Ancient Village

Pleasant location and friendly service, we stayed during last week of December 2022
Room no 102, The AC was just blowing air
Get the fixed food rate before arrival, since they charged us unfair rate for meals
Eg we have ordered simple sri lankan menu, rice, meat, 2 vegetable, they have charged LKR 800/ per person
Noodles and chicken curry -LKR 700/
We understood current rates are high due to economic situation but these rates are unrealistic.
Insecure feeling because of alcoholist during day and night

Good location. 1 km to ruins. Great view. Access road is very narrow. Lots of ants. Bad maintenance. Owner and friends used to high volume party often. Ansecure feeling because of alcoholists.

Air conditioner in the room was broken. When we told the staff last night on our way to dinner the staff member told us to find him when we got back. When we got back within an hour no staff were working. Earlier that night I was sitting in the bench near the eating area with my wife. At 730 the staff turned off all the lights even though we are still there without even telling us. The button to flush the toilet was also broken. We went there because they advertised having a spa but most of the items on there advertised lidt are not available only back and neck massages. This place was complete and total waste of money and time and I do not recommend anyone to come here.

If i could do 4.5 i would.

Great place. Clean, well kept, quiet and friendly staff. Not much more to say. Breakfast and dinner was good. They can arrange for bike to explore the ruins as well as private car to wherever. Definitely recommend.

Wonderful massage!
After a long fascinating but still tiring walk through the UNESCO archeological sites Polonnaruwa, the Ayurvedic massage by hotel staff Saman for a reasonable price was very very professional and relaxing. A must have!
The hotel is 10 min walk from the entrance of the historical sites. The hotel owner is a friendly and humorous man who speaks fluent English and German, providing a lot of valuable recommendations and support eg.calling Tuk Tuks- for us, arranging taxi, showing us around a few sites himself personally.
The breakfast was really delicious.

Ein abgelegenes Plätzchen am Reisfeld. Der Besitzer ist sehr freundlich und weißt einen auch schonmal auf besondere Vögel hin.
Sehr nettes und hilfsbereites Personal. Saubere Zimmer und Badezimmer.
Leider keine Küche mit Karte jedoch mit reichem Frühstück. Würden wir wieder kommen? Auf jeden Fall!

Positive: The host is a lovely man, helped us with great recommendations. The hotel has a great location. Rooms are clean and quiet (minus the frogs? On the rice fields, which we got used to). We loved that there are no houses around, only the rice field, yet the place is just a few minutes of safe walk from the main street.
Breakfast was great each day, homemade by the wife. It included sweet pastries, amazing smoothies and a brilliant Sri Lankan omelette. We had a great rice & curry the first night.

Negative: the two other dinners we had here were disappointingly poor. They were the worst kottu and fried rice we had in Sri Lanka, with barely any vegetables.