Avani Kalutara Resort

Luxurious hotel with impeccable service. Comfortable rooms, and outstanding amenities. The staff is attentive, and the dining experience is superb. A truly five-star stay.

Stayed in this lovely hotel just for one day. Very nice hotel with comfortable rooms with all required amenities, friendly staff for good breakfast. Sadly it was an unplanned trip and we will definitely visit again. It will be nice if the authorities clean and develop the waterway right in front of the hotel to include water sports activities.

We were at this property for two nights and enjoyed our stay very much. We were looking for a quiet and cozy getaway and found exactly what we were looking for at Avani. The ocean view room was spacious and comfy and the service starting from the front desk, bar and room service were all up to high standards. We hope to be back in very soon.

We stayed at Avani Kalutara for 7 nights literally the week before monsoons started, it was a quiet time of year for the hotel so there wasn’t many guests just a handful of us. Whilst this made the atmosphere quieter, we were well and truly looked after and it made for a very peaceful stay for us which was great. I liked the fact that the hotel thought about waste and switched us to a la carte instead of a buffet to reduce on food waste which made complete sense when we were only seeing maybe 6 people a night. The food that came out was excellent restaurant quality food and was good portions and flavours. I would recommend the Sri Lankan curry and rice from the menu as that was amazing! We also were invited to share breakfast and one night dinner with the 5 start sister hotel anantara and the food was served in a buffet style but with added extras like cook to order etc and was lovely, the breakfast there was particularly lovely and I looked forward to going after the gym to fill up The gym both at avani and at anantara were great, air conditioned lots of equipment and water and towels provided . The service from the staff at both hotels was impeccable, they really looked after us and even the craftspeople at the anantara were lovely chatting with us in the morning and showing us the amazing work they have done. The artist Rathna was such a lovely lady and had the most amazing paintings, it was a joy to see her in the mornings and have a chat as she really brightened up our day :) Overall I would definitely recommend this hotel or the sister hotel as the location was excellent, the rooms lovely and most of all the service was exceptional. Thank you for an amazing stay we hope to come back soon!

Location and Access – About 2 hours’ drive by Expressway from Colombo Airport. The hotel has a beachfront location on a peninsular on the outskirts of Kulatara. Shops and services can be found in Kalutara A number of pictures of the hotel can be seen on Google Street View. Booking – I made a very last minute room booking on Agoda – this is where all my troubles began. Agoda confirmed the booking and payment was authorised from my bank. Unfortunately reception at the hotel did not receive any information on my booking. As a consequence I had to pay the hotel direct to secure the room . I then tried to contact Agoda to find out what had happened and was faced with what seemed like a torrent of ChatGPT generated acknowledgements - full of flummery and with no obvious way of contacting a “real” person. Eventually I did manage to email someone and got a response with information embedded somewhere between a ChatGPT worded salutation and valedicton. I spent considerable time trying to resolve this situation It should be noted that I also had to contact the Avani Hotel direct to try and sort things out and I must compliment their customer service staff. (Jonathon and Nuwan). Unlike Agoda I had an immediate response from a real person and was delighted with the way they dealt with an issue raised by one of their guests and would thank them for their support Reception – Despite the difficulties mentioned above the staff on Reception were very understanding in their dealings with me Public Areas/Decor – The hotel buildings sprawl over a wide area and include seating areas, library, bars and restaurants. All fresh with modern décor and furnishings. There is a large outdoor pool with loungers etc. and direct access to the sandy beach. The whole property sits in well maintained grounds. Guest Room –This was comfortable with large double bed, adjoining shower room, tea and coffee making and mini fridge. Ocean front with a furnished balcony Amenities including Entertainment – Large flat screen TV with a limited number of channels. Ample electrical sockets. Free WiFi was very good Lighting – A variety of lighting options Air Conditioning – Very good including ceiling fan Noise – I was not disturbed by any noise Food & Beverage – The restaurant serves a buffet dinner and a la carte is available from the bar. After the hassle of dealing with the booking problem – did not have the appetite for the buffet and chose a la carte from a very limited menu. My partners prawns were pronounced delicious but my burger was inedible. However, the buffet breakfast was exceptionally good with eggs and hoppers made to order and also a wide range of fruits, cooked items and local dishes and fresh bakery items. Cappuccino’s made to order were a treat from the usual “hotel coffee”. Value for Money – For the quality of the accommodation I was very satisfied with the room rate which included the excellent breakfast X Factor – The after service of the Avani Hotel in d

Overall a good place to spend the vacation. Happy to be their again and have some kind of family staying their.