The Kingsbury

Sri Lanka , Colombo
COLOMBO, Janadhipathi Mawatha, 48
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10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2026

Thomas

The spa was excellent and so was the breakfast. The room was very good and the staff were warm courteous. Only missed a shopping arcade.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Mar 2026

Josephine

We love staying at the Kingsbury. It feels like home. The rooms are spacious and the beds are super comfortable. The staff are always professional and super friendly. The manager went out of his way to make sure we were happy, (although we had to cancel a night’s stay last minute.) The buffet breakfasts and dinners are sensational! Highly recommend this hotel. We will be back!

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

01 Mar 2026

Peter

Great staff and really good breakfast buffet

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Feb 2026

Kelvin

Hotel somewhat dated, many large events, crowded. Splendid breakfast though

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2026

Kingsley

The room was real nice. The staff was fantastic.

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2026

gary

The check in was good but the room only had one useable draw and limited hanging space, which for two people for 7 day stay was very poor.We had to keep clothes in suitcase.The breakfast was good value and good quality.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2026

John

Great breakfast and nice location

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2026

Nalin

Everything was great. Especially the staff was wonderful.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2026

Lan

Clean room. Amazing staff. Breakfast buffet was delicious, so glad we had it included although the seating was a bit disorganized.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Feb 2026

KALUKUMARA

Small, aged rooms. Great staff, always smiling and helpful. Extensive buffet and couple of other restaurants and a coffee shop. Close to the cbd , restaurants, hotels and beach front. Gym n swimming pool.roof top bar. Executive rooms are not worth the money.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jan 2026

Anish

There were no amenities in the room like toothbrush etc.

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2026

Winston

Great rooms and food.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2026

Brandon

Friendly staff! Excellent F&B.

Business

8/10

Excellent

11 Jan 2026

Rohitha

The property is good.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2025

Shavini

A beautiful venue with amazing views

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2025

Jacqueline

Great value for a hotel with so many amenities

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2025

Dianne

Breakfast menu was excellent.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2025

David

Over all

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2025

Sedrick

The hotel in located very conveniently located.Dining was excellent with a verity choices.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2025

Peter

Fantastic location . My second stay at the Kingbury. The best hotel in Colombo. The staff are wonderful and very helpful. The rooms are very clean and spacious. Highly recommend The Kingsbury for your stay in Colombo.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2025

VIRAL

Good

10/10

Exceptional

04 Oct 2025

Greg

Awesome hotel to stay in. Handy to downtown with all the mod cons.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2025

James

I liked this hotel so much that I want to move in! It has everything: old world charm and service with modern facilities and good restaurants at a very reasonable price. The pool area was great and sunset happy hour at the rooftop bar should not be missed! The buffet in the Horizon restaurant is unbelievable and cheap by US standards. The breakfast buffet included in my room rate was worthy of the five star resort that is the Kingsbury. All in all highly recommended.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2025

Priya

Kingsbury

Great location . Excellent breakfast.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2025

Vijay

Excellent service

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2025

Vijay

Very friendly

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2025

Robben

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2025

Rosh

great staff. rooftop bar. location

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2025

Keng Hee

Friendly staff

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2025

Antonette

My family and i enjoyed the holiday staying at kingsbury hotel.Breakfast was very good.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2025

Thilini

Delicious food
Supper

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

08 Aug 2025

MOHAMMED

Friendly staff, good location but the hotel is dated and need better house keeping

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2025

achchudhakumar

Excellent team, We were checked in at 5am due to early arrival . Beautiful hotel.!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2025

Robben

Second time I visited and it was the great experience.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2025

Richard

Great hotel. Friendly staff and great facilities. Breakfast buffet was excellent.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2025

Shyanakie

Excellent staff. Friendly and helpful. Cleaning of room is prompt and great. Special shoutout to Dilrukshi for the cleanliness of the room.

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2025

Jayasiri

Everything was excellent except the noise.
Every night either a band or DJ played by the outside pool and the sound carried all the way even to 9th floor.
Found hard to sleep beore mid-night

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2025

Gillian

This hotel has an old worldly charm about it. The buffet at breakfast and dinner is incredible and the staff very pleasant. A lovely touch having someone play the piano in the evening. Would stay again when visiting Colombo. They organised a great 4 hour city tuk tuk tour too which was fantastic.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

30 Jun 2025

Gobinath

A five star hotel with no frills

Business

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2025

Sinnarajah

Excellent services ,specially restaurant best

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jun 2025

Laura

The hotel is a very large and noisy one, with music at the outdoor pool area going on until midnight which made sleeping difficult. The buffet restaurant is excellent. Bed and rooms were comfy, and staff are very attentive but there was building work of some sort going on on the floor above, and I could hear something like a mouse or rat in the vents at night. Overall would stay elsewhere next time.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2025

LOGENDRARAJ

Great

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jun 2025

Kobinath

Opulence from checking in to breakfast to Check-out

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2025

Imogen

We stayed for two weeks in The Kingsbury and it was incredible. It was our first time in Sri Lanka and we chose to stay in The Kingsbury because we were attending a wedding there. The service was amazing, the staff cannot do enough for you; holding doors open for you before you get to them, wishing you well every time you see them, cooking off-the-menu items to suit dietary requirements.

The food was delicious in all the restaurants we tried. We booked to have breakfast included but we had a few excursions planned which meant leaving before 6am. We spoke to reception and they arranged for us to have a take away breakfast.

Our towels didn’t get replaced one of the days but if that’s all we have to complain about in two weeks, that’s pretty good going. We would highly recommend The Kingsbury if you are planning on visiting Sri Lanka.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Duwineetha

The staff was very nice. Breakfast buffet was awesome. Fully worth the price

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

uditha

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2025

pooranakumar

Good

Business

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Namali

Great!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

DHANIKA PRABODHI I PALIPANA

Excellent dinning experience. Food was fllabulous. Chef Jayasinghe in the breakfast buffet was excellent in his relationship with customers and very interactive and generous. Room service was far beyond our expectations and delighted receive their companionate service.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2025

Natalie

An excellent choice for the last day and night of a two week trip in Sri Lanka.
Got to the hotel hours before the check in time, and was given a room straight away.
There are multiple restaurants to choose from for dinner. Dinner at Ocean was fab!
Cocktails at the roof top bar were nice. And the afternoon by the pool was chilled.

All the staff were friendly and very helpful.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

07 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Smoking smell during the stay.

Property smelled like smoke even though we have requested non smoking room. People were smoking during the night and you can smell that in the hall way. Ordered hoppers from Chef Jayasinghe in person.He said they will the hoppers to our table. While we were waiting I can clearly seeing he was giving our hoppers to his favorite customers. Went back and asked again and he said we will send it back to your table. Very unprofessional behavior.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2025

Dominic

The staff were excellent. The cake shop made a birthday cake for my grand son which was lovely. The room was comfortable but looked like it needed some TLC .

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Apr 2025

Sudhir Nath

Excellent location & amenities , specially the range they have in Breakfast , only complaint is the staff ( only in the restaurant for breakfast) the service is slow & I will suggest hotel to keep staff who can give service with a smile.
All other staff were very good….

Sure will stay again in this hotel

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Apr 2025

susan

Nice property with a great pool and buffet breakfast. Number of restaurants available for lunch and dinner.
Staff were exceptional.
Only complaint is the volume of the DJ by the pool in the evening. Could hear him inside our rooms later at night

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2025

Anurudda

Been coming here for 15 years, always a pleasure

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2025

Rajitha

Had a nice stay at kingsbury with my family. Highly recommended

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2025

Robben

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2025

Caroline

Perfect location

Beatiful hotel, perfect location
Fantastic breakfast
Helpful staff in booking taxi to airport
Lovely pool
Would thoroughly recommend

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2025

Remona

Kingsbury Hotel is fit for a king!

The Kingsbury had a great vibe and character too. The thing we loved most of all was, the focaccia bread in the buffet, it really showed the quality of chefs they employ there, probably the best in Colombo. The Kingsbury Hotel definitely has standards.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2025

Caroline

Very nice stay in a well located hotel. No complaints.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2025

Jeyakumar

good

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2025

Darshana

Excellent location, beautiful property, professional management and staff, go above and beyond for friendly and kind customer service , would recommend this hotel to anyone who's looking accommodation in Colombo .

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Feb 2025

Nadun

Service and staff were nice. TV channels did not work for the most part of my stay but it really didn't affect my stay. This may be an area you could improve for other future guests.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Feb 2025

Josie

Lots of dining options and great service. Highly recommend

4/10

Poor

30 Jan 2025

Patricia

A very popular hotel with very good facilities. Unfortunately, staff although very friendly are not very competent.
It's a noisy environment with music playing til midnight. They host wedding parties which seems to play loud music. Reception staff are very non-responsive. Didn't book our taxi to airport, no reply to requests.

Rece

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2025

Ronnie

Dining options need work and there needs to be a proper restaurant besides buffet options! Excellent stay though

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2025

Jude frank

Amazing place .were recommend this place and food and all amzing .next time we going stay this place.

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2025

Cyril

Great hotel but some of service can be improved

The hotel is very pretty and well located. Staff is nice and attentive. There is a lot of security with gives you a feeling of safety. Room was spacious and very nice. Many amenities are available.
However, the food/drink service needs improving. Breakfast is great but do not go after 9am otherwise you'll have to wait 1h for coffee or water!
We tried three of their restaurants so the experience was very strange. In the bakery I wasn't served and I needed my husband to get food (who was served with no issue).
The pool restaurant took between 45min to 1h to serve us french fries WHILE there were hardly any other guests and when the food came it was COLD. This happened twice to us and after the second time, we complained got finally semi-warm food.
The ocean restaurant was very chic but they changed three items of our orders without telling us.
Our room was poolside and with the pool club and DJ it was very loud. We asked to switch room with was no issue but sadly some of my clothes got missing during transfer and could not be found anymore.

Partner

2/10

Poor

30 Dec 2024

Suganya

It is so unfortunate that the staff discriminate against their own people. If your skin color is brown, dont stay here. Even though your are paying same amount of money for the rooms and services, the staff
at kingsbury treat you like untouchables. We will never stay here again

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2024

Niyomi

We enjoyed our stay. Food was delicious and the staff was very friendly

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

23 Dec 2024

Liam

Horrendous

From check in I had problems, inefficient staff, impossible to be served food after first morning at breakfast I had to go outside hotel each morning for breakfast. I had all my means outside this hotel due to staff incompetence. The shower cubicle was very dirty. The room very noisy unable to sleep until 3 in the morning. Service generally for everything was so bad

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Dec 2024

James

Rooms are well furnished but slightly tired as are the corridors. Hotel seems to focus on hosting large events which can mean the common areas are very busy and it is difficult to get attention from staff. Similarly, the pool area was not for relaxing and was being used to host an evening party. The hotel allowed me to move rooms away from one overlooking the pool to avoid the noise of the party.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2024

Ryan

We stayed here for a night prior to leaving Sri Lanka from a 10-day trip. The hotel was very fancy, clean and modern and nicely decorated for Christmas. Across the Street from Dutch Hospital shopping and entertainment district. Service was great, and breakfast buffet was plentiful.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2024

Peter

Fabulous staff and restaurants. Sunday brunch was amazing. Great breakfasts too. Staff are so awesome. Beautiful people and country. Thanks again for an amazing experience. I will definitely stay at Kingsbury again.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Nov 2024

Julia

The staff, room, and breakfast options were great. However, on the first night, our room was below a banquet hall, and the loud music continued until midnight. We requested a room change, which was accommodated on the second night of our stay.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Nov 2024

Rashanthi

The last time I stayed here was 8 years ago. It is very clear that they have cut down on a lot of things - starting with the big roses pot in the lobby now some cheap flowers. The room amenities used to be Bvulgari but not anymore. It could be country’s economic situation etc;
But it was very different this time.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Nov 2024

Fathima

Everything was good,
But they didn’t keep much toiletries
Even I didn’t see Thoth past and brush,
I have Oder dlux but room was compared to other 5star it’s small room. Other than everything was good,
Breakfast was superb many choices and varieties

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2024

Austen

Good view from the room that I stayed

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2024

Glen

Absolutely amazing stay. Fantastic staff throughou

An absolutely amazing stay from start to finish. Room was large, well set out and very clean. Bathroom was also spacious and well set out with plenty of light, and immaculately clean. Nice comfortable large king size bed with extraordinarily comfortable pillows. Nice and quiet - all helped for great sleeps. Good lighting throughout with conveniently located switches. Room has tea, coffee, room safe, shampoo, conditioner, slippers, shaving kit and dental kit. Good hot water and water pressure in spacious shower. Room service, which I only used once, was excellent. Good wifi. Great selection of restaurants and bars. Stunning views from the rooftop Sky-lounge, which also has live music at night. Good view from Room. Staff throughout the entire hotel were amazing. Great location. Highly recommend!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2024

ashanthi

Amazing place. Easy walk to Galle face

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Apr 2024

Pavithrini

Great location for being in the capital but the rooms were small and the suite was not in a 5 star condition. Views are of rooftops or buildings. Very noisy with music playing till 10.30pm at the honey club.
Great selection for breakfast.
They didn’t provide hand wash/soap in the room despite asking several times. Basic lack of understanding made it difficult.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2024

Nimali

Amazing hotel experience in Colombo

The most friendly professional service ever. Kingsbury you more than met our expectations. Thank you

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2024

Kamani

Sean De Silva, Assistant Manager E - Marketing and Sachindran Ravindran, Reception Staff Member were very helpful and made a big difference and we would like to thank you so much for making our holiday more memorable.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2024

Rodney

I was very happy with everything nothing to complain about.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2024

Teresa

Plush hotel

It is a plush hotel but the rooms are small. High level of service. Breakfast is great. They had fresh tropical fruits like mangosteen, guava, papaya, etc. There are 2 malls within walking distance. Short tuktuk ride to the National Museum (must visit) and other significant sights.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2024

Nazia

Gorgeous hotel with old skool vibes. Incredible personalised service and very attentive staff

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jan 2024

Verified traveler

Very tired hotel that needs more, better traistaff

The hotel is tired and not well staffed to make it run well The room service food was inedible; not through spice or flavouring but preparation. The staff at the pool were absent. The gym staff were horrendous and I found one drinking wine from a bottle in the cupboard while I was on the treadmill.

Business

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2024

Rue

I stayed at the Kingsbury for one night and it was a great experience. Check-in was speedy and the staff were informative and kind. My favorite experience was dining in at the Ocean seafood restaurant. The food and cocktails were made with love. Will be back soon

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2023

Dinithi

Amazing

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2023

Low

I have been staying at this hotel for my business trip. Previous trips was alright except this recent one that i was assigned lower level that was too noisy for comfort.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

07 Dec 2023

Benjamin

Good food. Restaurant staff undertrained or pushy.

Needs a couple of changes. No hot water two days in row. Restaurant overstaffed with poorly trained staff. Food excellent.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

31 Oct 2023

Verified traveler

Pretentious stuffy hotel with high security

A luxury hotel it may be, but a comfortable and relaxing place to stay it is not. The hotel swarms with over officious staff who follow your every move. We arrived, well dressed with small rucksacks , as our luggage was being forwarded. Check in took 25 minutes as desk staff, answered phone and attended other guests whilst booking us in. We were approached by staff twice on way to our room, enquiring if they could ' help', it felt like they were checking on us! We went to sit by the pool, and were questioned by three different members of staff as to if we were guests, and even returned to check our room number! Security is tight & guests are certainly under observation. Perhaps this is to be expexpected as the hotel appears to accommodate the 'bling and business' class. Definitely not a place to relax in.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2023

zainelabedin

Everything is great on the hotel . Clean and location of hotel, but i have one note : room service very slow

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

09 Oct 2023

Dimuthu

Terrible front office service. It took 30 minutes just checkin a guest.

Staff is not polite and lot of trainees. No one knows what to do.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2023

Debashree

Excellent service

I had a wonderful stay in Kingsbury Colombo Hotel. This is a five star property & truly lives upto its name. The rooms are spacious with nice view of the cityscape & the sea. Room service is amazing with really cordial hotel staffs. House keeping did wonderful job. In room dining menu should have bit more variety & check out took longer than expected. Apart from these 2 points rest everything was perfect. Would definitely recommend this hotel.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2023

Mohamed

Service and Employees were fantastic

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2023

Austen

Nice clean rooms and good food. Beautiful view of the sea and port city which is still under construction. Buffer breakfast was with many choices.