The best hotel of its range in the best part of the beach,without any doubt.
We arrived in Unawatuna, and we saw other hotel recommended in the Blue Guide in the same street but, owing to its lack of cleanliness, we decided to come to this hotel because of its cleanliness and nice looking. Sheets were very clean and ironed, nice room, and the staff was very nice. And everything at a reasonable price.

I am in Unawatuna, and I have the room at the top for a couple of days. I hear the ocean rolling in when I wake up, and it's fantastic. Comfortable bed. The mosquito net is a spacey one that doesnt stick to you, and there are a couple of more convenient details. But the best one is the location and the windows to the coast.
The owner's really nice. If you want to make a reservation, use his website: http://unawatuna-beachbungalow.com or contact him at unawatunabeachbungalow@yahoo.com

This guest house is a friendly, family run guest house in a central location metres form the beach in Unawatuna. The staff are all welcoming and will do anything to help. Rooms are simple but tastefully decorated and spotlessly clean- they have offered to clean them daily if desired. Matresses are comfortable and the bouncy pillows divine! They are able to arrange tuk tuk's, taxi's and tour's which are in line with prices charged at other places. The breakfasts are cooked fresh to your requirements and are of a good standard. Internet access is free.

We have travelled extensively around Sri Lanka staying in a variety of budget - mid-range accommodation and have returned here for our final few days.

For the price (2000R per double room including tax and breakfast, as we stayed for an extended period of time out of season), this accommodation far exceeds anywhere else we have looked at or stayed at (including in Unawatuna).

We decided to stay in Unwatauna for the night instead of Galle - and it was a great decision. The beach at Unawatuna is amazing and there are some great restaurants along the beach at night for great dinners. It pays to shop around because we called up various guest houses in our guide book all of which received very similar reviews - but some of them were asking for obscene amounts of money whilst this place asked for a very reasonable price (including breakfast, no extras). I get the feeling that some Sri Lankans are under the impression that we foreigners are made of money - which is definitely not true in my case!

When we arrived, the place was deserted. No one guest, not one person, front door wide open. I ran around the place shouting AYUBOWAN?! HELLO?!? And we sat there for nearly twenty minutes wondering if we should give up and move on to somewhere else before an old lady walking down the road popped her head in and came to our rescue. She told us to wait whilst she tracked down the owner of the place. Thank goodness for her otherwise I think we would've gone elsewhere.

The room was decent with mosquito nets and good A/C - the bathroom was very basic but well, what do you expect. The furniture in the room was rather old and falling apart (the dresser had a pane of glass which was broken and had a sharp jagged edge, dangerous!) The door was also looking quite old and frail and here's the scary part. I had forgotten something in my room and tried to open the door in a hurry without unlocking it first - and guess what? The door actually opened because the lock is just so old and knackered, it made no difference whether you locked it or not. Dear me.

Fortunately, we were the only guests there at the time - so I didn't worry too much and as we were only there for one night, I didn't kick up a fuss.

The beach is 2 - 3 minutes walk away, it's not directly on the beach but the short walk is easy and means that it is slightly cheaper than hotels which are literally on the beach at the high tide mark.

The breakfast is very bland and boring - the portions of the fruit were stingy as well and if you do want a Sri Lankan breakfast, remember to request it in advance or else they will simply assume that as a foreigner you actually like plain white toast with butter for breakfast. Duh.

A decent option for the price - but double check that the lock on your door works when you are shown your room and ask for a Sri Lankan breakfast!