This is a wonderful place to stay in the heart of Colombo, though you'd never know you were in the middle of a busy, noisy city. Our room and common areas were beautifully decorated with wonderful furniture and provided a comfortable setting in which to relax completely. Though we didn't have an opportunity to use the pool, it looked extremely... more

Arrived 2am, everyone asleep except huge cockroach in our room.Nauseating smell in rooms, in mattresses and bedding, Shabby holed towels. Tiny dark, cave like rooms with inadequate wardrobes. Requested vegan breakfast was rock hard polystyrene toast, dairy margarine and jam. The fruit was vegan! W'ed expected dahl and rice or something local. Dining area filled with mosquitoes. $150 dollars a... more

We found it good to be based outside the main hotel area as it felt safer (less security) and we found we could walk around without attracting too much attention. It was easy to get a trishaw to other places. The room (no. 5) was interesting - bathroom partially outside and bed on raised stone platform. The space was limited... more

We stayed at the Havelock on our last night in Sri Lanka. Very nicely done although the pool on the web site is deceiving not really a pool more like the size of a pond and not really anywhere to sunbath/relax around. All the rooms claim to have there own garden off the room all we had was a very... more