Name: Hotel Nippon Colombo
Address: 123 Kumaran Rathnam Road Colombo 2, Colombo, 00200, LK

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jul 2026

Prabodini

The staff was helpful especially with our luggage and service but the breakfast was very disappointing because they didn’t have the food that was stated on the menu and gave us the wrong curries we ordered due to miscommunication. The room was decent and overall a decent location for an overnight stay.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2026

Mario Mark

Staff are courteous and English is ok.
Hotel is clean and cool and quiet.
Food is excellent and good value.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

12 Jan 2026

John

Arrived very late and staff waited for me

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2025

bruce

Quality

Very nice stay excellent accommodation and restaurant

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2025

John Jay

Perfect hotel in the heart of Colombo

Fabulous hotel professional staff and delicious food at the restaurant , an easy Tuk Tuk ride to anywhere you want to go

Partner

4/10

Poor

28 Jan 2025

Linda

This was the first hotel that had an odour of unclean/unwashed bedding and didn’t feel fresh. I would say you get what you pay for but other hotels at the same price did feel clean. The staff were lovely and did let us check in early after a long flight. Sadly for the bedding we cancelled our future reservation as we were going to stay on our return leg.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jan 2025

Nadee

It's rightly prices as this is not a relaxing venue. Can't complain because the price is pretty low despite being located in the heart of the city. That goes to say the noise from vehicles will keep you awake at night and wake you u before the alarm.

And they definitely need to replace towels as the ones provided are very old. And the definitely have to clean up the balcony as it seems like it had never been cleaned.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jan 2025

Sanjeev

Breakfast can be better and more international flavours.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2024

Michael

A relatively small hotel that still maintains it's heritage. Staff were very pleasant and extremely helpful.
The area around the hotel has seen better days but there are plenty of options within walking distance if you are doing the tourist things.
The money we saved by staying here was well spent on a fantastic meal at Ministry of Crab!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Feb 2024

Yolanda

The hotel Nippon was lovely. One of the old type hotels which has been refurbished. The lounge area was nice, lift was clean,staff helpful. The room was average size bed was comfortable. The view from the window wasnt appealing as it was residential and area not that good. However a 3 minute walk from the hotel took you to beautiful gardens, temples etc.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

21 Jan 2024

Zoltan

Could be better

We arrived to the hotel at about 1030pm, the hotel lost our booking ans our room wasn’t ready till about 1145pm when the cleaning stuff were cleaning the room.

The room was ok, we understand the hotel is a beautiful and very old building (137 years old) but small thing could have been don’t to make the room look better, windows were dirty, window blinds didn’t work very well, and towels were ripped.

Staff were friendly, food was ok, one morning we had breakfast buffet and the second morning it was menu service.

Hotel is places in a good location, close to bars, restaurants shops and other amenities.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2024

Ana Loella Cuenca

The property was within walking distance to both One Galle Face and City Centre. It also has a convenient cafe with quite okay selection of “short eats” for quick snacking.

Only drawback was when we requested for house keeping, they did throw out the trash from the main room but left out the one in the toilet. Towels were also not changed as well as the daily toiletries supply though we didn’t need them but it’s standard hotel practice unless I missed out on the request when needed fine line print.

Over all an okay stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2023

Sathiyendrah

Luxurious stay for a steal! You cant beat this price!

Business

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2023

Emik

Great price, good location and nice hotel.

Nice place to stay for a great price, would recommend

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

19 May 2023

Sukumar

Very hot oven room

Location is good. AC is not working at all call couple of time spend an hour still no luck. Inside is burning.
Not plasent stay.

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Good Location in Colombo 2

The staff were very helpful when approached for advice and directions. Breakfast was good. Traffic noise was evident most of the time. Busy street outside. TV worked well. Had trouble with internet access. Could not connect to the secure portal. Staff tried to help but to no avail. Used the unsecured portal but in a limited manner.

2/10

Poor

05 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

The property was almost empty so when we arrived they refused to give early check-in @ 7am but wanted charge if wanted so asked to come back at 11am. When we went at 11, there was no room but the guy at the reception found another room. When we went to the room, surprise!!! The bathrooms were almost see through. When complained and mentioned that we will checkout, room was changed to a lower category.

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2019

Tala

Great location

Great location, right around the corner from the main road. Rooms were comfortable, staff were super friendly and helpful. Breakfast was great!

Friends

8/10

Excellent

19 Nov 2018

jacqueline

Good hotel, apparently the oldest in Colombo, within short tuk-tuk distance from Colombo train station. Check-in was quick and easy. Room was spacious,with large balcony overlooking the road, and one of the most comfortable beds we've ever slept in. Nice restaurant with sufficient choice for breakfast and choice of a la carte or bar bites in the evening. The bar bites were particularly good with good sized portions. Decent bar room available too. All staff in the hotel were very pleasant and helpful.
Within easy walking distance from Galle Face, Twin Towers, Clock Tower and Pettah.
Clean hotel. Though we only stayed 2 nights we'd definitely recommend this hotel for either short or longer stay.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Oct 2018

Jeannine

Underwhelming

Overall the Nippon did not meet our expectations. All standards could be improved. Paid for transfer from the airport and was then charged extra for tolls, paid online for room but at hotel was charged extra for taxes. Breakfast was slow, cold and a strange combination of food. Overall you could get better value for money elsewhere.