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• Bandarawela Hotel
  "A step back in time"
  "We had wanted to stay in Ella as we were getting the train the next morning to Nano Oya, but everthing was fully booked. We booked the Bandarawela Hotel from Yala on my iphone so couldn't get a good look at it. We arrived with some trepidation, but we were over the moon with the hotel. The wh..."ole place was like stepping back in time - in a good way. The spacious sunroom with its abundant plants and nicely stocked bar was a welcome site after lots of driving that day. The garden was beautifully kept and the gardeners took a real pride in the look of the place. The rooms were very clean, but this is not updated 5 star luxury and if that's what you want this is not for you. If you want quirky, old fashioned charm with great service, good food and a real experience of an old fashioned hotel, then this place is for you. Highly recommended. Our kids met up with some other kids and spent the night in the pool room while we enjoyed the balmy weather outside with a G&T! The tow... " More >
• Bandarawela Hotel
  "Time warp"
  "Very interesting hotel with loads of charm. As other reviews here have said, the Bandarawella Hotel is a step out of time, and a great one for that matter. The hotel has a wonderful charm with its mix of 1900's come 1940's! It offers a relaxed environment with very friendly staff and good food serv..."ed in teh 1940's dining room. We were there for 2 nights so had sometime to enjoy tea in the hotel garden (small but very pleasant). The rooms are superb with quirky features: stepping down into the bathroom from the bedroom; a glass balcony door in the bathroom, large brass beds, 1940's ceiling fan (the rooms are air conditioned as well, but we did not need to use this as the weather was very cool) and glass room doors with curtains for privacy! Lovely polished wooden floors, and some remarkable electric period sockets and bath! Everything was spotless, and the cleaning staff are very proud of their shiny polished floors (I have never seen something like it before!). Definitely worth a ... " More >
• Bandarawela Hotel
  "Dr Who, eat your heart out!!"
  "As other reviewers have said, arriving at the Bandarawela Hotel by tuktuk from the station through this bustling town is like entering a time warp. Although a few small elements have been updated, it felt like we had stepped back to 1900 and little in our room, apart from the very comfortable mattr..."ess and the bedlinen, had been altered since then. The brass bath plug must have weighed about a kilo and having a door opening out of the bathroom onto a back corridor was something of a novelty! We assume this dates from the days when servants had to use that corridor to bring and remove bathwater etc. All the furniture was Edwardian and the whole ambience was in keeping with its genuine period style. Sadly we were only there one night, and didn't have a chance to try the massage which was very tempting and, by the sound of other reviews, well worth while. The choice of food was rather limited at dinner and the older waiter seemed to have a slightly disapproving manner but he mello... " More >