Set in expansive gardens it’s hard to believe that The Wallawwa is just 20mins from the international airport.

This boutique hotel offer 14 rooms - 10 of which are described as Garden Suites and 4 as W Rooms.

The Garden Suites are rather impressive, with huge terrazzo en-suite bathrooms / wet rooms sufficient in size to drench a small football team! They also have Wifi access, flat screen satellite TV’s, dangerously comfortable beds given that the flight won’t wait for you, private verandas and a funky batman style red telephone which can patch you through to the staff 24 hours a day. The management and staff are particularly good on this point, happy to greet or bid farewell to guests at any hour of the day or night.

The W rooms are also lovely, but a significantly pared down version of the Garden Suites, but the WiFi access, satellite facilities and superhero phone remain the same.

For families one of the Garden Suites interlinks to a connecting W Room. This would allow a maximum of 2 adults, 3 children and 1 infant to share a room.

The Wallawwa has a lovely restaurant that runs along the front veranda and garden. The sophisticated menu is probably best described as Asian fusion and offers elegant, well presented dishes. The orange leaf and lemongrass panacotta that finished our meal was especially good. The Wallawwa's current head chef is Sri Lankan born but spent a considerable amount of time in the States recently returning from the MGM in Vegas.

As The Wallawwa was designed predominantly as an arrivals and departure hotel there is not too much to do in the local area, however Colombo is not far away nor are the beaches of Negombo (20mins). The hotel also has a fabulous Spa which can be enjoyed by residents at any point during their stay.

Key Features:

Swimming Pool
Air-conditioned Bedrooms
Free Wifi
Restaurant
In House Spa
Day Use Rooms Available
20mins to Colombo Airport

"A short note to thank you for organising such a great holiday for us in Sri Lanka. Everything worked out to plan, and it was almost like a honeymoon with the kids in the lovely boutique hotels. In particular the Wallawwa near the airport, just beautiful, with two adjoining rooms for us and the kids, absolute luxury, and so nice to bookend the holiday this way. (Mark Graham - Oct 11)"

"Our first night curry was excellent. We spent the next 10 days trying to get another curry as good. (MS - Dec 10)"

"Good points - amazing room, huge bathroom and enourmous four-poster bed. Lovely grounds and pool - loved the round love beds in the garden and the double sunloungers. Played croquet on the lawn. Massage was very good. Again couldn't fault the food and service was excellent. Areas for improvement - I was expecting it but would prefer it if the 24% TOC was included rather than added on to your final bill." - Caroline Grayson (Jan 2010) Editor's Note: The Wallawwa have since change their menu pricing to include government tax. Only a 10% servuce charge is now added to the bill.

"The W - incredible, couldn’t fault it. Thanks so much for suggesting it, it made the end of our honeymoon really special." (Miranda Avis - June 09).