We too stayed at the Riverina in November. The best thing about the holiday was meeting RONNIE, one of the beach boys. The weather in November wasn't as good as it could be, but Ronnie made the trip by taking us to so many places. The highlight of which was Kandy. The views are breathtaking. We took many tours with... more

Not a nice hotel. There were ants everywhere in the room, including the bed. After we complained that treated the room and put a mosquitos net around the bed. It made it better, but it ruined our holiday after staying at much nicer hotel in Habarana, Kandy and Colombo. Food is nice though. Buffet is aound 1500 lkr per person.... more

We recently spent 2 weeks at the Riverina Hotel and thoroughly enjoyed it. Rooms were kept spotlessly clean and the linen/towels were changed daily. The staff cannot be praised highly enough, always smiling and so helpful. Unlike other reviews we found the food to be of a high standard - a little repetitive, but a good choice of salads, hot... more

Stayed here in November with 2 small kids. Have always gone independently before but with kids thought would give the resort style holiday a go. Needed a ground floor room which was very damp - by the end of the 2 weeks some of our kit had gone mouldy and mould was growing on the inside of the draws. Apparently... more

We have just returned from a 2 week stay in the riverina and what a great 2 weeks.The hotel was great,plenty of variety in the dinning room,Our room 321 was kept clean and tidy,all of the staff were very friendly and couldnt do enough for us.We booked our trips with Ronnie one of the beach operators and he took good... more

We stayed at the Riverina hotel for two pleasurable weeks. Food good, service good and staff in general very friendly. Our room was overlooking the sea and kept very clean and tidy by our room boy. Don't be concerned about booking trips with the beach boys. We booked to with Luba. He was great, could not do enough for us.... more

The Riverina Hotel is not giving a very good image for Mercury Direct, the sewerage smells we got in our room No 210 was awful, the food is recycled from 1 meal to the next, the bars are dark and dismal, the entertainment low quality, the other guests were mainly Polish, Russian, eastern European (The General Manager had to call... more

This hotel would not even be a three star any where else.The food was poor the entertainment was poor, with the exception of one night. the staff were average all in all not very good. Just in case any one reading this thinking it was a bad first time experience it is not. We have been to Sri Lanka four... more

We were in this hotel,one of the largest in the area,for one week after a roundtrip for 2 weeks in Sri Lanka.We want to have an easy beach holiday after travelling arround. Due the very high amount of russian tourists ( 75 % ) with their own behavier and bad table manners we cannot recommend this hotel,as you dont feel... more