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3.5 out of 5
Yoho Rivi Ras Hotel
50/2 De Saram Road (Off Hotel Road), Mount Lavinia, Western Province

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 43 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Mosquitoes. Cats. calm. Good food. Close to beach.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cancelled booking after 1st night
Hotel Rivi Ras looks much nicer in photos. No sea views. No Wifi in rooms. Very dated room/bathroom facilities.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

sandra

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to beach but noisy with railway
Staff really nice but cleanliness bad had to ask for toet roll and towels every day

6/10 Okay

diane , Australia

Liked: Staff & service
It was a budget hotel so you got what you paid for
The staff were wonderful ,the hotel was ok not for high end earners ,the breakfast really good but odd way of delivering it ,I wanted to eat in the resturant overlooking the Indian Ocean but I was told to have it in my room sometimes . To get from your hotel room to the resturant you had to cross over the railway lines , the noise from the trains were quiet loud but I would say overhaul it was a great place to stay that if if your looking for a low cost hotel at is close to everything, great staff and an amazing beach

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
classy, clean and comfortable
staff were accommodating, room was great, over looking the garden. even enjoyed the cats.

2/10 Terrible

nathan, canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
unhappy to say the least
terrible stay. place seemed completely empty yet they gave me the furthest room possible which was right beside the train tracks. extremely noisy and bed made me itchy all night between the two I had almost no sleep even though I arrived at 2am from airport. in the morning I had no hot water in shower and the breakfast wasn't very good. I paid for 2 nights in advance from online and left after first night.

8/10 Good

Stuart, UK

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice and close to beach, very friendly staff, tasty food. Good value
Response from Yvani on Dec 20, 2016
Thank you for staying with us and for you positive feedback. We look forward to having you with us again soon.

8/10 Good

Oliver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

dr sajin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Ayako, Japan

Liked: Staff & service
comfortable but a little bit noisy
The room is clean, but shower booth has no door which means shower spreads everywhere in the bath room. Please be careful the ants when you leave foods on the table. The garden is beautiful,and the beach is very close to the hotel but need to use stairs to the beach to across the railway. There is the railway very close to the hotel, so pretty noisy when the train came. And hear the music from Mount Lavinia hotel even mignight.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Lovely hotel nearby the ocean
A very nice hotel if you want a quit and peaceful stay.

4/10 Poor

Karthick, India

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hopeless
Hope less. Expensive. Not worth for the money paid. Booking says Buffet Breakfast but only served in the Room. In addition, extra guest fee for kid was charged but no breakfast or extra bed was provided for the kid. Over and above, WIFI was not working in the room and had to go to reception every time. The sad part was that there was no intercom in the room and hence cannot contact the hotel staff for anything that you need.

6/10 Okay

san

Liked: Staff & service
It is ok, good price - don't have high expectation
Generally they were very kind and helped out. What we didn't expected, were the railways next to the beach. Along the beach (in that area) aren't hotels that have a direct access to the beach but are disconnected by a rail way. However, our hotel had a smart, nice solution by creating a own private way to the railways with a small private bridge. The place itself is rather for people that don't pay attention on high standards but a low price and rather want to visit Sri lanka than staying in the hotel. They were very kind to let us stay a bit over the checking out time and helped generally out when we asked for. However, here in Sri Lanka water seemed to be surprisingly expensive and it is recommended to buy it in a supermarket to avoid buying their hotel water that is not included in the hotel and extra charged. The place was nice, the rooms clean and comfortable (pay rather extra and get an AC). The bathroom wasn't comfortable and a bit stinky (I advise the management to put some air refreshening stuff into the bathroom and to use some towel softener). We booked a buffet, however, we outside of the season time and they prepared our breakfast for us and brang it to our room. Eggs, sausages, ham, fruits, toast, marmalade, butter, tasty fresh juices, coffee or tea. It was ok, rather standard. The country itself is cheap and poor, so the hotel appears for local people of higher standards, and in certain ways it is nice, but the noise fromvthe train was loud.

10/10 Excellent

Cedric, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I highly recommend this Motel
It is one of the most pleasant places I have stayed at. That staff are excellent very helpful. Rooms are very comfortable and tastefully decorated. Breakfast was excellent.

8/10 Good

Selwyn, hertfordshire UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent choice away from the hustle of Colombo
Only 6kms South of Colombo, this little hotel I thought was excellent, considering the high prices of City hotels. A ten minute Tuktuk ride into the city. On a pleasant beach, nice restaurant with good choice of food and drinks. Breakfast is served to the room which has a veranda. Eggs, sausage, large fruit platter toast and tea or coffee, all in the price. The staff are all excellent and very helpful. I only stayed two nights, but enjoyed them very much. Will most certainly stay again if I get back to this wonderful country.

8/10 Good

Kaire, Estonia

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Quite ok
Nice big room with a/c. We wanted a room with a balcony but they said there was no a/c there so we were fine with a terras. There was a safe in the room - which didn´t lock neather was it attached to anything. Hotel is right next to the railway so it´s quite noisy. I woke up many times in the night because of it. Beach and restaurtant are just over the railway and the restaurant bar is really nice. We stayed there for 2 nights at the start of our vaccation and compared to other places we stayed in Sri Lanka it was actually really nice - lots of locals in the beach, clean room and really good breakfast. Also we were really happy with them cause our plane landed early in the morning and although the check in time was 14 or something they let us check in at 6 in the morning. It was a bit hard for tuk tuk drivers to find it.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Some more sun before the cold weather in Europe
The room was very spacious and reasonably clean, the shower worked, the service was acceptable, at times there were communication problems, the restaurant could have been better, yet people were helpful. The location of the hotel is OK - one is reasonably close to the sea.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Over all good Hotel
Nice

10/10 Excellent

Satish Kumar, Chennai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service
BASIC AND RAW
Very basic and raw hotel. Noisy when the train comes around. Rooms are large. We had our breakfast in the room so that was nice. The Rooms and F&B staff are very helpful but I can't say the same for the reception staff. Small bottles of mineral water were even charged with tax and service fee when I went the reception to order and collect the water.

6/10 Okay

ghassan, bahrain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice place

6/10 Okay

Wombat, Sydney NSW, Australia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Be Wary
The plumbing is dreadful. Location is excellent. The railway station is close. The tuk-tuk drivers are rip offs. The price of this property dropped after we booked in and we find that off putting!

8/10 Good

Fredrik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Helt ok
Prisvärt hotell med fin trädgård och stora rum. Poolen är väldigt fin dock är personalen lite dåliga på engelska.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

8/10 Good

Markus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay at Rivi Ras Hotel
The Rivi Ras hotel suited for me and my girlfriend really well. Of course theres sometimes noice from the trains but it didn't bother us at all (very few trains at night time). The breakfast was nice and it was served at our terrace. The nearest shop is about 10min walk away. The staff was very nice and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Rent fint hotell med fin trädgård och mycket bra service. Får dock gå över järnvägen för att komma till havet. Inte alls långt att gå.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
ホテルのスタッフがフレンドリーで皆さん素敵な方たちでした。クーラーもしっかり効いてるし、朝食は部屋に運んでくれました。前日に翌日の朝食の内容について聞いてくれてリクエストに応えてくれるし、時間もリクエストできるしボリュームもあって満足できるものでした。線路が近いため電車の通る音が聞こえるので、音に敏感な方にはお薦めできませんが、それを除けば敷地内には木が沢山植えてあり、まったり過ごしたい方には良いと思いますよ。レストランも近くにあるし、ホテル直営のシーフードレストランもあります。歩いて5-6分のところには、高級ホテルのマウント・ラビニアホテルもありますので、そちらでお茶をしたりランチビュッフェやディナービュッフェを食べることも出来ます。 LAN Cableを繋ぐところがなく、コンセントも一つしかなかったので、スマホ充電やパソコンをLAN Cableで繋ぎたい方には不便なこともあります。それとコロンボ市外になるのでトゥクトゥクでコロンボに行くには多少の出費は否めませんが、マウントラビニア駅も7-8分で行けますので、ネットで時間を調べれば安くコロンボ市内に行けます。

8/10 Good

Y, JAPAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
４星に近いホテルでは
Mount Lavinia駅から徒歩１２分の広い庭のあるホテルです。 コテージが５棟あり、部屋は上下に４部屋あります。 おしゃれな雰囲気のホテルです。建物は古いが満足のいくホテルでした。 Wifiが受付のロビーでしか使用できないのは残念でしたが。

10/10 Excellent

Kepa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel muy recomendable
Hotel un poco alejado de la ciudad pero muy bien comunicado con tren y bus Habitación muy limpia,espaciosa y con una terraza que da al jardín muy acogedora Desayuno muy bueno y abundante,te lo sirven en la habitación a la hora que quieras Para acceder a la playa se ha de cruzar la vía del tren pero no es nada peligroso y además tiene un bar con hamacas

8/10 Good

Camille, Copenhagen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great rooms near beach
Great hotel and lovely service. Beautiful old bridge lead from the hotel quarters across the train tracks to the beach. Beach was mostly inhabited by locals, and was fine for a dip and a lunch/drink/dinner. We asked to check in early (arrived at 6 AM), and this request was accepted at no extra charge. Very good service and very friendly staff :)

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hotel für Zugliebhaber.
Wir wollten Stadt mit Beach kombinieren und haben uns desahlb für dieses Hotel entschieden. Nur schade dass der Strand vom Hotel duch eine Bahntrasse getrennt ist, die auch rege von den Züge benutzt wurde. Zum Glück gab es ein Nachtfahrverbot...

8/10 Good

Mthhias, Berlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Schöne Zimmer und Gartenanlage
Der Service stimmt, nur den regelmäßigen Zugverkehr zwischen Anlage und Strand und den verdreckten Strand sollte man bedenken.

8/10 Good

Anita, Tirol

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alles zu unserer Zufriedenheit! Guter Service, Frühstück bekommt man ins Zimmer.

10/10 Excellent

Babj e Dany, Ospedaletti

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delizioso, immerso nella natura
Hotel con camere indipendenti in splendide villette a due piani immerse in un bellissimo parco-giardino adiacente alla spiaggia. Ogni camera con il suo spazio esterno dotato di tavolini e sedie. Consigliamo solo di aggiungere nelle camere il frigo bar indispensabile per le calde temperature del luogo!! Per il resto nulla da dire. Pulito, staff cordiale e disponibile, colazione deliziosa ed abbondante che, se richiesto, portano in camera . Lo consigliamo vivamente

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
格安でビーチに近いホテル
格安のため、設備に期待してはいなかったので、特に問題なし。セキュリティはないに等しいので注意が必要だが寝て起きるだけならここで十分、ホテルの人たちもフレンドリーなので価格なりによかった

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel entspricht nicht unseren Anforderungen
Wie wir gebucht haben, es gab kein Frühstücksbuffet. Toilletten waren nicht sauber.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wir waren super zufrieden
Waren 2Tage da schöne Anlage sehr nette Leute haben uns für unsere Rundreise sehr gute Tips gegeben

10/10 Excellent

Taeik Song

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
조용하고 깨끝함
조용하고 깨끗하였으며 홎델 직원들의 서비스가 정말 마음에들었습니다. 해변에 위치하여 맨발로나가서 산책하기가 좋았고 호텔 레스토랑도 분위기가 짱이었습니다. 가격 대비 대 만족

8/10 Good

Carina, Oberösterreich / Wels

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super nettes Hotel in Strandnähe
Unser Aufenthalt im Rivi Ras Hotel dauerte leider nur 2 Tage (04.-06.01.2014), aber wir waren vollends zufrieden! Das Personal war super freundlich! Uns wurden die Rucksäcke aufs Zimmer gebracht, und gleich nach der Ankunft wurde uns Wasser gebracht, und das Frühstück wurde uns ins Zimmer serviert. Das Zimmer war schön groß sauber und klimatisiert. Es war alles vorhanden was man braucht (Duschgel, Shampoo). Jedes Zimmer hat entweder einen Balkon, oder eine Terrasse auf der Hinterseite- zum riesigen Garten hinaus. Es ist ein schönes ruhiges Örtchen, bis auf den Zug der zwischen Hotel und Meer durchfährt- aber das lässt sich in dieser Gegend kaum vermeiden, weil das Bahnnetz nun mal direkt an der Küste entlang verläuft. Zum Strand geht man über eine kleine Brücke über die Schienen, und dort befindet sich dann auch das dazugehörige Restaurant- das wirklich ausgezeichnet ist! Die Bedinung war unglaublich freundlich uund zuvorkommend, und das Essen war sehr lecker! Es ist ein eigeneer kleiner abgetrennter Bereich am Strand auf dem Liegen stehen (kostenlos) für die Hotelgäste, aber von den sogenannten Beachboys ist man dort leider trozdem nicht sicher. Da es ein Wochenende war, dass wir dort verbracht haben waren sehr viele Einheimische am Strand baden der Strand war übersät mit Menschen, aber dass ist anscheinend während der Woche weniger. Alles in allem können wir dieses Hotel absolut weiterempfehlen!

6/10 Okay

hitchkant, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotel convenable
Bonjour, J'ai sejourné dans cet hotel durant quelques jours. Il faut vous habituer aux Bruits du train qui passe tot le matin vers 8h et régulièrement en journée. Le personnels est très bien. Vous êtes à 1h30 de l'aéroport en taxi climatisé pour un montant de 3250 roupies ce prix me monter à 3500 roupies s'il y des bouchons. J'avais dans cet hotel, le petit déjeuner qui est servi soit dans la chambre ou vous pouvez le prendre en bordure de mer avec vue sur l'océan et ses animations. Le point négatif du petit déjeuner, c'est qu'on vous sert toujours la même chose, de l'ananas, une banane et un autre fruitt avec un thé ou café. ajouté à cela vous avez des pains toastés avec Beurre et confiture. Pour visiter le centre de Colombo, vous êtes depuis cet hotel à environ 30 minutes en fonction de la circulation pour un montant en touk touk de 600 roupies. Vous n'avez pas d'animation dans l'hotel, ni aux alentours ce qui est un peu contraignant. Il manque une piscine dans l'hotel malgrès qu'il y a de la place pour en faire une.
Thank you for your kind and constructive comments about our hotel. We hope you had a pleasant stay with us and look forward to your return. We are planing to construct a swimming pool soon.

6/10 Okay

PaPaGucci, 日本, 東京都

良いホテルでしたが…
男単身で宿泊しました。 部屋やスタッフの対応は良かったです。 朝食もフルーツたっぷりで満足でした。 ビーチに近いようなので、カップルなどには向いているかもしれません。 ただし、空港から遠いこと、 敷地内のバーが夜遅くまで大音量で音楽をかけていること、 そしてホテルのすぐ横を電車が通っており 早朝4時からの騒音で目が覚めてしまいました。 4泊の予定でしたが、最初の1泊のみであとはキャンセルしてしまいました。

10/10 Excellent

Olga

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

リー, 大阪

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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