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The Den 23

Colombo · Sri Lanka

23 Norris Canal RdView location

9.4/10Excellent88 Reviews
Cleanliness9.6/109.6
Service9.6/109.6
Comfort9.8/109.8
Condition9.2/109.2
Amenities9.0/109.0
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About The Den 23

With a stay at THE DEN 23 in Colombo (Suduwella), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Colombo City Centre and Dewatagaha Mosque. This hotel is 0. 6 mi (1 km) from Colombo Lotus Tower and 0. 7 mi (1. 1 km) from Colombo Town Hall.

This hotel features designated smoking areas and hiking/biking trails nearby. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite. Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the hotel's coffee shop/cafe.

Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee. Make yourself at home in one of the 18 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Shared bathrooms are provided.

Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and separate sitting areas.

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With a stay at THE DEN 23 in Colombo (Suduwella), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Colombo City Centre and Dewatagaha Mosque. This hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Colombo Lotus Tower and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Colombo Town Hall.

Make yourself at home in one of the 18 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Shared bathrooms are provided. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and separate sitting areas. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities.

Free self parking is available onsite.

Popular amenities

Parking available
Dining services
Concierge
Laundry
Entertainment
Smoking areas
Banquet facilities

Check-in and check-out

Check-in from 2:00 PM
Check-in until anytime
Check-out until 11:00 AM

Hotel policies

No rollaway/extra beds available No cribs (infant beds) available No elevators Professional property host/manager Pets not allowed

Important information

  • Special Instructions
    Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools.
  • Instructions
    • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
    • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
    • Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
    • This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
    • Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
    • This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
  • Optional fees
    • Fee for English breakfast: approximately USD 5 per person

    The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

  • Spoken Language

    English

Nearby attractions

Dewatagaha Mosque 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Elphinstone Theatre 1 km / 0.6 mi
Colombo Town Hall 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Viharamahadevi Park 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
Gangaramaya Temple 1.6 km / 1 mi
Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre 1.6 km / 1 mi
Colombo City Centre 1.6 km / 1 mi
National Art Gallery 1.8 km / 1.1 mi
Nawaloka Hospital 1.9 km / 1.2 mi
Sri Lanka National Museum 2 km / 1.3 mi
Chabad of Sri Lanka 2 km / 1.3 mi
Colombo Lotus Tower 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
All Saints Church 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
Australian High Commission 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
Gem Museum 2.2 km / 1.3 mi

Hotel facilities & services

Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.

  • Total number of rooms: 18
  • hotel
  • Car park
  • Wi-fiExtra charge
  • Secure parking
  • Laundry service
  • Banquet hall
  • Breakfast
  • Snacks
Upon availability

Room types

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  • DOUBLE ECONOMYDOUBLE • ECONOMYDBL.EY

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    The Den 23

    DOUBLE ECONOMY

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    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
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    DOUBLE
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    ECONOMY

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    Room code: DBL.EY

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  • APARTMENT TWO BEDSAPARTMENT • TWO BEDSAPT.2B

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    The Den 23

    APARTMENT TWO BEDS

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    Room overview

    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
    Room type
    APARTMENT
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    TWO BEDS

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    Room code: APT.2B

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  • DOUBLE KING SIZE BEDDOUBLE • KING SIZE BEDDBL.KG

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    The Den 23

    DOUBLE KING SIZE BED

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    Room overview

    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
    Room type
    DOUBLE
    View / characteristic
    KING SIZE BED

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    Room code: DBL.KG

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  • TRIPLE TWO BEDSTRIPLE • TWO BEDSTPL.2B

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    The Den 23

    TRIPLE TWO BEDS

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    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 3 • Children: max. 4
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    TRIPLE
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    TWO BEDS

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    Room code: TPL.2B

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  • TWIN NON SMOKINGTWIN • NON SMOKINGTWN.NM

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    TWIN NON SMOKING

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    Room overview

    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
    Room type
    TWIN
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    NON SMOKING

    Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.

    Room code: TWN.NM

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Guest reviews

What other guests saying about The Den 23

9.4
Excellent
88 Reviews
Cleanliness
9.6 /10
Service
9.6 /10
Comfort
9.8 /10
Condition
9.2 /10
Amenities
9.0 /10
50 reviews shown
10/10
Exceptional
08 May 2026
Andrew
Great hotel and restaurant, friendly and helpful staff, clean
10/10
Exceptional
30 Apr 2026
Lalith
The Den is located in an excellent area, making commuting very convenient. The hotel has a distinct European influence in its design, yet the rooms are noticeably more spacious and offer more amenities than many hotels in Europe. The shower water pressure is outstanding, and the hot water supply is consistently excellent—both of which added greatly to the comfort of the stay.

One area for improvement is in the hotel’s operational systems. Upon checkout, I was presented with a bill showing outstanding room charges, despite having fully prepaid for my booking through Expedia. In addition, each time I left the hotel, security would ask whether I had signed out, which became repetitive and somewhat frustrating. Strengthening these processes would significantly enhance the overall guest experience.
Family
10/10
Exceptional
13 Feb 2026
Nathan
The staff were super friendly and couldn’t do more for us! So pleased we stayed here for our time in Colombo. The hotel is so well situated too!
10/10
Exceptional
28 Jan 2026
Bente
Nice and clean room, very friendly staff, great food
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
26 Jan 2026
John
Will definitely stay here again , comfortable bed clean room, great breakfast options and the staff were very helpful and made our stay seamless. Thank you, Den 23 and look forward to staying there again.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
21 Jan 2026
Christa
I’d highly recommend this place! It’s an unassuming spot but the rooftop has an absolutely spectacular view with an incredible restaurant. I had the best seafood pasta I’ve ever had there; each meal was truly amazing. The staff are so, so kind and helpful. The room was clean, comfortable, spacious, and had everything I needed. I only spent a night here but I wish I had stayed longer simply because I enjoyed this hotel so much.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
14 Jan 2026
Michael
Everything was perfect! The staff are so friendly and welcoming.

The accommodation is lovely and the breakfast was great too.
10/10
Exceptional
20 Oct 2025
Daniel
My second stay. Great. Felt like home. International outlets. Comfortable, clean beds. Spacious rooms. No weird smells, mostly. Good furniture. Restaurant on the roof. No eating in the rooms. Wonderful staff all around! Pretty good, if your first stop in Sri Lanka.
Business_and_leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
20 Oct 2025
Daniel
Clean, comfy, spacious room! Clean bathroom with great shower pressure and temp. Not much storage space. Nice solid desk and chair; furniture. WiFi kept dropping--almost four times a day. However, I've stayed here before; and, it wasn't and issue before. No food allowed in rooms! Roof top restaurant. Rice-heavy menu with a few international options and separate cafe menu. Covered seating area is available. Hotel felt like home. Some of the best staff I've ever met! Warm and courteous. Well worth the price. Thanks!
Business_and_leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
14 Oct 2025
Stephanie
Friendly and welcoming staff and loved the rooftop restaurant, the food was great (they do a great kottu!).
10/10
Exceptional
05 Oct 2025
Nilantha
Friendliest staff ever…
10/10
Exceptional
23 Sep 2025
Funda
Had s lovely stay, the staff is super nice and helpful and it was close to central
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
30 Jul 2025
Graham
Clean with great amenities - rooftop dining is awesome.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
26 Jul 2025
Graham
Enjoyed my quick stay - offered everything a tired traveller needed. Staff very friendly. I have booked to stay there again
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
21 Jul 2025
Lydia
Great for a convenient, not-too-touristy stay upon arriving in Colombo. The hotel is hidden and quiet and the staff is extremely hospitable. Rooftop views for the restaurant are the highlight.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
12 Jul 2025
Abigail

Comfortable and affordable - with good location

excellent affordable and conveniently located hotel. Well known to tuktuks, so a nice base. Hotel staff is very supportive. Room is well outfitted and amenities like laundry very affordable
Self
10/10
Exceptional
11 May 2025
William
Great stay at a good price
10/10
Exceptional
29 Mar 2025
Patrick
This hotel was very modern and clean. Quiet and safe location. Room was spacious and excellent amenities. Great value hotel with an excellent rooftop restaurant. Can highly recommend this hotel for a stay in Colombo. Would always come back here.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
18 Mar 2025
Patrick
My room in this hotel was safe, quiet, modern and spacious. Staff were very nice. Awesome rooftop restaurant with great reasonably price food with a view. Highly recommend this hotel for great value.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
22 Feb 2025
Ashwin

Uthpala - the manager is the best!

Uthpala is one the best hotel managers ever! Incredibly friendly and dutiful.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
15 Feb 2025
jolanta
Friendly and helpful staff. Good rooftop restaurant with good food and good views
Good location
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
14 Feb 2025
Alexandra
Very clean and spacious room :)
8/10
Excellent
30 Nov 2024
Dina
You can tell it’s a new place! Very clean and modern. The restaurant at the top was amazing. Staff friendly. I recommend !
10/10
Exceptional
17 Nov 2024
Maya
Staff was super helpful - set up an airport pickup for me last minute, included a delicious and enormous breakfast on the roof terrace, shared a list of places to visit in colombo, and helped me set up a tour outside of Kandy that I was having some difficulty solidifying. They really went out of their way to be helpful. The room was nice, big, bright, clean bathroom with good toiletries. Area was quiet and convenient, close to parks and cafes. Recommend!
Business_and_leisure Self
8/10
Excellent
06 Apr 2024
Verified traveler

Great value!

This is a great value hotel. It's modern and clean and a very warm welcome is on offer from the family who own it.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
01 Apr 2024
Hiroki
入り口は少しわかりづらいですが、清潔で静かでとても過ごしやすいホテルでした。
またホテルの真横にはスーパーがあるので買い出しには困りません。
朝食は基本8時頃からのようで、それより早い時間に行くと「少し待ってくれ」と言われました。
早朝のチェックアウトにも親切に対応していただいたので感謝です。
Leisure Self
8/10
Excellent
22 Mar 2024
Verified traveler
Nice base for our first 2 nights in Sri Lanka. There was a bit of confusion about our booking when we checked in but quickly sorted out. The hotel is very clean and quite modern. A good location close to the cinnamon gardens area, the national museum and viharamedevi park.
Friends_and_family Family
2/10
Poor
24 Feb 2024
Chand
Only rooms are Clean, says Wi-fi is available, but No. Nothing to say About the Location.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
16 Feb 2024
Jan

Den23 worth a visit.

Den 23 is a very nice, clean hotel with excellent, smiling service staff, nice roof top sitting area/restaurant with a good view of Colombo. Hotel manager (Felix) was waiting for me and greeted me on arrival. He also offered help with whatever I might need, without being too pushy, though. Downtown Colombo is within easy reach with tuk-tuk for a small fee. Very decent Cargill supermarket is right next door. Overall nice place, highly recomended. Jan, Toronto. Canada.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
10 Feb 2024
Brandon
The entire staff were great. They make you feel like family. The hotel is clean and well maintained. I stayed here off and on for my entire 5 month stay. Felix is there to help you no matter the issue. Highly recommend.
Leisure Self
8/10
Excellent
04 Jan 2024
Isabelle
Excellent manager Felix always helpful & super friendly
The hotel’s wifi policy is a problem having to renew it each day
Great rooftop pity it’s not able to serve beer!!
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
16 Dec 2023
Nicola

Brilliant hotel

We arrived at this hotel exhausted and that changed instantly the moment we opened the door and got a warm welcome from Felix the host. Felix has the energy that we all wish we had. The information he gives you while checking in is invaluable and he is more than happy to answer questions. We took him up on a SIM card which was far cheaper than using data when needed. He also gives you a card with top places to visit on it, really handy

The rooms and the hotel are spotless, and if you need anything all you have to do is ask.
There is a kitchen and a chef, but you are allowed to make your own stuff from the supermarket next door and then eat on the roof top which offers amazing views.

I cannot recommend this place enough, you will leave feeling relaxed and energised for exploring.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
15 Nov 2023
Jessie

Incredible place to stay whilst in Colombo!

Wow wow wow, what an amazing place to stay. We started our journey at the Den for our trip around Sri Lanka and the location, facilities and in particular Felix the hotel manager gave us the warmest most beautiful welcome we have ever received. Thanks again, could not recommend enough!

Partner
10/10
Exceptional
05 Jul 2026
rika
清潔で気持ち良く滞在出来ました。レストランも利用しましたが、お手頃値段で美味しかったです。どのスタッフの対応も素晴らしい。スーパーマーケットも近くにあり、利便性も文句なしです。
Family
6/10
Pleasant
04 Jul 2026
LEE
혼자 다니면서 가성비로 훌륭한 선택입니다. 도심지와 조금 달라져있지만 깨끗하고 친철하고 에어컨 잘 되었습니다.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
25 Mar 2026
Shiki
日本人です。夫婦で一泊しました。
コスパ最高宿ですのでかなりオススメです!
とにかくスタッフのおじさん、お兄さんがとても親切でした。スリランカ入りして初日のホテルだったのですが、ウェルカム感満載で既に他国へ旅行しヘトヘトでしたが心あったまりました。エアコンもシャワーも問題なく、ドライヤーも貸してもらい快適な宿泊でした。ちなみにテラスからロータスタワーから見れましたよ!
Partner
8/10
Excellent
17 Feb 2026
Francisco Javier
La habitación está bien
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
17 Dec 2025
Michael
Good hotel, nice hosts. Very accommodating and friendly! :-)
10/10
Exceptional
26 Nov 2025
Isabel
Habitación limpia y cómoda. Personal muy amable. Restaurante en la azotea con buenas opciones para desayunar y comer
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
24 Nov 2025
Rafael
Friendly staff and good place to sleep
10/10
Exceptional
29 Oct 2025
TOWAKO
スーパーがすぐ横にありとても便利でした
Leisure Friends
8/10
Excellent
29 Apr 2025
Marco
Die Unterkunft hat uns für eine Nacht sehr gefallen.
Die Zimmer waren sauber und die Mitarbeiter sehr nett.
Es gibt auch eine schöne Dachterrasse,wo man Frühstück und Abendessen bekommt.
Insgesamt sehr zu empfehlen.
Leisure Friends
8/10
Excellent
14 Feb 2025
Philippe

colombo poya navam

très bien pour une nuit (décollage à l'aéroport à 8h10, petit prix taxi en passant par l'hôtel). nous y étions nuit de pleine lune (superbe poya de février)
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
22 Jan 2025
Henk Jan ter
The staf dit adapt to my special breakfast wishes. Next day when is was rainy I could stay with no extra charge!
10/10
Exceptional
09 Jan 2025
Yasuharu
設備もちゃんとしていて快適に過ごせた。
屋上のカフェで無料のコーヒーや紅茶をオーダーして飲めるの良かった。
Leisure Friends
6/10
Pleasant
01 Nov 2024
Olaf
Ich würde das Hotel nur für eine Zwischenstation empfehlen die Gegend ist zu abseits gelegen und wenig attraktiv.Es ist ein kleines Hotel die Zimmer sauber das Personal freundlich.Ich hatte zu Anfang keinen Tresor der mir aber dann freundlicherweise zur Vergüfung gestellt wurde ein kleiner Kühlschrank für kühle Getränke fehlt ganz. W - lan ist schwierig weil man alle Augenblicke einen neuen Code von der Rezeption besorgen muss..Ich habe nach ein paar Tagen das Hotel gewechselt und bin in das Grannbell Hotel umgezogen und habe es nicht bereut.Der Preis ist natürlich ein anderer.Wer von dem Hotel The Den nur seine geplanten Ausflüge zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten starten möchte und den Tag über eh unterwegs ist und nur eine einfache Übernachtung sucht für den ist das Hotel eine preisgünstige Alternative.Es gibt die Möglichkeit dort zu frühstücken und sich Abends dort was nach Karte zu bestellen.
Leisure Self
8/10
Excellent
10 May 2024
Takashi
At first WiFi was not conected, however soon arranged anther one.
English was not so good, however very kind.
Rooftop restaurant has grand view.
Business Self
10/10
Exceptional
22 Mar 2024
Anke

Super Unterkunft

Super freundliches Personal, das auch gerne aushilft und Tipps gibt. Sauberes Zimmer mit guter Klimaanlage und kleinem Balkon. Wegen Bauarbeiten war es morgens etwas laut, aber es war okay. Für 150 Rupien bekommt man ein großzügiges, frisches traditionelles Frühstück auf der Dachterrasse.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
10 Feb 2024
Yuki
スタッフが親切。マネージャーが気さくで全てにおいて最高
10/10
Exceptional
24 Jan 2024
Stefan
Es war ein unfassbar netter und sympathischer Service! Alle waren sehr bemüht und wir wurden mit hilfreichen Tipps unterstützt.
Ein schöner Aufenthalt und ein super Ausblick auf die Stadt (Dachterrasse).
Immer eine Empfehlung wert
Leisure Partner

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The Den 23
23 Norris Canal Rd, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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