Reviews of Banana Rest Sigiriya

Very hospitable staff and owner. Great value for money.

The family was super nice and very helpful! They brought us with their Tuktuk to Lion Rock, Pidurangala and Dambulla, great Service! And we had the best curry so far!! Sooo tasty! (5 weeks traveling already :) thank you so much!! Very recommended for jungle stay

Good location 15’ walk from Sigiriya shops & restaurants. Also walking distance to Sigiriya Rock. Clean & comfortable.

Limited vegetarian meal options

Very kind host

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The place is very peaceful. I saw peacock while staying there. The family was nice. And they had a good breakfast. 🙌

Lovely property in the jungle. Very peaceful

Location ideal! Peaceful, quiet, phenomenal nature, wildlife and birds. A nature lover's paradise. Definitely recommend. Would stay there again without a second thought! Supermarket, bus stop very close 5-10 minute walk.

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Excellent property with a huge garden having plenty of trees and a lake upfront. Super helpful people taking good care of you and serving the best Sri Lankan breakfast.

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Beds are comfy, A/C works well, big room, amazing view on the lake and plenty of wildlife! The food was great and the owners were amazing, thanks again for everything!!

Careful with the macaques, hide the food ! They can be aggressive

The location is just awesome and super peaceful. Directly at the lake, with the view of peacocks, cows and sometimes buffalos.

The tuktuk ride to Sigiriya was supposed to be included, but the owners seemed very confused when I asked about it. I wanted to go to Pidurangala and had to pay the whole drive (2000lkr). It's not a problem, I am happy to pay the tuktuk, but I disliked that there was wrong information on booking.

Peaceful location and wonderful host. We had a few challenging requests and he truly helped us with all of them.

The breakfast was generous and tasty. Ramith was as helpful as possible.

My room had seen better days! The room and bathroom weren't clean, and the smell was bad when I first went in. Droppings from I-don't-know-what-animal kept appearing in the bathroom, and there was also scuttling in the walls. The mosquito net had holes in it. I would especially advise lone female travellers to think twice before staying here.

The owner Ramith helps with everything and did everything that we’ve asked for. He even drove us to Kandy as there was no other driver available. The apartment has everything you need.

Small thing: We’ve booked a room without AC, it gets quite hot there 😄 so try to book one with AC. Worse thing: Friends or the family of the owner stayed there and they had a karaoke party on their last day which started at 9:30 pm and ended at 1:00 am. We could hardly sleep because of that. But that’s not the owners fault and sometimes it’s even funny to hear other people sing 😉

Absolutely loved our stay. We can’t thank this wonderful family enough. It was peaceful, incredible food, amazing wildlife and bird life in the garden. Very special stay. If you like being peaceful and enjoy nature this is the spot for you. Great spot to base yourself. Thank you, thank you!

Loved everything

Good breakfast, great hospitality, good wifi, nice proximity to lake

A little out of the way from sigiriya, but they offer a free tuktuk into town :)

Location

Cleanliness of the toilets was poor. There were cockroaches everywhere. AC wasn’t clean so it was really hard to breathe good air.

Very nice and clean place to stay. My recommendations!

I would like the location and surrounding. It is a Tranquille place.

1. Cleanliness of the washroom is poor. there was bad odor, and some small insects were there in the washroom. 2. Staff was no ready to provide food when asked. 3. I wish, staff much friendly than I experienced.

Beautiful location with a lot of wild animals roaming around the property really friendly and helpful owner and a delicious local breakfast

Location was close to Sigiriya, peaceful and very accommodating by the hosts. We checked in late and checked out late as well. The hosts were were understanding and gave us late breakfast which was an experience on its own.

Rooms were surrounded by wildlife. This is not a bad thing. We wanted some seclusion. But what we didn't anticipate is the side-effects of bugs at night which attracts to light :) Bathrooms had some small frogs which we had to escort out of the room. Again, we accepted this as it was so close to the surrounding wilderness. You come here for the experience not for luxury accommodation.

We loved our short stay at the Banana Rest. The owner (Ramith) and the rest of the staff were so helpful and accommodating. Fantastic location (was very easy to find via Google maps) with stunning surrounding, views and very close to Sigiriya Lion Rock, which was handy to do the climb early in the morning. The Sri Lankan breakfast was absolutely delicious too. Would definitely visit again if we are staying near Sigiriya and would highly recommend to anyone.

Nothing much to say in terms of 'did not likes'.