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Reviews of Shady Edge

Dalawella Junction,Unawatuna, 80600 Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

#23 of 116 B&Bs and Inns in Unawatuna

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 42 hotel reviews

9.1

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.9

  • Comfort

    9.1

  • Location

    8.8

  • Facilities

    8.8

  • Staff

    9.6

  • Value for money

    9.3

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  • Reviewed: 14 May 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2025

    10
    Lovely place and owners
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Is a little further from main Unawatuna area but not really an issue and is close to a nice beach

    Lovely downstairs room with a little garden and chairs outside. Felt clean and had a mosquito net and fan. Owners were wonderful and really kind, made a beautiful full Sri Lankan breakfast for us in the morning for $5 each. Very affordable place.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 March 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very nice, kind and friendly hosts with a beautiful accommodation which was very close to the beach, and an absolutely fantastic breakfast on top of our stay!

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 February 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    An experience for those that are looking for something authentic, loved the family they were brilliant hosts. They provided a generous breakfast for you if you request it, the bed was comfortable with a fan that kept us cool. Upon check-out they drove us next to our next destination at a good price! The kind of experience that makes you feel like you've come to Sri Lanka rather than just go to an all-inclusive resort in another hot country.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great hosts, attentive to any request. There is a fan above the bed. I am satisfied with everything except the lack of hot water. Good accommodation for modest money. I recommend!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 27 January 2025

    10
    Thanks for a brilliant stay and I highly recommend 😊🇱🇰
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Really nice family who looked after us each day, made us tea ☕️ and made us feel very welcome. Fantastic location by the beaches, very comfortable bed and a lovely room. Thanks for a brilliant stay 😊🇱🇰

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 January 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    This home accomadtion contains whole downstairs. A small patio with plants, nice clean room with fan (no aircon, but fan was enough) and spacious bahtroom. Shower was better than in most places: A rain shower with proper height and separate hand shower. Place is close to the beach, so eating places are close by, same with a really small shop. For ATM, etc you have to travel to Unawatuna, but it's close by and place owner has a tuktuk.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 January 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Such a kind couple that run this place! I left my bikini by accident and they came to drop it off at the next place I stayed for me! Such sweet people!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 January 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hosts are lovely! We arrived late and the host told us to quickly jump in his Tuktuk so he could drop us off somewhere for dinner before all the restaurants close, free of charge. They also did our laundry really well for a small additional cost. The room was clean, a good size and modern. No AC but the fan was very good. The property is a few minutes walk from the beach.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2025

    8.0
    Great hosts and exceptional breakfasts
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room was small and a bit dark with not many places to put things but this is a budget option and the breakfasts and friendliness of the hosts made it a good place to stay!

    Our hosts were very helpful and friendly ,and presana had his own tuk and picked us up from Galle train station. It's a budget option and the room is small but bed comfortable and there is a small shaded courtyard. The breakfasts were exceptionally good and so plentiful we never ate lunch, well worth the $5. We were given many cups of tea!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 30 December 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good location, I would recommend

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 October 2024

    10
    best place to stay for Vijaya beach
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    big bed with moscito net and big fan, huge western style bathroom, little grocery shop right next door and many food options just a few meters away. it has also a teracce to enjoy the evening or morning with beautiful tropical plants.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 March 2024

    10
    Our stay at Shade Edge was truly delightful. From the moment we arrived, we were greeted with warmth and kindness by the
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    The owners

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very nice place, comfy bed, good shower 🚿 Nice hostfamily and good breakfast. Breakfast is optional, costs like 5$, is very good, fruits, hoppers, egghopper, bread, lots of stuff i cant name 😂

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Host family was very welcoming with offering us tea/coffee on arrival and every time they seen us, room was also perfect size with a big and good shower, 5 minutes walk to the beach also!

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I’d have liked hot water in the shower but for the price it didn’t bother me

    Really cute, traditional room right in front of the beach! Family were so lovely, they made us coffee and tea and looked after us well. The room didn’t have air conditioning but we felt good with the powerful ceiling fan. I’d recommend this budget stay to anyone travelling to this part of Sri Lanka!

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the bed smelled a little bit, probably because of the humid air.

    incredible breakfast,it was gigantic and local. the place is really nice, with a lot of plants. An oasis to hang out. the family is really kind, brought us tea and did our laundry.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 January 2024

    10
    Amazing Family ❤️
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I came to this area to enjoy morning yoga classes at Sri Yoga Sala, (which is a lovely 20min green countryside walk from Shady Edge), and to be near the beach! I stayed for 10days and every morning at 06.30 I was served strong coffee on the outside patio by the lady owner. The place is so private and sweet. Family lives above. They are caring and kind; mother and father and their two daughters. The place is spotless. New bathroom, polished concrete floor and a big four-post bed with mosquito net, fan in the ceiling. I had perfect cool comfortable nights. Beach is just opposite the road. Turtles in the ocean. Despite a busy road/bus stop on one side, and the railway track on the other, it is really quiet once you close the wooden door and enter inside your private patio with big green plants. Next door is a little shop, selling fresh fruits and necessities. Owner of this shop is a fun sister to the family. I highly recommend Shady Edge if you want great value for your money and are looking to experience true honest kindness from one very special family.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 December 2023

    8.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I did t like much the entrances of the room which can’t hide all the privacy. and so many mosquitoes in the room.

    Family staff are very nice. the room was clean and has got a patio for yourself, however, The large bed takes over the most of the room do not spacious.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 December 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Family were lovely. Great location.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 December 2023

    10
    Amazing family, very welcoming and a good sleep!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    N/a

    Cozy room with everything you would need, great wifi compared to other places I have stayed

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 November 2023

    10
    Lovely stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Perfect location, lovely room and staff were super friendly and nice. Would highly recommend

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 4 November 2023

    10
    I only wish I booked longer
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was perfect

    Amazing family. If you need to get anywhere the history is also a tuk tuk driver! So kind. Absolutely no greed! He made a point to give me back money because I had overpaid.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 October 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing. It was superb

    The room and bathroom are spacious, beautiful and very clean. The bed has a very good quality. But most of all the family who runs this place is fantastic! They are very friendly and helpful. The breakfast they serve is amazing. We also did a cooking class with them which we would definitely recommend.

    Stayed in October 2023

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