Mermaid Hotel & Club

Wonderful hotel, like a small treasure. Excellent service, great and very delicious food, very kind staff who try to fulfill all your wishes. We returned since it was so wonderful. Rooms are big and nice. There are lots of sportive activities, everything like you wish when being on holiday either for relaxing time after touring through Sri Lanka or as a holiday at the beach. Great location since it is direct at the beach. We’ll definitely come back. Thank you all Mermaid staff!

This years first visit with Mermaid is very exciting! Beach front property surrounded by large garden. Pool is in the middle of the property and please note that their is no baby pool. Restaurent situated on upper floor and its balcony view is beautiful. Foods were tasty and attractive. Our room located in front of the pool, so its very east to access the pool.

The room was of high quality as we expected. The bed was comfy and clean. The food was hygiene and of many varieties. The service was very friendly. The location in which the hotel was located was accessible. The dinner buffet was enriched with live music. Our room was on sea view that gave a beautiful natural scenery of the beach.

Excellent Getaway Holiday. Of my many trips this year this visit to Mermaid Hotel and Club was memorable and one that gave me and my wife total relaxation. Just one hour from Colombo city. Excellent cuisine crafted by Maestro Chef Gamage. We stayed two nights all dinners breakfast and lunch menus were varied tasty at their best. Very wide buffet spread both eastern and western. The restaurant service too was excellent under the able youthful but bald restaurant manager, the guests were truly pampered jointly by the Chef and Restaurant Manger and staff. Leading this orchestra was the General Manager Thomas Anthony who was present all over the property by which he was able to keep every service operating at its best. The only area where some homework is necessary is the reception where the two ladies are in constant consternation totally oblivious to guest needs. However my final overview is I recommend this hotel as a “ must visit “ destination to both foreign and local travelers and I shall certainly look forward to another stay next year. All the best

We visited the Mermaid again this year from 13th Sept to 30th Sept with this being our 7th visit. We now go with a feeling of visiting an old friend or family member and in turn that is exactly the way we are treated from the moment we step into the hotel until the moment we leave. I must firstly give special praise to the General Manager Thomas Rodrigo and his leadership team who went above and beyond to make our visit enjoyable and memorable. Since joining the Mermaid last year Thomas was met with a number of challenges in terms of creating the right culture to improve the customer experience and to raise the bar in getting his team to improve and maintain even higher standards than before and I must say that these challenges have been achieved in a very tough economic climate where the smallest margins can make a huge difference. I have to say also that his leadership style has been built on a solid foundation of his ability to listen to his guests and take decisive action in putting measures in place to solve or head off potential future problems before they happen. Having talked about the leadership of the Mermaid I would now like to go into commenting on specific areas of the hotel and give my thoughts about our experience. Reception Experience Always willing to help with a welcoming smile and engaging attitude. We must give a special thanks to Thanuja (Head Receptionist) who led by example and certainly helped to enhance out stay throughout. Rooms Experience The room was always clean and tidy everyday with a real attention to detail in making sure the standard was consistently high. A special thanks must go to Nihal who has his own unique style of room cleaning which is exceptional and very much to our taste. Dining Experience When visiting an old friend, you can certainly expect to be very well looked after and this is where the Mermaid really excels with their expertise in hospitality and attentive delivery. It’s so nice to see that everyone from the head chef to the junior waiting staff are all on the same page in providing a coordinated and flawless customer experience. It’s also nice to see that the menu has been very well thought through to focus on good taste, variety and nutrition whilst considering the potential for waste when using ingredients. I would like to give a special thanks to some of the staff who helped to make our dining experience so memorable but would also extend that to anyone we may have missed. So many thanks to of course Cheeky followed by Wasantha, Sammi, Rasika Hashan, Ishan and we can’t forget PK who brightened up every morning with a smile and special omelette.    Activities Experience This time in particular my wife and I really got involved in a lot more activities as we wanted to get the most out of our stay and I really can’t thank Shevan enough for his professionalism, tireless energy and support in making this part of our holiday so enjoyable especially with all the time we spent playing tab

Excellent food every day, a lot of choices always easy to find something suitable for European people and really friendly stuff :) nice beach close to the resort :) I can definitely recommend this hotel. Close with souvenirs really close from hotel