Hotel Eva Lanka in Tangalle

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  Luc Pol

  :: 22 March 2018 13:25:00

  Very nice and luxury hotel with swimming pool and beautiful view on private beach and ocean! However, water in swimming pool is salty which is not good and meals are very expensive what is not fair if you pay a lot of money for a room (especially if you compare prices with other hotels).

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  Anastasiya Dudko

  :: 28 January 2018 14:03:30

  The hotel has a very big and beautiful territory. There are many peacocks, other birds and chipmunks. Very beautiful and deserted beaches! Of the minuses - rooms require repair, there are no wifi in the rooms, food in the restaurant is acceptable but not very tasty.

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  Cairns Local

  :: 09 January 2018 08:12:13

  Utter disdain from manager. Avoid! We booked massages for 4 people, 1 week in advance. Eva Lanka was recommended by our accommodation. We had several email exchanges over the week to arrange everything. When we arrived, we were told they had other guests having massages, and ours were cancelled!!! They sent an email 1 HOUR before our appointments. Terrible greedy behaviour, extremely disappointing, and the manager when we asked to speak to him didn’t even come to reception. What a waste of our afternoon travelling there.

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  Amelia Brandt

  :: 02 January 2018 18:11:26

  There were many things we liked about Eva Lanka and many things we didn't. + location was second to none. Some of the most stunning views of a beach we've ever seen from a hotel property, and definitely one this affordable. + the manager's booking of our tour to Uda Walawe resulted in STELLAR guide who helped us skip a big line and see tons of animals. + breakfast was not great (undercooked eggs, lots of flies one day) but lunch and dinner menu were really good-- we ate both lunch and dinner once. + grounds were super pretty with flowers and trees everywhere. They were well-swept by staff. + Ayureveda massages were pretty good and reasonably priced. + definitely get a bungalow, we were pleased with ours vs. sharing a wall with the many families vacationing. + discount for paying in USD cash -- 3% credit card fee. + pools were really nice, salt water. - upon arrival the towels in our room were just filthy-- covered in stains, no exaggeration. The sheets had a stain too. They rectified this quickly-- replacement sheets still had what appeared to be cigarette burns. - use of half-liter plastic bottles for drinking water is really unconscionable. We asked why they weren't using larger bottles, glass, etc. and were told it was too difficult to procure. - speaking of cigarettes, many European guests are doing tons of smoking here. I inquired about it and was told that they were allowed to smoke even in nonsmoking areas. Thankfully our room didn't smell smoky. Not sure how all the smoking jibes with the Ayureveda! - A/C in our room didn't smell good and didn't work very well. We chose to sleep with windows open which was better but a little hot. - staff didn't really seem empowered to help with anything beyond basic questions - lobby bathroom was super dirty, not cleaned daily, plugged toilet, dirty paper towels in a pile and faucets left running (!!) - beach isn't always safe for swimming, but this is typical of the Tangalle area. In conclusion, if you have a strong need for cleanliness, avoid. But if you can overlook some of these issues, the grounds and view of the beach kind of make everything worth it!

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  kriti khurana

  :: 29 December 2017 14:10:26

  Beautiful resort, calm and cozy, great for couples, families and extravagant solo travellers. The breakfast is not vegetarian friendly. There are pools with sea water, nice ones. The beach is almost like a private beach, conducive to swimming. You could just lounge outside your room and gaze at the greens, blues and the deeper blues of the ocean. The bath rooms don't have a lot of amenities though. But I loved staying here.