Anantaya Resort & Spa Chilaw

The room was nice and big but didn't get why they opted for see-through glass walls (some blinds covering it!) for bathroom?

Merci a l'annimateur de sport Village pour les balade de la ville, sur la plage pour les couchés du soleil, et des animations comme le cricket, badminton.. Très bon hôtel pour détendre au maximum.

We spent a couple nights at the Anantaya in Chilaw at the end of our SriLankan tour as it’s a stop prior to going to the airport. It’s located about 15-20 mins out of town and there is absolutely nothing in walking distance. The town is very much local with little western influence but worth a visit and walk around for an hour or two. We have stayed in 7 different hotels over two weeks and this is the least impressive. The approach is not very welcoming, it’s quite desolate and even the car park on entry looks like a desert. This was supposed to be a 5 star, but it’s somewhere between a 3 and 4 star. The place is fairly run down and dated throughout with an absolute need for some quality maintenance. Having said that, the rooms are spacious, comfortable (apart from the wierd lumpy quilt) and mostly clean. Just daggy décor. The rooms also look out to the ocean with all rooms having a view. The beach is not really a swimmers beach as its very rough and sandy waters. The beach can be walked on but it has lots of rubbish, not sure why the don't invest a couple hours and clean it up ? The complex is quite large, with two large swimming pools that look out to the beach. They were nice and warm the first day we were there but there was a constant wind and it cooled them on our second day. We had a ground floor room which was great as we could pretty much just walk out to the pool and sit on comfy chairs outside our room. The restaurant is also large and lacks any real ambiance, but does the job and there was some ‘entertainment’ on the Saturday night. We had buffet meals as part of our package and there is a good range of local food/curries etc for breakfast and dinner. We didn’t think service or the food was that great, we almost had to chase down a waiter for service in the restaurant and had to call reception for pool towels. Overall our stay was a bit of a downer after a fantastic couple weeks, but its price point and was a stopover place for the next run to the airport. Negambo would be a better stopover but the distance was too great for one days driving.