Turyaa Kalutara

We are currently in last last week of our 4 week stay at the hotel. I just wish to say the Restaurant and kitchen staff are second to none. They have looked after us so well during our stay. From Head Chef Shane to his staff Imash, Mahesh, Anita and Ranga. First Class. The All Inclusive is buffet food which is delicious. However Mahesh has been cooking special food for us. All absolutely delicious. We are so grateful to him. His cooking is fabulous. Thank you for looking after us and making our stay so special Ann and Paul Carter xxxx

Everything is fine. The view from the rooms is gorgeous, the beach is cleaned every day, the staff is friendly and smiling. The food is both spicy national and regular, they often served delicious seafood. It was a good vacation!!!!!!!!!!!

This is our first visit to Sri Lanka and we are already talking about returning. The hotel Turyaa is amazing with staff so helpful and friendly. We met chef Mahesh yesterday who cooked Fiona and I an amazing lunch of garlic prawns and then in the evening a tandoori salad it was so special having these individual meals cooked especially just for us. I will definitely recommend this hotel to our friends when we return home and ask them to seek out Mahesh as they will not be disappointed. Sri Lanka has so much to offer so although the hotel is first class you must venture out and explore the wonderful sights so much to see and do.

Visited in January, staff are very helpful and eager to make your holiday very special. Hotel and restaurant managers very attentive and keen for us to have a memorable holiday. Food is good and cater for special requests if asked. Had some amazing curries and seafood from chef Hisham aswell as cheese plates on request. Breakfast is a great change from curry but still available if you choose. Amazing omelettes and hoppers. We were lucky enough to celebrate Tai Pongal whilst there seeing staff in traditional dress. The pool boys Aruna and Laliph really looked after us and ensured our sunbeds were ready for us each morning. Always greeting us with a friendly face. Special thanks to all the bar staff who had our drinks ready each evening, remembering our individual preferences and keeping us topped up. Only disappoin**ent was lack of wine at dinner, understandably not hotels fault just didn’t research properly to realise all wine is imported and very expensive. A very clean, comfortable hotel with lovely friendly staff eager to make sure our stay was enjoyable. The biggest thanks as to go to Tissa (mercury rep) for his time, understanding and people skills. He went out of his way to make sure we had everything we needed, responded to our requests and recommended places to see. Even after a grumpy first meeting after a long journey and terrible flight. Tissa even looked after us and made sure we were looked after outside the hotel with key contacts in places we visited. Absolute 5 star plus service from him.

We visited Turyaa for a day outing package to celebrate our mother's birthday and I must say it's so worth the price as the Food and Service is sooo good. Manager Thilina was very attentive and Steward Dassanayaka was very helpful and friendly. The staff at the reception were really pleasant and always with a smile. We felt like a home away from home. We will definitely visit Turyaa again.

We booked our stay at the hotel because we wanted to spend the last weekend of 2023 near the sea. We are happy We selected this hotel to stay at because everyone treated us with such great service. From management to general staff, everyone was sooo friendly and helpful. We will be back for another stay. Highly recommend staying here coz the food, service and room was sooo clean and neat.

Great hotel with very competent and friendly and professional staff. Special mention for Ruwanthika and Asela top. I recommend this place!😉 The food is super good you can eat local or international. The room is spacious and we have a view of the Indian Ocean.

I’ll start with the positives, lovely sea views from the room, the lady in the spa was amazing, best massage I’ve ever had absolute credit to the hotel. Now to the negatives, this is not a four star hotel, far from it. Over an hour to check in is ridiculous I’ve had the booking for over 8 months and I arrived at 4:30am so this was the last thing I needed. The food is of a 2/3 star, this hotel mainly caters to locals there are minimal offerings other than curry and the same fish in a slightly different sauce, and the food is very similar each night, after 3 nights I got fed up, the kitchen will make French fries etc to order but I feel like there are minimal healthy options other than salad every night. There is no entertainment in the evenings unless you ask for it, the entertainment is only provided at the weekends when the locals stay but then there are no seats available due to the large number of locals staying at the weekends, and being a female solo travelling I was made to feel uncomfortable as I was constantly looked and pointed at. The cleanliness leaves a lot to be desired, you have to ask for your bed sheets to be changed (I have been here nearly 10 nights now), there’s the smell of drains in the shower as well as grubby water marks and a general damp feel to the bathroom. The pool areas are decent but exposed nails and bug ridden wooden sunbeds are a little bit of a put off. We’ve had power cuts, no hot water in the time I’ve been here. Half of the restaurants advertised online aren’t open, yet to locate the snack bar and asked staff members who just shrugged their shoulders, when to the poolside bar to order a Diet Coke and was told it opens at 10am and went back to check my phone for the time it was 9:58 and he was sat behind the bar doing nothing. Overall I would not recommend there are far too many issues here, there are far better hotels around. Many of the reviews on here are from locals who tend to stay one night either a Friday or Saturday which is miss leading when you’re looking to stay for longer.

The cuisine was delightful, offering a diverse options, accompanied by an impressive selection of desserts , we enjoyed the food. The service provided by Chef Hisham, Chef Jagath, and Thilina was excellent. I look forward to returning in the future.