Ranweli Holiday Village

3.5 star property
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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Exterior
Standard Room
Check-in/check-out kiosk
On the beach, beach towels, beach volleyball, rowing

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
Waikkal, Wennappuwa, 61110
  • St Anthony's Church
    12 min drive
  • Negombo Beach Park
    13 min drive
  • St. Sebastian's Church
    15 min drive
  • Colombo (CMB-Bandaranaike Intl.)
    41 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Bungalow

  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

Standard Room

  • 25.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

What's nearby

  • Negombo Beach Park - 13 min drive - 9.3 km
  • Negombo District General Hospital - 14 min drive - 11.4 km
  • Ave Maria Convent - 14 min drive - 11.4 km
  • Negombo Fish Market - 16 min drive - 12.7 km
  • Negombo Beach - 19 min drive - 8.0 km

Getting around

  • Railway Station Negombo - 25 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 41 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kumudu Vally Resort - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Ranowell - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Rodeo Pub - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Sha Bojunhala - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Lords Fine Restaurant, Art Gallery and Cocktail Bar - ‬13 min drive

About this property

Ranweli Holiday Village

Beachfront resort with calming spa services
Ranweli Holiday Village offers 88 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, bidets, and complimentary toiletries.

22-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and ceiling fans. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. Services include massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic.
Make yourself at home in one of the 88 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. 22-inch flat-screen televisions are provided, with cable programming available. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and bicycles to rent. Additional features at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Enjoy international cuisine at Ranwelis Restaurant, a restaurant where you can take in the garden view, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). 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 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this resort consist of conference space and a meeting room. A shuttle from the airport to the hotel is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Ranwelis Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in international cuisine.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, German

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • 24-hour pick-up airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 AM–9:30 AM: USD 14 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Ranwelis Restaurant

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Archery
  • Beach volleyball
  • Bike rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Canoeing
  • Children's pool
  • Fishing
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Racquetball/squash
  • Shopping
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Corner/local shop
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Corner/local shop
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Computer station
  • Conference space
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

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

Spa

  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Massages

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Beach towels
  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Ceiling fan
  • Free cots/infant beds

Bathroom

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

Entertainment

  • 22-inch flat-screen TV
  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
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
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 14 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 35 per vehicle

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 debit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Ranweli
Ranweli Holiday
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Ranweli Holiday Village Resort Waikkal
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Ranweli Holiday Village Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 66 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Thamila

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

SUNDAR

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal honeymoon destination
Stay was very good. Ideal place for people who enjoy serenity.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel, beautiful setting away from everything. Was here 20 years ago and it's still charming, but a bit tired around the edges. Could be such a gem with some investment.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Sameh

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
good hotel with bad service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Suminda

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location. Amazing fruit bats, water monitors, kingfishers & other birds. Staff are wonderful. Buffet food for breakfast & dinner with a wide choice.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Rhea Maria

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We enjoyed the Ranweli very much
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff Flowers on Bed when room made up Beautiful surroundings Beach location
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
It should be maintained well. Cleanliness is nill and food is not nice and quality too. Ordered a burger on A la carte and the burger bun was just a ball of flour. French fries were over cooked. Salt & Pepper holdings were so dirty. Stayed hungry at that night and as there were no any restaurants close by. Had cockroaches in bathroom and bedroom.Gully was full of rustic. Was a horrible stay. Never recommend for any.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

nancy

Liked: Cleanliness
Wish we had stayed closer to Colombo
No acceptable plug-ins for our phones. No adapters available at the reception. Had the farthest room from the center. Hot water only available after mid-day due to solar heating. Meal hours very limited.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful. Kind staff. Breakfast served too late.
Lovely and spacious room but some path construction made it a bit confusing getting to it. Breakfast started at 7:30am which made it difficult for us to get an early start on our bikes. Given the heat, it made it difficult to complete our scheduled arrival 90 km north. We asked if we could start breakfast early but they did not allow this. So I would recommend this place for people needing an early start on the day. The food was delicious though! I loved the Sri Lankan dishes they served. There was a school group there, from Colombo, that took over the beautiful pool for quite a while. The staff was helpful at getting us to a bike repair shop in town. So the staff was extremely kind to us during our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Getting into hotel is awesome! Staff is very friendly and helpfull. Wifi works only in lobby and is very terrible :( Food is just ok. Overall nice experience, but pictures looks waaaay better than reality.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dated hotel that caters more for local day trippers than to foreign tourists. Quite isolated and expensive to eat at.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location and privacy great. The rooms and bathrooms were clean. Towels had old stains.Pool deck needed repairs. Buffet was ok, selection was not good. It needs to be changed daily. The barbecue was overcooked. Nightly music was awful needs to be up lifting. There was only one band of trio that was good. Would stay again due to the private location. Hotel needs to enforce swim wear at pool. People should not be able to wear street clothes.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice location. Easy access to the beach. Very good place for relaxation.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tomasz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stay
Perfect place to stay and rest!!! Lovely poeple and nvery good food.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice place with a big pollutionproblem
I liked the resort and its freindly staff,but very sad is all that garbage and plasicbottles in the mangroves and even on the resorts beach. Therefore i cant recommend the place.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We only stayed for one night All was v good only adverse comments would be lack of WiFi in rooms and poor fruit choice for breakfast - given the local fruit that would have been available
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
EXCELLENT LOCATION :) FRIENDLY STAFF, FOOD WAS DELICIOUS......
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice Hotel BUT Terrible Service
This hotel is situated 45 mins from airport, hotel can arrange transfer for $30. Hotel is lovely, reached via a raft over the lake, which is very peaceful and a unique way to reach a hotel. Hotel is situated on the beach and the rooms are well appointed with good air con and very comfortable beds. However the service at this hotel is appalling, firstly we went for lunch at the restaurant where one of our group was brought a beer glass full of sand. Then when we went for our evening meal we asked to order off the menu rather than having the buffet which looked like a battle of who could get their food first. 20 mins after ordering we were told the steaks we ordered were not available as they were frozen and needed to be thawed - we were surprised they freeze their steak in the first place. We then changed our orders to the mixed grill which took a further hour to arrive, when the food came an hour and 20 mins later, it was all over cooked and not edible. We asked for a refund on the food as we were not happy to pay and didn’t eat it but the duty manager said a refund could not be offered. After a lengthy discussion with him and a phone call to his boss, he finally agreed to refund of 50% on the food bill. The only person who has any customer service skills at this hotel is a young man who was working on the check in desk, who was very helpful and understanding of the situation. There is no where else to eat around this hotel - all prices are in £ or € on menu.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kasun, Sri Lanka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best eco friendly hotel. Peaceful and relaxing place.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2018