Langdale Boutique Hotel by Amaya

Incredible views. Staff were really nice. The grounds were lovely. Guests were all posh English people. A nice place to stay in-between other styles of accommodation we explored in Sri Lanka.

Exceptional service

Beautiful location and wonderful service. A delightful stay! Thank you!

Absolutely stunning property, it almost felt fairytale like watching the green hills around us while playing minigolf or taking a stroll around the tea plantation. Very very picturesque. We also enjoyed the heated pool and my husband the tennis court. The service was also very good and a la carte breakfast excellent.

The bathroom was a little tired so didn’t feel like 5 stars. It didn’t affect our overall experience though. We stayed at Langdale as part of our honeymoon and also informed the hotel about it prior. Opposite to other hotels we stayed at where we got a little something, like a cake, decorated bed, candlelit dinner or similar, we didn’t get this here. A little something here would have made a difference.

Great location amidst tea gardens. Serene ! Very courteous staff who took fabulous care of us.

The location amongst the fields of tea; the dinner was delicious (and served very fast); the staff were very kind

The hotel offers 3 room types on Booking: standard, deluxe and premium. We booked deluxe and were given room 101, a poky room with no privacy, literally next to reception and overlooking the entrance door where cars came and went (their website promises all deluxe rooms “Boast heavenly views”). In no way did it match the description or the photos, I think it was a standard room. We refused it and the receptionist worked hard to give us a premium room which was bigger and had privacy. This place needs to be more truthful in its marketing, to invest in the property (the white picket fence the restaurant faces is falling over; the plastic, sloping floor of the enormous shower bath in room 103 wasn’t stable…) and to give their staff a product to be really proud of.

The pool was good and they had crazy golf, badminton and tennis - all equipment provided. The views were to die for and the walk through the tea plantation was really charming. We walked down to Somerset tea factory in the morning and were shown around - great visit and tasted teas. Well worth doing even though we had done one elsewhere We had a room with a balcony and enjoyed sitting out watching the sun go down.

Not enough pool brolleys and def not enough pool beds! We got burnt a little - mentioned it to the front desk people - and yes they knew it was a problem. Our usb charge points in the bedroom did not work - mentioned it but I think they had never been connected. The bar ran out of local beers on the first night but restocked for the next day. The bar only really had seating for 10-12 people which seemed odd - we sat outside but got bitten on my ankles despite insect repellent. Meals - a lot of European food on the menu which seemed to be what people wanted - it is v like a little England from the colonial days.