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The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa

3.0 star property
Lakefront hotel in Anuradhapura with spa and outdoor pool
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Front of property
Exterior
Interior
Concierge desk

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Airport transfer
    Airport transfer
  • Connecting rooms available
    Connecting rooms available
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Spa
    Spa
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
Main amenities
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Restaurants and bar/lounge
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Breakfast available
  • Free use of bicycles
  • Children's pool
  • Room service
  • Airport pick-up service
  • Area shuttle
  • Train station pick-up service
  • Terrace
Feel at home
  • Children stay free
  • Children's pool
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms available
  • Private bathroom
  • Separate bedroom
  • Garden

Room options

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About the area

Map
Dharmapala Mawatha, New Town, Near Old Bus Stand, Anuradhapura, North Central, 50000

What's nearby

  • Ruwanwelisaya - 5 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Thuparamaya - 6 min drive - 4.2 km
  • Sri Maha Bodhi - 6 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Abhayagiri Dagoba - 10 min drive - 5.7 km
  • Nuwara Wewa - 16 min drive - 10.2 km

Getting around

  • Colombo (CMB-Bandaranaike Intl.) - 88.1 miles/141.8 km
  • Airport pickup service
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Train station pickup (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Pizza Hut - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Seedevi Family Restaurant - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Palhena Village Restaurant - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Mango Mango - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Walkers - ‬6 min walk

About this property

The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa

Located near a train station, The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa is a great choice for a stay in Anuradhapura. You can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and visit the spa to be pampered with massages, facials or Ayurvedic treatments. Other highlights include an outdoor pool, a bar/lounge and a children's pool.

Languages

English

At a glance

Hotel size

  • 70 rooms
  • Arranged over 3 floors

Arriving/Leaving

  • Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: noon
  • Express check-in available
  • Late check-in subject to availability
  • Minimum check-in age – 18
  • Check-out time is noon

Restrictions related to your trip

  • Check COVID-19 restrictions

Special check-in instructions

  • This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
  • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Required at check-in

  • Credit card, debit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
  • Government-issued photo ID may be required
  • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

  • Up to 5 children (1 year old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room using existing bedding
  • No cots (infant beds)

Pets

  • Pets not allowed

Internet

  • Free WiFi in public areas
  • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

  • Free on-site self-parking
  • Free on-site extended parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking on site

Transfers

  • Airport pickup on request (available 24 hours a day)*
  • Train station pickup

Off-site

  • Area shuttle*

Other information

  • Designated smoking areas

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast (surcharge) each morning 7 AM–9 AM
  • Restaurant
  • Bar/lounge
  • Barbecue grills
  • Room service (limited hours)

Travelling with children

  • Children stay for free (see details)
  • Children's pool

What to do

  • Ecotours nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby

Working away

  • Meeting room
  • Computer station

Services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Dry cleaning/laundry services
  • Luggage storage
  • Free bike hire
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas

Facilities

  • Built in 1957
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Garden
  • Terrace
  • An outdoor pool
  • Full-service spa

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair-accessible
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Grab bar near toilet

Room amenities

Be entertained

  • LCD television

Home comfort

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Minibar
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

Sleep well

  • Turndown service
  • Bed sheets provided

Freshen up

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower only
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Towels

Stay connected

  • Desk
  • Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water

More

  • Daily housekeeping
  • In-room safe
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms available

Special features

Spa

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include facials and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic.

Fees & policies

Optional extras

  • Full breakfast is offered for an extra charge of approximately USD 8 for adults and USD 4 for children
  • Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of USD 105 per vehicle
  • Train station pick-up service is offered for an extra charge
  • Local area shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
  • Housekeeping is offered for an extra charge

Policies

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms. These are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
This property does not have lifts.
This property accepts credit cards.
A fee for a mandatory Christmas Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 24 December.
A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 31 December.

Also known as

Lakeside Hotel Nuwarawewa Anuradhapura
Lakeside Hotel Nuwarawewa
Lakeside Nuwarawewa Anuradhapura
Lakeside Nuwarawewa
Nuwarawewa Rest House Hotel Anuradhapura
The Lakeside At Nuwarawewa
The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa Hotel
The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa Anuradhapura
The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa Hotel Anuradhapura

Frequently asked questions

Is there a pool at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?
Yes, there's an outdoor pool and a children's pool.
Are pets allowed at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?
Sorry, pets aren't allowed.
Is parking offered on site at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?
Yes, there's free self and extended parking.
Is an airport shuttle service offered by The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?
Yes, a shuttle from the airport to the hotel is available. The charge is USD 105 per vehicle.
What are the check-in and check-out times at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?
Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: noon. Check-out time is noon. Express check-in is available.
What is there to do at The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa and nearby?
Have fun during the warmer months with activities such as cycling. Additional recreation nearby includes ecotours. Indulge in a treatment at the spa and enjoy a swim in the outdoor pool. The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa also has a garden.
Are there restaurants at or near The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa?
Yes, there's an on-site restaurant.

The Lakeside Hotel at Nuwarawewa Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Good

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.
michael, 1-night romance trip
Verified Expedia guest review

2/10 Poor

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.
M Tissa, 1-night family trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

4/10 Fair

Room wasn't ready on time and check out also got delayed as only one person at the Service Desk to attend all guests.
1-night trip with friends
Verified Expedia guest review

4/10 Fair

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.
2-night family trip
Verified Expedia guest review

4/10 Fair

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.
2-night trip with friends
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

James, 3-night trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Nice hôtel, central, very welcoming, helpful and smiling staff.
1-night trip
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

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.
Regina, 1-night romance trip
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8/10 Very good

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.
Andrew, 2-night trip with friends
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8/10 Very good

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.
2-night romance trip
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8/10 Very good

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.
2-night family trip
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6/10 Good

Great Value, Great Staff, Excellent Food
Great staff, excellent food, decent accommodations. Wifi Awful!
Jonathan, 2-night romance trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

6/10 Good

Good, but one who manage the room shairing is not done her job perfect. other than that is ok.
prabash, 1-night family trip
Verified Expedia guest review

6/10 Good

Good Hotel
Overall good, but please make sure to ask for clean towels. They have given us very dirty looking towels.
1-night trip
Verified Expedia guest review

6/10 Good

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.
3-night romance trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

4/10 Fair

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.
Danielle, 3-night family trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Phenomenal service, excellent food, and a lovely hotel.
3-night trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

6/10 Good

Ok place to stay when you're templed out
This hotel is perfectly decent for a night or two. The room was comfortable although the water pressure was a bit variable. The pool is nice and you can see the lake from the poolside. Staff were polite and helpful. My partner left her watch at a previous hotel and the lady on reception rang a couple of places and arranged to have it sent on to our next place. They could do with someone meeting you on arrival and there are were lots of little flies on the food at the buffet. If I stayed again I'd probably eat out but all in all a decent place to stay when you've seen enough temples and stupas!
Verified Expedia guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Verified Hotels.com guest review

6/10 Good

Convenient, comfortable
A pleasant and comfortable hotel. Pool fine, massage good. Little English spoken, no local area information given. Alacarte restaurant for lunch, buffet breakfast and dinner. Food fine.
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

comfortable stay
excellent hotel sad we had only one day. easy reach of town centre, ancient temples and royal ruins
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

Well worth a visit
Excellent staff and service, a lovely atmosphere and amazing food. Room was good, could of been a bit cleaner. The balcony over looking the grounds was lovely. My only complaint was the strange goings on, on the lane adjacent to the hotel and lake and the same 4 songs playing on repeat the whole stay Apart from that highly recommended
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

Would Recommend
Good location. Friendly, helpful staff and a good restaurant. Also a pleasant swimming pool
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Really comfortable and excellent food
Excellent food, grateful waiting staff. Wine naturally expensive but good I understand hotel updated, lovely rooms (nice curtains)
Verified Expedia guest review

6/10 Good

Room not ready on arrival. Didn't have our confirmation from hotels. Reservation. Our room was not stocked with enough towels, soap, etc. Also, very bad mosquito infestation in lobby area. Had to request spray& mosquito coil to deter. Finally had to leave area. Unfortunately lobby was only place to access wifi.
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