Name: Ella Adam's View
Address: 64A, Gonnilee Road, Kitalella, 90090 Ella, Sri Lanka, Ella, Ella, Ella, 90090, Sri Lanka
Rating: 7

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Castlereigh Reservoir Waterdrome

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We stayed only one night, but would have loved to spend more time. The views are exceptional and it was a privilege to be there.Our host went out of his way to help us in any way he could. We had a lovely breakfast with fresh fruit and toast, and our host would have prepared a Sri-Lankan breakfast if he'd realised we would have liked it!

Stunning location, lovely host

Off the beaten track. Try to arrive in daylight as it’s hard to find your way in the dark. Basic rooms but good shower. About 15-20 min walk to Main Street. There are two paths to the rooms. Choose the lower one as the top has a lot of steep steps. Lots of wildlife around. I strongly advise bringing mozzy repellent and food/drink supplies. Wouldn’t recommend as a solo traveler as it’s so remote unless that’s what you’re after. All said and done the views are amazing

Amazing views

Guest house located about a 15 min walk from Main Street in Ella.

On arrival our driver took us up the very steep and very narrow Waterfall Rd which required us to then take our luggage down about 100 v steep steps to the guesthouse. Luckily there is a lower road that stops about 100m from the guesthouse and has about 50 steps which are not as steep. This lower road takes you back to the main road is about 1/3 of the time of the upper Waterfall Rd so we used this each time we wanted to walk to the restaurants and shops. It is fine to walk in day time but we didn’t feel comfortable making the walk at night as the main road is busy with sharp bends and the lower road to the accommodation is poorly lit except for the last 100m or so.

Accommodation was pretty basic and could have done with being a little cleaner- marks on sheets (although we think these were just from the washing line) and concrete floor not particularly clean. The bathroom was functional but shower leaked all over the floor so we chose to just have very quick showers during our 3 night stay. 

That said, the view from the balcony of our upper floor room was simply stunning. Our host was punctual and attentive delivering a decent breakfast for us (at whatever time we chose each morning) to enjoy on the sun-soaked balcony. The view is what sells this place so make sure you get an upper floor room if you choose to stay. I think the price per night seemed fair if you get one of these.

This was our first experience of a guesthouse and whilst is was no where near the quality of some of our previous Sri Lankan hotels, we embraced the adventure and quite enjoyed our stay.

Basic but beautiful view

The view is lovely from this hotel which is off the beaten track and about a 15 min walk to town centre. However, I would not recommend. The rooms are very basic and smell of damp. The bathroom we couldn’t bring ourselves to use and therefore did not shower for 2 days due to the awful state and damp. Overall it was an OK stay but will not be coming back nor would I recommend.

Lovely views and service but not nice rooms.

We wanted to stay from the 25 to 26th of December 2019. The pictures on the booking site were really nice but you cannot stay in a room that has not been cleaned at all, there were hair on the floor, on the bed, in the wc. There was still the used soap from the previous person that used the room, by the way his toilet excremants were still to see in the toilet. The bed sheets were stained with something that resembled blood.... I cannot understand how you can propose a room like that to anybody. The person that gave us the key couldnt be of any help, didn't understand any English at all. With my girlfriend we have been to various hostels on our journey, but this is the worst I have seen. I tried to call the owner to tell him about that specific room but after a quick... Let me check it, nothing happened... And he did not call me back even if he promised it on the phone.... So we found another place at 10pm that evening... 
But the view seems to be amazing

Not clean!!!!!

If you're looking for a place to stay that's easy to get to, offers a peaceful relaxing atmosphere, is clean and comfortable, with good service from friendly staff, and offers a tasty breakfast – do NOT go looking for it here.  This is not a hotel, it is a filthy shack-on-a-hill owned by one of the rudest men I've ever met, who should be banned from the hospitality industry.  This whole set-up is a complete misrepresentation of reality – do not believe what you see on the website.

5 guestrooms – yes, sort of, but one is a wooden add-on with bunk beds and no bathroom
Breakfast available – yes, but not very good
24-hour room service - no
Terrace - no
24-hour front desk – no, not even a desk, never mind 24 hour
Daily housekeeping - no
Garden - no
Self-serve laundry – what a joke – see my photos
Luggage storage - no
Tour/ticket assistance – no. Impossible when there are no staff
Free WiFi and free parking – yes to WiFi, no to parking, free or otherwise.

The road ends about 150m from the "hotel" so you have to stumble along a narrow path, which is on an incline, then clamber up several very steep steps before you finally reach the top.  If your arrival is by way of the top road - Waterfall Road - there are almost 120 very steep steps to climb down. So exactly where this "free parking" is, I don't know.

There was no-one around when we arrived, nowhere to check in, nothing. It was like the Marie Celeste. Eventually a man appeared from the side of the building but seemed puzzled at our presence. He phoned someone and passed the phone to me.  The man on the other end turned out to be the ever elusive Alex, the owner – as I said earlier, one of the rudest men I've met. Toally unprofessional. He rolled up an hour later to speak to another couple who arrived after us who were obviously not happy with their room – the wooden “chalet”. They left after getting Mr Personality to agree not to charge them.

Okay – so on to the rooms – damp, smelly and dirty with holes in the mosquito nets and around the windows, which were stuffed with toilet paper. The bedding was also damp and dirty. The bathroom was absolutely filthy; the toilet had never made the acquaintance of any cleaning product, likewise the shower which was truly disgusting. The doors didn't meet, leaving a 1” gap, presumably to allow the water to drain away, as the drain in the shower was to revolting for close inspection.

The self service laundry is a rickety old washing machine perched precariously on the ground in a space at the side of the building, surrounded by various buckets and bowls. Three lines of laundry festooned the “terrace”.

The “kitchen” is a tiny rat-hole at the back of the building, just big enough to hold a small sink and what looked like a single-ring cooker. I think there may have been a kettle and toaster, but it was so dark I couldn't see properly. I felt sorry for the one man who spent hours in there cooking or washing up.

This place is so awful we left after one night, even forfeiting £125.20, the cost of a further 2 nights for 2 rooms. How this man has the cheek to charge what he does (£31.30 a night in our case), is beyond me; he does, and he gets away with it! He wasn't the slightest bit surprised when we left, and within minutes, literally, of our leaving two more lambs were led in...

We've all found it hard to understand how other reviews rate this place so highly - how can our experience differ si much? I honestly don't know. My review is truthful and based on our experience - me, my husband and our adult daughter. We have travelled extensively through several SE Asian countries and can honestly say this is the worst place we have ever stayed.

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