Amaranthe Bay Resort & Spa

The property features spacious rooms with jacuzzis, a large pool, and well-equipped amenities. Guests appreciate the cleanliness, friendly staff, and tranquil location with easy access to the beach and restaurants.

Ok what’s the score here ? 1. The rooms are magnificent and all the rubbish about them being poorly maintained is in my experience completely baseless. We had two rooms , as we wanted to stay at a higher floor , and they moved us. Both rooms were excellently maintained. 2. Each room was extremely large 50 m2 and as it was a suite had both a jacuzzi and a normal shower room. 3. If you’ve ever been to say Florida it reminds me a lot of say a Ritz Carlton Resort there … very Floridian vibe 4. We’ve stayed this trip in much smaller boutique hotels in Sri Lanka which I probably prefer but that’s purely a personal preference 5. What about the food ? Well I wasn’t that impressed at first as we booked half board directly with the hotel and I felt that the food was a bit bland as it has to cater to a very diverse audience and to be be honest we like fairly authentic hot local food. The management and the catering staff couldn’t have done any more to try to accommodate this after we let them know. So well done to them. But I have to be honest here the restaurant completely lacks consistency. This is a last minute addition to my review and it’s a very sad comment to make . From the very first time we went to the restaurant we said we didn’t like our food bland so if we are ordering something Sri Lankan we expect it be authentically spicy. We would say that and it wouldn’t happen after a few days they got this right decent rice and curry etc. but on our last night there we ordered dishes we’d had before …both completely bland right back to square one . I even had exactly the same dish I’d had the night before. …we had to ask for chilly to be added to both our rapidly cooling dishes after we’d tried them and the manager said the staff didn’t know we liked the food spicy as they cook everything with no spice . This is unacceptable for someone who’d eaten there 10 nights in a row. Maybe I’m being unfair but the wait staff knew ..the chefs knew as my wife spoke to them but the every time the managers in the restaurant got involved it was wrong. For a while we had the same waiter he would ensure we got what we wanted but constantly changing who it was is almost bound to lead to the inconsistency we witnessed. This is undoubtedly the biggest issue with the hotel which prevents it being what it absolutely could be. There is no way I would chose to my eat the evening meal in the restaurant while it continues to be like this …..sorry but that is how it is. 6. One other more minor thing I didn’t like but this appears to fairly consistent in Sri Lanka is the prices being quoted then plus this tax and that tax and service etc. probably fine for Americans who are used to this but most of the audience here isn’t used to that. Just tell me how much it is please ? As it’s got service than do we not tip does all that go to the staff directly ? Anyway that’s a criticism more of Sri Lanka than of the hotel So in conclusion would we stay there again ? Definit