Royal Palms Beach Hotel

4.0 star property

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2 outdoor pools
Garden
Aerial view
Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board
Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Hot Tub
    Hot Tub
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Gym
    Gym
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Spa
    Spa

Explore the area

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De Abrew Road, Waskaduwa, Wadduwa, 1200
  • Kalatura Beach
    18 min walk
  • Pothupitiya Beach
    19 min walk
  • Kalutara Bodhiya
    4 min drive
  • Colombo International Airport (RML)
    57 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Room

  • 387 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Executive Suite

  • 487 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Wadduwa

Located in Wadduwa, Royal Palms Beach Hotel is by the ocean, within a 5-minute drive of Kalatura Beach and Kalutara Bodhiya. .This beach resort is 12.6 mi (20.3 km) from Bentota Beach and 1.4 mi (2.3 km) from Pothupitiya Beach.

What's nearby

  • Kalatura Beach - 18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Pothupitiya Beach - 19 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Kalutara Bodhiya - 4 min drive - 2.1 miles
  • Wadduwa Beach - 8 min drive - 4.0 miles
  • Bentota Beach - 41 min drive - 12.7 miles

Getting around

  • Aluthgama Railway Station - 24 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 86 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Olu - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Aqualina Italian Restaurant - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Spice Traders - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Fresh Lobster - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Panorama Hotel - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Royal Palms Beach Hotel

Resort with private beach, full-service spa
Royal Palms Beach Hotel offers 123 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. 20-inch LCD televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, slippers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Wadduwa resort provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

2 outdoor tennis courts and complimentary bicycles are featured at the resort. 2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a spa tub. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa, Wellness Spa. Services include massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic.
Make yourself at home in one of the 123 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages. After dipping into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools, you can spend some time at the private beach. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and shopping on site.
Enjoy international cuisine at Main restaurant, one of the resort's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the swim-up bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. English breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this resort consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Main restaurant - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Palmetto Coffee shop - This poolside coffee shop serves dinner and light fare. Open 24 hours. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, Russian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: USD 20 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 2 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A swim-up bar

Restaurants on site

  • Main restaurant
  • Palmetto Coffee shop

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • 2 outdoor tennis courts
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Free bicycle rentals
  • Full-service spa
  • Gym
  • Library
  • Playground
  • Racquetball/squash
  • Shopping
  • Spa tub
  • Volleyball

Family friendly

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business center
  • Conference center
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • On the beach

Full-service spa

  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Massage

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 3 floors
  • 7 buildings
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1996
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 20-inch LCD TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 3 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 80
  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 40 (from 3 to 11 years old)
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 100
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 50 (from 3 to 11 years old)

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately USD 20 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 85 per vehicle (one way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Royal Palms Beach Hotel
Royal Palms Beach Hotel Kalutara
Royal Palms Beach Kalutara
Hotel Royal Palms Beach
Royal Palms Beach Hotel Sri Lanka/Kalutara
Royal Palms Beach Hotel Wadduwa
Royal Palms Beach Wadduwa
Royal Palms Beach Hotel Resort
Royal Palms Beach Hotel Wadduwa
Royal Palms Beach Hotel Resort Wadduwa

Royal Palms Beach Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 38 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 88 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Christi

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Asirith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 12 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, would say 4* not quite 5*
We stayed here on our honeymoon, and was expecting a little more hospitality to be honest couldn't even get a free drink out of them 😅. They do hound you a little in the mornings for room service so don't expect a lay in at this place! The food was really good, bar slightly over priced so all inclusive would be worth it if you intend to spend most of your time at the hotel. We tended to eat out everyday and if you want real Sri lankan food with a smile go to Kamals cafe 2mins walk out of the hotel over the train track. Really nice man and great chef. You can get a feast for less than £4 normally from him! The breakfast was extensive with loads to choose from! The pool was clean and very big, becareful on the beach as you will get harassed from the locals as they try to steal business from the hotel guests. Just say not interested and walk away asap. Also we had to ask for our welcome drink on the last day of our stay, and they even tried to charge us 900rs but then sorted it out for free.Overall 4 out 5 from us.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had great service and the staff were very friendly
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Maxine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel great service
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The food was no goumet stype but was good. Arranging transport was a real hassle. Try & make the place more child-friendly too,starting wirh half price etc...& activities for them too
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 13 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Paul, Chinnor, UK

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
We liked location large bedroom with sea view large swimming pool, attractive grounds. We didn’t like Slow service in all restaurants / bars (but didn’t use Japanese restaurant so can’t say) . Large amounts of mould in our bathroom and the permanent smell of damp in the room. The fact that the loungers and parasols were ‘pre-booked’ either by the majority of German and Russian guests risers who didn’t reappear for hours or by being ‘encouraged’ to pay a pool guy to miraculously conjure one up!
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Florence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous
The stay was amazing and staff very friendly, enjoyed it very much.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice Pool Big Rooms, look great Food excellent Fitness room excellent Tennis courts ok Beach awful because of sellers, who try to sell you trips every 2 minutes Beach: Swimming most of the time not allowed and also not really possible Mold smell in room Service bad: Room often not made, they are noisy very early in the morning Breakfast only till 9:30, which was a bit early in general
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Dimitar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful friendly stay, nice hotel with great facilities!
Stayed 13 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very relaxing stay here en route to the airport. We were under the impression that the hotel had a 24 hour airport shuttle but we were too late to book a seat. After initially panicking the reception booked us a taxi from outside to pick us up, panic over!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice layout.good staff. Nice rooms draw back are bad reception scents and a little rundown
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok hotel
We were only there a day 2 days one night. The chef Neerl made us a cheese and onion toastie his first time which was kind and not on the menu. We booked a sea view but got a pool view but couldn’t move us as they said they were fully booked ! That was it! It’s over an hour away from airport and cost £50 for taxi which is expensive.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort good buffet breakfast nice sunsets cabana resturaunt had great food although a little pricey
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2019

2/10 Terrible

Melisa

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

m

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely family resort!
we came as a family group and had a wonderful stay. Service is excellent, and staff are very friendly. the hotell is wast with several restaurants to choose from, and the food was very nice. the hotel is right next to the beach. when we were there the sea was a little too rough for swimming in the waves, but we still had loads of fun in the large pool. I can easily recommend this hotel :-)
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018