Villa Shade certainly felt like coming home. We stayed for 3 nights. This place is a beautiful labour of love by Shiraj and Deepika. Full of Srilankan herbs, spices, fruit and vegetables, the garden highlights the natural beauty of Srilanka. Breakfast is delightful experience with a combination of natural juice, fruits and traditional Srilankan sweet pastries. Home cooked dinner is typically Srilankan and must be tried if you want the authentic experience. On our first day we used the bikes to cycle to negombo town and the beach. On the 2nd day Shiraj took us to the coconut toddy field to show us how toddy was extracted. After a lovely toddy, he took us to see how cinnamon was prepared with humanity. sustainability and respect. Highly recommended. You will leave experiencing typical Srilankan hospitality and a full heart and stomach 🥰

That we didn’t stay long enough

We are Estonian family with two teenage kids and stayed one night before taking a flight next morning. Villa´s location is excellent if you have an early flight to catch and staff in villa looks after guests so well. Owner was meeting us in person on arrival and while checking in, we were offered fresh home made lemon juice made from their own organic garden lemons. We were helped with our luggage. Our teens were thrilled by the pool, basketball ground and beautiful villa.

We loved the place! Well maintained area with lots of areas to discover. The area of the hotel has lots of entertainments - basketball, treehouse, hammock, organic garden etc. Amazing rooms and the pool. Pool had a small part for children as well. The boys working there were super attentive and helpful. Some of them could speak a little bit better english but everything got done. Loved that we didn´t have to use the a/c, there were mosquito nets on the windows and we could keep the windows open. Perfect stay, would definitely stay there again.

It is everywhere in Sri Lanka. When we order breakfast for 8 a.m. then we would like to start eating at that time. But they start to bring the food bit by bit.

Everything was wonderful. The food was great. The host was super hospitable. The pool was nice and warm. Th free basketball court and the organic garden kept us entertained. They also upgraded us for free!

Nothing. It was a great start to our Sri Lanka trip. Might be a little hard to find but it’s no big deal.

Everything was just fantastic in Villa Shade. The peaceful location, the cleanliness and asthetics, the hospitality and most warm and welcoming service. We enjoyed every minute and would definitely come back. Highly recommended!

The best meals we had in Sri Lanka was at Villa Shade. We came back and stayed an additional night, the place is excellent, everything is curated in details. Amazing host and great place.

Our stay was too short, we would have liked to stay more here!!

Great accomendation and very nice and helpful staff! So kind and the fridge was definatly a plus! Not a lot of accomendations have one in Sri lanka! The traditional sri lankan lunch you could pick was really good! a must try

nothing, everything was great

Villa Shade was beautiful and the staff were extremely attentive and helpful

My only ''gripe'' was that we were not there long enough to enjoy more of Villa Shade. We arrived late in the evening and were away about 10am the next morning to begin our 7 day tour.

Great place to start or end your trip in Sri Lanka. Beautiful and peaceful surroundings, with a fantastic breakfast. The owner and staff are very friendly, making you feel at home immediately. Highly recommended!

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The best hosts in Sri Lanka. The resort, the pool, the service, the food — all perfect. They were more than accommodating to all of our wishes and even gave us a free ride to the airport because they went to pick up their son. The owners are wonderful people and if we ever come back to Sri Lanka, we'll definitely visit again. Thank you for everything :)