On our first leg of Sri Lanka Holidays we stayed one night at this hotel. The view of the beach is very good. The pool is also Good. But the rooms are old , no hot water, old and worn out linens, bad lighting. We cut short our stay and traveled to Candy after one night stay.

Avoir this poor hotel, totally exhausted. no hot water, holes in linens, bad light, internet only at the lobby. Low price, low quality, no charm.

As frequent guests of several Sri Lankan hotels from the west coast to the south coast in all price ranges we booked the Camelot Beach Hotel again, in spite of a bad experience beginning of 2011.We thought at that time it was an incident.
We booked at that time directly by phone, however staff forgot to honour our reservation, so we had to find another hotel for a more expensive rate.
This time we thought it would be ok, and made a reservation by phone for two double rooms based on BB.
Arriving at the hotel, the check in procedure was a big mess, no structure, agents breaking in, " unexpected phone calls". It cost us more than 45 minutes to check in.
Once we saw our rooms it appeared the hotel was renovating and dropped us in a kind of jail rooms without any window. Next a bad smell. This all included for just USD.78,00 BB per room. When we complained it cost an extra 30 minutes to speak to GM. We could be " upgraded" however we had to pay an additional USD.40,00 per room ! Even the upgraded rooms ( suites) were in a bad condition and not ready for occupation. We complained again , however staff treatened us as " cattle". I informed GM that I would complain to Sri Lankan Tourist Authority and informed them I would bring this to the attention of tripadvisor.
Unfortunately also other guests experienced same problems. All in all a very bad experience and staff only looking for income and not taking care of the customer. For same value we found Paradise Beach Hotel some 150m further on. More or the less same rating, better rooms and professional service and friendly staff.

The hotel is just a 30 mintute drive from Colombo airport. First impression about the hotel is good. Location is worth mentioning as it is just 50 metres (approx) walk from the hotel to the beach. Good for a long walk early in the morning alongside the beach.Medium sized comfortable rooms with adequate furniture. There was no TV or fridge in our room. Not sure if all rooms do not have a TV but our room did not have one. The room floor was damp and sticky ....maybe because of the proximity to the beach and moisture in the atmosphere. The room did not have any ventilation apart from a back door which led to the swimming pools and the beach. The dampness in the rooms could be because of this. I was worried about the mosquitoes because I was travelling with my 4 year old child. The room had a anti-mosquito gadget but thankfully did not see much of them but still I had the gadget on throughout the night. The bathroom was spacious enough.There were 3 or 4 swimming pools...reasonably big ones. Buffet for breakfast was simple and pretty decent with a mix of continental choices and some fresh fruits. Omelettes / scrambled eggs could be made to order at the breakfast table.There is a pool side bar.Service was ok. Most of the hotel staff speak English.

No welcome drinks on arrival maybe because it was late in the night when we arrived.I found that some of the pools were not clean enough. I could see some dried leaves, twigs and other stuff floating in the water.

Overall a good hotel to stay.