Rajarata Hotel Anuradhapura

Sri Lanka , Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura, Rowing Club Road, Anuradhapura, 77
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8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2026

Bandula

All good

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jan 2026

Erandi

The hotel lobby, restaurant and food were all pretty good but the room was basic and had some issues. It was good enough for a one night stay. I would consider this hotel a 2 or 3 star at most. The service, however, was very good.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

GAJAMAN HEWAGE GAMINI

Staff

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2025

Shiromani

Excellent customer service and tasty food!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2025

pooranakumar

Good

Business

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Tia

Solid choice, great pool

A solid choice in Anuradhapura that caters to tour groups, especially. Nice staff, clean and basic rooms, with nice little balconies, many of which overlook the terrific pool. Would recommend avoiding the meh dinner buffet and order off the menu instead. Well located, and staff made a great recommendation for local driver and guide.

Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2025

Tania

Overall our experience was good. We had a great server named Gihan. I needed a pen to keep score on a game I was playing. The next day when I showed up he came over with a pen.i thought that was thoughtful. Our drinks and food were served quickly. I had no complaints about the staff. The only complaints is the dining room was moved upstairs as there was a function at the main dining room. The upstairs dining room is right by the rooms and the noise went on well past 11 pm. The dinners left, but the staff started getting ready for breakfast with plates clanking and chairs being moved. I would suggest the second dinning room is moved away from the rooms.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2025

Vishan

Everything is good, but there were two minor issues I would point out.
1.) Shower door didn't close completely.
2.) They only give one room key, which you need to plug in for lights to operate. So, there is a chance you can walk out and get locked out the door. When I pointed that out, they gave me a sperate card to plug in for the lights and so my door keys were always in my pocket.

One thing I should mention more than anything, staff were super friendly and very helpful!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2024

Dilip

Clean and comfortable rooms. Not having an elevator made it a little hard for older parents to get to the rooms in the second floor.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2023

Namalie

Very good service.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2022

Wathsala

The hotel is close to all major attractions in Anuradhapura. The staff were courteous and helpful.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Limited WiFi. Had to keep going back for new Cade. Friendly staff . Nothing is too much. Always service with a smile

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jan 2020

Jay

Great place to stay in Anuradapura, Sri Lanka. Very friendly staff and the property is in good condition. Would stay again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2020

Npk

The staff was the best and made my short stay a very pleasant one. The front desk manager Akalanka was one of the best. The tuk tuk driver the hotel arranged was also very professional.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2019

Thusith

Great stay with family.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Nov 2019

David

Very polite reception staff. Massive SriLankan breakfast.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Good customer service. Quiet place. Grate place to relax.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The staff were incredibly helpful in booking us a tuk-tuk and a taxi. They were very kind and approachable

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2019

Pasan

Friendly staff with good sri Lankan food.

The staff was so friendly and willing to help all the time. During the first day two young boys were so fast with the breakfast serving but during the second day it was damn slow. But the food was so nice and the it had the real sri lankan flavor.
The room was renovated in recent time the room is in a good condition.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

29 Aug 2019

michael

Lovely staff but slightly tired hotel

We booked 2 rooms for the kids and us since they did not have a triple room during our stay. The rooms were spacious and relatively clean. However the bathrooms had problems. The sink didn't work in one room so we were moved to different rooms. The sink in one of the new rooms had a similar problem but we sorted that out with hand plunging and boiling water. The staff were very nice and helpful and we felt bad asking them to sort out various problems with the remote, A/C, etc. They did sort everything out for us quite quickly. Overall a functional family-friendly hotel with a good pool, a pretty good location, nice staff and nice food. This is a mid range hotel and I would assume one of the better ones in Anuradapura.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2019

Josephine

Disappointing

We booked a double room with king bed and got 2 single beds.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Aug 2019

Garvin

Never again

Started off on a bad note. Don’t expect to get the room you booked online .We were given a room with two single beds instead of the double deluxe .The staff said to bad that’s all we have even though we booked in advance . The solution just push them together . Very poor reception and service. Breakfast was very below par . The shower head fell and cut my husbands foot . Would not recommend booking on line as you do not get what you book.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Check in swift & fast. Room is clean . Bed comfortable. I booked total four rooms for my staff . All are happy with the hotel. Will stay here again on our next trip.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2019

Sam

It is located in a convenient location. Staff is friendly. They asked for my wife's ID too, probably because we are locals.
Room is small, it has 2 single bets cant merged together.
The terrible thing was AC went down in the night, seems chiller was switched off in the night. I didn't have a good sleep.
The bathroom was bit outdated and stains on the commode.
Garden and pool are wonderful.
Food is good.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Mar 2019

ARUN

While the hotel itself was pretty good, they gave us a ground floor pool facing room which meant we could never open our curtains and let the sunlight in.

Also, our phone was broken and so i had to go every time to the reception to get things done, even room service and housekeeping etc.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2019

Excellent hotel to stay in Anuradhapura

Rajarata is an excellent hotel with good service from its staff. It is clean, comfortable and provides friendly atmosphere. I won't mind staying in the hotel if I have to visit Sri Lanka again in the near future. I would strongly recommend this place to anyone planning to visit Anuradhapura.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2018

Manjula

Excellent service. Friendly staff peaceful surroundings

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2018

Denzil

The friendliness of the staff and cleanliness. The food is excellent too.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

17 Oct 2018

Iain

Bland

It’s just a soulless hotel with not much going for it. Disappointing

8/10

Excellent

12 Sep 2018

Roy

Hotel was excellent with helpful staff and good pool and breakfast. Sites to visit are distant from most places, but receptionist was able to arrange hire of a bicycle. This was a good way to get around but the heat was still a bit oppressive.

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

i would like to stay there whenever i am in Anuradhapura.

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

good. the service is great. i would like to stay there again.

6/10

Pleasant

12 Aug 2018

Nathan

This is a very modern hotel with clean rooms and a good breakfast, but there were some annoying service problems. Firstly they gave us a room with 3 twins when we booked one with a double, so we complained and they moved us to a family room with a king. After an hour or so of chilling in the room, taking a shower, unpacking, the staff knocked on the door and asked us if we would move rooms because they just booked a family. They asked if it was ok — definitely not OK! But we obliged and moved to a double room. Why didn’t they just put us in the open double to begin with?

Secondly, there were two steps leading down to the balcony and my wife fell down the steps and almost cracked her head open! What kind of balcony has stairs to it?! Ridiculous.

Thirdly, the air conditioner, which looks highly advanced for Sri Lanka all built into the ceiling, was extremely confusing to operate and kept on turning off in the middle of the night and beeping, waking us up multiple times. A little instructions to understand the Chinese remote would have been helpful.

We wanted to rent bikes but they werent available, but we only found this out after waiting at reception for 15 minutes. They need more front desk staff.

Clean rooms, but the little annoyances take away from the rating.

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2018

Raja

It was a nice stay. Great pool, good rooms and nice breakfast.

2/10

Poor

21 Jul 2018

Assalaarachchi

We booked a standard room with a double bed and a twin bed through expedia... in the remarks i mentioned that a twin bed is not required as only 2 people will be there and hence a double bed is sufficient ...when we arrived at the hotel we were given a room with two seperate single beds apart.. when we inquired about this from the reception we were told that eventhogh you bookeed throug expedia we do not have rooms available currently and hence cannot support... THIS MADE US LOOSE FAITH ON EXPEDIA AS WHAT IS THE POINT OF PAYING MONEY IF YOU DO NOT GET WHAT YOU BOOKED THROUGH THE SITE...later on spoke to the manager and got the two single beds joined together and by putting a seperate sheet converted to look like a double bed.. this whole scenario cost us 4 hours of time.. we were only able to check in close to 5.30 pm... NEED TO ENSURE TO COMMUNICATE THE RIGHT VIEW TO THE CUSTOMER BEFORE ANY PAYMENT IS PROCEESED WITH

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2018

Noel

Staff were great and very helpful as were the facilities only thing a bit lacking was the food could do with a bit of variation and maybe a bit of upgrading

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Okay stay

The hotel was newly renovated or renovating at the time of our visit. We had a great stay. Special thanks to Mr. Lal for showing us the room and for the welcome service. The breakfast buffet was okay and was finishing by 10 am. The rooms were clean but were missing blankets in beds. Also, the safe was not functioning properly in the morning due to battery low and we had to ask for assistance to open it but they provided assistance right away.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 May 2018

Jay

No hotwater

8/10

Excellent

23 Jan 2018

Mal

Nice Hotel Close to Lake

Very pleasant stay. Walking distance to restaurants and shops

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

I stayed there only for one night and didn't have any chance to use the facilities there. The breakfast is great and the restaurant has a very nice pool side view. Overall, the hotel is clean and simple design.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Nov 2017

Don J.

Good location in Anuradhapura

Limited selection of food items for the breakfast , all the rooms are same size though the hotel offers Delux rooms which are standards charging a higher price offering the same amenities.

Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2017

El-Branden

Comfortable hotel, well-located.

My wife and I enjoyed our stay at the hotel. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Also, the restaurant's buffet was excellent. My only complaint, and this is a minor one because it was a good break for me, was that the wifi internet and the cable TV were often unstable and not working at all.

But, I have no trouble at all recommending this hotel, and would happily stay there again. The swimming pool is a perfect place to cool down after visiting the incredible Buddhist sites.

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2017

Nancy

Friendly hotel

Very clean well run hotel with good service - the staff is lovely - friendly and helpful and courteous. The only drawback is the restaurant - unfortunately the food is only mediocre.

Family

2/10

Poor

12 Apr 2017

Kevin James

Pish not posh!

The service isn't horrible. Air conditioning doesn't work. The bed is uncomfortable. They forget to bring things you ask for and can't fix issues. Don't stay here. HORRIBLE

Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Feb 2017

surekha

Good stay

Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2016

Oscar

Wonderful Hotel Perfectly Located in Anuradhapura

We had a wonderful stay at Rajarata Hotel. The lounge area is really nice, and I found myself wandering there and just sitting, watching the surroundings. The breakfast was very good, and it was really nice to sit outdoors around the pool. The rooms are nicely sized and comfortable. I would like to visit Rajarata again and spend a little more time. It's perfectly located for visiting the tourist sites around Anuradhapura.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Oct 2016

Could be a great hotel, not recommended for now

The staff was very polite and friendly; however at the moment of needing something as simple as making a phone call to a local number, they did refuse. Quite silly, knowing we are foreigners and do not have a local SIM with us to use in our mobiles. The breakfast was limited in choice, every day the same, and they seemed not to care that much that the table cloths were clean or not, so the 4 days we had breakfast, the tables were dirty from the dinner service the night before. Coming to the pool, all ok until the very few towels they have are running out. It took in one occasion 25 minutes for them to bring us towels! Also a pity they close the pool at 19.00pm and not later. They could care a bit more around the communal areas and this facts mentioned, because it's in the other hand a contradiction in seeing how clean the rooms are. Room size and care was good, a nice terrace too, however at nights its was impossible to sleep because of the unbearable heat! Then putting the air-con on would lower the temperature until the point you set, then it switched off and never comes back on unless you change the settings again, and so on in a circle! There is no automatic sensor for reactivation when the room reaches higher temps again. So the 4 nights were a horrible sleeping experience. It could be a great hotel, but these facts mean I will never recommend to anyone, sorry.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

hotel with a very peaceful enviornment

hotel staff is very helpful. facilities are good and upto standard. the enviornment is very peaceful and very spacious. also close to the town and the important religious sites.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

Average

Wifi did not work. Food average. Service ok. Swimming pool good.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Feb 2016

Ashvin

Good clean hotel friendly staff