Name: The Views Kandy
Address: 31/72 A B Damunupola Mawatha Kandy 20000,A B Damunupola Mawatha, Kandy, Kandy, Kandy, 20000, Sri Lanka
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

Garden

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

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Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Linens

Mosquito net

Toiletries

Rooms

Laundry

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Common kitchen

Meals

Internet access

Internet

Car rental

Transfer

Library

Barbecue grill(s)

Recreation

Offsite parking reservations required

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

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Polgolla Reservoir Airport

Castlereigh Reservoir Waterdrome

The Views Kandy

Kandy

The house is located outside Kandy on a hill with a magnificent view. For our taste, it was a bit isolated in a tranquil residential area. Lovely breakfast. Very clean house/rooms. The owners live in the house which seems to come with some rules to abide by. Be aware that not all rooms have A/C (see recommendations here below). Rooms are large but rather basic. We changed as our original room had no A/C but only a fan. We moved to the room at the top of the house which had A/C and for which we were charged an extra 1000 rupees. Fairly expensive compared to all other guesthouses/hotels we visited in Sri Lanka. If we were to go back to Kandy, we would choose to stay closer to the city or in the centre.

Beautiful location but too far from the City

On arrival lovely location and garden.  Then it seemed not a good idea.  Room was very basic, no a/c just a fan with UK plug which because of their plug set up wouldn't allow our universal charger.  Drains were stinking in bath room, dirty and crawling with ants.  As we were only staying one night we would live with it.  No key was given for the room either, felt like you were at a boarding school when light went out in main hallway at 10pm..so dark and few lights worked also locked in as no front door key given either. 
We paid $54 for one night I thought breakfast was included my mistake, so agreed to do us breakfast, which I may add was good but rather stuffy with so much cutlery and wicker baskets that you couldn't move.  So bill time.. To be fair we couldnt wait to go but continued to be pleasant.  Ching ching she charged us $21 for breakfast total $75 🤔🤔🤔.  We had a better breakfast elsewhere with beautiful accommodation the day before for $45.  Anyway cash only.. Done let's get outta hear...2 mins down the road she cancelled our booking with booking. Com as no show??? I wish!! This I think is for her to save money and to try keep a very exaggerated score.  I had a message from booking. Com asking why I didn't turn up.. So I notified them and they have reinstated my chance to review.. Can't wait.... AVOID IF YOU CAN IT'S WAY OUT AND NOISY TOO

Avoid... Beyond basic

We have only stayed for 1 night(luckily).
The place itself is clean and has nice views, but..
The lady of the house makes you feel like a child at school, not relaxing at all. Breakfast is really poor.. she asked to cancel the booking to avoid taxes, but we have disagreed, she still canceled it after stay. Also she asks to sit down with her to leave reviews, which explains the high rating.. avoid if you can.

Not a nice place

The room was nice, but the overall experience was really poor. It is not a real hotel, but rather a guest house and we felt under control of the owner (or manager) - been given different room from booking (upgraded, but taken to a guilt trip for that),  got questioned over what time we are coming back in the evening with expressed expectations of a return before 10pm, told of for dropped sugar on the table, our tuk tuk driver got told of for driving us to the front door too. Been asked what time we wanted our breakfast and after stating our preference been given another time slot (30min later) and explained that it will work better for us. Hot water was only turned on in the morning so we did not have it after a long and hot day traveling.
And finally we were asked if it is ok that they would mark our stay as "cancelled" and have changed the status to cancelled regardless our objection and prevented us from leaving our feedback on a booking site.

Could not wait to get out

Like many places in Sri Lanka, you should be expecting an Airbnb-style experience here rather than a hotel. The property location is a little tricky - on top of a steep hill up narrow roads - but once there, it's a great property, with (as the name suggests) amazing views. The host is a lovely Sri Lankan lady who was super accommodating and one of the nicest people we met on our trip - she made us an amazing breakfast too. Rooms are nice.
Would recommend if you need a bed for a night or two, but if you need a super-convenient location for exploring Kandy, with lots of amenities on your doorstep, it's not ideal. However, I'd still give this a good rating as the host is excellent and the property is nice -- really just depends what you're after.

Great host, great views

We stayed there for two nights, and we felt super relaxed at Anoja's, a great hostess who doesn't shy away from her guests. The house is beautiful and you have a fantastic view of Candy.

That's perfect.

We had the beautiful rooftop room with panoramic views of the city. The breakfast was good and was served outside. The city is easily accessible on foot without luggage, otherwise by Tuk Tuk. Then we continue on the train to Haputale. We were first told that we cannot make a reservation. The Chief Station Master could then make a reservation free!

An oasis

Pleasant living room inside a house of ladies presumably from the 80s (the interiors are somewhat dated) located in a residential neighborhood on the top of the hill overlooking the city. The garden of the villa is well maintained by the servants. The rooms are very large, bright and clean (without darkening unfortunately the light wakes you up in the early morning). The owner of the house Mrs. Anoja was extremely cordial, caring and pleasant.

A breathtaking view of the city

We had a great view of the attic. Good breakfast. We were sick in Candy and the owner took great care of us. She also gave us good tips on excursions.

A Dreamy View

We had the 360 degree room upstairs under the roof. The view and the room were just great! Breakfast and service are good too. Please tip the poor and dear serviceboy!! The owner is very friendly, but determinative. She recommended that we not take the candy train to Ella, but rather book one of her organized, supposedly super-English speaking and safe driving driver with a safe car. We were convinced by her - unfortunately! Driver warp twice as expensive as it would have been a normal price (apparently the owner took proper mediation, drove risky and!), couldn't speak English well and also car very old! That's why no one of the other eight owners would let him be nice!!!

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