Top 10 Kandy View Point Hotels

A very mixed bag. First the positives. The location is stunning about 35 minutes above Kandy with lovely views to the Knuckles and a quiet location. The bungalow is a lovely building with 9 rooms and very nicely laid out common areas. Dining is on a very nice veranda with an excellent view across the valley. The bedroom was very large and very well appointed. A very large and comfortable bed, plenty of storage and very good aircon. The bathroom was nicely appointed with an excellent shower, good pressure hot water and plenty of towels. Housekeeping was excellent and the place was spotless. But there are problems. First we had a problem with a major flood of our bathroom on our first morning when a valve apparently failed. It was sorted out promptly while we were out but it wasn't great paddling around in litres of hot water. And no one in authority ever said sorry. Second the food. We found it indifferent. The western breakfasts reminded us (for British readers) of Little Chef bordering on the unpleasant. Dinners were simply dull ranging across a range of cuisines. The service was chaotic. Orders for drinks were forgotten, food took an age to arrive despite being asked to specify dinner times in advance. There seemed to be no one in charge to make sure that serving staff, some of whom were very pleasant, were coordinated and looking after guests in a timely manner. Worryingly the one competent member of the service team was leaving. A range of guest activities are offered. We enjoyed one excellent long hike but a booking for an afternoon/evening nature walk was simply forgotten and the alternative offered was a poor experience. We were annoyed to be woken up one morning by another guest's child playing the grand piano in the main lounge loudly and badly at 6.30am. No action was be taken to stop this. We stayed 4 nights. I found it very odd that I kept being asked by various members of staff on days 2 and 3 if I was leaving the next day. Surely they should have some system so that everyone knows how long guests are staying. On the receiving end it just felt a bit rude. None of this should be difficult to fix needing some decent and visible on site management. What is deeply annoying is that this is probably the most expensive hotel in the area. They need to do much better at this price.

The overall is very good, the scenery is very good, more formal hotel! The breakfast buffet is very rich! It is the second satisfaction hotel of this free travel. The only thing that can be said is that there are many mosquitoes in the room. Every time I go out and go back to the room, the mosquito repellent inside can't stand it. Will faint!

We have passed by the hotel for the dinner while staying nearby, the food was perfect and all the staff were great with us even if we were not hotels guests, highly recommend if you want have a sophistiqué dinner but still with local food. Also we have visited the rooms and they looked very nice.

Just perfect ! Welcome was just great. Room super big. Very quiet also. Swimming pool just lovely. To be recommended absolutely. And bonus : no mosquitos :-) People very attentionned. Not to mention also the good massage in the hotel self ! Great

A lovely quirky little hotel on a hill overlooking Kandy. We wish that we had longer than two nights to stay at Elephant Stables. The staff were attentive and as quirky as the hotel. Although on the expensive side (for Sri Lanka) the food was excellent and our only complaint would be the there was so much of it ;-)