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Reviews of Catamaran Beach Hotel

3 out of 5
Catamaran Beach Hotel
No.209, Lewis Place, Negombo

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 32 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 32 reviews" "

6.2/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

2.0/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Wayne

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The fridge and the TV in room didn't work, the pool was green, the bar photographed on their web site is closed and has mould growing up all the the walls. We had to sweep many cigarette butts away from the landing outside our front door, most of the pot plants around the property have long been dead, I could go with more on but you get the picture.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Allen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old and worn out
A.c.. doesn't work, room not cleaned, very old place, bar not functioning, pool was green, no lights on beach, does not look clean, room not what asked for. No sea views from rooms, inward facing. Mosquitos in the rooms, only two old style power outlets, not enough for lights, charging and insect repellant. And much more....choose another place as value for money is not here
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Suz, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Catamaran.
I arrived late. Phone was not connected. Was that a cockroach that I saw?

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dirty hotel.
Lots of roaches and other bugs in the room. Air conditioning does not work.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Ruediger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the beach could not be used as apparently the waves were too strong (there was a sign of the municipal authority next street over banning swimming)

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness

2/10 Terrible

franziska, NEW YORK

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay somewhere else. Jetwing HOTEL is nicer.
Not for the location, pretty far off from the main area. Sewer smell from the bathroom, mosquitoes and flies in the room with no mosquito nets. Truly an outdated hotel. Thin walls you hear local residents living in the hotel playing in the hallways and babies crying all night long. Pool picture misrepresents reality. Truly an EEEK factor. They are a bit further from the airport than they state.

6/10 Okay

Disappointed, Sydney, Australia

Backs on to the beach and close to the airport
The hotel is definitely below 3 star/motel. Very dated and hot. The rooms however were clean and confortable except for the water presure in shower. No hair dryer boxes tissues. The bar is hot and humid without even a fan which really does not invite guests to use it. The pool area had only limited banana lounges and had limited space for all the chairs and guests. We were constantly hassled by the street vendors who came up to the pool to sell their wares. The beach near the hotel was dirty with rubbish strewn everywhere.

8/10 Good

Paula, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sri Lanka 1st stop
Nice hotel, friendly staff, always helpful. Pool area is perfect for chilling out after a long flight. Close to airport and good restaurants, it was the ideal spot to start the holiday.

8/10 Good

VALERIE, Liverpool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
VERY GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY
We stayed here for 5 nights awaiting the start of a tour of Sri Lanka. Very good value, breakfasts were good, nice location on beach, large pool just next to beach. Lots of reasonable small restaurants within walking distance but not much else of interest in the area.

8/10 Good

michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Jörgen

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Övernattningar i vänta på flyg.
Holellet är mycket slitet och underhållet i dåligt skick men då det bara gällde ett par övernattningar i väntan på flyg så gick det att acceptera. Det man inte kan förstå är att man inte gör mera för att städa upp runt pool och den del av stranden som ligger nära stranden då det bara krävs lite engagemang och det verkade som att man hade personal tillgänglig
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

A., Québec

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clim non fonctionnelle Équipement désuet Pas de café au petit dej, buffet incomplet malgré une arrivée tôt le matin
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Rolf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sri Lanka tour
Herrliche Tage und Nächte dort verbracht. Sehr freundliches und hilfsbereites Personal.

10/10 Excellent

ANDERS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Lukasz

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

MARIO

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
para pasar una noche
Ubicación correcta frente a la playa, muy dejado y no muy limpio. Personal muy amable.Habitaciones muy antiguas y sin mantenimiento,
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

christien, Wassenaar

1e overnachting prima, 2e party met veel lawaai
Een party tot laat zorgde voor veel overlast. De manager kon niet gedaan krijgen dat de muziek zachter werd gezet. We lagen te schudden in ons bed door de beat en meer dan zeggen 'sorry' kwamen ze niet waarna de muziek weer verder ging. Verder een goed middenklasse hotel met ruime nette kamers, goed werkende A.C.. Het buffet hebben we door omstandigheden niet geprobeerd (er tegenover is een prima lokaal eethuisje) maar overige gasten waren tevreden. Het strand zou schoongehouden moeten worden want er lag nu veel afval - dat altijd aangroeit tot meer als je het niet opruimt.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Pasi

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rantahotelli lähellä lentokenttää. Hotelli vanhahkon oloinen, kulunut mutta henkilökunta yritti parhaansa mukaan huolehtia vieraista. Ranta on valitettavan likainen, rannan virtaukset ja mereen laskevat likaojat eivät houkuta uimaan. Lähikaduilla runsaasti hyviä ruokapaikkoja, joista voi valita mieleisen. Sopiva hotelli lennon odottamiseen eli ns. yhden yön juttu.

6/10 Okay

Per Mikael

Liked: Cleanliness
helt ok hotel med liten pool. vissa dagar luktade det lite avlopp vid poolen. tyvärr så är vattnet vid stranden inte trevligt att bada i, vågorna drar upp sanden i vattnet så det är brunt och sandigt.

4/10 Poor

ochan, Tokyo JAPAN

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
空港に近いホテル
空港から近くて移動しやすい位置にあり、初日、最終日に泊まるのに良い。リゾートホテルとしてプールに入ってのんびりできるホテルだが、プールの水が汚すぎてせっかくのゆっくりした時間を過ごすリゾートホテルとしては非常に残念なホテルであった。

6/10 Okay

Lars, København

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fin strand tæt på lufthavn
Fint hotel ned til stranden og meget og super til første nat efter ankomst i Colombo lufthavn.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gutes Flughafenhotel
Matratzen sehr gut. Das Hotel ist für einen kurzen Aufenthalt prima geeignet. Länger würde ich da nicht bleiben. Das liegt aber nicht am Hotel sondern am Ort/Strand. In Sri Lanka gibt es viel schönere Plätze.

8/10 Good

Daniele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Muhammad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
جيد قريب من المطار

6/10 Okay

Clemens D., Zurich, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Good value for money
Nice hotel directly on the beach. No 5* luxury resort but clean and directly on the beach. Nice little pool overlooking the beach. Nice staff. Rooms are ok - nothing fancy but all you need. All in all ok for the price (around 95USS/room/night). Where as living costs are relatively are very low in Sri Lanka (food and laundry or hair dresser etc. are cheap, acceptable hotels are realtively expensive and the hotel standart is lower as e.g. in Thailand. So this for sure is an acceptable choice.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
２度と利用しません。
点数をつけたくない程 酷いです。サイトの写真とかけ離れています。サイトにはビーチビュールームの記載がありまが、実際にはそのような部屋はひとつもないそうです。部屋の水回りは特に不潔で、チョウバエが飛び交っていました。今回、スリランカ内で別の値打ちなホテルに宿泊もしましたがとても快適でした。朝食込でも高すぎます。この金額の価値はありません。 ただ、スリランカ航空のトランジットホテルとして無料利用される方には立地は悪くはないと思います。

6/10 Okay

Klaus, Stuttgart

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
In die Jahre gekommene Anlage direkt am Strand
Die Anlage ist durchschnittlich ausgestattet. Die Zimmer sind groß, liegen relativ ruhig und haben alle eine kleine Terrasse. Leider ist das Badezimmer renovierungsbedürftig. Das Personal ist sehr nett und aufmerksam. Der kleine Pool ist direkt am Strand.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
냉장고 없는 객실
다른 객실도 모두 비슷한지는 모르겠는데 일단 냉장고가 없습니다. 그리고 티비 리모컨이 없습니다. 에어컨 상태도 프레온가스가 빠졌는지 상태가 썩 좋지 않았습니다. 사진에 크게 현혹되어 예약했는데...

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Ok hotel but the area wasnt what we hoped for.
Stayed one night before leaving for the airport and heading back home. The main hotel felt abit old ( but clean), the pool was not clean, shower didnt work well. The Beach outside the hotel was not clean and welcoming. The rooms were clean and nice, looked like they´ve recently renovated the coridor with the rooms and they had a nice garden where you could have breakfast and dinner in. We didnt have any seaside view though we booked it, the safty box battery died so it didnt work. The breakfast was not included ( as it was in all other hotels we stayed at) and it was very expensive in comparison to other meals we had in Sri Lanka. I would recommend to stay more north on the Negombo Beach.

8/10 Good

Claude, Lyon

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bel hotel avec piscine et près de la plage
Les chambres sont assez grandes avec un petit balcon commun avec les autres chambres. Il y a une piscine suffisamment grande pour nager et l'hotel est tout près de la plage. Le buffet de petit déjeuner et du dîner était bons. J'ai eu un souci car ils voulaient me faire payer le petit déjeuner alors que celui était inclus. Mais cela s'est finalement réglé sans trop s'encombre.