Reviews of Temptation
503 Galle Road Wewala, 80240 Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

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Reviewed: 20 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewIncredibly attentive and friendly staff, super clean facilities/rooms and cracking restaurant. Perfect 10/10 stay
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Reviewed: 3 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewCan’t fault. Perfect location in Hikkaduwa (right across the road from Salty Swarmis) and the beach. The room is beautiful and modern, has everything you need. Bed was super comfortable, and pool was bliss. The staff were so lovely and made a great coffee and breakfast. They also accommodated us for a later checkout when we had a late night flight. Would highly recommend for a stay in Hikkaduwa.
Flatter pillows. Very minor but would be great to have the option
Reviewed: 16 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 6 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewReally nice and beautiful hotel, very calm. The hotel is located on the outskirts of Hikkaduwa, which I found ideal since it was not noisy and crowded in the neighbourhood. Walking distances to restaurants and cafes as well as the beach. Excellent staff, delicious food.
Reviewed: 28 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewModern, clean, 1 min from the beach. The owner and the staff were perfect!!
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Reviewed: 7 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewVery clean and beautiful rooms with super friendly Staff. Also the location was great close to the beach and main point for surfing
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Reviewed: 20 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewBreakfast is delicious and the location of the villa is perfect for going around
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Reviewed: 5 February 2025 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewUpon arrival, we were warmly welcomed by the pleasant and positive hotel staff and immediately checked in. The hotel is small and cozy. I would like to note the cleanliness - everything is shiny, the rooms are cleaned daily. the room has a full standard set: WiFi, safe, minibar, hair dryer, minimal set of dishes. You can ask the staff for everything you need. our reservation was with breakfast, it takes a long time to cook, but it's delicious! my personal recommendation is shakshuka and avocado toast. The breakfast menu is small, and I got a little tired by the end of the trip, but it seems to me that it's like this almost everywhere. excellent location, everything is close: the beach, shops, restrooms, and a currency exchange office
I didn't notice any critical flaws. unless they cook in the kitchen for a long time, but you can beat that by ordering in advance.
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Reviewed: 26 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewNice building with a beautiful swimming pool Rooms are nice with a beautiful balcony over the pool Very good breakfast Great WiFi Very friendly manager and staff
Our room was too small No desk or extra chair to work The street is close and you can hear it
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Reviewed: 8 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 7 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewThe staff are so friendly, kind and helpful. They really made our stay. The location is very central to everything going on in Hikkaduwa. The pool is lovely and big enough to swim lengths. The room is styled and furnished to a very high standard and the bed was really comfy.
We booked this hotel 10 months in advance and all rooms were of the same room type on Booking.com. Therefore we booked a deluxe double room with balcony and breakfast included. On booking I requested a quiet room in the hotel. On arrival we were given a room on the ground floor (room 4). The ‘balcony’ looked directly onto a concrete wall. The room was very noisy as was directly next to the restaurant. Therefore we could hear all conversations in the restaurant and I am sure they could hear ours. This meant the room didn’t feel very private at all. The drains in the bathroom made a lot of noise I presume from when the upstairs rooms were having showers. The WiFi is very poor and can only be used for sending messages. We couldn’t use internet banking/weather app etc. Overall we were disappointed that despite booking so far in advance we were given a poor room. We do appreciate it was New Years Eve and the hotel was busy. The hotel staff did offer to move us the second night of our stay but given we were only staying two nights it didn’t seem worth packing all our stuff back up and moving for one night. I would avoid staying in room 3 or 4 (both on the ground floor) if you choose to book this hotel.
Reviewed: 25 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewWe had a fabulous stay at the Temptation hotel. The room was gorgeous, and so was the view, the breakfast and the pool. We were met by excellent personell who made sure our stay was great from start to finish. We highly recommend Temptation and Hikkaduwa.
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Reviewed: 17 April 2024 · Stayed in April 2024
Verified reviewBest Coffee in Hikkaduwa Super fast Internet Definitely we will visit back
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Reviewed: 11 April 2024 · Stayed in April 2024
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Verified reviewOne of the Best Hotel In Sri Lanka in our tour
Reviewed: 29 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewThe cleanest place we stayed during our 2 week journey through Sri Lanka. The place is very well maintained and very friendly staff.
Rooms are a little bit noisy due to the busy road, instead of 2 of the same pillows, offer 2 different ones.
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Reviewed: 13 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewCome and see the accuracy of my Review :D
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Reviewed: 13 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewThis place is absolutely fabulous! Great Hospitality, Great Food, Great accommodation
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Reviewed: 12 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewThe best hotel we’ve stayed at in Sri Lanka (out of 5 hotels on our trip). Everything was outstanding. The staff and service were fantastic and friendly. Delicious and well-priced food in the restaurant. The bed was very comfortable. Will recommend this hotel to anyone in a heartbeat. Just beautiful!
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Reviewed: 8 March 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewIt’s clean and new
Too expensive for what you get. Specially the service was bad. When we arrived no one explained anything about breakfast, and then next day we cannot order the sri lankan breakfast because you need to do it the previous day… They tried cooking something but it was definitely not enough/not the best
Reviewed: 7 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewThis hotel is excellent, which I never expected. Many hotel pictures show a more amazing beauty than it is. The real situation of Temptation is several times more than the picture. I have one thing to say, there is no such good hotel in Hikkaduwa like TEMPTATION. I would never hesitate to recommend this hotel to anyone. The friendly staff are always looking out for our comfort as well as our safety. Cleanliness is paramount. Will definitely come back
Just nothing to Say
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Reviewed: 27 February 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewVery spacious and comfortable room. Friendly and helpful staff. Good breakfast.
Wifi was kinda slow and did not work all the time.
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