Anantaya Resort And Spa Passikudah

A good resort by the beach with well equipped and furnished rooms, large swimming pool, great open park, good food, and, important: nice, friendly, efficient and service oriented team. Nice landscapes and views. A relaxing atmosphere, a place where you want to stay more time.

Food

I was not satisfied with my stay. The room was small and in poor condition. It was not properly cleaned, and the bathroom was not attached. There were no proper dress hangers or slippers provided.

Hotel arquitecture, swimming Pool and Location in the beach

Maintenance of premises could be better

The property is out of this world, one of the most amazing hotels I have ever stayed in. The swimming pool is to die for, grounds beautiful and the beach amazing too. The property is surrounded by beautiful trees and palms, the rooms spacious and comfortable.

The food selections is fine, but somewhat limited in choices. Some days we were told that a certain item had simply run out, or not available which was disappointing. The staff are perhaps a bit ‘too keen’ at clearing plates as soon as one has finished eating.

Amazing location right on the beautiful Passikuda Beach, which was super clean. The staff were friendly and eager to please. It felt very safe.

From the build and design, this was clearly once a 5 star hotel, however no longer in my opinion. Rooms were tired and some areas were very grubby, eg the showers had mould around the floor edges, old toothpaste marks on the walls near the washbasins. We found cockroaches in both rooms. Reception staff's English was negligible and service slow, needing to involve several people to settle a bill for example. They insisted we pay for our rooms on arrival rather than settle at the end - no one knew why. Staff were lovely but need 5 star training - whipping plates away from tables almost before we'd finished our food, knocking on our door at 10pm because they had forgotten to get us to sign for something. We were upset to see a security guard beating a dog lying in the grounds with a stick. Breakfast was disappointing and the food generally very expensive and mediocre. We ended up eating at the other hotels along the beach. Wooden sunbeds had broken slats and the cushions are old and stained, although the beach towels were all freshly laundered. Some areas inside the grounds felt neglected. Laminated paper signs were stuck up around the hotel, which felt cheap. Cushions in the reception area were covered in transparent plastic which cheapened the otherwise impressive reception area. This could be a 5 star hotel again, but in my opinion would require hefty investment to make it so.

The Staff are very helpful and courteous. The room was clean and comfortable. The Beach was very clean. The Kitchen staff also very well trained and helpful. Breakfast was adequate. Beach Staff was very helpful

The Beach Bar food arrived luke-warm (and took a long time to arrive) when this seafood should be served cold or hot - I was poorly that evening from thisThe Beach Bar prices was too high for the qualityThe following day we ate at the main restaurant and the food was served hot and fresh

Lovely pool. Lots of shady trees where the beach lounges are. Beautiful beach. Great friendly n helpful staff.

Entrance to the room n bathroom had a bit of an off putting smell.

Position excellent.

Our only comment would be wait for food when ordered from the a la carte menu or room service. Buffet is obviously instant and hot beverages came quickly with breakfast. But if ordering off a menu, the food took a long time to arrive (talking an hour!)Spa needs updating. Also better signage. Otherwise lovely.

beautiful hotel, wonderful pool, great rooms. pool barman was exceptional! nice calm beach. loved it all!

dinners and service to be improved. overpriced in comparisson to other hotels next. a lot of extremely impolite russian tourists during our visit which made our stay uncomfortable (not hotel fault of course, but some issues were related to hotel staff as well).

amazing resort with everything first class, swimming pool is enormous. right on the beach which was clean and safe. rooms are modern and very comfortable

long check in procedure. limited breakfast selection.

For our second visit to Passikudah we chose Anantaya Resort and we couldn't have chosen better. From the first moment to the end we were looked after by the friendly staff, especially Rishopana and Kanogitha. We booked this resort for a room with direct access to the pool and we were lucky to get perhaps the nicest room. But what makes this resort special is the people who work here. We also spoke with the friendly beach/pool attendant S. and likewise the waiters and cooks at breakfast and dinner did everything they could to make the guests happy. Excellent Sri Lankan breakfast and dinner. My husband was delighted that the waiters here could spin a beer with a foam cap. The room was very nice and clean. The pool was cleaned regularly too. Free sunbeds on the beach. Beautiful beach and walks. If we had not booked another stay before, we would have stayed longer. We will definitely be back here soon!

Everything was great

Location! And the set up of the resort is spacious and very nicely done. But they should organize beach clean up around the hotel. The plastic waste is a big problem.

They still give plastic drinking water bottles. Please provide glass bottles and refill to prevent more plastic waste.

Very good hotel for holiday stay

The food was not very good - meet was not fresh - prepared several days before

Spectacular hotel in perfect setting close to the beach. Best hotel of our holiday and our second visit. Silver service restaurant and bar. Gorgeous pool.The architect deserves a prize - great design and comfort.

It was wonderful vacation at the best hotel on the eastern seaside of Shrilanka.Quite, relax, top service, very tasty food, great room (we lived in deluxe one), sea, atmosphere etc. There is nothing for what you are able to say "i don't like it"/

The location and the designs are good and the cleaning staff were good. It had good hotels nearby to try other food buffets which I highly suggest to visit other resort beaches nearby.

The service was slow and not good promotion for the place. It has great potential to be the best. But not many selection to pick in menu or drinks. Very limited of choices. And they play the same music in the resutrants in all meal courses. And expensive for limited food choice and not great quality. And there wasn't many guests like only 3 guests in big hotel. And other hotels have many guests.

The resort was beautiful and we had a fantastic room upgrade that was beside the pool with great views.Everyone at the resort were top class and couldn't have been more helpful.

We were there in March and were told it was off season. So most of the restaurants and bars were closed and we were limited to one temporary eating area. There were very few other people at the resort, less than 10, so the resort was pretty dead after 8pm. Would like to go again when its fully open

Garden and the pool

A la care menu.. I was disappointed with the see food grill it was too much grilled and there was nothing to eat and no crab cutter provided. It’s not worth for the money.

Everything was nearly perfect, stylish design, comfortable, clean, excellent location , friendly staff, etc

Great setting, outline and design of the resort in nature, great large pool, fantastic beach with the best swimming in ocean we had on this 15 days tripFriendly staff, privacy, great place to relax by the oceanOcean view, decent room sizeDeep sea fishing

Problem with water in room, but quickly fixed by moving to another roomFood options limited compare to other hotels of this cost, but understandable due to low client numbersLimited options on local restaurants