The Araliya Retreat Restaurant in Puttalam

Great place to stay when you are in Kalpitiya. Amazing service and superb food. Rooms were very clean and spacious. Highly recommended!👌

Great location and even better hospitality.Food is delicious, especially the barbecue they arranged.Rooms are clean and well equipped.One of the best stays ❤️

Lovely place, very clean, excellent food…

Notre coup de cœur en 2 mois au Sri Lanka !Quand vous arrivez au Araliya Retreat vous vous sentez tout de suite très bien. Les chambres sont très spacieuses. En fait ce sont des villas indépendantes situées dans un très beau jardin et orientées face à la Dutch Bay. Elles sont très joliment meublées, très propres et disposent d’une très belle terrasse ou l’on y prend son petit déjeuner et où l’on peut déjeuner (nous y avons très bien mangé à des prix tout à fait correct). Se lever le matin face à la baie et le soleil levant, c’est fabuleux et très paisible ! Et le reste du temps vous pouvez contempler le passage des pêcheurs en bâteaux (de belles photos à faire d’ailleurs!), des oiseaux etc. The Araliya Retreat porte très bien son nom !Et c’est sans compter le professionnalisme, la gentillesse, l’accueil remarquable et la serviabilité de Lakshan le manager (et excellent cuisinieret de Antony qui assure toute l’intendance. Nous y sommes finalement restés 5 nuits au lieu d’une. Notre meilleur séjour au Sri Lanka en 2 mois.Allez y les yeux fermés vous ne serez pas déçus !

One of the best places I have visited. Property consists of three family rooms which can accommodate maximum 4 adults per room. Rooms are air conditioned and spacious. Very clean and well maintained.There is an open area facing the lagoon which is the restaurant they have. If there was a pool, it would have been great.Very reasonable prices. A family room was just Rs. 8000 per night on bed and breakfast basis at the time of writing. They have an a la carte menu. Also you can discuss and arrange items based on your preferences. Mr. Lakshan - Property manager is quite accommodating.

One of the best accommodations of my whole life. The manager welcomed us very warmly. This hotel has 3 rooms. All rooms have a private entrance. All these hotel rooms are made in the form of separate cottages. The bedroom and bathroom are very large. The mattress is super comfortable. The only downside I saw was the water pressure. Breakfast is very tasty. This hotel employs three people including manager. But they run this hotel properly. Here you can have lunch as well as dinner. The prices are very reasonable compared to all the restaurants in the area. From the room you can see the beautiful lagoon. A large veranda is also privately arranged for all rooms. From there you can relax throughout the day. I will be back to this place. A place that everyone should visit at least once. highly recommend

Highly recommend. Everything was very clean and their meals were really good! And the location is Amazing <3

Great place to stay. Good food and friendly staff.

Mr.Fernando looked after guest well. Cater the requirements of the guest particularly in organising tours. Value for money.

Good place in front of lagoon. Clean room. Good service but bit expensive

Very nice place

Accueil top classe. Avec les clients de passage. Cest à relever TRES positivement. 👍

Good place to stay. Nice food and staff also friendly. Only issue is access road is not good. But that is acceptable in this area.

Nice place.

Stayed for 3 nights with the family. Excellent in all aspects of cleanliness, comfort, convenience. Highlight is the hospitality of the crew, Lakshan, Pasindu and Anthony and the FOOD....should be rated 6 Stars....Awesome experience altogether...

As the owner of this Restaurant and hotel I do not want to blow my own trumpet. The fact is its well known for the Chefs great sea food specialities. As the owner I look forward to my monthly visits. Very reasonable prices. Bed and breakfast for two for just Rs.6500 per day. Exceptional food. Contact Lakshan the the Chef and Manager. An experience in waiting.

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Beautiful place

Wonderful place for vacation, food was awesome, superb service, beautiful and peaceful location.

Amaizing calm and quiet place. Good yummy food. Friendly staff. Rooms are very spacious and comfortable.

Best place for stayingBest food item

Very very very very hard to reach..no proper road..but situated in a nice area near the lagoon..its not a big "retreat or a restaurent"as said in the name..only 2 rooms and a dining area.. room facilities are great..if you are going out to meals,its beter if you contact them and arrange your requirements beforehand..the food is good and fresh..but not excellent..

My God. This is the nicest place I have ever stayed. Wow. I spent 3 days at there. There was a beautiful view with the lagoon. Only they have 3 cabanas but those are very nice, very clean ,so beautiful, marvellous. As well as their staff, they are very good, very friendly including the manager. I want to go again...

We had the pleasure of staying 01 night at the Araliya Retreat Restaurant (we wish we could have stayed more!!).We occupied all the 3 chalets and had the place for ourselves. An ideal location for relaxation. The surroundings are so peaceful and tranquil - as the hotel borders the lagoon. The morning views are magnificent.A special word of appreciation to the Manager/Chef, Lakshan who is a fantastic host. His meal preparation is exquisite. He very kindly prepared us a wonderful crab curry for breakfast. One of the best we have ever had!!The rooms are nice, large and spacious with private verandahs overlooking the Puttalam Lagoon. This is a suggestion for the Management - it will be really good to have a tea/coffee corner in the rooms. This would have made our stay complete. We woke up very early in the morning, enjoyed the views and would have loved to sit out with a cup of tea/coffee, but we had to stay for the staff to wake up. Please consider. Today, it is a basic amenity for hotels.Thank you very much for a memorable stay. We will definitely visit again!!

Great place for a relax.Everything is great 👍 💯

Wonderful & peacefull place, gread for vacation, kindly staff and always they are ready to help anyone

Nice Hotel

My second stay in Kalpitiya. Choose this place if you like morning sunrise on the lagoon, breezy winds flowing all around, quietness at the end of the road, air con for hot summer afternoon, wonderful delicious food and helpful friendly staff who gave free milk and raw chicken to our little cat everyday.

We stayed few days here on the lagoon facing room and it was memorable. The staff is very kind and helpful. The manager cooks amazingly delicious dishes. They took a very good care of our kitten, fed her good quality milk and meat.Can organise driver, boat, safari to Wilpattu and other activities.

Great service and even better food 👍🏼👍🏼

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excellent

A wonderful place and weve got excellent food. Also the rooms are very good equipped. Well come again. 😘

A great place to visit in a an attractive location..Rooms are very clean, comfortable and there are enough staff to assist you whenever needed. Value for money and highly recommended. If you are traveling to Kalpitiya, you should select this place to stay at least for one night. Property is facing the lagoon and the speciality of this hotel is they are providing all the facilities which they have mentioned in the websites. These days it is really hard to find such a place to stay... I am giving 10 out of 10...

Nice waterfront stay and very friendly staffOf course it is not a star grade hotel, but the place is clean and calm as it should beWe had a nice time with my small kidFirst I went their for the dinnerThe access to the place was bit tricky but when we reached the place i changed my mind stay for a night