Club room overlooking Galle Face Green with business club room-continental breakfast served, all day coffee & tea & evening drinks & snacks. Large room with large desk & lounge, cool, dark bedroom with excellent bedding. Lush bathroom with great bath. Fabulous breakfast served in the downstairs restaurant. Very helpful staff & particularly the concierge. Walk to many of the sites. Large pool & good sunlounges. Very late flight & no problems getting a late checkout (4pm) but maybe because we were lucky to be there on a quiet week.

Looking tired & in need of an upgrade. No compendium in the room so had to wander around & guess what the facilities were & weren’t informed on checkin what was available at the hotel.

Excellent standard of quality throughout the hotel. Service and staff are exceptional and a good range of restaurants on offer. The main lobby is very inviting and the bar area in the lobby is very comfortable and relaxing.

The room was of a very high standard but the unfortunately, the bed was too firm for me and I had a poor nights sleep. Almost no shops to visit in the attached shopping area and no billiards or pool table available although a pool table is shown in the guide on the room TV.

Wonderful location of the hotel, grand property with large rooms.

Hotel is about 40 years old and it shows in the furnishings and furniture. Staff is courteous but for any in room order they never get everything in one go, it take 2 or 3 visits even for small things. Breakfast spread is above average though the food is delicious.

Breakfast yummy with lots of variety, rooms spacious and great mattress. Hubby said pool was great and staff professional and friendly. Hotel spotless! Casual meeting lobby area had nice cakes with afternoon tea (extra cost). Lounge was great for reading newspaper in quiet setting and perfect for pre drinks with our local friends who we were able to invite. His drinks were extra but this is fair and usual Lounge policy.

The Lounge doesn’t offer snacks/light meals during the day which seemed to surprise many guests paying for the lounge access privilege and very unusual.

The experience of stay in this hotel was just absolutely amazing! Everything was just so organised and systematic that it almost felt like more than a five star hotel. Here are some things that I really liked about my stay : 1) right from the entrance of the hotel to my room everything was extremely clean and the atmosphere smelled really pleasant. 2) another thing that I really liked was how the room service read and understood the way I was staying, they read which pillows I preferred so the next time I enter the room the pillow was exactly where I like it kept and the one that I use for sleeping. 3) the staff was really approachable and friendly. I didn’t meet even one staff member who spoke with me without smiling. 4) any requests that I made in the room was immediately attended to without me waiting for even five minutes. In the end, I would really recommend staying staying at this hotel because as the thing goes “Taj always delivers”

Staff were lovely...food was excellent

1. Taps in bathroom sink need updating 2. Fridges are ancient and need to be replaced with ones that give a cooler temperature 3. Should be able to open windows slightly to help dry clothes 4. Gym bathroom should have a dryer for drying out swim clothes, etc 5. Semi-skimmed milk should be available

Great property. Staff were very attentive and friendly. In particular I would like to call out Chef Senthil who went out of his way to help us withway to some local purchases of Hopper Pots from the local market! The idlis and South Indian food we had here were probably better than the ones we get in India. Outstanding buffet and food. We loved the free upgrade they offered to the taj club room which was amazing

Pool was closed

It was an absolutely beautiful property with absolutely amazing value for money. The food was the most excellent buffet for both breakfast and dinner. Right on the beach, although you can’t actually enter the water. The sunset was spectacular as well. Service was extremely hospitable and appreciated and we will definitely be coming back.

How short our stay was and the distance from the airport in terms of traffic, but it was almost perfect.

Our week long stay at the Taj Samundra was nothing short of being exceptional. From the overall quality of the food to the comfort of the rooms everything was top notch. A special thanks to the team at "Porta of Call Restaurant" along with Dilhara, Gayan, Dias, Dileka, Mr Nasitha, Mr Nilanka and Karishma. The wonderful team made us feel really welcomed and went over and above to make our stay as memorable as possible.

The overall safety OUTSIDE the hotel and along the Galle Face Stretch was not very safe specially for females. This is upsetting for the guests and the hotel should look towards discussing with local authorities as to how more safety measures can be implemented and put into place.

Rooms were very comfortable. Food was delicious. Travel desk did a wonderful job and handled our tours very well. Overall a good hotel to stay.

Room service and cleaning where we had to ask for towels. Being a five star hotel we expected a bit more of such service.