Name: Hotel Glendower
Address: No 5, Grand Hotel Road, 5, Nuwara Eliya, LK

6/10

Pleasant

27 Apr 2026

Kacee

Sorry to say, this was my least favorite hotel in Sri Lanka (and the most expensive). The vibes were just weird, and the room did not have a secure lock - unsettling for me as a female solo traveler. It's very loud in the halls (no noise insulation), and dogs will bark outside of your first floor room middle of the night. I probably slept for 2 hours and couldn't wait to leave. There was also a giant lizard in my room just as I was going to sleep. I had a drink at the pub on site and found it to be charming.

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2026

Paul

Lovely place

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2026

Lucy

Clean room with hot water. Lovely receptionist who welcomed us on arrival and helped us with booking a taxi to Kandy. Only slight negative was it was slightly noisy in the mornings with staff members walking the corridors chatting and prepping breakfast. All in all really lovely place in a great location.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2025

Kokilaverny

Very traditional and old fashion bungalow

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Jul 2025

Timothy

The rooms are a bit tired, the staff are lovely. The location is good.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2025

Michael

This is a wonderful, welcoming hotel. Special thanks to the staff - Benedict and Laxmi - and manger Duminda, who immediately made me feel at home. The rooms are spacious, clean, and exude a rustic, lived in charm. I will gladly return on future visits!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2025

donald

The staff were kind and attentive to our queries and requests. The rooms were clean and comfortable. Excellent food. I would recommend the Sri Lankan breakfast over the English breakfast, though. Fresh coconut sambol was magnificent! Wonderful and charming ambiance in the dining room and a smashing little pub (though they didn't have Guinness which I had to go to the Grand Hotel for). The little garden is a lovely spot to sip a cup of tea in the sunshine.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2025

John Jay

Absolute The best service hotel in Sri Lanka

It was absolutely fantastic we were so well looked after especially by the very friendly and professional manager and his staff , rooms were very comfortable, food was excellent as was the icy cold drinks at the in-house Pub, this hotel gets 10 out of 10 from us , it was a pleasure to stay there , thank you Jay and Bluey from Australia

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2025

Russell

This is a fabulous olde world style hotel full of antiques and charm. The rooms are spacious and comfortable. The gardens are meticulously kept and perfect for relaxing in after sightseeing - especially with a nice cold beer from their bar, the 19th Hole Pub. This is a good old fashioned bar playing great music, serving cold beers and mixing wonderful cocktails - get Pradeep to make you a Tequila Margarita 🍸! Then dine either at your table in the bar or garden or in the formal dining room choosing from a very reasonably priced menu and have Benedict recommend rice dishes of the day and serve you with very generous portions - try the Garlic prawns 🍤 🍤 🍤
Cannot recommend this establishment highly enough, Ho there, you will not be disappointed.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Feb 2025

Elizabeth

Very well placed and a good bar and dining room. The bedrooms are large but I had no hot water. It had seen better days but the staff were attentive. Hot towel and tea on arrival.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2024

Terence

In the Heart of the town.

The staff were great, super friendly and we were made to feel comfortable straight away with a fresh hot face towel and a cup of tea, even got a free welcome head massage. Everyone was helpful with places to go as well as recommendations for the next stop of our trip. Your also next to the Grand Hotel opposite Victoria park so location is great but the thing letting the hotel down was the building needs a refurb. Bathroom door didn't shut as the wood had bowed, paint on the walls and ceiling were patchy, needs a little TLC but overall a great looking place and we were well looked after.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2024

keith

Old style hotel, very comfortable. Staff are excellent and can't do enough for you. Some areas may need a bit of updating, but on the whole very good. The food is excellent.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2024

Kasun

Very nice cozy and very friendly staff

6/10

Pleasant

24 Mar 2024

Vasanthan

Good service by the staff.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2024

Stephen

Best situated hotel in Nuara Eliya

Great value stay at this once state of the art 1930s hotel. Full of old world charm, white cotton sheets, surprised they were not starched. Huge bedrooms and with a bath. Big breakfast in the period dining room. Ideally situated and next door to the Grand Hotel with more opulence.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2018

Paul

A pretty location but a rather tired interior

The hotel has some nice features but there were several housekeeping issues over the functioning of the bedroom and bathroom and the service at breakfast wasn't very attentive.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2018

Arvid

Cosy, colonial hotel in the middle of Nuwara Eliya

Cosy colonial style hotel, nice people, great bar! Food is good and prepared with care and consideration.

Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2018

Ryan

Nice place to stay, although shame about the room

Had a 1 night stay. Unfortunately I have to mark it down due to the state of the bathroom. It was disgusting, dirty, damp and needs a huge make over. If they fix this then I would give the hotel an awesome rating.
Hotel is very close to the Grand Hotel and walking distance to the city centre. The rest of the hotel itself is nice, the lobby and bar is really cool with old English furniture. The staff are also very friendly and helpful. Breakfast has a good selection.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

It’s an outdated place but really friendly staff with some simple upgrades it would be a real contender.

Partner

4/10

Poor

09 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Run down hotel. Appliances in bathroom were broken

Bathroom walls looked mildew. room was damp including bedspreads. Breakfast was boring. Only hotel manager could communicate in English. Staff was friendly. Even at 50% discount the hotel is overpriced.