Nooit Gedacht Heritage Hotel    

Built around an old colonial home with extensive grounds and a peaceful feel. The whole place has a relaxed feel to it.

Built around an historical Dutch colonial mansion this hotel has a warm rustic atmosphere with very friendly and helpful staff. The comfortable spacious rooms have been well appointed to modern standards. Although the food needs to be ordered in advance the kitchen produces good traditional and international meals. The well run spa offers a wide range of ayurvedic massage. Located about 15 minutes drive from the historic fort at Galle and within walking distance of beaches it is a good place to chill out for a few days.

Old time colonial feel in a tranquil village atmosphere.A Walk around the property is more relaxing than walking on the beach.A Really comfortable place with a highly attending staff.The owners young daughter takes special care of the guests. For Hindu Mythology buffs ..this is the closest you will stay to the Sanjeevni mountain ever.Woodland trails from the back of the property take you to exotic beaches.Just the place you want to be to forget the humdrum of the city and beeps of your black berry.

Lovely grounds! Feels like you're in a sanctuary of green, relaxed, mountainside. Fair sized pool. Rooms are well designed with a lovely view (we had the superior room in the new block). Breakfast was standard, but dinner/lunch was amazing! One of the best meals we had in Sri Lanka! Staff are friendly, and there were some thoughtful touches.

Location in some respects is lovely, beacuse of the setting. But there is a 2 minute walk along the main rd to get to the path down to the beach (further 6 mins) and the main rd is a loud, dirty, hair-raising walk that feels much longer! I had a traditional Ayurvedic massage and didn't feel it was great value for money. There was an overflow pipe in our shower that would drip all night, which meant we had to wear earplugs.

Walking distance to beach and restaurants cheap 15 minute drive to Galle Beautiful buildings

Walking along major road to get to the beach can be dangerous This hotel is not actually in Galle, it is in Unawatuna

Very friendly staff. Rooms clean and were good price.

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The Heritage Proximity to Nature The Staff

Room was clean and reasonably comfortable. Good pool.

We had one of the older rooms which was a little dark and furniture was shabby. More soft seating around the pool/bar would be nice.

The staff were very eager to please and always polite. Just far enough away from Beach which is only a 5-10 minute walk

Had to wait an awful long time for food in the evening which when it arrived was not great. They do need to address this since other than that Staff could not do enough for you

The large pool. The upgraded room's view. The reception staff.

The dark dinning room and broken glass topped tables with stale food embedded in them and screwed up dirty table mats. The room that we had the first night that smelled damp and had a terrace that could not be used because of the overgrown tree. The central outdoor area that was costantly littered with dried bamboo leaves, the small pool that was more of a pond for the ducks and the fact that the lovely flowers of any plants worth retaining that they had were cut for putting on bebs and decorating public areas. The food we had the first night was poor and after seing the kitchens at breakfast we did not eat there again

Food and staff were wonderful. In fact we left our kettle by mistake and a member of staff has brought it to us at our new hotel a few miles away!

The swimming pools were not clean and no pump was used. This is not hygienic and would deter most Europeans from using them.

Friendly staff, nice restaurant/clean room with mosquito repellant, good ambient

No wifi in the room

Lovely friendly reception girls, very helpful. The hotel is characterful and has alot of history and charm and feels cosy. Nice gardens. Had a very good massage.

Breakfast quite basic. Can hear people talking in next room.

Very helpful staff Old historic building Relaxing atmosphere

The bathrooms could use a renovation The hotel closes at 10 p.m.

Beautiful garden / beautiful building from colonial era

10 minuts to reach the beach, 25 minutes ride in tuk tuk to get to Galle

Interesting character and good value for money, very friendly

No hot water, slightly too overgrown outside, giving parts of it a slightly decayed look

Excellent service. Old Mansion, near beach - good massage services.

Nothing except it was an old style hotel but run down! Reasonably well located but not near beach.

'Sorry No', Sorry cannot'! This was the attitude of the reception staff that seemed to be in charge! Double room was 2 single mattresses pushed together. Thin towels non absorbent. No toiletries.Moldy rooms infested with mosquitoes. No bottled water in room.No extra towels for pool. Did not change towels daily.No blanket or extra sheet avail when I requested when I was cold. Rooms not cleaned.Terrible pillows & transparent sheet.No hot water in afternoons, o'head fan did not work. Awful food & took 35 mins(no other customers) for pot of coffee & sandwiches that were not edible, except the curd was brilliant as it is everywhere in Sri Lanka.Could not open the windows for ventilation & it was rainy & humid & damp,seemed to be nailed shut & window sills moldy dust with gecko poo. No upgrading on this magnificent old building. Waiting staff not supervised, but they tried.Massage was rubbing with oil & nothing else.Families liked it because reception staff 'fawned' over their kids. They r once in lifetime or once per year travelers. I am a 'seasoned' traveler, espec south east Asia..this was a very bad experience.I Live in Cambodia. Pool only 9am- 6pm?Reception staff always late to start & so rude & always said No! This place has so much potential & is neglected & run down.Electricity out a lot no candles provided or apology or explanation. This was a terrible stay at a potentially brilliant hotel. Sack the managers & staff, spend some money on upgrade& train the waiters, it could work...i doubt it will happen!

its full of rustic charm,staff were warm & friendly.

towels never were changed, also l would say they have seen a few years service.mosquito nets were not long enough, they should fall to the floor. you need a drinks licence.

Old hotel in old house with lots of charm and character and very friendly staff

old rooms are a bit tired and need renovation to be more comfortable

quiet, relaxing

bar, drink, food options limited

Very friendly staff and a great location just 10 minutes from the beach but off the main drag.

Only stayed one night as we had spent 3 weeks travelling around sri lanka.it was a lovely period hotel with lots of antique furniture.we stayed in a garden room which was really a lovly little chalet surrounded by lovky gardens.didnt gave time to go in pool but it looked clean.had a meal and the food was good.breakfast a buffet which was ok.had to pay 2 dollars for inter net.have to get tuktuk to galke fort as far to far to walk cyou can wander the streets around hotel where there are a few local shops.ost 350 slr.

Everthing was good and good value for money.it is a spa hotel so treatments we thought expensiveits a good spa hotel with different treatments.its in a decent location but to far to walk to main attraction ie galle fort.

Good location close to the beach (though slightly far out from Galle Fort). Friendly staff and good breakfast.

The room we were in was in the older-looking wing, which is in need of a bit of renovation. Also, the power went out during the night so we were stuck in the dark with little ventilation (couldn't open the windows and too dark to see anyway!). There was very heavy rain on our second night there, which led to flooding of the path from our room to the main area for breakfast.

No tv