Hotel 4 U Saliya Garden

We arrived here and the initial impression was very poor. The entrance looks like a building site - if this was cleaned and sorted then the impression would be much better. The pool was large and the main positive for this place. The rooms were clean although there were no lamps, no tea or coffee and the room was very basic. For the same price we had much better stays in Sri Lanka. We ate here in the evening as this place is some way from the main areas and this was also poor. We had hoped this would be a redeeming feature. It was not, although to be fair the hotel had very few guests. This place has potential if the gardens and site was cleaned up and more effort made. There is rubbish and an array of broken carts, chairs etc hanging around. We were very disappointed here. We did find the staff friendly and helpful. I think this could be very good with some changes and a good clean up.

Terrible service. Badly managed hotel. Rooms are somewhat ok but Restuarent and outer area very unclean.Very unprofessional service. Some staff may be the owners don’t know how to behave and use their language in front of the guests. We were really embarrassed.

April - May 2022: We visited with my mum and dad who live in Sri Lanka and since they are feeble on their feet it was very hard for them to climb the stairs to the dining room. But the staff and the owner were so incredibly helpful and individually brought all the food and cutlery, plates, drinks and tea down and set up the whole thing for each meal on the table and chairs outside our ground floor room. I love the fact that they use their own produce to cook and all the staff are so accomodating and welcoming, one phone call and they would come and help with whatever you need. Since we go to visit the Sri Maha Bodhi very early in the morning, they prepared and served us tea 5.30am in the morning before we had to leave. The hotel itself is wonderfully built and designed, feels so homely and amazingly, the owner used his own materials and recycles everything. The fact that the garden is so spacious you can spend alot of time outside. But the standout of everything is how down to earth the owner is, you can have a chat to him about anything! He is so friendly and accomodating. He even gave my daughter a fruit "anodha" from his garden to take home. My whole family was so touched by their hospitality we could not wait to come back whenever we visited Anuradhapura.

The pictures are not true, the hotel is still under construction. Very bad place overall. Though the room is nice, it has not been cleaned in a LONG time. Pictures are misleading. Scrap junk is almost all over the place. It's very hard to find especially in the night. Not recommended.