Grand Oriental Hotel

Best Sightseeing

Pros: Spacious room and friendly staff

Cons: View from the Windows

Pros: I liked the colonial styling of the hotel--it is a grand ol' hotel. The room was large, well furnished and comfortable. The buffets on the 4th floor restaurant were outstanding.

Cons: WiFi was atrocious, utterly atrocious, to state it kindly. It needs to be re-engineered for reliability and speed commensurate with the customers' needs in 2017.

Pros: The Grand Oriental was exactly that in its day -- one of the most luxurious in Southeast Asia. It's glory is now faded, and it shows its age, but is worth a stop. The staff were excellent, the ...

Cons: The exterior is a bit shabby and tired, and it has a 1950s feel to it (possibly when it was last seriously renovated).

Pros: allthough colonial look n decor excellant location ., food more only lankan n spicey ., need for continental food

Cons: food too spicy

Pros: Great position in town big rooms excellent attentive staff good buffet in a wonderful room with harbour views

Cons: Tired colonial establishment but comfortable...bathrooms need some work as taps rather temperamental..