Is Shalimar Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Shalimar Hotel?

Self parking is free at this property.

Where is Shalimar Hotel located?

Located in Panchikawatte, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Elphinstone Theatre and Colombo Lotus Tower. All Saints Church and R. Premadasa Stadium are also within 1 mi (2 km).

Shalimar Hotel Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Jul 14, 2024

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

Spacious rooms, friendly staff, restaurant in the hotel, it's about 30 min walk to Colombo fort

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Dec 10, 2024

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

Good size room, clean, comfortable bed, excellent air conditioning Downsides - shower cold despite own boiler, thin curtains so woken by sunrise

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Mathangi

Jan 2, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Does not reflect what is advertised. Poor lighting. TV channels had to be paid to get activated. AC was a disaster. The sheets and mattresses not satisfactory. Definitely not a 3 star hotel. More like a travel lodge.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frédérique

Apr 10, 2025

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

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

brigitte

Feb 19, 2025

La gentillesse de mr harrington n efface pas la vétusté de cet hôtel au demeurant dans une tres belle bâtisse :il y a du potentiel. La réception est ouverte H24 et ce monsieur ne se repose jamais :il facilite votre séjour. Pour le petit déjeuner inclus il n'y a pas de choix comme proposé puisque les 2 breakfast sont identiques et toujours servis de la même façon. Pas question de demander un peu plus de boisson chaude

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Satgunarajah

Sep 16, 2022

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Mar 1, 2020

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Wojciech

Feb 15, 2020

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

The place was very nice, comfortable with friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Feb 3, 2020

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

It is worth every penny

After 3 weeks thrvarious places i Sri Lanka, i stayes here for 3 nights when I needed to return to Colombo. Waje, the manager, was the nicest, most aurhentic, flexible and helpful person I had encountered so far in tne hotel industry here, and maybe beyond. I had to check out before anyone normally comes on duty, and he had the kitchen make me a sack breakfast to go the night before. And when i came downstairs, he was up and waiting anyway. He sent out for English newspapers for me, at their expense, and immediately offered to change my room when the TV stopped working. He gave me sughestions on what and where to avoid. I felt like he cared. It is a 2 *, and generally caters to the local population. If you are good with that, you will be very safe and comfortable here. ( that said, it was much more expensive to book on booking.com, so book.here instead)

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Lucy

Apr 30, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Close to train

It was in a great location for catching early train from Marada Station to Galle

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Julian

Mar 5, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

A traditional style hotel next to Maradana railway

A traditional style hotel next to Maradana railway station. The rooms are quite big, and spacious. The AC worked fine, although the WiFi struggled occasionally. The staff seemed very friendly and helpful,and assisted as required. There is a restaurant on the ground floor open until 22.00, serving a mix of Indian and Chinese dishes, there is also a bar area. I will stay here again, as it suits my needs, although the local area is not central for many people.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Feb 27, 2019

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

Traditional hotel near Maradana railway station

Good value traditional hotel near Maradana railway station. The rooms are very good sized and clean. The bathrooms have individual hot water boilers so always available should you wish. AC in the room was ok and the wifi worked although the signal wasn't the best at times. Friendly and helpful staff who remembered me from previous visits. Laundry took just over a day, but was well done and cheap. They also arranged a car to the airport at a competitive rate. The restaurant was open until 22.00 which is handy as the choices around the area are limited. Beware that rooms at the front will be subject to the associated noise you find here.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

cherry

Feb 26, 2019

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

A great place to rest your head

This hotel was a 5 minutes walk from the train station. The hotel bedroom is very big and spacious with a huge comfortable bed and very clean. The staff were fabulous and would help with their knowledge and always with a big smile. The food in the restaurant was fabulous and plenty of it and they would even get you a beer from down the road. Would definitely recommend this place.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Dec 30, 2018

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Staff very friendly. Rooms clean. Front room facing the road was very noisy. Changed to quite back room.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

peter

Nov 5, 2018

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

Good value budget hotel

A very good budget hotel in Colombo. The service was very good.The local area is nothing special with lots of shops selling car parts. My bathroom was clean, but the bathroom tap only emitted a trickle. For what I paid (30 pounds per night) it represented good value

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

nori, 日本神奈川県

Aug 12, 2018

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

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Mar 20, 2018

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

Good for one night, near train station! Food at then restaurant was good.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

joanne, london

Jan 29, 2018

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

Great hotel with friendly staff and spacious rooms

We were instantly upgraded to a suite room at Shalimar, which was a two storey bedroom with living space, king bed and beautiful slate tiled bathroom. The staff were really helpful and helped us to get the cheapest travel to our early morning flight. The hotel is really clean and nicely furnished and I would definitely stay here again considering the price was so reasonable.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Jan 5, 2018

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

Mosquitoes in the room, no bed nets. Stupid lazy desk staff, no bottled water, shampoo. Very noisy with the train at 5am. Try to find a better hotel but the standards are low in Sri Lanka.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

adam

Dec 12, 2017

Liked: Staff & service

zephyrs from another era blow the dust...

the Shalimar has seen better days but is quite quiet and comfortable in general. i liked the weird design of my room which was like a sunken garden you went down steps to. (perhaps, however, not everyone's cup of tea). not much happening in da hood, especially after 6pm.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

non

Dec 2, 2017

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

エアポートタクシーが来ない

「エアポートタクシーを手配出来る」というメールが予約後に来たのでお願いしたが、空港に現れず電話連絡した所、「間違えた、そこでタクシーを使ってくれ」で結局一般のタクシーでホテルを探してからようやく到着したら、誰もいなく大声で呼んだり歩き回ると床で寝ている従業員が。エアポートタクシーのミスも従業員に連絡してないのが分かり最悪の気持ちで過ごした。

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

4/10 Poor

ボブ

Nov 24, 2017

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

汚さが目立つかも

部屋に入って早々ゴキブリと大型のクモと遭遇。安さ重視で選んでるからしょうがないと割りきるが、スリランカ滞在中に宿泊した4つの同価格のホテル中で私的には最下位。やっぱり清潔さが欲しいなー

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Izumi, osaka

Oct 30, 2017

可も無く不可もなく

普通の3星、駅近くリーズナブル。古いが価格は相応。コスト重視ならOK.メインステーションはもう１駅行かないと行けません。歩いたらまあまあ遠い。周りには何もない。

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Aug 24, 2017

Disliked: Room comfort

Very old

Stayed there only for one night, wouldnt stay there for longer. The personnel doesnt speak english.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Jul 3, 2017

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

Als City Hotel zu empfehlen

Bei city aber Lage gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, freundliches Personal, Comfort Zimmer groß, sauberes Bad

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

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