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Shalimar Hotel

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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Photo gallery for Shalimar Hotel

Food court
Property entrance
Reception
TV
Bar (on property)

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
46, Panchikawatte Road Maradana, Colombo, 00100
  • Colombo Lotus Tower
    11 min walk
  • R. Premadasa Stadium
    19 min walk
  • Colombo City Centre
    3 min drive
  • Beira Lake Seaplane Base (BYV)
    31 min drive

Room options

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • 19 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

  • 23 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Colombo

With a stay at Shalimar Hotel in Colombo (Panchikawatte), you'll be a 4-minute walk from Elphinstone Theatre and 11 minutes by foot from Colombo Lotus Tower. .This hotel is 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from All Saints Church and 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from Dewatagaha Mosque.

What's nearby

  • Colombo Lotus Tower - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Bally's Casino - 2 min drive - 2.1 km
  • Colombo City Centre - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Nawaloka Hospital - 4 min drive - 3.2 km
  • Galle Face Green - 5 min drive - 3.9 km

Getting around

  • Colombo Fort Station - 7 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 34 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hadaramout Arabic Foods - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Hotel De Buhari - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sammanthurai Eating House - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Usman Tea Room(Basheer Kada) - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Kochikade - ‬11 min walk

About this property

Shalimar Hotel

Colombo hotel in Panchikawatte with a 24-hour front desk and a restaurant
Shalimar Hotel offers 30 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and complimentary newspapers. Televisions come with cable channels. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and bidets.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones.

Make yourself at home in one of the 30 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary newspapers.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast only.
Room service (during limited hours) 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
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • English breakfast available for a fee daily: USD 5 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Fridge

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • No housekeeping
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)

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

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at noon
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 3 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately USD 5 per person

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 and cash

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Shalimar Colombo
Shalimar Hotel Colombo
Shalimar Hotel Hotel
Shalimar Hotel Colombo
Shalimar Hotel Hotel Colombo

Shalimar Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 44 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 97 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 97 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

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

6/10 Okay

Satgunarajah

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Wojciech

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

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

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

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 traveller

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

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 traveller

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

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

Verified traveller

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

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 traveller

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

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

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location and overall maintenance poor.
The hotel is not within easy walking distance to attractions in the city. The hotel is badly maintained. Remote controls for the airconditioning and TV did not work well. Shower didn't have enough pressure. Staff however were polite and tried to help as much as possible.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Scruffy.
The hotel is promoted as having old world character. It does, lots of wood paneling which is rare these days. But the carpet must be to one orginally layed when it was openned. It's red (or was) and clearly very worn, bald and shiny in places. Not sure having a car repair place in the central courtyard is very attractive and the are as a whole is very run down and dirty. The night porter has a natress on the floor in the dinning room which allows him to see the front door, but this feels a little weird when you have to come down early to meet a bus. Not sure about the porter lurking around each floor and corner where ever I seemed to be.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous hotel next to maradana
Very friendly reception- smiles across all members of staff. Large comfortable bed, hot water, air conditioning- really fantastic watermelon fresh fruit juice with breakfast, lovely evening meal. A perfect stay.

6/10 Okay

Vine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good security
It was ok the food selection after hours for room service sucked. Wifi was spotty and I hate having to re log in all the time

6/10 Okay

Tim, UK

Suitable for a quick stay transiting from the airport to the next morning train. Nothing special, but decent for the price.

6/10 Okay

Angel, Bangkok

Ok for a night in Colombo
Average dated guesthouse in Colombo, can be reasonably priced compared to other ones in worse shape nearby. The best thing about this guesthouse was the restaurant in the lobby, which turns out some decent biryani, sambal and curry dishes along with nice full liquor/beer selection. There's another good local place across the street towards the train station that makes better biryani and is quite popular. The guesthouse is on a busy street so getting a tuk-tuk is easy, but there's not much else in the area but automotive parts stores if you want to walk around. Staff was generally friendly and spoke adequate english, rooms were spacious and A/C worked, decent choice for a night in Colombo before catching a train somewhere else.

8/10 Good

wendy, west yorkshre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient stop over
Hotel chosen for convenience as close to railway station. Nothing attractive about the neighbourhood but central position make it easy to explore Colombo from here. Hotel has very comfortable, clean and spacious rooms, very pleasant and helpful staff. Decent restaurant, though I'd recommend trying some of the excellent and very cheap cafes nearby.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
just so so
Just so so,only stay for transfer