I am director of an international school travel company and we stayed at the insight - 28 students and 4 staff. It was very good for our needs and the food was above average, good variety and plenty of it. The location was excellent right on the beach and the manager and staff were always on hand to be very accommodating. Rooms were good, clean and safe. The students enjoyed their stay and apart from a few mod cons missing such as phones in rooms and decent TV it was good to get them away from these luxurious additions. A good few days stay and will definitely use again!!

My family (wife and 3 young kids) and I had been booked here for 3 nights on our Exodus tour towards the end of a 2 week trip for some r&r after a fairly hectic itinerary - an itinerary that included some fairly basic hotels. Right on the beach, this was the only redeeming aspect of our experience at Insight. Otherwise:
• The rooms superficially clean but you couldn’t walk barefooted which made getting and out of bed or the shower interesting
• As there was obviously was no care or attention to detail, the hotel seemed to have more than its fair share of bugs
• Drink and food was expensive (and the only place on our tour to charge a service charge and VAT on top of the published prices)
• The drinks were weak and the food awful with the bread in our meal mouldy
• The hotel was devoid of any atmosphere with 3 other people there while we were there, the rooms were
• They actually put chlorine into the pool when we arrived (in the late afternoon) and we mentioned the kids would like a dip which would be totally ineffective
• No manager/owner to try and address the issues
It was so terrible that I looked for alternatives during our meal and were out the next morning. We checked into the Flower Garden in Unawatuna – near the beach and with numerous restaurants within the vicinity – I imagine the Insight is all about leaving the traveller ‘stranded’ so you ate there.
Avoid at all costs.

The first room I was given stunk of petrol fumes (the a/c was on full blast to try and disguise this). The second room was damp and the a/c wasnt working. Some of my fellow travellers were also given smelly and/or damp rooms. One room completely flooded in the early evening. Another had a dead scorpion in the toilet bowl. One had waste water back up into the shower when the sink tap was turned on. The curtains and mosquito nets seemed pretty grubby in a number of rooms. One block of rooms only had cold water.
The location is good, right on the beach and within view of the stilt fishermen.
The menu for evening meals looked pretty good, but I didnt try the food out because I didnt stay there in the end.
So, it depends what you want really - we moved to a different hotel just up the road, which was more expensive but well worth it in my opinion - but if all you want is somewhere to lay your head and you aren't bothered about cold showers then you may find this place ok.

We were a group of 32 adults + 6 children, staying at Ahangama beach in the Hotel Insight. Excellent location and good beach, swimming pool. Food was OK, service rather requires improvement-probably no room service, no intercom or bell. AC not working in 2-3 rooms. but the authority tried to help as much as possible.

Helpful front desk and helpful chef.

Takes 15-20 minutes to Mirissa from where we went for Whale watching.

Looking at value for money, recommended to stay here, keeping in limitations in mind.