Business Directory හම්බන්තොට: reviews

A very nice place on the street.
The young landlord and his family are very nice and committed.
Very small, authentic restaurant, very well-kept atmosphere.

Just go for it! What an amazing experience. The guide is super helpful and speaks good English. If you go early in the morning you can see a lot of species of birds! The lake is beautiful and is an adventure for such a cheap price. One of the best things to do around.

Highly recommend this place and enjoy every moment of your life stay safe with lots of happiness, laughter and love in life stay safe enjoy your day with lots of happiness, laughter and love in life enjoy your day with happiness in the holidays to come in your life stay safe with lots of happiness, laughter and love in life stay

Theft Alart!

At the night of Feb 15th 2024, I was rolling up 7000 and 40 rupees with a rubber band to pay the accommodation fee for 4 nights, reminding myself that I would need to add 200 rupees to be exact next day. I put them in a plastic purse and put it in a bag under my bed because there were no lockers, and it had been no problem to do like this in India and Sri Lanka.

Next day, I went to Kataragama to explore for a half day and came back to my hotel. I had some 100 rupee notes, so I thought of combining them with the rolled up money that I prepared a day before.

When I came into the dorm room, I noticed that there was a green cap on the corner of my bed mysteriously. I picked it up and placed it on the table in front of my bed. Then I pulled the plastic purse from the bag and then took the rolled up money from the purse.

At this point, I notice, that there are only one 1000 rupee note and two 20 rupee notes in the rubber band. In the same purse, I kept 700 dollars in a plastic bag, so I pulled it out and checked it. There were only 6 of 100 notes. One was missing.

I immediately reported it to the family who ran this hotel, and the first reply that I received from one of them was "you should be careful about foreigners", so I was like "what? ".

I told them that at least 100 dollar and 6000 rupees had been stolen, and they told me that I shouldn't have left money in the room, which I thought was right. I shouldn't have trusted people so much.

Since I was upset, I totally forgot about the green cap that had sat on my bed. I went back to the dorm, grabbed it, and showed it to them. They said that it belonged to one of their helpers, who had done his last day of work here on the day. Very suspicious.

Since I didn't have enough money left in my wallet, I went to an ATM, withdrew money, and paid what I owed to the family.

At night, a guy, who called himself the owner, approached me and asked what I wanted, probably for the solution. I suggested him install lockers and CCTV for safety and asked if he had made a contact with the guy with the green cap, but he hadn't been able to.

Then he mentioned that he had had many customers this season and made good money. I assumed that he wanted me to tell him that I wanted the money back, but I didn't.

Next morning, while I was working, he brought breakfast for me, but I had had it already, so I declined it. Then he came again with his wife with 10k rupees in his hand. He offered it for the compensation, and I received it thankfully. Then he told me that he had hired the guy with the green cap because he had desparetely needed money as his father had seemed to pass away recently. I assume he was very in need for money at the time.

With this story considered, I still recommend this hotel because of the jungle vibes. Guests usually sat in front of the river minding their things. The family here is very helpful, and they are good people.

I may be an unlikely one as Sri Lankan people are kind and generous in general. Even after this, I would still recommend Sri Lanka to my friends. I've learnt a lesson after this incident and probably so as the hotel hopefully.

Very bad service:

We booked the hotel months ago for our last days and were told when we arrived that the room had been overbooked. We received no compensation and ended up being kicked out.

I have never experienced something like that!

Cute restaurant, good food, the owner is a sweetheart! He brought me jackfruit for dessert so that I can taste it.

A small restaurant run with love by the whole family. Fresh dishes, waiting time the same as in other restaurants nearby (about an hour). A very nice owner, as well as the whole family, involved in customer service. It's worth visiting places like this! Family, warm atmosphere thank you for your hospitality

We booked the tour from Hiriketiya via Udawalawe to Ella. It was an awesome day. The Tuk Tuk is really spacious and comfy and we really enjoyed the drive. We also made some stops for views and infos along the way. Special thanks to Sara - our jeep driver at the Safari. He showed us so many animals and even knows some of the names in German:)

This was a good place to visit for tea and snacks. They call it Nestea. The ambience was appealing and people were nice. The snacks were fresh and the place was spacious. Recommended.

We had an amazing safari day in yala national park on feb. 4th 2024 with our passionate guide darshana. Not only did we see elephants, birds and crocodiles but also 2 leopards.we catched one really close. (5 meters distance).
Darshana shared his amazing taken pictures of our safari day with us afterwards.thank you darshana and ajith safari for the amazing experience.