Taru Villas Mawella - Tangalle

Really beautiful hotel with wonderful staff and service

This was our third visit to our favourite resort. It never lets us down. The location is great. Mawella beach is not the one for surfing or thrilling nightlife but for a totally relaxing stay at a (almost) private beach. This time we took half board, which we found to be a good choice. The kitchen is ambitious and we were very pleased with the meals. That also goes for the breakfast. The service is unbeatable from all in the staff and with great attention to detail. The rooms in the main hotel are all individual and very comfortable. The three rooms in the new building all have ocean view and are also very comfortable. We highly recommend Taru Villas Mawella.

We only had one night here as part of a touring holiday, but more by luck than planning our plans changed and gave us the best experience in that time. This is small, high quality hotel on a gorgeous beach. The hotel is a mix of rooms in the old governor's house and more modern blocks. We were given an upgrade to a room in the old house, this was huge complete with a small plunge pool and a terrace looking towards the sea, where we were served a wonderful breakfast in the morning and which we were able to take our time over and do it justice. There's a decent pool and an adjacent bar/restaurant. The gardens in front of the pool and terrace have a couple of gates onto the beach, which has to be one of the best on the island, a small, pretty bay with fishing boats, a few beachside/on beach restaurants and small hotels/villas behind palm trees. Waves were too strong to swim in but the hotel had a rack of body boards and we spent a happy hour with a couple of these. We chose to eat out, one of the beach restaurants (Cocktails), food was excellent but we've no doubt from the breakfast that any meal in the hotel would be excellent. Staff were fantastic, attentive without being obtrusive. A real highlight of our holiday.