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Thaproban Beach House

3.0 star property

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On the beach
Penthouse Suite
Staircase
Porch
Interior detail

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet-friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping

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Wella Devala Road, Unawatuna, 80600
  • Unawatuna Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Jungle Beach
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Galle Fort
    ‪10 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Superior Room

Superior Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Sea view superior room

Sea view superior room

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Penthouse Suite

Penthouse Suite

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Unawatuna

When you stay at Thaproban Beach House in Unawatuna, you'll be on the beach and 4 minutes by foot from Unawatuna Beach. .This beach hotel is 1.9 mi (3 km) from Dalawella Beach and 2.1 mi (3.3 km) from Sahana Beach.

What's nearby

  • Unawatuna Beach - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Japanese Peace Pagoda - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Jungle Beach - 5 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Galle Fort - 10 min drive - 7.3 km
  • Galle Lighthouse - 10 min drive - 7.3 km

Getting around

  • Midigama Railway Station - 33 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 119 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Unawatuna Beach Club - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Neptune Bay - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Thaproban Beach Resort - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Shark Cafe - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Skinnytom's Deli Cafe - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Thaproban Beach House

Beachfront hotel for sun and fun
Thaproban Beach House offers 14 accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, bidets, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary weekday newspapers. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 14 guestrooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, babysitting (surcharge), and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Thaproban Beach House has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Italian

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

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

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: USD 8 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Library

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • On the beach

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Free weekday newspapers
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

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 at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 12 per pet, per day
Welcoming dogs and cats only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Fees

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

  • Christmas Eve (December 24) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 50
  • Christmas Eve (December 24) Gala Dinner per child: USD 25 (from 4 to 11 years old)
  • New Year's Eve (December 31) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 50
  • New Year's Eve (December 31) Gala Dinner per child: USD 25 (from 4 to 11 years old)

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

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately USD 8.00 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 85.00 per vehicle (one way)
  • Pet fee: USD 12 per pet, per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.0 per night

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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Property Registration Number GH/917

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Thaproban Beach House Hotel Unawatuna
Thaproban Beach House Hotel
Thaproban Beach House Unawatuna
Thaproban Beach House
Thaproban Beach Hotel
Thaproban Beach Unawatuna
Thaproban Beach House Hotel
Thaproban Beach House Unawatuna
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Thaproban Beach House Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 27 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 27 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 27 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 27 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 27 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Miriam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Location! Location! Location!

The location of the hotel was just as it was described! We thoroughly enjoyed the stepping out of the hotel room to the beach. The walkability to the local little shops was a pleasant surprise. The lady at the front desk was profession yet friendly and extremely helpful. She spoke and understood English very well. We loved the very friendly waitstaff, and the Restautant on the beach was awesome!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vivien

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Ideally situated on the beach we went to the partner hotel to ise the pool. Thecstaff were super helpful. The hotel dogs were lovely too.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

samqtr, Doha

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room and the location are excellent just near by the beach. Service and hotel facilities are great. Staff is very friendly and attentive. Thaproban beach restaurant is the best restaurant in the area and dining at the beach is wonderful experience. Best and delicious food. Worth for the money spent. Diffidently we will be back for next vacation.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

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

Amazing stay and helpful staff

We really enjoyed our stay in Unawatuna mainly because of the hotel and the staff. Great location by the beach. Try to avoid the rooms with balconies giving directly on the main terrace, it could be noisy at times. They have sister companies where you can attend yoga classes in the AM and spa treatments. They will bring you to those locations in Tuktuk. They arranged oue Safari in Udawalawa and we loved it. Their food is a bit pricy but excellent. Keep up with the good customer experience Thaproban beach house team :) We initially booked for 4 nights and decided to stay an extra 4 nights... It was so relaxing!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Debra

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

Heaven on the beach

Absoultey beautiful, room was amazing, view stunning, attentive staff who where friendly helpful and just lovely. Food devine, amazing service. Shout out to Indu who looked after us and his great recommendation of some some of the most yummy seafood. Definelty a hidden must stay location.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Amjad, Jordan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I've been in Sri Lanka for a week now and this is the nicest hotel ever, the best word describes my feeling is "family", the staff is very friendly and very helpful, it's on the beach, the restaurant is very excellent in it's service, and the food is delicious. Room service is the best, and I will recommend this hotel to anyone coming to unawatunna.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Amanda, Sri Lanka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The property is in such an amazing location - right on the beach! All the staff were super friendly and accommodating,The hotel has a restaurant on the beach (so great ocean views) and lit up by lanterns at night, which also serves fresh seafood at dinner!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Steffan, Melbourne

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

Right on the beach experience

We chose this hotel as it was right on the main beach of Unawatuna, we had a very good experience overall. From the best sea food, comfortable rooms, friendly staff and the best location. I would recommend this hotel to anyone who loves the beach and swim in the sea as this is the best location in Unawatuna.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

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

The most unaccommodating hotel ever

I booked this hotel on Expedia. It was horrific!! Do not book this hotel ever if you can help it. The people are so unfriendly and unaccomadating. I don’t even give it a half a star.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

vaibhav

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
location is exactly what it says. BUT major issue is approach road and car parking facility. Also driver accommodation is not provided for.

10/10 Excellent

Lisa, Solihull, England

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

Lovely hotel on the beach

If you've got a bit more money in your budget this is a lovely place to stay. Generously sized rooms with big super comfortable beds. Staff are really attentive without being over the top and in your face. Tasty breakfast, you will not go hungry! Personally not our favourite beach location in Sri Lanka as the sand was quite course and the sea rougher making it harder to have a relaxing dip, however they do offer you free use of their pools at two other hotels close by. We didn't use the pools so can't comment on them. Overall lovely stay at a nice hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Jhoomer, Bangalore, India

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Nice cutesy hotel at the beach

Room opens right onto the beach, which is great. We had booked superior rooms which are actually on the ground floor (hence the partial sea view), which was a bit of a bummer. Rooms on first floor are better.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Zeba

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

2/10 Terrible

margarita, washington dc

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

Highly NOT Reccomended

The current rating is extremely misleading. This hotel should not be priced at more than thirty or forty dollars a night. First off, there was an awful sewer smell throughout the entire lobby area. The rooms were nothing like the photos. Not only were they riddled with mosquitoes and moths, but there were giant gaps in the balcony doors not allowing them to close properly. The canopy over bed had holes in it and the light fixtures were rusted. Most importantly, the shower had no hot water. After leaving it running for five minutes, you may get like warm water. The pressure in the shower was on existent. The wifi was not working for one of the two nights that we were there. Even when it was working, it was going in and out of service.

10/10 Excellent

sarah

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

Great beach front hotel

Very friendly staff, large clean room with AC right on the beach, we had a room facing the sea fantastic! The food in the restaurant could not be faulted and you sit right on the beach for your evening meal.Breakfast was very good and cooked to order, we would certainly stay here again.

8/10 Good

Siu Kwan

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Caresse

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

Great service

We enjoyed our stay here and the staff were wonderful. My only issue was that the bedding had an overwhelming smell of moth balls (pesticides) and we had to ask them to change the bedding.

10/10 Excellent

Claire, Beijing

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

Nice stay right on the beach

The hotel is located right on the Unawatuna beach with a lot of options around. We booked the ocean view room and were kindly offered free upgrate to the top penthouse. The view is really awesome. The staff in the hotel is happy and attending as well.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service

Incompetant staff

I had booked a deluxe room for 2 nights and as hotel was full and they had over booked, they first tried to put me in another hotel which was on the land side further down the Weladewala road and i had to insist that they find me a room in booked hotel as we wanted to be buy the beach. In the end after much argument, they made my friends Superior deluxe into a triple and i had to share with them. And on top of that they wanted to charge me $30 additional for sharing in a triple!!! I will not be staying here again. Which is a shame as the room facilitites and location were pretty decent. It's not value for money tho and it's definitely not a 4 star hotel. Note the owner was in the premises and didn't bother to get involved in any assisting at all.

10/10 Excellent

Erlend

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julie-ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, easy walk to the beach, a little bit noisy but the noise quietens down by 10pm at this hotel, cannot say the same for the neighbouring bars. Loved the location and swimming in the sea was fantastic which meant not having a pool was fine. Staff are super friendly and made our stay with them all the more enjoyable.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

fabio

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
L'hotel è da rinnovare. Il personale è improvvisato. Al check out hanno provato a farci pagare consumazioni del minibar non usufruite.
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Oscar

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Un poco caro

Relación calidad precio diría q es un poco caro… no esta mal pero creo q hay mejores opciones por el mismo precio
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Vibeke

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

Lovely place to stay

Excellent part of our honeymoon to stay at this place. Food was lovely!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018