My wife and I have just returned from a magical 3 night stay at The River Hose. A wonderful location on the river, beautiful gardens, fantastic pool, top quality food and staff who will do anything to make your stay perfect. We were there for our 10th wedding anniversary and they arranged a candle lit dinner for us around the... more

Beautiful hotel just by the river.Nice garden and lovely views.We stayed in the Macara Suite away from the main house.( very quiet)Nice room but the plungepool looked scruffy and was not inviting at all.I looked at the Singha suite,and that one had a very nice pool,but you could possibly be disturbed from the music played all day and evening in... more

The River House is an absolute gem. While I stayed in five hotels during my trip to Sri Lanka, this was the one I would make it my mission to return to next time. It is massive, given that there are just five rooms -- acres and acres of grounds, and an ample sun-kissed swimming pool. The rooms themselves are... more

We were also lucky enough to stay at The River House for 3 nights as the only guests. It wasn't weird or uncomfortable, the way being the only customer in a restaurant is. We were on our honeymoon and after all the stress of the wedding it was the perfect place to just sit back and go "ahhh". It was... more

The River House was thoroughly splendid. We were spoiled rotten by having the place to ourselves. Jerome and his team do a wonderful job of providing a wonderful service without being intrusive. The rooms are truely magnificent. It was a wonderfully relaxing experience - a real grown-up's get away from it all break. more

My husband and I planned to spend 3 days at the River House but actually ended up staying longer as it was so difficult to drag ourselves away from the place. This is one of those places that you always dream about finding, hope you have done but in reality very rarely do - a really special place. The service... more