Water Garden Sigiriya - 30 Chic Designed Private Villas Overlooking Sigiriya

Amazing location and grounds. Service exceptional. Overall, highly recommended!!

Amazing hotel from the moment we arrived. The staff were very attentive and courteous. You are taken around by a golf cart, particularly from dusk onwards as it is not considered safe to walk around in the dark. The lighting is very subdued in the evening and we were warned about possible snakes. We felt very safe. The pool area, bar and restaurant were lovely and the food was excellent. The level of accommodation is very high as well and everywhere is spotless. The staff can't do enough for you and you are made to feel very welcome. A wonderful place to start our journey around Sri Lanka.

The Water Gardens was a superbly calm and restful experience at the start of our Sri Lanka holiday. The whole vibe of the hotel is very zen, with expanses of rectangular lily-covered ponds, skirted by paths providing good walks and runs, with the added bonus of peacocks displaying their feathers along the way! The hotel provided an excellent place from which to visit Lion Rock, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla. Our only regret is that we stayed only 2 nights, as we would have loved to stay longer. We were pleased we booked a pool suite, which gave us a good way to cool off without going to the main swimming pool (which looks fantastic, by the way). The food was excellent and incredibly good value for a 5-star hotel in a location where they could get away with charging much more. Even the drinks were reasonable ($5 for a 600 ml Lion beer and $10 for a large wine or cocktail). The best aspect was the staff and their attention to service throughout the resort. They all looked so happy and made us also feel so.

Outstanding property. Rooms were amazing and the pool area was special The staff were wonderful and service was of the highest level. Special mention for Nipun who was brilliant. We were there for a special birthday and they all made us feel great!

Une expérience hôtelière exceptionnelle. Le lieu est magnifique avec ces jardins superbes. Nous avions un logement de 88m2. L'équipe est au petit soin et toujours souriant. La restauration est aussi de très grande qualité. Un pur moment de bonheur proche du rocher du lion.

This was my first stay at Water Garden Sigiriya, and I'm happy to say it definitely won't be my last! Everything from the moment our group arrived to the moment we left was excellent and I look forward to bringing more friends to experience this hotel soon. The staff of the hotel deserve a special shoutout. They were so accommodating and did everything possible to make our stay as comfortable and relaxing as possible and even arranged outside activities for us, including an elephant safari. The staff would go out of their way to make sure any special requests we had were fulfilled, and even gave us their WhatsApp contact info should we need to contact them for anything. The staff also helped my sister and her friend look for some of the crocodiles that populate the water gardens of the hotel, when one was spotted, they would contact her and show up at her villa in one of the hotel buggies ready to rush to the last known croc sighting location. The food at the hotel was delicious, the locals and foreign tourists our group comprised of loved everything that the kitchen made for us. The Sri Lankan food deserves particular praise and I'd highly recommend that all guests try their local Sri Lankan food options. The kitchen was also happy to make adjustments to their meals, one of which was having the kitchen make their Kottu using crab instead of the chicken they normally use. The kitchen was happy to oblige, and I have to say it was amazing! I highly recommend any guest put in a special request for a crab kottu, you won't be disappointed. The hotel has a few types of villas, our group got a duplex villa which could comfortably house 4 people in two separate bedrooms each with their own large bathroom. We also booked two Superior Deluxe villas which can comfortably house 2 to 3 people in one bedroom. Both of the villa types we had contained a private plunge pool, which is a great place to stargaze from on the clear nights. The villas are spacious, clean, and well appointed with modern amenities including universal plug points. The staff would also come by and ask if there was anything we needed, and would also leave homemade local treats like milk toffee or coconut toffee in the room after cleaning, which was a nice touch. I'd highly recommend getting a treatment from the spa, the masseuses are well trained and know how to release those tensed-up/knotted muscles. Be sure to book the day before as the spa can get booked up quickly. The hotel is on a very large property, so I'd recommend getting a bicycle from the lobby and using that to get around unless you're more fond of walking. There are also plenty of animals that also live in the property, including peacocks, monkeys, tortoises, and monitor lizards, which add to the ambiance of the hotel and create a unique experience when randomly encountering one of the animals when walking around the hotel grounds. Our group stayed for two nights, but by the end we wished we could have stayed long