pool shows its age, but it clean and pleasant. Free use of bikes to ride around the sacred sites in Anuradhapura or along the nicely graveled bank of the wewa (artificial lake/tank) on which hotel is situated. We did this at sunset and it was lovely. Disadvantages: extremely poor wi-fi. We were happy by and large to be out of touch with the rest of the world, but one does need to check things from time to time, or obtain information about, e.g., restaurants or sightseeing. It was a primitive web-login based system that frequently disconnected and got slower the longer you were connected until connection to pages timed out. The hotel should fix this. Also, shower water took 15 minutes to warm up. That's not a deal-breaker, by any means, as the rooms were pleasant and the whole experience nice. Because of its formal professionalism amongst the staff, the hotel has a "colonial" feel even if the decor reminded my of the 1970s.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

W.

2 March 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nicht Superior-Zimmmer buchen!

Die uns vor Ort gezeigten Superior-Zimmer lagen im Souterrain, waren dunkel und hatten unmittelbar vor dem Fenster eine Stützmauer. Nach Zahlung eines Aufpreises konnten wir dann ein schönes Zimmer beziehen.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Jonathan

2 March 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great Value, Great Staff, Excellent Food

Great staff, excellent food, decent accommodations. Wifi Awful!

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Reinhard

26 February 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Sehr angenehmer Aufenthalt

Uns hat alles sehr gut gefallen. Ich verstehe die teilweise zurückhaltenden Kritiken nicht. Wir waren 4 Nächte sehr gerne dort und würden gerne wiederkommen.

10/10 Excellent

Fabio, Torino

15 February 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pulito e confortevole

L'hotel è ben situato, le camere sono pulite funzionali e ben equipaggiate. La colazione è ricca e il personale è gentile e disponibile

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Masaki

21 January 2018

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Renting a bike and getting around

hotel is just acceptable. Buffet(breakfast/lunch) are just fine. Facility is a bit old but close to the lake as it's said in the hotel name and renting a bike and riding along the lake is super nice. Almost forgot to say that wifi network is very week in the room.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

6 January 2018

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

バスルームがとても生臭く、部屋の中にヤモリがいて、宿泊場所を変更しようかと思うほどでした。掲載されている写真はかなりよく写っています。実際は清潔感がありませんでした。朝食は美味しく、スタッフはフレンドリーでその点はよかったです。また、駅とバスターナルから近く、立地は良いです。

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

prabash, sri lanka

5 January 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Good, but one who manage the room shairing is not done her job perfect. other than that is ok.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

9 December 2017

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Très simple et peut mieux faire

Beau cadre et staff "gentil" mais les points positifs s'arrêtent là. Hotel des années 60 à bout de souffle. Propre mais tout fait vieillot. Petit dej peu appétissant.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

20 November 2017

Good Hotel

Overall good, but please make sure to ask for clean towels. They have given us very dirty looking towels.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

25 October 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Way too expensive for the experience

A decidedly mixed experience. Comfortable room, friendly staff, great food, and arranged an excellent tour of the ancient city. But hot water was out two days and the safari they arranged for us was very disappointing: the tracker spoke almost no English and seemed pretty disinterested in looking for animals. On top of that there was a band playing so loud one afternoon, the room windows were rattling. Multiple requests to turn down the vilume were ignored.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Danielle

9 July 2017

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Dinner Buffet Food Was Cold

The hotel was fine, I guess, but we cut our stay early. The pool was nothing special, the rooms weren't as clean as they could be, and all the food (even the things that are normally served hot) were cold. We won't be going back.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

1 June 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Phenomenal service, excellent food, and a lovely hotel.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

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