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Ekho Surf

4.0 star property
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Surf Pool Room Sea View
Superior Sea View | Terrace/patio
Steam room
2 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine
Exterior

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • On private beach
    On private beach
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Gym
    Gym

Explore the area

Map
Beach Road, Bentota, 80500
  • Bentota Beach
    3 min walk
  • Kaluwamodara Bridge
    3 min drive
  • Kande Vihare Temple
    6 min drive
  • Bentota (BJT-Bentota River)
    7 min drive

Room options

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Superior Sea View

  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Deluxe Balcony Sea View

  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Surf Sea View Balcony

Surf Sea View Balcony

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Large Twin Bed

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Surf Pool Room Sea View

Surf Pool Room Sea View

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Large Twin Bed

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Premier Balcony Sea View

Premier Balcony Sea View

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Large Twin Bed

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About the area

Bentota

With a stay at Ekho Surf in Bentota, you'll be on the beach, just a 3-minute walk from Bentota Beach and within a 5-minute drive of Kaluwamodara Bridge. .This beach hotel is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Moragalla Beach and 2.5 mi (4 km) from Kande Vihare Temple.

What's nearby

  • Bentota Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Kaluwamodara Bridge - 3 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Beruwela Harbour - 9 min drive - 7.4 km
  • Induruwa Beach - 10 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Moragalla Beach - 12 min drive - 3.4 km

Getting around

  • Aluthgama Railway Station - 3 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Fuze - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Amal Restaurant - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Nebula Pier 88 Restaurant - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Chaplon Tea Center - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Pizza Hut - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Ekho Surf

Hotel with private beach, full-service spa
Ekho Surf offers 95 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a private beach and a fitness center.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Nirogi Spa. Services include massages. The spa is equipped with a steam room.

The spa is open daily. Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.

Make yourself at home in one of the 95 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. After dipping into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools, you can spend some time at the private beach. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a picnic area.
Enjoy international cuisine at L'Heritage, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free valet parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
L'Heritage - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Fruits De Mer - This restaurant is located by the pool. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Der Cafe - This coffee shop serves light fare only. Open 24 hours.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free valet parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 AM–10:30 AM: USD 9 for adults and USD 5 for children
  • 2 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • L'Heritage
  • Fruits De Mer
  • Der Cafe

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Nightclub

Family friendly

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages
  • Spa open daily
  • Steam room

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 29.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 80.72
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 48.00 (from 5 to 12 years old)

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 9 for adults and USD 5 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 29.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision

Property is also known as

Surf Hotel Bentota
Surf Bentota
Surf Hotel
EKHO SURF Hotel Bentota
EKHO SURF Hotel
EKHO SURF Bentota
Hotel Lihiniya Surf
Lihiniya Surf Hotel
Lihiniya Surf Bentota
The Surf Bentota Hotel Bentota
EKHO SURF Hotel
EKHO SURF Bentota
EKHO SURF Hotel Bentota

Ekho Surf Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 37 out of 121 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 121 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 22 out of 121 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 121 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 121 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Matin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great chilling out!
Staffs were really friendly and so helpful. Room is very clean and there was daily housekeeping. Soap and shampoo and towel was available Breakfast buffet was amazing😋 There was 2 swimming pool near the beach And finally the great view from the room. This hotel is close to bentota railway station but sometimes no stop there. Totally that was perfect experience
Beach side - swimming pool
Room from balcony
Beach side - swimming pool
Swimming pool
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Murtaza, Livonia

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Laura

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Definitely not value for money
Would not recommend - it’s rotting. Left stay early. More staff and cleanliness required to meet standards. Poor/no wifi in rooms (not just me - families sent children to lobby for electronic time in the evening as only place with service) Breakfast was cold - tables dirty attracting flies - need more staff - only tried once and returned the next day but walked out again immediately. Need to upgrade their reception systems - I wasn’t on a printed out list of people checking in that day causing delay. For the price paid the standard was not sufficient.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Olive Lesley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous beach location. Big balcony - ideal for watching amazing sunsets. Staff friendly & helpful. Great pools. Good choice of buffet breakfast.
Stayed 13 nights in Apr 2022

4/10 Poor

Harshan

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Abdulrehman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It’s very good
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Psnart, Uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good service in all departments food good. Location is fantastic. Towels either have a coloured scheme as the white is grey. Would surest a hand rail by the entrance of hotel. My 22nd visit to hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had 9 brilliant days here,the room were comfortable and the swimming pools were welcome due to the heat
Stayed 9 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Dinal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Your staff is amazing. Nothing is too difficult for them. It makes a world of difference when they bend over backwards to make your stay a comfortable one. Good was great too. Your chefs were willing to cook any special needs.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Carlyle

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
THEFT ALERT!!
For all those who are thinking of booking this hotel BE AWARE!!! A SUBSTANTIAL ABOUT OF CASH WAS STOLEN FROM WIFE'S BAG!!!,the power kept going on and off numoueous times during our stay,when I got back to Colombo I realised $3200 was missing i got in touch with the hotel asap who apparently looked at the cctv footage failed to tell us is there is no footage capture during the power outages, during one of the outages our money was stolen diapite the room being locked . I even got in contact with the GM of this hotel who who replied with no apology or empathy. i have contacted the sri lanakan tourism police who are investigating the incident,I know I won't get my money back however for future tourist who visit this hotel be AWARE hopefully you won't go though what I have encounterd.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Ahmed

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A huge dissapointment
1- The hotel staff are very slow, and the problem is they are slow when it comes to solving issues, it was 10PM I am about to sleep and had to call the reception 3 times to ask for someone to come and fix the AC which was very very loud as if I am in a factory not a hotel room. 2- The bedsheets were not clean, the first time I asked the staff to come and change the bed sheets and they did, they changed it with another dirty sheets, so it seems that all bed sheets they have are dirty. 3- The water was cold from the tab till I called them to come and fix the water heater, so staying for 2 nights I had to face 3 issues which were not all properly solved. such a dissapointment.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Ashish

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
THINK TWICE
HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE THEY TAKE HOURS TO DELIVER FOOD AND FRESH TOWELS MANAGEMENT IS RUDE THE ONLY THING GOOD IS THE VIEW
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Ashish

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Horrible customer service The servers are slow and have a lot of attitude. The rooms had termites and were sprayed for bugs everyday cause of the unhygienic maintenance
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location of this property is excellent. We had booked 4 rooms at the property through expedia for 1 night. I had emailed them multiple times asking for driver accommodation but got no response. Finally i called and asked and they said they will provide driver accomodation if it is not full but when I reached there they said they dont provide driver accomodation for bookings made through third party website like expedita. That was a big let down. Other than that the stay was good. Rooms are neat and clean and very close to the beach. Breakfast buffet was really good.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location and pool with nice staff, the view from the rooms is amazing
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pool and the view from the hotel is really nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was great all be it a little too quiet at times. The hotel was well maintained and had a wonderful breakfast ...although found the other food (lunch and dinner) to not be as good so we spent our evenings dining across the road at Mallis , Trax and happy garden . Seafood great in Mallis and the authentic Sri lankan curry was great at happy garden also a third of the price than the hotel! Nirodha the sous chef was amazing , so friendly and helpful in explaining the dishes...we looked forward to our chats with him at breakfast. Another tip, dont exchange money at the hotel. The rate is poor in comparison and they were overly fussy about the condition of the notes. I went down the road and exchanged at a much better rate and all notes were accepted regardless of pen marks!???! We were lucky enough to be there over the Sri Lankan new year and the hotel put on various games and treats which we loved. The staff also got involved and was great to interact with everyone. Pin the eye on the elephant was a particular favourite although i wasnt close!! I did notice there were some vip guests that were being fawned over during this time which to us was a bit ridiculous as if you had faith in your hotel then you wouldnt feel the need to do this and offer extra things that the other guests didnt have...provided us a chuckle and entertainment to the happenings though. Overall it was a good experience ,the reception lady was always smiling and chatty and Chadia in des cafe to.
Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location and view is just awesome. Chef was kind and gracious enough. Men at restaurant were good. Though they too forget to get water despite being asked no of times. They just forget. Don’t know how? Apart from these everything was horrible. I would never ever recommend surf to anyone. No phone, no power points, need to remind no of times for each and everything. They not even extend greeting while we checking out. Not been given any feedback too. Failed in courtesy. Overall mine was not a pleasant experience. I would give just 1 star
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

lesley

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
Large rooms on first floor overlooking beach and pool -rooms on ground floor not much privacy -great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Manish

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Stay
It was indeed very amazing and satisfied stay. Beach side rooms , very good pool and effective service staffs... Vegetarian food is an option but still limited.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Miss

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
EXTREMELY POOR SERVICE! STAY AWAY!!!!!
i must say i was very disappointed. It was the lowest point of an otherwise wonderful trip. the service and specially the attitude of the staff was simply awful. You wouldn't expect that kind of treatment towards strangers on the street even less towards actual customers. The hotel was not helpful at all in solving any issues that i was raising. The rooms didn't have any water bottles or even towels. After requesting them several times I had to actually resort to going down to reception myself to get a towel. The lights and the electricity in the room kept going off during the whole stay. I was reliably informed that most hotels in the area offer accommodation for the tour guides and in fact this hotel offers the same service. However upon arrival I was told that all rooms were booked, which I soon found out was a lie because I went on their website and tried booking a room for the same night and they had plenty of rooms available. I did not appreciate being lied to. I still have some issues that I am trying to solve with the hotel for my booking but they are not helpful and most of the time they don't even answer my calls or emails. Not just my calls but they also seem to be ignoring calls to them from Hotels.com (which was the company i made the original booking with) overall I am highly disappointed with this hotel and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Stay away from them but definitely visit the area it is beautiful.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pool was fabulous and having two was a bonus. There is surf lessons right next door also, so we didnt have to walk very far at all. There are such lovely treats with this hotel such as the delicious cocktails, the pool lunch and bar service, the friendly staff, beds and pillows are really comfy. What lets it down is the basics - towels in bathrooms are dated, the door of the bathroom stays closed so the room is damp, and in need of a redo. On our last day a lot of staff slow down around you and pretty much hover to get a tip, which is the norm i know in SL, but it still disheartening. Overall lovely hotel, sitting by the pool or beach all day is amazing! Both of which we found to be really spotless. I'd still recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good place to stay with a lovely breakfast. Our price didn’t include breakfast and probably could at that price. Staff were quick to answer any request. Great position, wonderful pool and beach.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very nice hotel the train beside the hotel is the only bad thing .
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018