Sea Garden Hotel is a cosy beach summer house situated in the coastal town of Negombo and offers an atmosphere of pleasantness and quiet comfort where guests can enjoy the dazzling tropical sun, sea and sand at budget prices.

There is no denying that to get a room on a beautiful beach for $16 is an amazing bargain. And there's no denying that you get what you pay for!!

So, since we had realistic expectations of what $16 would buy us, even in Sri Lanka, this review is based on our rating for a $16 property, not a comparison to the Hyatt or Hilton.

Pros- very helpful, solicitous service. Gorgeous location. Delicious, reasonaby priced food. 10-12 minutes from airport.
Decent sized room.

Cons- No hot water, or should I say, hot water at specific times of the day, just not when we were there.

Since we were just there after arriving on a late night flight leaving first thing in the morning, it was fine for a bed and cool shower.

I felt I should warn others of this so called hotel, although I would personally not give it the honour of such a title.

I went here with Page and Moye (a company i would never travel with again as I am vehmentley disgusted at how they could promote such a cess pit) a couple of years ago and could not even bring myself to unpack. It took me five minutes to decide that the broken furniture, filthy room and mouldy bathroom was uninhabitable. The final straw was the very large air vent from the bathroom which at head height allowed any guests wandering the hallway to get a good view of you on the toilet!

Negombo itself is a delightful, rustic village well worthy of a stay. If you are looking for acceptable accomadation in Negombo I would reccomend you try Browns Beach or the Blue Marine

Convenient budget hotel in Negombo. Staff is very friendly and flexible in case you have got special circumstances (I was staying there on a study trip in april 2004). Breakfast is very simple but the lunch-menu is much better (lunch not included). Prices are low in comparison to hotels with more stars. A mosquito net, and anti-mosquito evaporator is present in every room. Everyday your room is being cleaned and you get a new thermos jug with boiled (so drinkable) water.
At some moments the hot water supply of the shower is interrupted but that is not a big problem regarding the high temperatures.
The hotel doesn't have a swimming pool but guests of the Sea Garden hotel are allowed to swim in the pool of the neigbour hotel (of the same Hotel chain but with more stars).
Overall the perfect budget hotel in Negombo.