RIU Ahungalla - a new place for an escape
RIU Sri Lanka is a nice addition to the Sri Lankan hotel scene. If your journey to the hotel starts from Colombo, it will only take 2 hours to reach there. As RIU has more than 100 hotels all over the world, our expectations were high.
Rather mixed feelings about this hotel. I'll start with the good bits,
Fantastic location
The hotel is located on the lovely Ahungalla beach. The sunset, when you are in a pool with a nice exotic cocktail in your hand, is something you should experience in your life.
With a nice pool with an amazing view over to the beach with a swim-up pool bar which serves some good cocktails and few other beverages, RIU Ahungalla certainly gives you a blissful warm experience.
Comfy rooms
They have few different kind of suites, basically with king-size bed or two double beds, satellite TV, air conditioning, a minibar, and a balcony or terrace. If you can spend extra, always go for a room with the sea view. You will love waking up in the morning looking at the adjacent tropical placid sea.
Unlimited Free Booze
Actually this should be the #1 positive point about the hotel. But I just didn't want to sound like an alcoholic. RIU has bars everywhere which serves booze for free. Amazing right? They have few variety of wines whisky and some yummy cocktails. Check if they have this offer before you do the all inclusive booking.
Unfortunately our experience there was overshadowed by a few bad points:
The worst thing about the place was lack of hospitality. The customer service there can go from nice to the worst. In our experience, the girl who handed over the keys was so ill-mannered,talked unpleasantly and was dressed in an unpleasant manner. That was something you wouldn't expect from an International hotel.
The room wasn't really prepared when we checked in and we had to call them few times to ask to bring the coffee and other stuffs to the in-room minibar and we couldn't get an ironing board even though we called them like five times, not even after went to the reception to ask it personally. I think they simply don't have one.
The lunch buffet at RIU ahungalla was an okay experience. There was a good variety of food but the tables wasn't prepared and there wasn't enough staff too.
The problem didn't appear in the dinner buffet though. Dinner was tasty and again the variety was admirable.
Whirlpool bath wasn't included to the all inclusive package even though it is included according to their web site. Just make sure if they fixed that problem before you do the booking.
Apart from the negatives, the experience at RIU was nice for the price we paid. Specially as they just starting in Asia and they have this offer for all-inclusive package for 13,500 LKR.
If you want an escape with free booze, a crazy night at the disco and then a good night sleep in a comfy bed for a budget price, I suggest you to definitely visit there.
Rather mixed feelings about this hotel. I'll start with the good bits,
Fantastic location
The hotel is located on the lovely Ahungalla beach. The sunset, when you are in a pool with a nice exotic cocktail in your hand, is something you should experience in your life.
With a nice pool with an amazing view over to the beach with a swim-up pool bar which serves some good cocktails and few other beverages, RIU Ahungalla certainly gives you a blissful warm experience.
Comfy rooms
They have few different kind of suites, basically with king-size bed or two double beds, satellite TV, air conditioning, a minibar, and a balcony or terrace. If you can spend extra, always go for a room with the sea view. You will love waking up in the morning looking at the adjacent tropical placid sea.
Unlimited Free Booze
Actually this should be the #1 positive point about the hotel. But I just didn't want to sound like an alcoholic. RIU has bars everywhere which serves booze for free. Amazing right? They have few variety of wines whisky and some yummy cocktails. Check if they have this offer before you do the all inclusive booking.
Unfortunately our experience there was overshadowed by a few bad points:
The worst thing about the place was lack of hospitality. The customer service there can go from nice to the worst. In our experience, the girl who handed over the keys was so ill-mannered,talked unpleasantly and was dressed in an unpleasant manner. That was something you wouldn't expect from an International hotel.
The room wasn't really prepared when we checked in and we had to call them few times to ask to bring the coffee and other stuffs to the in-room minibar and we couldn't get an ironing board even though we called them like five times, not even after went to the reception to ask it personally. I think they simply don't have one.
The lunch buffet at RIU ahungalla was an okay experience. There was a good variety of food but the tables wasn't prepared and there wasn't enough staff too.
The problem didn't appear in the dinner buffet though. Dinner was tasty and again the variety was admirable.
Whirlpool bath wasn't included to the all inclusive package even though it is included according to their web site. Just make sure if they fixed that problem before you do the booking.
Apart from the negatives, the experience at RIU was nice for the price we paid. Specially as they just starting in Asia and they have this offer for all-inclusive package for 13,500 LKR.
If you want an escape with free booze, a crazy night at the disco and then a good night sleep in a comfy bed for a budget price, I suggest you to definitely visit there.
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