Beach Front Paradise

Superb

9.0

Exceptional

10.0

Very good

8.0

Our apartment was spotless and incredibly comfortable. Clean and big space. Good amenities, a nice pool, and friendly staff. Good surroundings."We had an amazing time over there.

Stay at Oceanfront, but not with this owner

5.0

Location right on the Nilaveli beach, nice pool (though why they don't do their maintenance on it outside the indicated pool hours is beyond me... they did it during morning hours) and garden to relax (could do with more loungers considering the number of guests staying). Easy walk on the beach or through the road to several small restaurants (we recommend Tutu's!), 15 minute tuktuk ride to Uppuveli beach.

− After booking 8 months in advance the owner of the apartment sent us a message 2(!) days before arrival stating: "I kindly request to cancel the renovation or change the date from August 2nd to 6th please. Due to some delays in renovations, we could not accommodate you on the 31st of July to August 2nd. We also try to accommodate you with the other units, unfortunately there are no units available. Please accept our apologies. Thanks for your understanding, Shan Thayaparan" First of all, unprofessional as as a client you are not allowed to cancel, but then the owner does 2 days in advance, when all travel arrangements are made and very low availability of alternatives...? Leaving you to arrange something else and having to move your stuff again. Incredible! BUT imagine our 'surprise' upon checkin (after spending two nights elsewhere first, already suspecting something was not right with the cancellation message) to find there were still guests in the apartment! The whole renovation excuse apparently was a lie to get a better rate out of other guests. So, stay at Oceanfront Condos, but not at the apartment of this owner!! The apartment itself could actually do with some 'renovations': kitchen cabinets look like they are falling apart, utensils are a shabby mix of things (we did not use them to cook/eat) and lots of stains on furniture. Besides this, all is functioning though. Also, our tv was not working when we arrived: subscription was suspended (not paid for), took us a lot of complaining (and 2 days) to get it to work again. WIFI also stopped working after 1 day, this too took several complaints (and 1 day) to reception to get it up and running again. Not what you would expect of an apartment like this. We signed in on the WIFI of the downstairs apartment in the meantime (low signal but worked) as the login credentials of all units are structured the same way (not very safe).

Very good

8.0

We were lucky with apartment 3-1-1 l. This one was amazing, clean , balcony with pool/sea view. So almost perfect. The pool and beach is absolutely amazing. All apartments have different owners so the staff can't do much about it. Our wifi never worked for example. And downstairs they don't provide wifi.

− No towels, no toilet paper. Check in at 14:00 but the restaurant closes at 15:00. At 18:00 they open but we're understaffed so we had a big problem with our dinner taking 2 hours ( my mum had a basic green salad and the kids burgers..) We did settled it with the nice manager the next day. They are still learning and improving. But to eat with a family with kids I recommend going somewhere else. The prices are too high compared with the overal waiting time. My advice is shorten the menu, prepare the burgers a bit in advance. Than bake and cook more tables at the same time and serve one table at a time. DONT cook one table at a time. Serve burgers, salads and rice and at least two curries. Keep it simple but make sure that its great what you serve. Good luck!

The is a place that can be highly recommended for a family stay.

10.0

The place was nice looking, had nice surroundings and nice arrangements fulfilling what guests may look for when they are at a short stay.

− Nothing I found that I didn't like. The property was a very good value for money.