Grand Udawalawe Safari Resort

The hotel boasts spacious, modern rooms with friendly staff and a convenient location near Udawalawe National Park. Guests appreciate the serene environment and comfortable, well-maintained rooms with stunning views.

It’s a bit difficult to rate this hotel. The room was spacious and clean and had well functionning AC, fridge, WIFI and kettle. The beds were comfortable with plenty of pillows. The bathroom was clean, however with an old fashion plastic shower curtain. The water pressure was OK but the problem was the drain. It was almost totally clogged so you couldn’t take a long shower without flooding the bathroom. Another problem was the door - which was almost impossible to lock. We had to try 5-6 times every time we were leaving the room. The pool area is nice, and so is the reception area. What is a shame is the bar. The place itself is nice, but it was just open during dinnertime. I find it very strange that this kind of hotel don’t open the bar in the afternoon or early evening. Bad for business also as we would gladly have spent money on drink before dinner. We had dinner included as well as breakfast. The first evening there was a buffet which was good, the second evening there were too few customers so they gave us A la carte which was tasty. Same with the breakfast - buffet one day, a la carte the next. So all in all we enjoyed the food. My only complaint is the service during breakfast - when youcome they ask tea or coffee, but they never came back to ask you if you wanted a refill (they could easily have left the kettle on the table). When I asked for some more, the waitress disappeared and after 10 min we simply left as we were finished with the food. There is also a small spa which I tried. Very nice and professional.

Welcomed by lovely staff with a warm hand cloth and a delicious drink. A really beautiful room and delicious food in the restaurant for our groups two day stay. Also two rejuvenating spa treatments.