The Golden Residence

Warm environment and good customer care

I liked the facilities at affordable rate

Nice accommodation, with a kind German-speaking host. He showed us the plants of his garden and also gave us a bag of fresh star fruits from the garden as snacks when we left.

There was no proper wifi, but the host set it up for us. Yet, the connection was okayish.

We loved our stay with Chandara. He is an excellent host and the house is amazing. It is everything you might expect from a South Asian house, with lots of comfortable, classic and classy wooden furniture throughout. Our bed was a magnificent 4 poster complete with anti mosquito net. The breakfast was different but good, involving lots of new flavours to us. Best of all Chandara organised and accompanied us on an excursion to the Elephant Orphange and another place nearby where my son was able to ride an elephant in a humane fashion and then onto a tea factory where an immaculately attired, beautiful hostess, talked us through the tea making process. All in all, a fabulous day to remember.

April is pretty warm and humid if you are from a cool climate. It is not the host’s fault, but try to avoid the muggy period unless you are acclimatised. Chandara also speaks quite a bit of German in addition to English. Gut zu wissen! The house is at Km marker 12.1 on the A19 road, about 3 km from the centre of Kegalle. Tell that to the tuk tuk driver.

Supuer service

Friendly behavior

Amazing stay, kind owner, great food, great house. Enjoyed my stay, thank you:)

Probably the best stay we have ever had after two years of travelling. The host, Mr Chandrasena was really gracious and kind, even treating us to his own birthday party with a small gathering of friends held on the day of our stay. We had lot of fun. The room was spacious, nice and very clean, with really clean and fresh bedding and sheets. The bathroom was spacious and clean. The value for money was absolutely fantastic as well, this is THE place to stay in Kegalle, or if you are on your way to Pinnawala or Greenacres.