Royal Palms Beach Hotel

Property class: 4

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Take advantage of a swim-up bar, shopping on site, and a coffee shop/cafe at Royal Palms Beach Hotel. Indulge in Ayurvedic treatments and a massage at Tangerine Spa, the onsite spa. Be sure to enjoy dinner and light fare along with international cuisine and al fresco dining at the two on-site restaurants. Fitness classes are offered at the gym; other things to do include racquetball/squash and volleyball. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a garden and a playground.

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Spa
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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Deluxe Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 387 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Executive Suite

  • Garden view
  • 487 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds
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About the neighborhood

Located in Wadduwa, Royal Palms Beach Hotel is on the beach. Richmond Castle and Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Brief Garden, Bevis Bawa and Dehiwala Zoological Garden. Visit our Wadduwa travel guide
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De Abrew Road, Waskaduwa, Wadduwa, 1200

What's nearby

  • A beach with a boat and waves under a cloudy sky.
    Pothupitiya Beach
    20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • A tropical beach with palm trees, a thatched-roof hut, and a clear blue sky.
    Bentota Beach
    26 min drive - 23.3 km
  • A cityscape with modern skyscrapers, a body of water, and a traditional pavilion.
    Colombo City Centre
    51 min drive - 44.3 km
  • A beach at sunset with calm waves and a distant city skyline.
    Galle Face Green
    51 min drive - 44.3 km
  • Kalatura Beach
    3 min drive - 1.9 km

Getting around

  • Aluthgama Railway Station
    24 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB)
    86 min drive

Restaurants

  • Urban Taste
    7 min drive
  • Panorama Hotel
    4 min drive
  • TFC Restaurant & Catering
    10 min drive
  • Spice Traders
    11 min drive
  • KFC
    6 min drive

About this property

Royal Palms Beach Hotel

  • Upscale resort by the ocean
  • You can look forward to a swim-up bar, shopping on site, and a coffee shop/cafe at Royal Palms Beach Hotel. Treat yourself to Ayurvedic treatments or a massage at Tangerine Spa, the onsite spa. Be sure to enjoy dinner and light fare along with international cuisine and al fresco dining at the two on-site restaurants. Fitness classes are offered at the gym; other things to do include racquetball/squash and volleyball. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a garden and a playground.
  • You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
    • 2 outdoor pools along with a swim-up bar
    • Free self parking
    • English breakfast (surcharge), free bicycle rentals, and 2 outdoor tennis courts
    • A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), a 24-hour front desk, and tour/ticket assistance
  • Room features
  • All 123 rooms feature comforts such as 24-hour room service and air conditioning, in addition to thoughtful touches like free WiFi and safes.
  • Extra conveniences in all rooms include:
    • Bathrooms with rainfall showers and free toiletries
    • 20-inch LCD TVs with cable channels
    • Electric kettles, daily housekeeping, and desks

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Frequently asked questions

Does Royal Palms Beach Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has 2 outdoor pools.

Is Royal Palms Beach Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Royal Palms Beach Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight.

What time is check-out at Royal Palms Beach Hotel?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Does Royal Palms Beach Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of USD 85 per vehicle applies.

Where is Royal Palms Beach Hotel located?

Nestled on the beach, this Wadduwa resort is within 1 mi (2 km) of Kalatura Beach and Pothupitiya Beach. Kalutara Bodhiya is 1.9 mi (3 km) away.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Royal Palms Beach Hotel Reviews

8.2

Very Good

8.6

Cleanliness

7.4

Location

8.6

Staff & service

8.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 90 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 90 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 90 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 90 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 90 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful friendly stay, nice hotel with great facilities!
Stayed 13 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel great service
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2019
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort good buffet breakfast nice sunsets cabana resturaunt had great food although a little pricey
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2019
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had great service and the staff were very friendly
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

This place was amazing. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very helpful staff with a nice beach nearby. A lot of salesmen following you on the beach though.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely family resort!

we came as a family group and had a wonderful stay. Service is excellent, and staff are very friendly. the hotell is wast with several restaurants to choose from, and the food was very nice. the hotel is right next to the beach. when we were there the sea was a little too rough for swimming in the waves, but we still had loads of fun in the large pool. I can easily recommend this hotel :-)
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel and staff It’s a shame that there is no beach anymore. Slowly disappearing 😞
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

EXCELLENT HOTEL AND CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THE BEACH

OUR FIRST TIME IN SRI LANKA AND WHAT A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. THE HOTEL WAS RIGHT ON THE BEACH WITH AN AMAZING POOL. THE STAFF WAS EXCELLENT AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL ESPECIALLY TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel

Nice hotel. Too bad they close the pool and spa at 18:00. And the gym an hour later. It is not much to do in the area and both shops and restaurants close rather early.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant stay

Pleasant enough hotel with friendly hotel. Food was lovely with good choices for breakfast. The room we were in had a great sea view and was cleaned and attended to but the balcony was often pooped on by crows and not cleaned. The pool whilst large and looked welcoming was in need of more regular cleaning. The pool area needs some updating to paths and tiles. You cannot use the beach because of the constant hounding by salespeople and the sea is too dangerous to swim in.
Stayed 13 nights in Mar 2018
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
スリランカで過ごす最後のリゾートとして、カルタラにあるロイヤルパームズビーチホテルに宿泊しました。 ホテルはリゾート感が溢れるいいホテルだと思いました。ホテルに到着して部屋に浴槽が無かったこともあり、再度フロントに出向いて、浴槽のある部屋に変更してもらいました。従業員の方々も快く申し出を受けてくれました。 このホテルに２泊しましたが、カルタラ自体はあまり観光スポットもなく、ホテルのみでのんびり過ごすことが目的でした。 海岸は波がかなり荒く、海での遊泳には向いていませんでしたが、プールサイドのみでも十分くつろげました。 今は、コロナの影響で観光客も非常に少なく、ホテルの周りのレストラン、土産物屋もほとんど開いていませんでした。 また、土曜日は宿泊客も多かったのですが、日曜日はほとんどだれもおらず、閑散とした感じになっていました。特に月曜日の朝の朝食はビュッフェスタイルではなく、ホテル内のレストランで注文して食べるスタイルでした。 ホテルの設備は多少古さは感じますが、お湯の出もよく不便なところはありませんでした。 ただ一つ気になったのは、宿泊客も少ないためかもしれませんが、夜の１０：３０頃に確認の電話がありました。寝ているところを確認の電話でたたき起こされてしまいました。確認の電話はもう少し早い時間にしてもらいたいものです。
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grand complexe confortable avec toutes les infrastructures, manque un peu de charme. Belle situation en bord de plage. Excellent buffet petit déjeuner.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Le plus intéressant pour moi est la situation de l’hôtel dans une cocoteraie sur la plage ,mais ce qui ,est décevant c'est la mer ou on ne peut pas se baigner car dangereuse et avec le drapeau rouge tout le long du séjour .D'autres parts l’hôtel n'a pas de navettes a disposition du client quand on arrive à l’aéroport il faut se débrouiller avec un taxi car l’hôtel est a plus de 8O km INADMISSIBLE quand on vient de faire 18h d'avion
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2020
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place, would say 4* not quite 5*

We stayed here on our honeymoon, and was expecting a little more hospitality to be honest couldn't even get a free drink out of them 😅. They do hound you a little in the mornings for room service so don't expect a lay in at this place! The food was really good, bar slightly over priced so all inclusive would be worth it if you intend to spend most of your time at the hotel. We tended to eat out everyday and if you want real Sri lankan food with a smile go to Kamals cafe 2mins walk out of the hotel over the train track. Really nice man and great chef. You can get a feast for less than £4 normally from him! The breakfast was extensive with loads to choose from! The pool was clean and very big, becareful on the beach as you will get harassed from the locals as they try to steal business from the hotel guests. Just say not interested and walk away asap. Also we had to ask for our welcome drink on the last day of our stay, and they even tried to charge us 900rs but then sorted it out for free.Overall 4 out 5 from us.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Établissement agréable

Le personnel a eu du mal à trouver notre réservation. A part ce point, notre séjour a été agréable. Chambre spacieuse et propre. Belle piscine, personnel à l'écoute. Le seul hôtel ayant accepté d'envoyer nos vêtements de fête au pressing !
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The food was no goumet stype but was good. Arranging transport was a real hassle. Try & make the place more child-friendly too,starting wirh half price etc...& activities for them too
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Чудесный отдых

Отель замечательный, проживали в номере 207, слабоват wi-fi чисто, комфортно, территория большая,зеленая, пляж необычный с большими волнами и могучим океаном, но всё равно купались, завтраки обильные, вкусные, вокруг много "едальн", где за Ваши деньги предложат морепродукты и любые экскурсии, поездки, до маркета минут 30 пешком
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Das Hotel an sixh war sehr schön. Großer Pool und Zimmer. Sauber war es schon, allerdings mit ein paar Abstrichen. Housekeeping kam Abends sogar noch mal um nach dem rechten zu sehen und Kleinigkeiten (Mülleimer leeren,Handtücher aufhängen...) tu erledigen. Die meisten Angestellten waren sehr freundlich. An der Rezeption könnte man allerdings etwas freundlicher sein. Alles in allen, hat es uns aber sehr gut gefallen.
Stayed 12 nights in Mar 2019
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
We liked location large bedroom with sea view large swimming pool, attractive grounds. We didn’t like Slow service in all restaurants / bars (but didn’t use Japanese restaurant so can’t say) . Large amounts of mould in our bathroom and the permanent smell of damp in the room. The fact that the loungers and parasols were ‘pre-booked’ either by the majority of German and Russian guests risers who didn’t reappear for hours or by being ‘encouraged’ to pay a pool guy to miraculously conjure one up!
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous

The stay was amazing and staff very friendly, enjoyed it very much.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice Pool Big Rooms, look great Food excellent Fitness room excellent Tennis courts ok Beach awful because of sellers, who try to sell you trips every 2 minutes Beach: Swimming most of the time not allowed and also not really possible Mold smell in room Service bad: Room often not made, they are noisy very early in the morning Breakfast only till 9:30, which was a bit early in general
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Viihtyisä ja kaunis hotelli. Erinomainen henkilökunta. Isot huoneet. Jätteiden lajitteluun oli hotellin pihalle laitettu asianmukaiset roska-astiat mutta joka päivä roska-astiat kuitenkin tyhjennettiin samaan jätesäkkiin.
Stayed 25 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very relaxing stay here en route to the airport. We were under the impression that the hotel had a 24 hour airport shuttle but we were too late to book a seat. After initially panicking the reception booked us a taxi from outside to pick us up, panic over!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019