Palmyrah House

We had a great experience at this hotel which is situated in Mannar slightly away from the city. The welcome was great but genuinely we didn’t much enjoy the lunch. The presentation was good but not tasty and much less than we expected and experienced in a similar ranking hotel. We had no choice at all. Rooms were good Water pressure in the bathroom has to be increased as it wasn’t enough to have a bath. Nithushan did his maximum to please us and make our stay better. Best wishes on improving the hotel

We, a group of 5 had a fantastic stay in Palmyrah House on 11/12 March 2025. Nice food, fabulous rooms. The cherry on top of the cake was the complementary night walk we had with hotel naturalist. We saw a few grey slender lorrises and wild cats! A great place to stay if you are to see flemingos. Must preserve those scrub forested area for conservation of those endangered animal species.

My family and I traveled to Mannar from the 11th to the 14th of January and stayed at the Palmyrah House for three nights. The staff was friendly and helpful, the food was delicious, and the rooms were nice and comfortable. As my mother-in-law's birthday was on the first day, we requested a cake, which was provided to us. All in all, it was an excellent stay.

Thoroughly enjoyed two nights accommodation and dining in this extensive hotel. Although some of the grounds had been flooded the staff provided safe and dry facilities - great food and drink, large rooms and great staff. We stayed here while visiting the Mannar Island wetlands which provide feeding grounds for a great vairety of migrating seabirds.

Es ist wunderbar, dass es in dieser unspektakulären, abgelegenen Gegend dieses Hotel gibt. Wir haben es zur ungünstigen Zeit teilweise überschwemmt erlebt und waren froh, dass das Hotel auch unter diesen schwierigen Bedingungen den Gästen zur Verfügung steht, denn dieses Hotel mit seinem hoteleigenen Vogelschutzgebiet, in dem Wege, Stege und Plattformen erstellt wurden, ist einzigartig und ermöglicht fantastische Vogelbeobachtungen. Man könnte stundenlang auf seinem Balkon oder seiner Terrasse sitzen und den intensiven Geräuschen der üppigen Natur lauschen. Das Essen und Bargetränke sind exzellent. Der Pool geht in einen See über und ist traumhaft schön. Auch wenn das Hotel nicht perfekt ist (die feuchte Umgebung beansprucht die Substanz sehr), nicht zögern, hier zu buchen. Wir waren leider nur für eine Nacht hier und wären gerne länger geblieben.

The room was great, plenty of space with separate shower and toilet rooms. Balcony was a good size with ceiling fan. The pool was nice, mostly shallow so it's not a pool for doing lengths in. The staff were excellent, very friendly and spoke great English. The food was amazing, cooked fresh every day with local ingredients. The staff would present that days menu options earlier in the day for you to choose from, we typically had 2-3 options and were there in an off-season. Highly recommend. Make sure you visit the donkey clinic!