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Reviews of Sapphire Seas Beachfront Hotel 4 stars

Galle Road, Patuwatha, Dodanduwa,, 80250 Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

#71 of 102 hotels in Hikkaduwa

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Review score

Based on 149 hotel reviews

7.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.1

  • Comfort

    7.9

  • Location

    8.2

  • Facilities

    7.8

  • Staff

    8.4

  • Value for money

    7.6

  • Free WiFi

    9.9

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  • Reviewed: 31 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Corner Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    no cleaning of the room

    seafront, spacious room, huge balcony

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sri Lankan food was very delicious 👌🏻

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 August 2025

    7.0
    Very enjoyable and the perfect getaway!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    In a few areas it could have done with touch ups with painting / repairs.

    It was quiet and the perfect place to relax - it was away from the main town which is what we were after but also had a few options close by to eat in the evenings. Pool was accessible, clean, and had a great view of the ocean/beach. The staff were helpful and kind. We enjoyed our stay.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food prices and choice

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 July 2025

    8.0
    Just a quick 1 night on our way back to the airport, this hotel provided everything we needed and more! Fabulous staff!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The wonderful staff were so welcoming and accommodating and everything was done with a smile!

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2025

    7.0
    I would stay there again. Friendly staff.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe Double Corner Sea View
    • Stayed 15 nights

    Breakfast very simple. It was fresh.

    Beach was perfect. Hotel right by the sea. Beautiful.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2025

    7.0
    Good for a relaxing beachside break
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Double Corner Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not particularly close to main selection of restaurants when walking.

    Great beachside location. Easy to get to/from Hikkaduwa and Galle.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2025

    8.0
    Perfect location, great staff but needs upgrading.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The property appears to be tired. The TV stopped working, with a sign on the screen saying account overdue please pay. Pool umbrellas were too small & in poor condition.

    The staff are excellent, very friendly & helpful. The pool is very good. Quiet location.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 February 2025

    7.0
    Could be a very nice hotel!!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    This could be such a nice hotel, but the upkeep of facilities is very obviously not being invested in. Most of the sun loungers are broken, some of the cushions torn. The sun shades are also very small so don't really give much shade, the furniture everywhere needs updating and replacing. Once you get over this it's a very nice place. The staff make up for all of this, they couldn't be more helpful and work extremely hard.

    The location on Narigama beach is superb, fantastic beach and in a quiet area but only a tuk tuk ride away from lots of restaurants and shops. Nice pool and breakfast was also good. The staff are keeping this place afloat and work extremely hard and are very helpful.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 16 February 2025

    8.0
    Nice hotel at the beach
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Corner Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Perfect hotel to start our Sri Lanka journey. The room was very comfy and good air condition. Very nice location at the beach and a short walk to good restaurants. Nice staff and quiet atmosphere.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 February 2025

    7.0
    Lovely only from their outside area.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room was big and nice. But overall there is big problem with damp. Mattress and pillows was very old and full of black moisture dots. And other big stains. And when you walk in your room you smell dump. (Yes, we stayed there still 3 nights. We only sleep in that room and all exrta time we spend elsewhere.) If you wanted your towels, wet clothes to dry, you must put them outside of the room. Balcony was big and lovely but with very old furnitures. Also lot of ants wondering around. Toilet was big. Shower has good water pressure but you can't decide if it is hot or cold water. Because it changed all the time even you put water to cold. There is A/C in room. But it works sometimes very well and sometimes not. There is small fridge in your room, but it wasn't cleaniest one. Breakfast was ok. Like you get your basics but dont expect too much. But don't buy it if you don't have it in your roomprice already. Its not worth that money. If you pay with card they add 3% to that check.. Afterall its a little bit shame. Those rooms needs to repair and take care. Change mattresses and pillows atleast to fresh ones. There is facilities to be much better hotel than this but i think they don't want to use money and interest to refresh that place up. So from our opinion its not worth that money. Get your money to elsewhere.

    Location was excellent if you love peace. Yes, it is little bit far away from main area and mainbeach. But you can reach there with tuktuk in 5-10minutes. There are still nice restaurants near by. (Thusis, Two Brothers.) Pool was big and clean. Enough lovely sunbeds to everyone. Outside area was worth of the money. Staff was excellent and very helpful. They clean your room and change your towels if you ask them to.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 January 2025

    8.0
    Lovely clean hotel with friendly staff and modern clean bedrooms. Would definitely go back
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Corner Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Wi-Fi was shocking!

    Really nice comfortable hotel. Huge bedroom, although not the ground floor corner room I had booked. Staff all really helpful. Organised our taxi back to the airport for USD70 which for a two hour trip was good value. Nice sunbeds overlooking the waves. Always quiet there but only 25 minute beach walk to all the restaurants etc. supermarket 2 mins away.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 20 January 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There's no soap in the bathroom, only shower gel in shower. Considering the price they are charging, it should be included. In general, nothing bad, just price-performance ratio could be higher, probably partially due to location on the beachfront the price is inflated.

    Good location on the beachfront, approx 4km (45min) beach-walk away from Hikkaduwa main beach. Hotel beach is good, there's no need to go to hikkaduwa, other than missing cocktails and snacks from beach bars and sunbeds on the beach. It's very quiet, some good restaurants close by, so you have enough options to go for a dinner or take tuk-tuk for few hundreds LKR and you are in Hikkaduwa.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2025

    8.0
    Peaceful
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I stayed here in 2018 and it was much fresher then. Looks a bit tired and needs a bit of an update

    Amazing views; quiet hotel great breakfast

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 December 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Stunning beach and lovely big rooms, staff and manager were very attentive and helpful

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 December 2024

    8.0
    Nice & relaxing
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nice food.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 November 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Toilet stinks a bit, need some deep cleaning. Not sure if there’s a bed bug.

    Location is perfect, bed are nice

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 November 2024

    7.0
    Lovely location
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff weren’t the most professional. They tried to charge us 3% extra for using our card to pay which was not mentioned on the booking.

    Really nice location, right on the beach. Lovely view from room. Around 10 min Tuk Tuk from main area.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 October 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel is very old, needs renovation. It’s very hard to take off the key from the door. Breakfast is nothing special- you have option for Sri Lanka breakfast or Western breakfast (eggs and sausage, jam, fruit OR fruit juice and coffee). Last day we didn’t have time to eat breakfast so we took lunch box. It was just one sandwich with cheese- so disappointing for breakfast that cost 10$ per person. Hotel is too far from city center, around 3-4km. Nothing around hotel. In this part of the beach is also big waves

    Hotel is on the beach with sun beds only at the hotel platform, not on the beach Employees are very kind with smile Swimming pool is nice and works from 8am- 9:30pm

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 September 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Need bit of renovation

    This property is closer to the beach

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 September 2024

    8.0
    Lovely scenic stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The restaurant needs a little upgrade. We tried lunch one day (“burger”) and it wasn’t great, there are much better restaurants further along for a cheaper price. Even though we were upgraded the hotel needs a little refurb in places (the bath in the suite wasn’t even connected to the floor properly and when It rained the water came through into the bathroom) There was also a massive pigeon problem on our balcony, where they were nesting in the roof (I know this cannot be helped)

    Beautiful beachfront hotel, lovely views and a beautiful pool. The staff were all so lovely and upgraded our room because there was a local party on, which we were really grateful for and it was a very considerate gesture! Breakfast was also great and not far from the turtle beach.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 August 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Double Pool & Sea View Ground
    • Stayed 2 nights

    First line to the ocean, always available sunbeds, nice room and a shower. Breakfast is OK.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 June 2024

    9.0
    Good hotel, would stay again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool area furniture, particularly the sun beds and umbrellas, in need of upgrade and repair but recognise that Covid has severely impacted hotel revenue for ongoing maintenance costs. Could do with additional sun umbrellas and bigger ones as not much shade from the heat. The hotel is at the end of Hikkaduwa and has limited bars and restaurants, though it's a short tuk-tuk ride to the busier area. Credit card payments have a surcharge.

    Very pleasant beachfront hotel in the quieter area of town. We had a first floor front corner room, which was huge, with a wrap around balcony. The room was very clean and comfortable. Staff were very pleasant and helpful. Breakfast choice was good and the fruit plate was excellent. Even had a special "local" breakfast one day which gave us the opportunity to try new foods. Lovely pool. Buses to Galle and Hikkaduwa town are frequent and cheap and the bus-stop is very close to the the hotel. Would stay here again if in the Hikkaduwa area.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 May 2024

    7.0
    Good stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Double Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel needs a renovation,it’s very dated

    Amazing view, comfortable bed great pool, direct beach access was so welcome, away from the hustle and bustle of hikkaduwa. Food was good

    Stayed in May 2024

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