Orchid Rest

We had a room on the first floor with a balcony which had a table and chairs. The bed had a mosquito net around it which was necessary. The room was very clean and the hostess was charming and helpful. It wasn’t quite so near to the beach as we had hoped and the beach itself wasn’t particularly clean and tidy. In fact it was unappealing. We noticed a place advertising breakfast just a few yards as you turn right from Orchid Rest, but mistakenly didn’t ask the price. We were charged 1500 SLR. Although the photograph on line shows coloured umbrellas and tables outside the building, these didn’t appear to be available.

A lovely budget hotel with everything you need for a comfortable but inexpensive stay in Marissa. The room we had was on the top floor and had a nice size balcony, a fair sized bedroom and a big bathroom. We had a fridge, kettle with tea and coffee and good working aircon and a fan. The bed had nice mosquito nets and fresh smelling bedding and was very comfortable. The shower had plenty of hot water and the sink is big if you need to do a little laundry (a handy drying rack on the balcony). A nice breakfast is included, with eggs, toast, sausage and a different Sri Lankan savoury each day and also a delicious home made fruit juice. We were there 6 days and the room was completely cleaned with fresh bedding and towels etc on our 3rd day which was perfect for us. It is a 5 minute walk to the beach and to the main road which has shops, a supermarket and some restaurants. Our main reason for 5* is the lovely family that run the hotel, they could not be nicer or more helpful, really lovely people I really didn’t want to leave! Look out for the monkeys playing in the trees in the morning, a lovely way to start the day with a nice cup of tea!