I absolutely loved my stay at Isana and I wish I would’ve stayed longer! ☺️ I initially booked for 2 nights but ended up staying 5 - and I would’ve stayed longer but they were fully booked. I loved everything about it - the vibe, the facilities, the architecture, the other guests and last but not least the kindest and most attentive staff. The beach, which is the most peaceful, beautiful and long stretch of beach, is a few steps outside your room. You fall asleep and wake up with the relaxing sound of the waves. The garden is also very beautiful with hammocks and lounge chairs. I will definitely come back next time I’m in Sri Lanka. Thank you for an amazing stay!

We loved the Japanese-inspired decor - the rooms were very comfortable. It was great being so close to the beach - Mawella beach is beautiful, a few beach bars but very natural and quiet - and other beaches in the area (Silent Beach, Hiriketiya etc were easily accessible by tuk tuk). The staff at Isana were lovely and we felt well looked after!

It’s quite hot at night so air con would have been great. It also would have been useful to be able to pay by card machine.

The stay in general was good, big advantage is direct access to very nice beach. Hotel gives free beach towels and sun beds. This is quiet and peaceful place, but if you want to go to the city you need to take the tuk tuk. They can serve lunch and dinner, prices are good and I would say that similar to the restaurants in the city. They have excellent coffee! Staff is very nice and friendly what has big impact on atmosphere in the hotel

In my opinion the breakfast could be better in this price. There are only fried/scrambled egg, butter and jam and few pieces of white bread and fruits. Lamps in the room are really poor, there is just dark in the room during the night time, especially in the bathroom. Also lack of good mirror in the room is annoying.

Wow! That was clearly best hotel on my journey! Location is perfet, on the beach where is not much hotels, so, most of the time it was quite and calm. Hotel itself is owned by british influenced by japan anddesigned by Sri Lankan architect and its simply amazing! Combining traditional art and modern minimalism. Spacious rooms with the balcony or garden entrance. Hotel is managed by local lovely familly and they are super nice and helpful. There is restaurant in hotel, i was there totally alone for couple of days enjoying their hospitality and fantastic food. Finally good cofee as well! I will definitelly come back again, it was real treat! Room and whole facility was clean and maintained on daily basis. Beautiful garden with access to the beach where was two local seafood restaurants. At the end i stayed for one more day and later regreted that it was nor for even more :)

Room in the floor level at the corner of the property was too humid, so inasked to change it and i got room upstairs which was excellent.

Excellent accomadation, right on the beach with access from the garden. The staff were fantastic, nothing was too much trouble. An absolutely superb stay with a band arranged for a birthday treat , along with a birthday cake and an excellent seafood BBQ. The food was freshly cooked and wonderful. All in all an absolutely wonderful stay at Isana Beach House. Thank you so much to all the Isana team for making us so welcome and our stay so memorable. Thank you.

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We had a great stay at Isana Beach House. The house has an absolutely fantastic architecture where the Japanese design shines through. The building is situated in a lovely garden with coconut palms all the way down to the beach. Many lovely sunbeds in the garden. The beach is fantastic, clean and almost deserted with small fishing boats pulled up on the beach. The food is good, maybe add extra spices if that's what you want. Perhaps the best part of it all is the staff, who are friendly and very helpful. If they could get more than 10 they got it 😊 Thank you for a lovely stay at Isana Beach House.

Everything was good, but we could need a kettle and a fridge.

Loved the peace and tranquillity, the staff and Richard, the owner were brilliant. Always on hand to help with any requests, they even booked us a safari with a days notice! The garden runs straight onto the beach, a stroll along the beach you will find other restaurants and bars, all very calm and family/couples orientated. The food was great and very reasonably priced. The room was large and designed well. No air conditioning, but the breeze from the sea and the design of the rooms makes it unnecessary. Plenty of hot water available at all times and a great bathroom with good water pressure. Bed and linen very comfortable.

Nothing, we were very happy :)

The architecture and the decor of the house is very unique and left me with a nice feeling the moment i entered the place. The inner and outer premises are very well taken care of and there seems to be put a lot of love into little details. The plants in the garden are peculiar. The complete staff are genuinely kind, helpful and diligent. The meals are delicious, fresh and thoughtfully prepared. We had the best food of our 1 month trip in Sri Lanka here, our complements to the chef. There is a plethora of scrumptious vegan and vegetarian options. I plan on coming back for sure.

Nothing not to like here

I loved staying here: this was the most classy of the places we stayed at in Sri Lanka with a Japanese/Mediterranean theme. The location on the beach was perfect with recliners under the shade of palm trees. The beach was beautiful and quiet with only a small number of travellers and locals. We went body boarding in the waves in the morning and almost had the beach to ourselves. There were monkeys on the roof in the early hours of the morning which were delightful to see.

The pond would have been more beautiful if it had been cleaned and the garden/lawn needed some work, especially if you compared it the place next door. However, next door was also more expensive.

Beautiful location at a very nice beach, a little bit away from the crowd of tourist, but still very near to everything. Super friendly and helpful owner, very nice and healthy breakfast. The room was very clean and big, even had an own balcony where I could put my hammock. In the beginning I wanted to stay for a week and in the end I ended up to stay 1 more week. The room is just as beautiful as in the pictures. I’m very greatful to find this place, and can recommend it for everybody !

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