Reviews of Memo's Beach

Lovely decorated, the staff and manager, Kris wonderful people. They helped us very much. The food is gourmet. Our stay was fantastic.

Nothing, it was great.

The location being right on the beautiful Nilaveli Beach is stunning. The rooms are well designed for families staying as they have a mezzanine level with additional beds. The staff are friendly and try their best to help. Highly recommend the Bruschetta - it is so tasty.

The breakfast is served from 8:30 - 10:30 and is a buffet. On the first morning there, we went down at 9:30 and there was barely anything left, some additional items were bought out but it was very sparse. The following morning, we made sure that we got there for 8:30 - seems everyone else had the same idea and once again the food provided on the buffet was finished within a matter of seconds. Despite their best efforts service is slow. We did have an issue with ants in our bathroom but we didn't need to raise this with the staff as we had some bug spray with us and it rectified the issue.

The location was idyllic, walk out of the rooms and straight onto the beach. Delicious coffee.

Breakfast - there wasn't enough food for all of the guests. If you weren't at the front of the queue at 8.30, when breakfast started you didn't get much. The staff were slow to bring out and top up items. You had to repeatedly ask for.more things to be brought out. I asked for a pot of tea two mornings and were told they had no tea, in a country that is famous for producing tea. The coffee at breakfast was from a small perculator and wasn't enough and constantly had to ask for more to be made. Staff were slow to bring coffee or drinks when asked. We are in the restaurant one night and the food was delicious, but the portion sizes were very small. The covers on the loungers were heavily stained and needed washing.

Nice place by the sea…

Too expensive for a place that doesn’t have higher quality standards. Staff should improve how to treat with the guest. Services too slow, staff unfriendly, breakfast doesn’t have enough food for everybody and some guests asked even for a plate … I asked for package breakfast the day I left and they say that this wasn’t possible, but that’s not a problem I understood their reasons, but the rude way they answered left me and my friends speechless. This is a place that definitely I don’t suggest to anybody.

Fantastic location, right on the beach, next to a dive centre, several beachfront restaurants within a short walking distance in either direction. Small cabana style hotel, with vintage/shabby chic interiors. Peaceful terrace with sun loungers steps from the beach and sea. Good breakfast with plenty of choice included. Cafe/bar/restaurant with varied menu of Sri Lankan and international choices (sandwiches, pasta,pizza). Delicious Sri Lankan curry (must be preordered as it takes a while to prepare). Good communication from owners after booking to arrange payment. Lovely staff, always polite, welcoming and helpful. Relaxing, laid back atmosphere. Nilaveli is lovely, not too busy or overdeveloped but with lots of activities (snorkelling,diving, fishing,whale watching) and beautiful palm fringed beach.

Some of the soft furnishings could be a bit cleaner but appreciate that it’s tricky with sand, water, and open air areas and it wasn’t a big problem to me. Service was sometimes a bit slow but staff were always polite and advised of delays during busy times.

Great location and chilled out atmosphere. Place nicely decorated and good place to relax

As others mentioned, service very friendly but can be a little slow at times and did get quite confused between table orders at busier times.

the restaurant and the reception are gorgeous. Obviously the place has been decorated by someone who knows what they are doing. Also in the room the style is maintained. very nicely done. and it is right on the beach! The food was great. we had a big sri lankan curry dinner for 4 people on the beach (reserve in advance) and it was a lovely experience.

the rooms could be cleaner. (the fridge looked disgusting on the inside and not really usable) and some things don't seem to work. a little bit of maintenance and perhaps a little deep cleaning on occasion would go a long way here.

The beds were very comfortable

The booking we did had a beach but,the villa we stay did not have a beach, but we had to walk a bit and also they did not inform us.. and for breakfast we had to go to another place,The staff sereved breakfast very slowly .

Loved the vibe downstairs with the chilled out music, lovely decorations and loungers by the beach. The location on the beach was amazing. Food was delicious too.

They offer water downstairs so you can top up your bottles which is great in terms of cutting down plastic but it was never topped up so each time we came to use it it was empty.

Beautiful place! We loved our 3 nights at Memos beach. Comfortable beds, beautiful location and very relaxed vibe. Aesthetically very nice- lots of photo opportunities :)

More expensive accommodation and food also more expensive but for a short stay we felt ok about paying a bit more to stay at such a lovely place. Also, slow service - which we didn’t mind as relaxing.

Memo’s Beach is instant relaxation. We love love LOVED the chill vibe and friendly people. Unfortunately we ciuld only stay for 2 nights but I wanted to stay for many many more!

Hosts went above and beyond and are very friendly. Helped with booking snorkelling and whale/dolphin watching. The location is great too, directly on the beach.

We were a bit nervous to go here as we saw a few negative reviews, but this place is absolutely a little gem. We stayed in the villa for a week. A minute from the beach, a short walk over the beach to the hotel and surrounded with very nice local restaurants and bars. The villa has also a very beautiful garden with outside shower, a nice place to relax! About the hotel: very good food, lovely local staff who is always there to help you. We were sad to leave!

Lovely location on beach Beach dirty lots of plastics owner says cleared up normally in high season but not now as not in season food excellent but too much

Beach plastics

The breakfast was delicious and more than we could eat.

The noise of the airconditioning was loud so this could be better.

+ rooms are nicely decorated, comfortable and relatively clean + breakfast items were very tasty + you can always get beach towels and your drinking water bottle filled up + the beach/restaurant area is lovely + beautiful and well cared for plants everywhere + overall, food appears to be very hygienic and well seasoned too

- the manager is very condescending, very rude towards guests, projecting his mistake to us - while staff is mainly nice, they often forget breakfast items like coffee/tea, and when we ask for it, it will take them 30-40 minutes to prepare it - staff’s English is very limited - no one mentions online that some rooms (eg. ‘villa - annex’ here on booking) is not at the actual hotel, but a 15 minute walk away on the beach in the sand (no lights at night) - in this ‘second hotel building’, the wifi doesn’t work well - the beach is not the cleanest

My wife and I booked the 2 bedroom house. It’s a 2 min Tuk tuk or a walk on the beach to the reception. It was clean, quiet and spacious. It’d be a great spot with friends for a few days as you’re so close to the beach and you have 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen and an outside chill area. We’d definitely stay here again.

No mention of the distance to the breakfast/reception area.

Beautiful place with amazing staff. We loved our stay, there is a lot of spaces to chill by the beach. The restaurant is great with a lot of options and delicious food and drinks. Our house was very comfortable and cosy, we had everything we might need. Professional diving centre is right around the corner. Definitely recommend to stay there.

Beautiful villa! Super spacious, clean and we'll decorated!

By the photos and location on booking we had the ideia that we would be at beachfront, and that was not the reality. We still stayed near to the beach, and everything was okay. Just a warning.