Water Garden Sigiriya - 30 Chic Designed Private Villas Overlooking Sigiriya

Everything is good.

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

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!

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.

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

The hotel is immaculately presented with rooms set around their series of lakes. The rooms are spacious and well equipped with everything you would expect from a 5* hotel. The wildlife around the lakes is a real feature and you will see, Kingfisher, Eagles, Egrets, Monitor Lizards as well as the hotels three crocodiles! The Spa is excellent and the free yoga sessions very well operated. You have your own butler to organise your day and Nishantha was friendly and efficient. Food and drink service was very good and whilst the food prices and obviously significantly higher than elsewhere the quality was good and the environment beautiful. We took a day off from touring at the hotel which was a great decision allowing us to relax and unwind.