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Heritage Hotel: Traveller Reviews

Galwala Road | Pothanegama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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Heritage Hotel
Ranked #5 of 9 hotels in Anuradhapura
2.5 of 5 stars 22 Reviews
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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51 reviews 51 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
“Scenic views”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 December 2011
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Anuradhapura district is a huge district with lots of ancient ruins and places to visit and also enroute to the eastern coast or the northern districts so stopping over makes sense. However, the choices are limited.

Heritage hotel is a new hotel built within the last year or two on the banks of the Nuwarawewa tank on the other side of the temples and ruins so from the hotel you have clear, unobstructed beautiful views of the ancient temples. It is around 4 km away from city center so you cannot expect to simply find public transport when you wish it and would need to pre-arrange with the hotel. However, the staff are friendly and accommodating.

The rooms are clean and have basic facilities and the meals are tolerable. As a stopover place that helps you recover from the stress of travel by its great views and peaceful location, this is a good place to stay.

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled on business
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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The Hague, The Netherlands
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“Fawlty Towers”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 October 2011

So pity, 3 night for lots of money and they can do nothing good. Oh, sorry the restaurant was. What I'm talkin' about? There was a purse stolen from other guests. Must be one with a key cause nothing was broken and the door was closed. One did nothing to help these poor people. Then we look at our balconydoors. They slots were completely damaged. So we called the manager. He said, tomorrow, maybe another room. We said okay. And then the man was gone. We didn't hear anything from him. So we slept with chairs for the doors. That was the first day/night. The second day, it was 10:30 pm. A terrible noise of workers for the new part of the hotel. I thought of the children who wanted to sleep and I phoned the reception. No one takes the phone. At 11:00 p.m I went to the reception but nobody was there and the noise goes on. The I went to the workers myself and asked them in anger to stop. They did. I went to bed and had a good sleep, but what happens? We cant go out of our room. We were locked in all night. Again I phoned the reception and we were liberated by two men. Not to think about a fire in the night ( we slept on the second floor!) When we left I tell the manager, another man than before. All he did was saying: well, well. I said: perhaps an excuse!? Than he said, I allmost couldn't hear it: 'excuse'!

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Not ready yet.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 October 2011

Great people but they are trying to build at the same time as book rooms.
Not many people at the hotel so it will take awhile for the place to finish being built.
They need more tourists in the area. Will be a nice place when finished.

  • Stayed October 2011
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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“On The Nose”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 September 2011
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After an exhausting bus journey to Anuradhapura, we were excited to arrive at our first hotel only to reach the room to find a terrible odour coming from the bathroom. We requested a change of room and management gave us a MUCH better room. Wonder why they do that in the first place? Unfortuneately the group whom we travelled with were not so lucky. They explained that the 'trap' was blocked, which was meant to explain the smell.
Aside from the smell, the room floor was dirty and the food at the restaurant was boring and bland.
The location of Heritage is convenient and near to the ancient sites in Anuradhapura.

  • Stayed August 2011
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“Pleasant hotel, convenient for Sacred City”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 March 2011
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We spent 1 night here in March 2011 while visiting the Sacred City - the location of the hotel is ideal for this.

The hotel seemed very new - reception was still having bits of work carried out and the staff seemed very distracted. Room was very very spacious if a little sparse to my taste although the bed was very comfortable and everthing (TV, water, ac etc) worked fine. The pool area behind the hotel is attractive - we didn't actually use the pool but it looked clean and inviting ! We went for a roam around the hotel and grounds and it seemed deserted - on asking we found we were the only guests !

Service in the restauraunt (being the only customers all night) was really really good - the manager being very professional and attentive. Food was reasonably good.

All in all a perfectly acceptable hotel - lacks a bit of charachter although this could be down to it being new.

  • Stayed March 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Galwala Road | Pothanegama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Price range (per night):* 86 AUD - 113 AUD

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