Roy's Villa

Excellent full service hostel in a peaceful, rural area outside of Sigiriya town. The hostel is nicely designed and the staff are so helpful. They organize daily activities and can help with any transportation needs you have. The nightly dinner buffet is outstanding and well worth the money.

Because it is in a secluded area, there isn't much you can walk to from the hostel. Wifi didn't work well in the dorm.

Really nice hostel. 1. Very clean 2. Great staff 3. Activities were good value for money and well organised 4. Family dinner every night (7usd) was a great way to meet people. 5. Big and comfy beds with lots of personal space. I had fun there!

1. The door to the room from the outside and the internal bathroom doors were very heavy and loud (even with earplugs). Roy’s kids are cute but they get up at 7am and make noise. Also building work started at 8am so I didn’t have the best sleep there. 2. I also found the food/drink to be overpriced. For example, the portion of fries for 4USD wasn’t big enough for the price. 3. The top bunks were really hot and stuffy as the aircon didn’t really reach up there. A personal fan would have helped. It cooled down a bit at night but I still woke up hot at 7am. If you can’t handle heat like me I recommend requesting a bottom bed.

This was the nicest hostel I have ever stayed at! The staff were wonderful and organised some really fun activities during the day - including a sunrise hike, elephant safari and trip to the ancient city. The food was delicious and they organised a really fun cooking class. The rooms were clean and the social areas were really nice. I met some amazing people here and my time here was one of my highlights of my time in Sri Lanka!

One of our favourite stays in Sri Lanka. Roy’s Villa is such a gem. Roy and his team truly understand hospitality and have build something great here. Also, it will be hard to find better food around Sigiriya than at Roy’s. Both room and common areas are wonderful and we really loved chilling at the upstairs lounge and fireplace at night.

Hardly anything. We found the safari slightly expensive.

Roy’s place feels like a home away from home. Roy and his staff are incredibly helpful, and the family dinner each night is great way to meet others, but there’s also plenty of space and beautiful hammock views if you like quiet time. Food is amazing too :). Thank you Roy and team!

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The hosts organized a ton of activities through out the day which was great fun. The common areas are just beautiful.

Food and Drinks are pricy.

The staff was so nice, everything was perfect. The food was also amazing and the activities proposed by the hostel were great, always very arranging and helpful :) definitely the best hostel I’ve ever been We were in a private double room and it was very comfortable, with AC and a small terrace just for us.

Little bit high prices for the food compared to local restaurant but it’s worth it because absolutely delicious

Beautiful hostel, nice stuff and activities

Bad showers, breakfast should be included for that prize

Had a great and comfi stay at Roys. The entire team is super friendly and supportive. I liked the many tour options and the family dinner in the evenings. My dorm room and bed was great with A/C.

Just small improvements I see for the wifi connection, missing trash bins and not really hot shower for the dorm. The location is rather remote so needs transport with tuktuk at all times to get around.