Woodnest Summerside

Guesthouse

Recommended Hotel Great service doesn't cost anything
poor service can cost everything.

The photos advertised on this website — on any website for this accommodation are FAKE. I booked a trip to Sri Lanka for three friends and myself for a school assignment to help out disabled children. We are all aged 17 and are international school girls who live in Singapore. We planned to have a relaxing last night in Negombo before flying out and found Summer Side Residence on Trip Adviser. It fit our budget and looked perfect. First off, this is a construction site NOT a 'residence'. The original building that is advertised on this website was present. However to the right of the site was a huge construction. There were close to a dozen Sri Lankan construction workers standing around as we pulled in next to the residence. Finding this residence was close to impossible. It was down an unknown street outside the heart of Negombo. Our driver informed us that we weren't even IN Negombo when we arrived at the accommodation. The room that we were lead into was a completed 'lobby' (just a larger room with a small desk) and had building materials littered throughout. We then had to carry our bags up INCOMPLETED stairs, not completed in the slightest and a danger. There were shoes and building materials thrown around the landing of the stairs and a doorway onto the construction site. We were placed in completed rooms that were okay. The lock on the door was extremely weak and the feeling of security was lost completely.

Very good hotel with reasonable prices.

Beautiful place and so quiet and relaxing. Staff very prompt service and helpful. Good breakfast in the morning.

We stayed there for one night. Clean and large room, however the staff don’t seem to speak very good English. We asked for breakfast take away and he gave a long winded answer and it wasn’t clear when he was going to bring it. Anyway we got it in the end. The sandwiches weren’t great but had fruit and yogurt. May be the proper breakfast is better but we’ve not tried. Not much around, apart from some rubbish restaurants. Not too far from the airport.

I stayed here and ended up with food poisoning. To make matters worse, the hotel has absolutely no Wi-Fi. Not in the rooms and not in the lobby. The owner is arrogant and nasty and blatantly lies when he claims otherwise. He makes excuses but does not want to pay for it yet advertises it is available everywhere. He then told me if I buy a sim card I will be able to get Wi-Fi through a device he has. He brought me to his friend's hop who sold me a sim card. The only problem there was no available data on the card sold to me. When I asked him to bring me back to the store he said he would but made repeated excuses and never did. Also, the property is swarming with mosquitos.

We had a perfect stay here. Clean room with double bed, air conditioner and lovely breakfast. Owner is a nice person, gave us good suggestions and deals for Dutch Canal boat trip and taxi fares. I would definitely recommend here and we will come back. Play with kitty he is charming!

This place is really a perfect place for me. My second time to stay here. The ambiance of the place is really comfortable. I really feel happy when I stay here. I feel im in my own home. As safe place to stay. A friendly owner of the place Ruwan and the family for accomodating me on my needs for almost 1 month stay in this place. The staff are very friendly, special mention to the one lady RUWINI. She is really a nice lady. All of them are reallt nice and they will accomodate you for all the needs. The rooms are perfect it was relaxing. This place is one of the best place In Negombo City. Look forward to come again and stay in you place. Thank you for the happy memories in here. I really love it…
Best Regards,
Ronalle Magno.

Nice and clean hotel with reasonable price. The owner is very friendly. Breakfast is tasty.

Nice cosy boutique hotel located in Negombo. Reasonable priced, clean and friendly staff.

The cheapest hotel we visited in Sri Lanka. Strangely enough it was one of the nicest. AC and Wi-Fi and a huge bed. What more do you need?

Excellent service! Will never forget this hotel.!