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Highbury Colombo

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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Living area
Suite
Balcony
Yoga
Suite

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
14/1,Skelton Road, Colombo
  • Majestic City
    2 min drive
  • Lanka Hospital
    3 min drive
  • Asiri Hospital
    3 min drive
  • Colombo International Airport (RML)
    28 min drive

Room options

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Colombo

With a stay at Highbury Colombo, you'll be centrally located in Colombo, just a 4-minute walk from Raux Brothers and 6 minutes by foot from Isipathanaramaya Buddhist Temple. .This hotel is 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Park Hospital.

What's nearby

  • Majestic City - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Lanka Hospital - 3 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall - 4 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Colombo City Centre - 5 min drive - 4.3 km
  • Galle Face Green - 5 min drive - 4.9 km

Getting around

  • Bambalapitiya Railway Station - 6 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 48 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Culture Colombo - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Amirthaa Veg Restaurant - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Roots @ICBT - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Roots - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Saviera - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Highbury Colombo

Colombo hotel in Havelock Town with a coffee shop and a restaurant
Highbury Colombo offers 5 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Beds feature premium bedding. This Colombo hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Refrigerators and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 5 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional features at this hotel include babysitting (surcharge), tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area.
Stop by the hotel's restaurant for lunch or dinner. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe, and room service is provided. Full breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to noon for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. A roundtrip airport shuttle is available for a surcharge.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and noon.
Onsite venue - This family restaurant serves lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Room service is available.

Languages

Arabic, English, Hindi, Japanese

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 AM–noon: USD 10-10 for adults and USD 10-10 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Fridge (on request)
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

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

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Fridge (on request)

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Express check-out available

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per pet, per night

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately USD 10 to 10 for adults, and USD 10 to 10 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 38 per vehicle (roundtrip)
  • Pet fee: USD 20 per pet, 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

Property is also known as

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Highbury Colombo Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 41 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you're looking for an oasis inside the city, the Highbury is the place. I stayed on a long term business trip, and it was exactly what I was looking for after long work days. The accomodations are clean, WiFi strong, and the owners are kind and welcoming. The stay is a short Tuktuk ride away from major attractions and has some great restaurants nearby.
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Reno

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Love the boutique and historical style plus the personal attentiveness by the owner operators … a beautiful experience of Sri Lanka’s hospitality
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was in a quiet area. For the price paid, it was a v poor room.
Stayed 9 nights in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gorgeous boutique hotel.
This small hotel is located within a beautiful family home and property. The neighborhood is green and has a few nice restaurants, supermarket and post office all close by walking. We enjoyed our stay here and highly recommend it!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Lisa, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel, lovely setting very tranquil
Great hotel, location good. Easy to get tuk tuk to all the sights cheaply. Breakfast was great, lots of choice. Sherlock was lovely and really helpful. Took very good care of us. Can't recommend highly enough.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home stay feeling
Really nice play to relax. Little oasis in the busy colombo. A little bit difficult to find as it looks like a private house from outside. I recommemd use uber as you can fill in the exact address. We stayed in the suite and it was wonderful. Room is spacious and comfortable and bed feels like sleeping in a cloud. Highly recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Lucia, Honolulu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stay for a hectic Colombo
Our stay at the Highbury was wonderful. It really is a lovely place. The staff and owners were extremely kind and personable. They helped us with rides from the airport and around town. Sherlock was amazing! He drove us everywhere and took very good care of us. 5 stars for him!!! The breakfasts were a perfect way to start the day. This was exactly the kind of place I was looking for. Thank you!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff was very helpful when I got a health problem. And in organising transport to my next destination.

4/10 Poor

Anna

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Bed bugs
It was difficult to find the place (entrance isn't obvious and the reception is at the back and isn't always manned) and once we did, the hotel staff weren't particularly friendly. The hotel is nicely decorated but there were lots of mozzies. Worst of all, I found myself with bedbug bites after our stay. It was our final stop in Sri Lanka so very unfortunate.

2/10 Terrible

Jag, Singapore

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst Hotel Experince in Sri Lanka
Photos are deceiving. We booked the family room and paid more then $200 for 2 nights. They provided us with 1 queen bed and 3 not so stable bunk beds. Toilet bowls were so dirty from previous usages of other guests. We found red ants on their tables. We were roaches near the bed side. Air con was not strong. Place was quite dirty. Their pictures are deceiving.

10/10 Excellent

mark, new zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really is a tranquil hideaway in Colombo
Great staff, huge rooms, great food and very private. Will also help you with rides and anything u want to see in Colombo. We wouldn't stay anywhere else.

10/10 Excellent

Cassy, Wollongong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended
Great for a couple of nights in Colombo. Manitha and Manoji are warm and friendly hosts and make you feel very welcomed into their place. A serene family atmosphere and the Sri Lankan breakfast is fantastic. The late night airport transfer was very much appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable, secluded boutique hotel.
A beautiful room, excellent food, with friendly helpful staff and management. A haven of peace in a busy city. Quick, efficient transfer transfer to Fort station available.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Very nice house, in a residential area
Nice place but very isolated. We had a very nice room directly connected to an open air patio, no wall/window between the room and the patio, only curtains. Nice but also very welcoming for the mosquitoes. Moreover the room was on the first floor, opening to the common dining room, which was a bit noisy in the morning. The house is very nice though, and its garden is gorgeous.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had booked a double room, but were given 2 twin beds pushed together with separate bed sheets. No toiletries or water provided - we had to request. Only a light single bed sheet provided which was not sufficient (but typical in some hotels) no safe in room, room was not cleaned or bed made during our 2 day stay. The hotel was full and we drew the short straw and had a room which seemed like a converted outhouse away from rest of building. Our friends had 2 other rooms here which were nicer and more modern in finishings. Breakfast was limited in options but nice.

10/10 Excellent

Gilly, U.K.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden oasis....
Fantastic 3 night stay. Helpful and friendly family run property not far from the city. We chose to walk which is quite a way but everything is accessible by tuk tuk and the daughter (sorry I don't know her name!) gave us some great bar/cafe recommendations. Room was clean with fan and air con and whilst we didn't eat at the property the smells from the kitchen were all good!!! Thank you...

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful rooms, lovely garden, maybe a bit overpriced.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Cleaniness is surface deep
I was charged 23 dollars for early check in, pretty shocking as most places let you have for free. The room stank of urine and the cushions were very dusty which made the room feel unclean as they should have been dusted. The bathroom mat was dirty, I asked for a clean one and the toilet had not been cleaned, this was done on request. There was used toiletries left from the previous guest. The women made me breakfast when I arrived, 2 pieces of toast and a cup of tea. The knife was old and dirty. I asked to wash my hands in the kitchen and the kitchen was messy and dirty. The staff were very friendly and the architecture of the building and interior design is beautiful. However, I booked a taxi to take me to the train station and the women said taxis are unreliable so suggested she would take me. The taxi did turn up but she had already charged me twice the price so she made more money out of me that way. Her husband drove me to the train station and was helpful when I arrived as it was 4:20 in the morning very dark and no one else at the train station.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Beautiful architecture, but only surface clean.
Leafy suburb, good area. Hotel architecture good, but room stank of urine! Cushions in room very dusty. I arrived early and they gave me the option of early check in for 23 dollars. when I got to the room the toilet and bath mat was still dirty and there was toiletries from the previous guest on the table. Because of this I wasnT able to relax well as I didn't think it was a very clean hotel. Interior beautiful and owners nice and friendly, but cushions too dusty. I also went into the kitchen area to wash my hands and it was very messy and unclean.

8/10 Good

KAZUTERU

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The hospitality of the owners is impressive. Located in a quiet and peaceful area, this hotel awakens our artistic sensibilities with its well-maintained garden and the fusion of indoor and courtyard spaces. Listening to the sounds of wild birds as the morning sun pours in is soothing. I highly recommend staying for an extended period of time.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Karsten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dejligt åndehul i storbyen
Dejligt afslappet med smagfuld indretning. Hjælpsom værtspar. Skøn lille velholdt have med fuglesang. Lidt til den dyre side. Morgenmad ok men lidt dyrt (10 $ pr. person) Et godt sted vi kan anbefale som et åndehul i en ellers travl by
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

cheng chen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
還不錯
只匆匆住一晚，房子滿漂亮的，服務也親切
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Wei-Feng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Michael, belgium

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Prima verblijf, mooie kamer echter duur ontbijt
The room was nice, clean and the A-C worked good. The bathroom had sufficiënt hot water. Only the breakfast was quite expensive (10USD/pp). Breakfast was good but nothing special. The location is ok, it is 250-300rs with tuktuk from the centre of Colombo. Overal a nice clean room. But the breakfast is quite expensive!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018