Name: Melbourne Tourist Rest
Address: 388/28, Harischandra Mawatha, Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura, 50000, Sri Lanka
Rating: 9

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At the guest house

Sigiriya Slaf Base

Melbourne Tourist Rest

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I went to that place because it’s recommended by the Lonely Planet.
Unfortunately, based on my experience over there, I cannot really recommend this place.

Pros: 
- very kind staff
- location is good
- you can go to the Miridyia resort (closeby) and access to their great and huge pool for 600 roupies a day
- close to the best restaurant in town (Shalini), like 50 meters

Cons:
- bathroom and room are ok but can be cleaner (a lot of dead insects in the bathroom, and also spiders and many mosquitos). The first room they gave me did not have window.
- Breakfast was very average.
- the shared areas are not cosy except the garden (but at night too many mosquitos to enjoy an outdoor diner)
- As per my request, they provided a guide to me to explore Anudharapura. I paid 2500 roupies & during the visit I realized he was not a guide at old !!!! By the way he « forget » his certification badge at home... his name is Fernando, don’t go with him.

So, if you need some advise and help to organise your trip, I would recommend you to go somewhere else. Otherwise, Melbourne hotel is okay.


They provided me a fake guide

Very clean rooms, comfortable bed, excellent breakfast, staff helpful, peaceful, close to lake for walks.   Walkers restaurant is short walk away, also have a bakery.

We had a great time at Melbourne Tourist Rest! Price was good. Located a little out of the centre of town, but a quick and cheap tuk tuk their. Also quick drive to the temples. The staff were so incredibly warm and welcoming and hard working! The manager is so helpful with tourist information or anything to make your stay better. We rented bikes there to explore the nearby area. The manager also gave solid advice on train timetables and things to do and where to eat. The restaurant attached to the guesthouse provides delicious food and a good breakfast. The garden is a great spot to eat, but bring the mosquito repellant at night. The room was spacious and clean and comfortable. Only gripe is that there was a lot of light coming into the room at night.

Would recommend this place to anyone!

Friendly and comfortable

Spend 3 nights here. Rooms are sufficiently and roomy. Guy at the reception was a big help with our holiday planning. Garden is nice to sit in after a busy day. Be aware of the many mosquito after 4pm 

Friendly guy at the reception 

We stayed two nights. The room was basic, but did the trick, bed was comfortable. The staff were friendly and helpful, booking rides and bicycles for us and helping us plan the order of visiting sights around town.

Overall a basic place. Breakfast was simple, but adequate. AC was the loudest thing in the place, so we slept soundly. Location is slightly away from the sights, but think that's the case for almost everywhere to stay in town.

Quiet Spot

On arrival, they said room was not available and took us to hotel a long way from city.  Staff walked into our room without knocking and while we were getting changed. Next day took us to another hotel closer to city but much older and dirtier.

We had lots of cups of tea in the outdoor courtyard. There were lots of options for breakfast and when we went on safari we had a pack up. The staff were very friendly and recommended restaurants, ordered us taxis and lent us a hairdryer. Lots of mosquitoes

The front of the hotel, restaurant and gardens was nice however the room was quite dated and not as clean. The toilet and vanity sometimes had no water. The old lounge suite that was in the patio area was stained and worn out.

Little disapointed

I found the room to be clean and comfortable and the towels and linen were also in good condition. There is outdoor seating at he front in a garden setting and in a courtyard towards the rear, but mosquito repellent will be mandatory. The a/c and ceiling fan worked well. The location is reasonably close to the Main Street (about 15 min walk) and there are a few eating places close by, although the hotel does have a dining area. My main frustration was the wifi reception which worked fine if you were close to the modem but the further away you went the weaker it became to the point that I had no in-room wifi. This could easily be solved and cheaply be solved by using a wifi extender. This became a major frustration for me. Otherwise all else was reasonably good. 

Melbourne Tourist Rest

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