I honestly cannot find fault

It is truly a wonderful experience The hotel has the most magnificent views, staff exceptional, clean and great facilities. The only issue I had was with the tv and wifi, both were swiftly and efficiently solved. Breakfast was lovely and we ate our evening meal there on 3 occasions, very good food. We jet skied, went on a fishing trip and enjoyed the free ferry accross the river to the beach. I would strongly recommend. We felt like we were trated like family.

Stayed in April 2025

Incredible hotel with wonderful attentive staff. We wish we had taken our road trip the opposite way round which would have enabled us to stay longer at this great hotel & to enjoy more of its facilities & water sports etc.

Stayed in March 2025

You can't get a better room in all of Sri Lanka. Beautiful bed, fantastic modern bathroom, even a little fridge with cold drinks. Take advantage of the free boat ride across the river to the ocean beach. We loved it and we recommend it.

Stayed in March 2025

The location overlooking the river was beautiful. The room was exceptionally large and clean. The staff were friendly and professional and helped with organising the river safari with them, which by the way I would highly recommend. Breakfast was delicious and plenty of it. Easy to walk to Bentota and into the town if Aluthgama. Would recommend a stay here

Stayed in March 2025

Our AC did not work the first night and it was 30c+ but they sorted the next day - a squirrel or chipmunk had nested in the unit - then worked fine. Could do with some sort of shad on the balcony and maybe 2 subbed not just one. But v minor niggles that did not effect our stay.

It was easy to get too and we could walk out for restaurants and tuktuks. Lovely view over the water and could watch the sun go down.

Stayed in February 2025

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Location was great, staff extremely friendly & super helpful!! Boat taxi to the beach was a highlight as was the river safari - a MUST DO! Our room was lovely but aircon not working so we were moved immediately & we also had a fridge brought up to our rooms. Can’t fault their service at all.

Stayed in February 2025

Food was overpriced, we chose to eat at a nearby small family run restaurant instead. The hotel should really have a cheaper standard rice & curry option.

* Great Location * Good boat service to nearby beach * Fabulous list of activities * Room was amazing, and the view over the river was hard to beat

Stayed in January 2025

It’s tucked away down a back street but once you’re there it’s such a good find .. free boat ride back and forth across the river make it super easy to get to the most beautiful beach … the staff are super helpful .. it’s a very simple but lovely breakfast too every morning..

Stayed in January 2025

Rooms didn't have a safe or telephone. Breakfast was underwhelming with not much variety. Lots of stairs

Stunning location on the river bank.. Hotel has its own jetty and provide a free boat ride across to the beach. Hotel offers a variety of watersports. Beaches are very safe to swim. Very close to the town centre as well. Very attentive and efficient staff

Stayed in December 2024

Simple breakfast of fruit juice, fruit, eggs and toast Nil else

Beautiful views from room 1 Elevated expansive view from room of Bentota River. Large spacious room , big balcony Attentive polite staff

Stayed in December 2024

the speed of kitchen is slow， but tasty！

very nice staffs！ great food！fun water sports！

Stayed in August 2024

The airconditioner started leaking and broke down during the night. Not really their fault tho, and the room had a ceiling fan so we managed allright. They also locked the gate while we were out eating. We knocked on the gate a couple of times and then just jumped over the stair railings.

Very good location! The hotel is very nice, and also offer a lot of water sports that you can book with them. They will take you to the other side of the river for free to visit Bentota beach. They upgraded our room for free, which was really nice!

Stayed in July 2024

All the people working there were so nice and helpful. I had a little accident with a rental Tuktuk and the staff got out of their way to help us organize everything and we had to do nothing. Also the rooms are wonderful and the activities are so much fun with a reasonable price. If you are near, definetely go to Malu Banna! Everything was perfect!

Stayed in February 2024

Our room was on the 3-rd floor and there is no elevator...

The view was fantastic. The breakfast was wonderful. The fruits that were served at the beginning of the breakfast were so very tasty. The room was spacious and the bed was very comfortable.

Stayed in February 2024

We ate the same things for breakfast every day but the lady who was serving it had poor english, maybe she was not able to present all the possibilities well ;)

Room was amazing, very big and modern, great view, staff was helpful and smiling a lot. We also used ski jet, great service, very professional.

Stayed in February 2024

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This picturesque modern hotel by the river’s edge. The photos don’t do it justice! My room was modern, spotless, comfortable and spacious but most of all it had a huge covered balcony, with spectacular views across the river. There is an attached restaurant with fresh and tasty food. Excellent wifi connectivity. Tucked away from the road and railway line but easy to walk or catch a tuk tuk into town. A family run business, which also owns a water sports centre by the same name. If you wanted to get to the beach, they would drop and pick you up using one of their boats. I also arranged a river cruise, with them, which was amazing, and at a reasonable cost. I would have no hesitation in recommending this stunning hotel.

Stayed in February 2024

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Me and my wife stay 5 nights at Malu Banna hotel. This place has amazing customer service, rooms are kept clean every day and hotel staf will do anything so you can relax and enjoy your holiday. There are plenty water sport activities here and riwer has only small wawes so you can go watersport at any day. In Malu Banna there is great possibility to have fishing trip to ocean or to local riwer. We had both and catch & eat fish food. Yammy! One person who has to be mentioned is Chatu. Great fisherman with many helpfull tips with my own fishing gear to use and catch fish. Also from here is easy acces to beach as hotel is offering free transport both ways. Bentota beach area has wide sand beach with not that many people there.

Stayed in January 2023

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Great location , close to the beach and city centre. Tasty food (the can make you anything you wish) Any kind of Water sports activities. Spacious rooms…always ready to help, friendly and professional staff. Recommend

Stayed in January 2025

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Very good location, excellent food ( they can make you anything you want ) , any kind of water sports activities are available any time , respectful, educated and friendly staff always ready to help you. Would come back .

Stayed in January 2025

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Stayed in March 2025

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Stayed in February 2025

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Stayed in January 2025

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Stayed in January 2025

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Stayed in December 2024