IMAGINE Villa Hotel

The staff overlooking the ocean the cocktails

A little bit out of the way

Spacious room. Good facilities . Great breakfast . Clean pool . beautiful view.

Bugs in the room.

We had a great time at this hotel. The staff is very kind and attentive. The location is good if you are looking for a peaceful place out of the crowded streets. The hotel is impeccable.

Great spacious clean hotel. Attentive staff, owners often checked on our wellbeing. Quiet beach location which suited us very well. If you want a place a bit away from busy tourist beaches such as Mirissa, this is one of the best.

Very peaceful a little oasis right on the beach. You can't really swim out the front of the hotel as the waves are very rough, but the pool is stunning, and the grounds are lovely. Lots of room of room for kids to run around and play.

Would have been great of staff could have informed us of going rates for a tuk tuk to town. I found out on the last day of my trip that I had been paying WAY too much each time we wanted to head into Marissa. I would recommend downloading the Pickme app and booking transport through this app. as the hotel in a short distance from the main area.

Privacy, breakfast and services

Quite distance from the city centre

The room was spacious, clean and very comfortable - the bathroom was great. The pool area was lovely, again very clean and very well looked after. The staff were super helpful and always smiling! Great breakfast served on the terrace.

It was right in ocean so that was beautiful and the place itself was quiet and peaceful. It was kept nice and the staff were nice

It isn’t in the heart of Mirissa so you will need to travel to restaurants. The sheets in our bedroom had multiple stains on it and the shower temperature didn’t go very hot. But otherwise nothing major

Quality property on the south coast of Sri Lanka. Second time staying here & I would despite our problems highly recommend.

We were a party of 2 couples. Unfortunately we ALL came down with severe food poisoning on day three of our stay. The source could be directly linked to the hotel kitchen as we had not left the property for the previous 2 days.Management not sympathetic !Very expensive to stay here, prices somewhat above their station.ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUE : There is an internal fish pond at the entrance of the hotel. The fish were struggling through lack of oxygen in the water due to no filter system. The management were alerted to the issue & understood the problem. Hopefully this has now been resolved. If you do decide to stay in Imagine after reading this review, please check on the health of the fish.

The hotel imagine is located at a calmer part of Mirissa, just a 5 minutes Tuk Tuk ride from Mirissa beach. In the bay in front of the hotel you can spot many huge turtles who enjoy the waves and the calm spot. The staff is amazing, always attentive and super friendly. Having breakfast on the terrace next to the ocean is phenomenal and the the small property makes you feel like you’re home. The owner is always available making sure you are happy and the kitchen is doing an amazing job. We had dinner in the hotel several times and even enjoyed a wonderful new years dinner. Definitely a place you don’t want to leave and a clear recommendation when you want to be around Mirissa but not in the middle of the crowd. ??

This place was just wonderful! The owners are very very elegant warm persons, with great taste and knowledge of how things should be done., also food wise , you find the best half boiled eggs ever for breakfast!!! They have the cutest dog ever that made my kids trip !!! Baby Toby…The beauty of this place is the calm setting with all comforts , beautiful swimming pool and front beach. However swimming can be dangerous and there is only little places where one can enter the water. Apart from that one can take endless walks with no one around along the beach! In very little time you can reach a more busy beach where you can swim. However, the best is to go to the surfer fun cool beech after Mirissa.

Really nice, well maintained hotel right on the beach. Comfortable, clean room. Great pool. Generous breakfast overlooking the sea was lovely.

Imagine Villa Hotel was my favorite hotel out of everywhere we stayed in Ella. Upon arrival, the owner and all of the staff greeted us as we got out of our taxi. The owner designed and built the hotel, and this shows in every single detail in the lobby to in the garden to in the rooms. It is a beautiful property in a perfect location. Throughout our short stay at the hotel, both the owner and his staff went completely out of their way to make sure that we had everything we needed and to do anything that they could to make it perfect. I cannot recommend highly enough that everyone coming to Mirissa stay here.

>Beautiful and spacious rooms >Excellent bathrooms >Staff, first class, attentive but not overbearing >Food, very good breakfast and lunches. Didn’t they the evening meal as we wanted to go out >Pool, the largest we have experienced in SL. Lovely and clean. >Beach and access to the ocean, from the hotel garden, 50 metres from the hotel >Mocca - the resident hound! >Owner, friendly guy. Got the feeling he really cares about the experience his guests get >Short Tuk Tuk ride into Marissa

>Not a lot…it’s a great place.

Marnix, Wije and their team did a wonderful job making our stay unforgettable. We really liked the personal touch. We also loved the food very much, ended up having two nights dinners. The curry is amazing, but make sure you are hungry ?

Wonderful gem in Mirissa. I ended up staying here last minute after checking out of another hotel and this place ended up being the perfect retreat, so much so that I stayed an additional night. The building is a wonderful renovated property and backs out onto the beach. Perfect for sunrise and sunset walks as well as watching the sea turtles swimming in the afternoon. The room was big and comfortable, with all required amenities. The food was delicious; breakfast and dinner with the ocean waves in the background. Everyone was super friendly and helpful. Would gladly return!

Oh where should I start! Incredible Hospitality, cleaneness, view... Everything was up to the standard we were looking for after a rough week in hotels that don't deserve a one star rating in Sri Lanka!

It's not something that I didn't like but may be a better sandy beach would have made our stay just Perfect!!

Loved our stay here right from the room, its view, thoughtful touches and attention to detail. It's not super fancy, but really comfortable, clean with spacious bathrooms and your own clothes drying rack which comes in very handy. The property is just a few km away from main mirissa area but very accessible via tuk tuks and private.The property had large open space with a clear view of the beach and access to it. The beach is rocky so probably not advisable to swim but one sure can take a dip and enjoy the waves. The pool was nice and clean with sunbeds and clean towels. The food was excellent. We had dinner two nights, breakfast, including the Sri Lankan breakfast which was very tasty and snacks. The staff was very helpful and courteous. They had a special, outdoor area for the massage, which was again very thoughtfully located with privacy.

Maybe just a suggestion to move away from plastic bottles in the rooms and replace them with refillable, glass bottles.

Extremely clean, quiet location, lovely pool with plenty of Sun loungers and umbrellas. On the beach, the sound of the waves and sea breeze is so relaxing. We had dinner here both nights and it was delicious. Excellent breakfast too cooked to order with fresh fruit, juice eggs, bread and pastries. Staff are very friendly and helpful, always available nothing is too much trouble. A home away from home, one of the best places we stayed in throughout our trip in Sri Lanka (and we stayed in lots of nice places). Quick and easy to get into central Marissa by Tuk Tuk.

Nothing! Would thoroughly recommend

Absolutely perfect fantastic staff so attentive very professional the hotel was clean and well looked after the bed was amazing better the 6 star hotels owner was their if you needed him salon all fantastic. The food was beyond good all cooked to order from the Siri Lanka prawns to the whole baked fish breakfast to die for fresh fresh pineapple juice mango papaya

All good