Arugam hotels

Pros: We loved our stay at Babar Point. Unfortunately we got a bit sick and Catherine took very good care of us. The location is excellent, walking distance from Pottuvil Point and Whiskey Point. Excellent for surfing lessons for beginners at Pottuvil Point and more advanced at Whiskey Point. We highly recommend Ali for the lessons, easy to arrange at Babar Point. Loungespot at the terraces is great. Pool wonderful. Great place to relax for a few days. Thanks Catherine and Michel.

Pros: Excellent spacious bungalow, comfortable beds, spacious outdoor bathroom. Fabulous & attentive staff, delicious meals. Swimming pool very clean and great size for swimming.

Cons: All great

Pros: The women who runs the place is really nice and helps with everything. The food was also really good!

Cons: Nothing really

Pros: The chilled-out and relaxed vibe at Babar Point which is due to their wonderful owners. Catherine was our three year old son’s favourite and he was able to play at this resort as if he were home! Everything was possible, and Babar’s point staff was really friendly and helpful. The houses are really spacious, well constructed and all equipped with a chill out-veranda/bed. Really nice for a siësta as it can get very hot out there. The pool is big and clean and therefore perfect when one needs to cool off! Babar Point furthermore provides surfboards and lessons for a reasonable and honest price. We both learned a lot from their surfinstructor Jassotharan or in short: Jasso (who is a certified ISA instructor)! So in short highly recommendable for a (surf)stay in the neighborhood of Arugam Bay while centered in between the wonderful surfspots, Whiskey Point and Pottuville Point which both are in walking distance from the premises!

Pros: Babar point is a very nice place to stay. The bungalows are perfectly clean and have all the facilities you need. The pool is great, also the food in the restaurant! The owner is friendly and helpful.

Pros: Very relaxed atmosphere, good food, nice pool, beautiful beach and very friendly and helpful people. My son forgot his electronic reading device and they did everything to organize that some other guests who were heading into the same direction as us brought it with them so we could pick it up somewhere close. Thank you so much, Catherine!

Pros: This is the best place to stay! The bungalows are made with love and everything is thought threw! Out door shower is amazing and the Chillax area out side is amazing nothing more that you can ask for! The team is super kind and the owners are truly in love with Sri Lanka! You ask for anything and you always get the answer and it’s the best! You need anything and boom you have the correct help! The pool is the best I ever had... being blond and using a pool comes with worries, but this is the best balanced pool I ever used! The food is made with love and value for money! You can rent boards and they are good surf boards and wax is always there when you need it! We loved babar point and only can recommend it.... thank you so much!

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Beautiful place with great people. Cathrine and Michael are really helpful and awesome. The staff is very kind. Fresh juices, homemade Jam, curry, coconut rotti are very tasty.

Pros: We felt very welcome. The bungalow was great. It was clean and the outside shower was very nice and yet comfortable. The swimming pool was big and they offered surfing lessons. My first time, good teacher and it went very well. A really nice place to relax, surf and enjoy the beach. And also to do your laundry ;-)

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Catherine and her staff are the best possible host. The place is very nice and quiet and is closed to 2 of the best surfing spot of the Arugam Bay area. Very veri nice!

Cons: Nothing. Everything was perfect

Pros: Perfect location! Quite and not so far from the beach!

Cons: Owner is the most kind guy that i ever meet in Sri Lanka!

Pros: Our host was a real gem. He provided us with hot water every morning and snacks here and there (we did not order breakfast) because he is just amazing like that. His team is also very lovely, always trying to keep everything clean and always smiling. We would 100% recommend staying there! Although get the AC room because it gets very hot and keeping the door open when it gets dark just brings many mosquitoes in your room :-)

Pros: The place was sparkling clean and the AC was working perfectly. In front of the room there is a little sitting area with a hammock. The owner Faisal helped us with organizing surf lessons and tuk tuk tours. We really enjoyed our stay and even stayed longer than originally planned. In our booking the breakfast was not included, but it was very affordable and tasty.

Pros: We had a great stay! The host was a really great guy, not only nice but you can have a real conversation and laugh with him. He understands humour and always have a smile on his face, it makes me smile all the time. He is a master in making breakfast, especially the hummus falafel I really loved. He is not scared to try new things to improve his breakfast that people will love! If you want to do a safari I recommend to arranged it by this host. He arrange you the best seats in the jeep (front seats) with a nice discount. The rooms are very clean and the possibility that insects enter the rooms is almost zero %. He closed every hole, because he knows that a lot of people hate insects or other animals. + GREAT INTERNET

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Very nice owner, very nice atmosphere! Very early checkout possible.

Cons: Everything was totally fine!

Pros: I was in Sri Lanka for five and a half weeks and saw most of the country. Bavaria Resort was the best accommodation I have had during the whole trip. The room was the cleanest and most comfortable I have had during my stay. It was silent but still very close to the beach and main street. The biggest plus about the space is the owner and staff working there. Faisal was the nicest host I have met in Sri Lanka. He also was always there to help and very easygoing without being in your face constantly. After spending some time in the country and meeting different hosts I can also say that Faisal was the most honest of them all. If you have a question be assured that you get an honest answer. Rather than giving you and advice good for his business he would give you a tip good for you. This I have experienced rarely while travelling the country. It was incredibly helpful, nice, and unselfish. I would recommend the place 100% and will come back when in Arugam. :)

Pros: Very friendly host! The Sri Lankan breakfast was very tasty and more than enough.

Pros: We have stayed at 3 different places in Arugam Bay and this was the best. Clean, comfortable rooms with instant hot water and new AC units. Hammocks to relax in. Faizel the owner is extraordinarily helpful and friendly. Breakfast is about 350 rupees and is pretty good. His special dinner of hummus, falafel and salad is amazing, the best we’ve had. It is down a side street but only a few minutes until you’re in the action or the water while being very peaceful. Couldn’t recommend enough.

Cons: No filtered water dispenser to refill bottles.

Pros: Everything was just great. The owner is super nice, the place is beautiful and clean, they can offer you all kind of safaris and activities... a very good place to stay in Arugam Bay.

Cons: The only complain would be that the bed is not very comfortable.

Pros: Location and the owner

Pros: We fell in love with this place. We first booked another hotel in Arugam Bay that was very dissapoiting and we were so lucky that the spice trail still had a room left. The staff is amazing: super friendly and warm. The rooms are so much more than you could wish for: spacious, clean, stylish! You can enjoy the cleanest pool of Sri Lanka and enjoy the best breakfast we have had. A big thank you to all of you for making our last days in Sri Lanka so memorable. Give a big hug to Mini from us! Thanks friends, Yasha and Thijs

Cons: Not a thing

Pros: Lovely property with amazing food and very friendly, helpful staff.

Cons: Just a bit noisy until late evening with music from next door. Otherwise perfect.

Pros: the service and the place was incredible, exceeded our expectations.

Cons: Nothing, everything was perfect.

Pros: The host actually let us do an early check-in and they tried to help us in any way they could. Really really appreciate their friendly staff and excellent service.

Pros: Good location, nice swimming pool

Cons: Food fresh juice was not fresh, staff misunderstood the order and bring something else without accepting the mistake, we had room Nr. 9 and over the fence was lauded music every day, impossible to sleep till 1 am.

Pros: Location was excellent. Beautiful large rooms. The house keeping was impeccable. The turn down service of evening was a lovely extra. Big bathrooms. We loved The bean bags in the room so much we contacted the local Sri Lankan company and bought 2 to take home. The bed was super comfortable, nice linen and towels. Very helpful having pool and beach towels provided. Pool and grounds were the best I’ve experienced-immaculately clean and maintained. Staff were super helpful and friendly. We loved this location so much we extended our stay from 5 nights to 12.

Cons: These are all minor complaints. None of what you read below really matters because this place is amazing. You’ll pay a premium price to stay here, but you won’t regret it. The shower was not very good (although it was super big) - no water pressure and not always very warm. The door lock to room 7 was a little hard to unlock, it needed some maintenance, but, we didn’t report it. Had we reported it, and we will on checkout, I’m positive there would have been a team of people fixing the problem. Room 7 and all rooms on that side of the property sit on the boundary to Hideaway resort which has music until late. It didn’t bother us, we wore earplugs and were exhausted from the days outings. Although the food is nice I found the breakfast wasn’t big enough for me. I am a big eater though. It’s probably adequate for most. It’s quite expensive to eat here and portions on the small size. Allow extra time for breakfast, it can sometimes take quite a while to come out.

Pros: Everything was great. Amazing food and room. Would definitely stay here again.

Cons: Only small issue was we were overcharged and only noticed a few days after we’d left.

Pros: The rooms, pool and communal areas were kept meticulously clean. Enormous room. Great breakfast.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: We loved the very large rooms, the inviting pool and the friendly staff. We were travelling in a group of 8 so booked 4 rooms. We found the hotel to be very accomodating and helpful. The staff were great and it was nice to meet the owner who was very informative on the local area and their passion to provide guests an eco friendly experience. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and wish we could have spent another couple of nights. The coffee shop and bar as you enter the property were excellent. A quiet relaxing haven in Arugam Bay. Thank you for a great stay.

Pros: Everything. The room or let's better call it "your own house with private garden". The staff is super friendly, the pool is an oasis, it so so beautifully set up. Super clean (done twice a day). Spotless WiFi. We needed to work quit a bit from here and all went fine. Perfect location. We were a little afraid that it wasn't right at the beach, but the beach is not a big strip of beach so you can't really lay there (except at Mambo's). We initially booked 5 night and decided right after the first night to add another 4. Miss this beautiful place already.

Cons: Nothing. It was absolutely PERFECT

Pros: Nice and clean rooms with AC or fan (also sufficient), staff very helpful, close to beach

Pros: New facilities and very clean, nice host.

Cons: A pool would have been nice

Pros: Super clean rooms, very comfortable beds and the sweetest and politest host you can imagine. We were even served food in our rooms during a sudden rainstorm.

Pros: Clean and nice hotel with the most caring and polite owner ever! It felt like he was hosting his family not some strangers from Russia!:)) We are very happy that chose that place, even though it was a bit far from the closest surfing spot (about 10-15 minutes to walk) and from the Main Street with all the cafes and shops (about 10 minutes to walk) but there is always a Tuk-Tuk that you can take for 100LKR, so it was never a problem. All the rooms were clean and modern looking with nice white sheets and cozy blankets from Ikea. Wi-fi worked perfectly the whole stay (we spent three weeks in the hotel). There is an option to order the laundry (for extra 350 LKR) and room cleaning (free). Also you can order a breakfast that Mohammed (the owner) will cook himself for you with his assistant, whenever you wake up. The breakfast is quite simple but quite tasty: eggs, toasts with butter and jam and cheese spread, coffee, milk and a fruit plate. You can also cook yourself if you like, Mohammed lets you use all the necessary dishes, oven, microwave and the fridge. About the fridge - there is always Coca-cola and cold water there for you (100LKR a bottle). Apart from that Mohammed helps you with anything you need: finding a vehicle and driver, organizing and excursion, exchanging US dollars for LKR, buying a pair of crutches (at night half and hour after he found out I got my leg injured!!), giving advice about the best place to have dinner or any other advice, in other words Mohammed was our guardian angel during the whole vacation. If we come to Arugambay again we will definitely stay at his hotel (plus he is planning on opening a pizza cafe so there is another reason :))

Cons: Air conditioner in the deluxe room stopped cooling the air after the whole day of working so the owner had to fix it twice for us.

Pros: Very friendly owner and very clean and nice beds! AC and bathroom are also very nice! Location is top, we could not have made a better choice! Owner even came to the bus station after we left to make sure we are on the right bus!

Pros: Awesome service and hospitality during our stay! Muhammad hotel owner is very kind and always will be at your service! Hot shower ✔️ Comfy beds ✔️ Spacious room ✔️ Wifi connection strong ✔️ Transportation through and flow✔️ Tuk tuk with driver ✔️ Awesome Rooftop view ✔️ Peaceful and quite place ✔️ Surfboards able to kept safely downstairs ✔️ Huge family room with separate toilets✔️ Place is upgrading, will be bigger and better in the future. Would like to say Thank you so much to Muhammad for the accommodation during our stay and home cook big tuna dinner! Really appreciate it lots! Definitely will be back!

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Mohammad is an awesome host! Always went above and beyond for my friend and I. This is a new hotel with all the facilities you need and super clean. Good communal areas, nice hammocks to lie in, nice kitchen and did I say the owner is THE BEST

Pros: We loved our stay here. Mohammed was so helpful and kind. It felt like one of the newest and cleanest places we've stayed in Sri Lanka. Beach towels were also a nice bonus

Pros: We had an amazing stay at royal point hotel. The host is so kind and always helpful with booking activities like safari, surfing or also transportation. The room was extremely clean, they cleaned it every two days. The location is close to the beach and the center (5min walk). In total nothing to complain about, we would highly recommend it!! Also a great value for money!!

Cons: -

Pros: Very peaceful away from the noise but cloce to everything that's important, surfing is 5 minutes away I RECOMMEND IT TO ALL 100%

Pros: Great vibes and great location. Harold the owner was very helpful, as were all of the staff. Very well organised, and very chilled. Excellent hostel for solo travellers to meet new people.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: An excellent hostel atmosphere, one of the most popular in Arugam Bay. Good party vibes, and also lots of surfers. Very welcoming host and excellent staff.

Pros: -comfy beds -it was clean -hammocks and a area to sit altogether -good proper coffee -well organised -location is great

Cons: I know it probably just was not possible to do it differently but the AC is positioned right above one of the upper beds and I was freezing so much as the AC gets regulated external. If you're sensitive make sure to request a lower bed.

Pros: The professional stuff, the management and the cleanes of the hostel

Pros: The owners of the hostel are the most helpful and amazing people I have met so far in Sri Lanka and they have the best burgers in Arugam bay!

Pros: Amazing location very social vibe. Great for solo travelers

Pros: Great vibe. Great people. Very social. Free pizza if you buy a beer

Pros: Great for the location. Tidy and comfortable rooms with big lockers. Great green tea! Very social environment so great if you want to meet people and party. common are is dominated by drinking games and card games on the party nights so if you want to get in on that it's the place for you. Staff were all helpful with my requests.

Cons: the downside is the internet's patchy and its strictly forbidden to have non-guests come in have a chat or drink in the common area which I understand but I felt uncomfortable seeing people being told off angrily for coming in to talk with friends.

Pros: Great hostel with good, clean facilities and friendly staff. Good vibe, lots of friendly travellers!

Pros: I ended up staying here for one week and I really enjoyed my stay. The beach is close (Main Point and Baby Point) and the hostel in on the main street so everything you need is close by. Coffee and western breakfast is great. So if you suddenly crave for cheese and ham toast or fried runny eggs this is your place. Also the lockers are really big to keep your belongings. It can hold like couple big suitcases

Pros: The room was very clean and the staff were really helpful and friendly. Although the room was located on the main road and could be a bit noisy at night. It was a long walk to the main point. The breakfast was tasty but not the usual Sri Lankan buffet! Not sure if this is just how they do breakfast in arugam bay.

Pros: The rooms are very clean with comfy beds, the staff are all friendly and helpful! We decided to extend our trip in the local area but this hotel was full, they arranged the entire thing for us and made the transition very easy.

Pros: Staff are very helpful with everything you need including providing beach towels, booking taxis and tours etc. Room was very clean.

Cons: There was a strong smell in the toilets however when we put the plug in the shower it helped a lot. The bed linen could have been better, small holes in the sheet and it was too small for the bed. There's no hot water in the evenings and very little in the morning it was disappointing that this wasn't mentioned in the hotel description.

Pros: Great people Good vibe Nice clean rooms Awesome staffs Will definitely come back

Pros: Very nice clean accomodation,great breakfast next door included (a la carte). Right next to the main street,so you can hear the traffic a little bit,but not so noisy.

Pros: Very good location, near to the beach and located at the Main Street with a lot of bars and restaurants. The owner is very kind, he help us with everything we needed. Breakfast is at the restaurant next to the hotel, you can choose from menu, everything is fresh prepared and delicious.

Cons: The bathroom wasn’t clean and needs more care. The tubing smells bad.

Pros: I recommend this hotel because its very near to all the access e.g. beach, restaurants and tattoo shop if some one wants to have one. good for money and very helpful staff. we will be back soon. love the city.

Cons: non... we were happy.

Pros: Nice Location & Friendly staff. Nearly fixed ATM Near the hotel.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Brilliant location close to the beach and brilliant restaurants in Arugam Bay. The bed was comfortable and the air conditioning and fan provided a great escape from the heat!

Cons: Breakfast was included but this wasn’t made clear (it is in the restaurant next door) but was dealt with by the hotel manager at the end of the stay. WiFi was very temperamental.

Pros: The hotel is situated close to beach and city center too. The staffs were nice and help us with everything. Breakfast was continental (simple omelette with toasts and marmelade).

Pros: Kaiyoom is the best host, also the place was super clean and nice. You have a balcony with big chairs to relax outside your room, it’s located a few steps from the beach and the breakfast was delicious!

Pros: Perfect location, comfortable bed with mosquito net

Pros: Nice rooms, great location and very helpful staff. Very clean apartments.

Cons: Breakfast could have been a bit more varying and bigger, but it wasn't a problem to get some more bread.

Pros: Breakfast is nice, everything is very clean and organized The location is perfect. Less than 20 seconds for the beach. And the beach is like a paradise. Kaiyoom, the owner is a really nice guy. Friendly and kindness. We spent amazing days around.

Cons: Nothing. Really nice place and people.

Pros: I really enjoyed the layout of the hotel as it had a sitting area with nice plants that you could relax and order juices! Best part about the hotel is the owner and his lovely staff he made our stay feel so welcoming and made goodbyes very hard! Highly recommend this hotel for any travels especially surfers.

Pros: Great location off the main road and the beach, close by to bars and restaurants but still quiet enough at night. The room was nice and basic but all you need and the staff were lovely! We had a different breakfast each morning, we were supposed to stay for 3 nights ended up being there for 5 and would have stayed longer if we could!

Pros: Clean and cheap stay with a friendly Host

Cons: The mosquito net should be changed.

Pros: Very nice location basically directly at the beach - abt. 20m walking distance. Some nice beach bars very close-by to hang out and have lunch/dinner or a drink. Breakfast was nice and definitely sufficient. Owner invited us for a bbq, but unfortunately we had to leave that morning already. Awesome and kind owner and staff helping with each kind of problem/question. One of the staff gave us transport to our next stop Kalkudah with his Tuk-Tuk for a fair price - great! Highly recommended for an enjoyable and relaxing stay at Arugam Bay!

Cons: Poor Wi-Fi signal in our room (at the very end of the building), but much better when sitting outside on the balcony. So either enjoy the great weather for a better Wi-Fi signal or try to get a room close to the breakfast area / kitchen.

Pros: The place is very nice and clean Well organised.. The hosts are very nice and they also very helpfull! The food is very good You should try the avocado toast with mango banana juice its amazing!

Pros: The staff is amazing and they have the best seats to enjoy the beach after dinner. You can lay down, have a drink, enjoy the music with the beach right under your seat. Loved it.

Cons: Just the shower of the dorm wasn't really clean and there was some plastic cover around my matress which made it alot warmer to sleep on.

Pros: Very friendly staff & nice area. We had a nice time.

Cons: Cabins are basic, but comfortabel. Cabins are very close to the neighbours cabins. It's like a small street of cabins & at the end of the street there is the restaurant & the sea. Totally different then we expected.

Pros: Beach was very nice and shaded sunbeds were perfect. Really nice place and value for the money. Breakfast was tasty and staff was nice. Rooms were big enought and also nice.

Cons: No bathroom cleaning or toilet paper refill during 3 days. Behind kitchen lot of rubish what you can see from the beach, otherwise resort was clean.

Cons: Space of the room is not enough

Pros: Beach front access, staff was really helpful

Pros: By far the best place to stay in Arugam Bay! Nice, comfortable and clean rooms at a beautiful location at the beach. Nice sunbeds, delicious food, but most of all lovely hosts. It felt like we were part of a family! We planned on staying here 3 nights, but ended up staying one week. We will definitely be back!

Cons: -

Pros: Awesome stay at Feel the Waves! The Staff were amazing and did a great job of making us feel welcome at all times. Owner went above expectations everyday to make our stay perfect! Surf and safari organised easily where we visited the best surf for the conditions everyday. A great experience which was greatly enhanced by the awesome staff! Very family friendly!

Cons: Nothing!!

Pros: The people working here are the best! Nothing is too much to ask. Feels like home. (also the food mentioned above was no problem at all.) The location is sublime. In the middle of the main street and directly on the beach. They arranged a surf lesson with a professional instructor. Had a blast for a good price!

Cons: No musquito net in the room. Only had musquitos the first night luckily. The restaurant didn't serve proper food. Had breakfast with moldy bread and a lunch with not done chicken once. The price/quality wasn't very optimal in our opinion if you compare it to the rest of sri lanka. You might just pay for being directly at the beach, i suppose. Wifi wasn't working properly in the room. It was working in the restaurant and at the beach.

Pros: The staff and the location made our stay amazing. Rodney and the boys in the kitchen were so friendly and always made our breakfast so enjoyable. Raj & fasmeer had us organised to go surfing and sightseeing everyday for a very competitive price. Waking up everyday and walking only meters to the beach makes this hotel worth every cent.

Cons: Credit card facilities. Cash only, but I wouldn’t not stay there because of that.

Pros: The great location on the beach. The staff is amazing and super nice. We would have loved to stay there more nights but unfortunately all rooms had been booked in advance.

Cons: There is always a slight bad odor from backflow in the bathroom

Pros: Location is amazing, the view is the best in town for sure - I would say specifically request a sea view as opposed to “city view”. Might pay more so much better and worth it. Lovely garden and restaurant with beach access and an easy walk to main point to surf. Breakfast adequate without being excellent ... based on our experience elsewhere although dinner was quite nice. Overall, it’s the location, view and beach access that are the highlights with Bay Vista which balances out the basic level of the rooms for the price. Would recommend as such - staff very helpful too.

Cons: We had one night n a different room prior to our main room as a fill in. Was clearly inferior with a very noisy fan and air conditioner. These things need to be addressed to ensure consistent standards for the money you pay

Pros: The best location, nice staff and the rooms are clean.

Cons: The breakfast is not tasty and very small variety, there is no pool, sometimes there was no hot water in the shower.

Pros: This is definitely one of the best hotels in Arugam Bay. Great sea view from the rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Also nice view from rooftop where’s a bar and yoga lessons. Great atmosphere and service. Everything outside in a very close location.

Pros: Everything!!! Great location great food, amazing atmosphere!!!

Pros: The staff is really kind and helpful. They will do anything to make sure you'll enjoy your stay. Beautiful hotel at a great location.

Pros: The staff were lovely and the owner went out of his way to accommodate the needs of our son. Yoga on the rooftop was wonderful too! We had a really lovely stay!

Cons: The time it took to get/to and from the resort - 8 hours each way at 40km per hour.

Pros: The reception staff were very helpful

Pros: Beachfront location, an easy walk to Arugambay surf break point. Good breakfast, we stayed for a week and the menu varied slightly each day. Friendly staff, several daily yoga sessions that are reasonably priced. Nice garden and relaxation areas. would stay again

Cons: Next visit I would ask for a beach facing room, ours faced the street and was noisy at times, especially late evening.

Pros: The location was terrific. Right in the hub of all the action and right next to the beach. Great yoga on the roof top.

Pros: The staff is nice, always available and willing to help. They take care of everything from helping with the lagade to cleaning our room everytime we needed. The room was big and clean, with AC, fans, always had warm water in the shower and the bad was big and comfortable.

Pros: Comfortable bes, lovely staff, cleaniness

Pros: Sea Rock is perfect to stay in Arugam Bay: it's closed to the beach and to the surf spot Main Point. The ubication is good. The staff is friendly and helpful....we were one week in Sea Rock, and was very good experience. The rooms are big and clean. Highly recommended!

Pros: The staff was very welcoming, so helpful with everything, luggage, information, booking taxi or tuk tuk, they were friendly and kind, spoke great English, made sure we were alright our entire stay. They were perfect :) The location is great, few meters away from the beach and also from the road. At night you can hear the peaceful ocean. The hotel is very clean, the rooms are big, the bathroom is pretty and spacious, the double bed is wide and comfortable. The hotel offers very nice common spaces, some couches on the roof top to chill and relax. The occidental breakfast is very good as well.

Cons: The only negative point is maybe that the single bed was a little bit hard. But nothing too bad.

Pros: The staff are so friendly and kind, help in every way they can to make your time in Arugam Bay amazing. The hotel is in a great location, close to the beach and the main drag, and when it's very hot outside the hotel area stays cool to hang in. I will be recommendong friends to come and when I come back i'll be staying here again

Cons: Cleanness and Bathroom

Pros: I stayed 10 days and the owner was always present and his staff were polite and extremely helpful. Meals available whenever you want, big size rooms with clean bathrooms, every room has its own balcony/patio that fronts the shared and very shady courtyard. Staff will also hook you up with anything you need including tuk tuk driver for local trips.

Pros: Very friendly staff, clean room and AC worked really well. Just slightly back from the beach so literally 30 second walk. The property is pushed back from the main toad so it’s also quiet at night which is great.

Cons: Can’t think of anything!

Pros: Very friendly staff, 2 parking spots, manager even knocked our door to ask us to move the car to first spot so we dont end up blocked in the morning surf sesh :)

Cons: Little smell of something not very pleasant, but it is going away after few mins of fan/ac

Pros: Excellent location- right by the beach and plenty of good restaurants nearby too. The hotel also had hot water and wifi which is good

Cons: For the price we paid per room usually the quality of the room/ facilities available are slightly better.

Pros: Big rooms really clean and cozy. Really good shower and awesome big bed. Staff are amazing and really helpful. They have kitchen so you can cook and make your own smoothies! Really recommend this place.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Very friendly and helpful staff - organised a reasonably priced safari for us -, close to the beach, some restaurants and supermarkets, clean

Cons: A little bit more decoration in the room would have been nice

Pros: Beautiful quirky little place. 2 min walk from beachfront. On beach side. Situated on the edge of the bay within 5 min walk of restaurants and shops. Musi is a fantastic host and there is a beautiful restaurant area. Parking is available. Rooms are clean, with a comfy outdoor seating area. Good storage/ drying board area.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Our stay at Crescent Bay was unbelievable and totally unforgettable. Musi and the other staff members went above and beyond to really make us feel like family during our 8 nights there. We had some amazing evenings hanging out together, eating home cooked food and playing games. Musi arranged an amazing and affordable safari for us, and helped us learn to drive a tuk tuk properly. There aren't really enough positive words to describe the time spent at Crescent Bay. The bedroom was spacious and the bed really comfortable. I feel we have made life long friends with the Crescent crew and will come back to Sri Lanka in the future just to stay here. The generosity and kindness we felt here was the absolute highlight of our trip. The boys even went out of their way to rescue an injured wild bird, and are nursing it back to health before releasing it to the wild again. Thank you Musi and team for such a wonderful time together.

Pros: The people are really friendly and will go an extra step in order to make you feel at home. A good pot of coffee (best in arugam bay) every morning was nice! The room was clean and large enough with a good AC unit.

Cons: Currently the restaurant is closed due to slow business / tourism. However, good restaurants are a 5 minute walk away.

Pros: Everyone was so friendly! We had the best time here :-)

Pros: The owner is super friendly and helped us with everything. He did a cheap tuk tuk service for us and also surf lessons. It was pleasure to stay. Great atmosphere and clean and comfortable rooms.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Staff was really nice and helpfull to arrange things for us!

Pros: Mussi, the owner, was extremely nice and gave me great help and advices.

Pros: Amazing owner, he let us use the kitchen, he came on Safari with us, we ate together. Everyone there is so mellow, 1 minute walk to the beach and loads of places to eat in quick walking distance. Great value

Cons: N.a.

Pros: Better place & nice staff.

Cons: Parking.

Pros: Aircon, fridge in the room, location, attentive staff. Great traveller stop.

Cons: Location good and bad, it’s loud at night just because it’s right next to the road. That said, slept fine!

Pros: What an amazing little gem in a ideal location just tucked off the main hustle and bustle. It is perfectly placed to explore Arugam bay by foot. The highlight has to be the Lazy Bay team who were the most friendly and helpful hosts we've experience during our time in Sri Lanka. They were always on hand to help and cooked up some lovely dinners and breakfast and even taught us how to play the local board game Carrom, even though we were very slow to learn!! The place looks lovely at night and has a very sociable feeling with lots of hammocks to lounge around in between surfs or feeds, which were much appreciated. Great value for money and amazing service, highly recommend booking with Lazy Bay if you're heading to A-Bay.”

Pros: The day we arrived, we felt really welcomed! We got a welcoming drink and they brought us to a really nice spa (as we requested). Everyone was really friendly and helpful. You can easily go with TukTuk or rent a scooter to explore. They also rent surfing boards. In one word: AMAZING VIBE and the breakfast was also nice. :)

Cons: -

Pros: Great staff, great location, great breakfast, great little place

Cons: Suggestion more for the owner: would be great to have a refill water station (and charge per refill) as the plastic bottles are a real concern.

Pros: Great place for the price. Good location. Lovely staff.

Pros: The staff here are very friendly and helpful and the breakfasts are great. It's nice to have a private seating area outside the room to relax in too.

Pros: The staff are super friendly, every thing was perfect. nothing to complain about.

Pros: I mostly like the staff facilities I will be back one day

Cons: Was very good I like the room

Pros: Good location and relaxed place.

Cons: We had breakfast included (advertised with à la carte breakfast) but staff had no idea what actually is on the menu and could only do smashed avo and tea. Wifi was not working in our room.