Queens is the best hotel for wisiting the Temple as it is just across the street to the temple. Rooms on the inside is a must as rooms facing the street and the Temple have continues traffic flowing by due to trafic route change some time ago. The hotel is a museum in its inside form and the restoration has been done with care and intelligence. Rarely do you have big, high rooms that have a nearly same size baathroom. Pool inside is small but comfortable. The place is for those who want to feel how thing were in colonial days.

Stayed at the Queens for two nights during a trip to Sri Lanka with my wife and parents. A really great experience, helped by the hotel's history, quaintness, charm, and great location. Rooms are just the right size. Though some overlook the lake that's literally across the street from the hotel, we took the advice of some Tripadvisors and took a room facing away from the lake for more peace and quiet. I think we made the right choice. Our room overlooked the pool area and a hill in the distance with a massive Buddha statue - hardly a bad view! The room itself was very comfortable, but bear in mind this is no modern hotel. The bathroom could use an update, as the historic quaintness works for the room, but no so much for the antiquated and poorly working shower. Pool was quite nice, evocative of the colonial era. Local swim classes use the pool often, as it's supposed to be one of the nicer pools in Sri Lanka, but they're hardly a bother at all. At night, the pool area sometimes turns into an al fresco eating area, which is fantastic. Food was very good, among the best during our trip. The dining hall is oh-so-colonial but that's the point in a place like this. Soak up the history. And don't miss the bar area, which is great for a happy hour drink, but also because it has great photos and relics from the hotel's golden age (including a 100-year-old menu with 100-year-old prices!). The location can't be beat. We read that other hotels in Kandy were a pain to reach because of the city's sometimes static traffic situation. But from this hotel, you can walk throughout the center of the city, to the lake, and to the Tooth Temple, which is literally across the road. Highly recommended for a quintessential Kandy experience. While there, don't miss the botanical gardens - the best I've seen in this part of the world, by a country mile.

This old colonial hotel is perfectly located, right next to the Temple of the Tooth and Kandy Lake.

The foyer is huge and very welcoming and the staff is extremely friendly, both at the reception and in the restaurant.

The rooms, however, are a bit basic. The owners have tried to maintain the orginal structure and materials as much as possible but e.g. the wooden floors are in need of a little fix-up. The door of our rooms was strangely crooked: on one side there was a 6-7cm gap under the door. The perfect entrance for a huge cockroach (Hey, it's the tropics. What can you do?) but also very annoying when loud guest enter from their late-night activities.

The strangest part was the bathroom. Also very basic and very small but it seemed to a cubicle that was added to the room in a later period. Right above the shower a part of the cubicle's ceiling was missing and you could see a part of the rooms original ceiling.

Excellent restaurant and also excellent choice at the breakfast.

this hotel is in an ideal location for exploring Kandy, it is right opposite the sacred temple of the tooth and a large lake. the foyer area is very impressive, colonnial style, high ceilings and a large welcoming space. staff are very attentive. the rooms however, are adequate, and fairly basic. the rooms seem to have had little attention paid to them for some time, but this may be due to wanting to keep the authenticity from its original state. the hotel has a small amount of shops inside and a swimming pool. we did not use the pool due to our short stopover stay and the weather, however, the area looked nice. this hotel is a great place to stay for its history and authenticity. although, dont expect the rooms to be too luxurious as this did not seem to be the case with rooms on the second floor.