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Reviews of The Ocean Front

3.5 out of 5
The Ocean Front
No. 14, Sellamuttu Avenue Colombo 3, (Marine Drive), Colombo

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 30 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 72 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 72 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Multi story access to rooms with extreme railway movement noise
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In a good location. Rooms clean and nice breakfast. Would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A little bit out of the centre, probably is best described as a 2.5 star hotel, considering that the Galle Face is a 4 star hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It can be improved big time They have fantastic view But the property is very old and not satisfying Not recommended at all
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Greger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel!
Couldn’t have been more accommodating! Clean rooms and lovely breakfast. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Gail, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Contemporary building, nice looking, but no rooms face the ocean, and to get to the beach, one must walk across the street and then across the railroad, so not really a good "beach" choice. But clean and a good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Gill, New Zealand

Great to have a view of real life in Colombo, the room was comfortable for the price.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved the property and the sea view room. Love it, will return if we come back
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Iowa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden Gem
Great friendly service and the staff went out of their way to help us schedule sight seeing in the city. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Harry

Good Stay
Very good stay. Kind and attentive to my needs. Good breakfast. Convenince store 2 minutes away. Tea shop 1st floor with great cakes. Easy to walk to the center of city. I never used tuktuk taxi. Best to make tours through Sri Lanka tourist office, 20 minute walk but tour pick up at Ocean Front. Everything worked out great. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

GiddayMate, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotel not in a good place
busy stree with railway tracks and no sand on beach just rocks I saw one person squatting to toilet
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel and good staff and clean rooms.
Great experience will visit again. Great experience will visit again.
Stayed 13 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Bob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding Place to stay in Colombo
This is an outstanding place to stay. Being in Colombo 3 you are not far from any of the sightseeing/shopping adventures to be had. The staff is very courteous and professional who will go the "extra mile" to ensure your needs are being taken care of. Breakfast is great and at a good price. It is more of a bungalow atmosphere than a major hotel but just as nice. Only thing to remember is that since this is not a major hotel it is best to order your food for Dinner/supper at least 1 hour before you want to eat. Everything is delicious and freshly prepared. Outstanding place to stay and I for one will be a returning guest for many more stays. Close to Railroad tracks so you will have little noise between 6 AM till 8PM
Stayed 8 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exactly as described. Comfy clean and very helpful staff. Easy to walk into tbe city centre
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Adnan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, Enjoyable, Clean
I had a great experience here. The staff was friendly, helpful, and accommodating. The view of the ocean was absolutely stunning. I would totally come back next time I'm in Colombo.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Binu, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel at a great location. Staff are keen to please guests.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Nice hotel by water. Staff vet nice and room was nice with modern bathroom.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Megha

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad
The hotel manager didn't know how to interact at all. He was super rude whenever we asked him questions. Also the washrooms stink. Do not stay here at all
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

David W

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sweet Stay in Colombo
A very lovely small hotel with a wonderful view of the ocean! The staff is very warm and friendly. The room was huge and comfortable. Wifi was fast and steady. The breakfast was very delicious. Easy walk to downtown Colombo and plenty of restaurants around the area. The airport transfer was perfect!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel, but with trains nearby.
small hotel in convenient location, friendly staff and decent breakfast. The only issue is the train in front, you can hear it and air around is polluted
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tiny Colombo Gem
Really nice little find for Colombo; clean and comfortable and you can't beat the sliver of ocean view you get. You will hear trains constantly, so bring earplugs if it bothers you, but I love it. Staff was over-the-top friendly and nothing was too much bother for them. They didn't even charge me for the laundry I sent out. I'd definitely return.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Roy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Abdurrahman , Turkey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It's like a 5 stars hotel
From outside, it looks like an ordinary building, but once you get in, it's like a 5 star hotel. Definitely better than shown on the photographs. The ocean view is so beautiful. I cant find enough words to tell about the staff. They really know how to make you feel like you're at home. Location is perfect. On the maps of Colombo, it shows like the fort region is the center, but actually there's not much to do there. Being on the ocean front is better. You can take a walk by the ocean side and take stunning photos. You have to know that the restaurants in Colombo are a little bit expensive. I had lunch in The Ocean Front twice. The price is almost the half of the restaurants and the food is more delicious.

8/10 Good

Tim, Twickenham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value stylish hotel
The hotel is a 40 walk for Fort, or an easy tuk tuk ride. Beautiful sea views, but next the a road and main rail line to Galle, so it can be noisy. Breakfast and service was good
Galle Face Hotel
Old parliament building
Buddhist temple in Fort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not what i expected for the price.
The service was great. However it seems quite pricey for what you get. Rooms are offered with ocean view but only one room seem to have the full view. You can get a glimpse of the ocean from any other room. Also, it is close to the main road and the rail track so it can get very noisy at some times.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel and Staff
This was really the best place we stayed in during our 10 day trip to Sri Lanka. The staff was responsible for saving our vacation after some issues with a car rental agency. I cannot recommend them enough.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel. Will return
Fantastic place, great and friendly staff and very conformtable

6/10 Okay

Harshad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
AT A SIMILAR PRICE, THERE ARE OTHER HOTELS NEARBY WITH BETTER FACILITIES.

10/10 Excellent

ashanthi, Los Angeles/Kandy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A must stay!!
The managers and the entire staff is awesome!! The service is consistent all the time

10/10 Excellent

Mr VOC, from Oz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderfully welcoming and friendly place
A wonderfully welcoming place where nothing is too much trouble, super clean, good tucker, comfy beds and fantastic showers with plenty of heat and pressure. A great variety of places to eat nearby close to transport, and fantastic views of the sea, and if you like trains , then this is the spot for you :-)

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The entrance is hard to find. There is no elevator. Breakfast is not included, very unusual for Sri Lanka. Staff are attentive and courteous

10/10 Excellent

Ida, Copenhagen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hotel in Colombo
We had the most amazing stay at The Ocean Front Hotel. The room was lovely, with a private balcony and a view over the ocean (sunset included). The staff is absolutely incredibly friendly and helpful. We loved every minute. Tip: make sure to try their version of a Sri Lankan breakfast. It was some of the best food we had all week.

8/10 Good

Alastair , Sydney, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ocean Front February 2016
Location, staff, cleanness and food all perfect. Some minor hiccups. No ocean(only partial ) view room as stated in the booking confirmation. No double bed but 2 singles which were hard to put together. Otherwise a very pleasant experience.

8/10 Good

Martin, Reading

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Only stayed one night before flying out of Colombo, but location, facilities and service provided by Hotel was exactly what we required.

10/10 Excellent

Chirag , Mumbai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant ocean view
One of the best experience I had during my 3 days stay at the hotel. The hotel staff is very caring and polite. Homely environment. One of the best place to stay.
Early Morning
Thunderstorm

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
personal "Thai Style" boutique hotel
turned off the air con, and switched on ceiling fan. Fell asleep to the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline (until 7am when the trains started). Wifi good, food good, view good, service good. only complaint, front door squeezed at the bottom of a stair with buzz access - needs a fix.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
掲載されている写真とは少しイメージが異なりました。 海沿いで近くにスーパーもあり素敵なのですが、 建物に重厚感はなく、夜は周囲の音がよく聞こえ、あまり寝付けませんでした。 また、バスルームは広々きれいで、シャンプーなどのアメニティもあり良かったのですが、 バスタオルの端が破れていて残念でした。 建物は、入り口でインターホンを鳴らし開けてもらいます。 朝食付きで予約しており、量もたっぷり出してくださり 美味しくて満足でした。
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Warm water didn’t use! Tvset can’t using! It’s so sory this time.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hallvard Skaar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gode greier!
Kjekt sted å komme i gang med Sri Lanka-reisen, kort vei med tuk-tuk til gode restauranter og sights. Rett ved sjøen og toglinja. Utrolig hyggelig og behjelpelig service!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Andreas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Angenehm klein, mit Meerblick
Colombo ist nicht wirklich einen Aufenthalt wert. Aber das OceanFront ist okay, wenn man Preis / Leistung betrachtet sogar zeimlich gut. Das Personal ist hilfsbereit, die Zimmer sind okay. Es ist gut gelegen, wenn auch nahe der Bahnlinie. Die Züge fahren aber nur tagsüber.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Stefan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel delante del mar pero también delante del tre
Hotel demasiado ruidoso por estar delante via tren y carretera
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

ヒロ, シンガポール

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
海に近いホテル
海の匂いと音が聞こえるホテルです。しかし周辺はなにも施設がなく不便さはあります。若干の治安の悪さを感じますので、女性は不安を感じると思います。
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
no privacy, peeked into my room from jacuzzi
My room had a jacuzzi outside of my room window. I was not informed it is public jacuzzi, so I opened the window, relaxed, and I was sleeping. Then I woke up as people had a party outside jacuzzi. I noticed young guys are peeping into my room through windows. I am so surprised and scared, but they stayed until midnight. The hotel was fully booked and they could not change my room. There are ants in the room, doors were widely opened owing to the heavy storm, but it is not a big issue in Sli Lanka. Peeper's encouraged design is the big problem. I do not recommend this hotel to whom wants privacy, especially young woman & couples. Other than that, this hotel is a good location, nice view of the sea. 窓の外に公共のジャグジーがあり、暗くて気づかなかったので夜にカーテンをせずに窓を開けて寝ていたら、ジャグジーで若者が酒を飲んでパーティをしており、部屋の中を覗かれていました。全くプライバシーのかけらもなく、大変ショックをうけ、眠れませんでした。 満室のため、部屋の変更もしてもらえず、怖くて部屋からも出られませんでした。４階なのに蟻が行列していたり、嵐で急にドアが開いたりというような点はスリランカだからと許容できますが、覗き見されるようなホテルには2度と泊まりません！ ただし、この部屋以外は海沿いのホテルで景色も良く、快適だと思います。
Response from Praneetha on 11 May 2018
Dear Madam Thanks for the feedback, We were very much surprised as you ignored to raise the issue @ the Check out.Only issue you mentioned was regarding the taxes.You were satisfied with the explanation. It is very unfair for you to give the impression that our hotel is not safe for women & Young couple ,as you your self made a separate booking with us and came back & stayed with us. Also you have give a anonymous but we identified as you have raised the same issue through real time feed back few days after checking out. Still to be fair with you we investigated & found that on the said night no one was having drinks on the balcony ,neither passing the Jacuzzi area as you claimed.( CCTV evidence) There is some confusion on the whole issue ,therefor please contact us or give your contact number then we can get more details and what went wrong. Any way our sincere apologises as we couldn't full fill you expectations.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

ZHIJIE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location， Service is very nice . Room clean
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Petr

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018