Could do with a little more maintenance: door handle, TV fixings, multimedia connection a little left behind. Also some sand added a little grit feeling on the bathroom floor.

Amazing availability of the team to assist with checking-in at 5:00am. Direct connection to the beach and pool, building opened throughout allowing for interaction with nature and complete relaxation. Special attention of welcome sweets arranged for arrival. Large bedroom with ample storage, amenities, bathrobes and slippers.

Stayed in April 2024

Nothing

The hotel is very well managed and the staff are so friendly and helpful. They really made our stay more enjoyable. The rooms are spacious and well maintained (I'd recommend staying at the updated beach-facing rooms), the pool is large and with plenty of sunbeds. Good food options and diversity. The hotel also put on a nice cultural evening with Sri Lankan dancers and artists. Loved our stay and would recommend for a relaxing break.

Stayed in April 2024

All is ok in the resort, but maybe they need to renew the wood around the pool.

Amazing resort! One the best parts is the staff! They are very kind with always a smile! They have taken care of all our needs. We had a little issue in our room and they change to another one inmediately. We traveleed with a baby and all the staff was very kind with him. Rooms are very spacious and with all you need to feel like at home. We stayed with breakfast and dinner included, and buffet with very good! You can also go to the restaurants in the next Resort that are very good as well. Perfect destination to relax and enjoy with family!

Stayed in March 2024

Nothing much

The food was excellent. The spread was very good too.

Stayed in March 2024

Initially, we had some issues with the room's air conditioning system not bringing the temperature below 25C. Despite changing rooms, the problem persisted to a certain extent. Additionally, the presence of a loud event with a DJ playing excessively loud music on the first day disrupted the tranquility of the stay. The mirror in our room literarily vibrated with the bass. The crows were a bit obnoxious during breakfast around the outdoor seating, perhaps the hotel could benefit from putting up some sort of divider wall to limit their access to our food.

Our stay at Avani hotel was quite enjoyable. Impressed by the exceptional staff service and gym facilities. The food was really good and we appreciated the unlimited water access. Additionally, the spa service was great and of course the beautiful sunsets from the beach.

Stayed in March 2024

Some entertainment like sofisticated boat rides / horse rides / water games etc

Stayed in March 2024

Decking at the pool is old and a bit dangerous.

Staff and location are excellent

Stayed in February 2024

Getting harassed by local businesses in the local town centre of Kalutara, repeatingly asking for your business..& then ripping you off!...& also by many other auto-ric(tuc-tuc) drivers, touting for business, on the local hotel beach & entrance to the hotel main road.

All went very smoothly...not quite top notch 5 star..but a good 4... Surrounding area, very nice, with excellent beaches just a little further south, e.g. Bentota beach..Kalutara main town, not worth mentioning...apart from the main Buddhist dome. Hotel,very nice & good buffet food, both morning & evening...excellent pool too. One positive, was that we actually met a very honest auto-ric (tuc-tuc) driver called Sammigul, so he helped us prepare for our travels around, as we hired a car...but he also took us around some local addresses for me to meet up with my other colleagues..

Stayed in February 2024

Communications from the reservations team prior to arrival was frustrating. Payment apparently had to be made by clicking a link but this was unfortunately also the period when hotels on this site had been hacked and the reservations team did absolutely nothing to assuage my concerns about the scam. No fans in the covered outdoor area so not the most comfortable in this very humid country Room interiors are a bit tired and they had some nice outdoor water features but the one outside my room (122) wasn't maintained and had stagnant water = breeding ground for mosquitoes Pictures can be a bit deceiving; the age of the property was not reflected in the promo pics on all the websites and the pool was way smaller than I thought it was going to be Pool closes at 6pm which is a bit early; would have appreciated a night swim with less people, the pool was super crowded during the day so I ended up not using it

On-site service from the staff was excellent from front desk to housekeeping to bar and restaurant staff. Managed my most important requests to make the stay quite comfortable for my elderly in-laws. Breakfast spread is good; the lady managing the hopper station is doing great work

Stayed in December 2023

They need to find a solution to all the mosquitos, maybe it was a season but still little annoying

Its isolated and away from all the noise. Spacious and they offer Shisha

Stayed in November 2023

I wish there were more vegetarian options at meal times.

Great breakfast. Excellent surroundings.

Stayed in November 2023

The size of the bufet area was not enough.

THe surroundings the fascilities for children were good. Breakfasst was good.

Stayed in November 2023

Big spread for breakfast catering to every taste, though a little variation each day would have been nice. The staff were very pleasant gentle and helpful, the hotel is well-designed for the price.

Stayed in August 2023

Breakfast buffet options could have been better, probably was related to the fact that the occupancy was lean. However food options of dining At Anantara was a bonus

The location and facilities were exceptionally good. Pool was very good. Staff was courteous and they went out of the way to help us with the food

Stayed in August 2023

Taxi drivers next to the hotel’s property were harassing us in order to pay for a trip with them

Very quiet and peaceful place

Stayed in July 2023

Super Location

Stayed in July 2023

rooms need some refurbishments here and there

good location nice staff nice lobby

Stayed in April 2023

We did not like that the beach was public. We were approached by several strangers who did not work for the resort offering us their business. This was not an issue at first, but it became very uncomfortable when they would watch us from afar for hours and try to get our attention by waving and shouting when we were having lunch, swimming by the pool etc. We would have appreciated a heads up by the staff. I also wish we had known in advance while we were booking that we could not swim in the ocean. We were looking forward to staying at a resort with a beach, but we of course Recognize that this is due to safety.

The staff was amazing and very hospitable. The room was always kept very clean and the entire resort looked stunning.

Stayed in April 2023

The hotel is situated next to the public beach and provides access to people not staying in the hotel that’s why there are many tuk tuk drivers who insist of taking their services which can cause discomfort to your stay.

Good facilities. Exceptional service of the staff

Stayed in September 2022

Nothing

A very lovely hotel with wonderful staff! Always a great memory in Sri Lanka!

Stayed in February 2022

The food menu needs a bigger variety, the same menu is served in the restaurant, poolside, room service and bar. It’s the same food all day.

beautiful location about 1 hour and 30mins from the airport. The beach and pool are well maintained with staff attending to you poolside serving drinks and food. rooms are a reasonable size with free wifi and tv. Room service is fast and the food is of an excellent standard everyday. Thank you to all staff especially Dinesh for cleaning our room daily. Avani have another hotel within walking distance and you can use the facilities there also which is great.

Stayed in March 2022

you can’t use beach many mosquitoes in there. the normal room has many mosquitoes and lizard in there but deluxe is the best

mr lahiro and mr nimesh very friendly and good. food and pool is very good. deluxe room is very good

Stayed in March 2022

When eating at the restaurant, the staff were too quick at taking away plates which made us a bit stressed. It was almost like they were in a hurry to get us out of there. Also, staff could sometimes be annoying, for example we got a call around 3 times a day to our room, where they just asked if we were happy with the room. I get that such service is nice to a certain amount, but it was just too much for us. There were people on the beach (outside hotel area) that sat around and watched people in the hotel area. We noticed this especially when sitting on our balcony, which made us very uncomfortable sitting there (so we stopped doing that).

Clean spatious rooms, great pool area!! Good breakfast buffé.

Stayed in March 2022

Pleasant staff, beautiful location.

Stayed in January 2022