Thaproban Beach House

Hotels
Thambapanni Hotels
8 (20 reviews)
Wella Devala Road, Unawatuna, 80600 , Unawatuna , LK

Pets allowed

Facilities

Boat tours nearby
Free WiFi
24-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Designated smoking area
Snorkeling nearby
Bicycle rentals nearby
Scuba diving nearby
Breakfast available (surcharge)
Library
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Great location
Friendly staff
Beachfront view
Cons:
Maintenance issues
Variety in food options

Categories

Cleanliness
7.5
Guests consistently mentioned cleanliness as a positive aspect.
Service
8.3
Service was generally appreciated, although a few guests had complaints about wait times.
Location
8.7
The hotel is located in close proximity to the beach and local shops, making it convenient for guests.
Room Quality
7.8
Rooms were comfortable with a beachfront view, but some guests mentioned minor maintenance issues.
Amenities
7.2
The amenities provided were satisfactory, with guests enjoying the beachside restaurant and friendly waitstaff.
Value for Money
6.9
Opinions varied on the price, with some feeling it was a bit high for the services offered.
Food and Beverage
7.3
The restaurant received positive feedback, but some guests mentioned a desire for more variety.
Overall Experience
8
Most guests had a positive experience, especially due to the excellent location and friendly staff.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2025-08-05 14:20

Property Description

Convenient Amenities
Enjoy complimentary wireless internet, babysitting services, and tour assistance. Indulge in room service and dine at the on-site restaurant and bar/lounge.

Featured Amenities
Take advantage of free newspapers, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Benefit from the roundtrip airport shuttle and free self-parking.

Comfortable Accommodation
Relax in one of the 14 guestrooms with minibars and flat-screen TVs. Stay connected with free Wi-Fi, and enjoy private balconies with scenic views.

Book now for a relaxing beachfront stay at Thaproban Beach House in Unawatuna, just steps away from Unawatuna Beach.

Important information:

  • Contactless check-in and contactless check-out are available.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 11:00 AM

Property Policies

  • Pets

    Only dogs and cats are allowed

  • Pets

    Service animals not allowed

  • Check-in & Check-out

    Contactless check-out is available

  • Accessibility

    No elevators

  • Pets

    Pets allowed

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Location

Guest Reviews

8
Based on 20 reviews
Cleanliness: 7.5
Service: 8.3
Location: 8.7
Room Quality: 7.8
Amenities: 7.2
Value for Money: 6.9
Food and Beverage: 7.3
Overall Experience: 8
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Miriam
10
Location! Location! Location!
Pros:

The location of the hotel was just as it was described! We thoroughly enjoyed the stepping out of the hotel room to the beach. The walkability to the local little shops was a pleasant surprise.
The lady at the front desk was profession yet friendly and extremely helpful. She spoke and understood English very well.
We loved the very friendly waitstaff, and the Restautant on the beach was awesome!

2025-05-06 via Nuitee
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Vivien family
10
Pros:

Ideally situated on the beach we went to the partner hotel to ise the pool. Thecstaff were super helpful. The hotel dogs were lovely too.

2024-09-02 via Nuitee
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Julie-ann
10
Pros:

Great location, easy walk to the beach, a little bit noisy but the noise quietens down by 10pm at this hotel, cannot say the same for the neighbouring bars. Loved the location and swimming in the sea was fantastic which meant not having a pool was fine. Staff are super friendly and made our stay with them all the more enjoyable.

2024-05-21 via Nuitee
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fabio partner
4
Pros:

L'hotel è da rinnovare. Il personale è improvvisato. Al check out hanno provato a farci pagare consumazioni del minibar non usufruite.

2024-05-04 via Nuitee
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Oscar
6
Un poco caro
Pros:

Relación calidad precio diría q es un poco caro… no esta mal pero creo q hay mejores opciones por el mismo precio

2022-08-20 via Nuitee
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samqtr partner
10
Pros:

Room and the location are excellent just near by the beach. Service and hotel facilities are great. Staff is very friendly and attentive. Thaproban beach restaurant is the best restaurant in the area and dining at the beach is wonderful experience. Best and delicious food. Worth for the money spent. Diffidently we will be back for next vacation.

2020-03-16 via Nuitee
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Gregory
10
Amazing stay and helpful staff
Pros:

We really enjoyed our stay in Unawatuna mainly because of the hotel and the staff. Great location by the beach.
Try to avoid the rooms with balconies giving directly on the main terrace, it could be noisy at times. They have sister companies where you can attend yoga classes in the AM and spa treatments. They will bring you to those locations in Tuktuk. They arranged oue Safari in Udawalawa and we loved it. Their food is a bit pricy but excellent. Keep up with the good customer experience Thaproban beach house team :)
We initially booked for 4 nights and decided to stay an extra 4 nights... It was so relaxing!

2020-01-05 via Nuitee
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Debra
10
Heaven on the beach
Pros:

Absoultey beautiful, room was amazing, view stunning, attentive staff who where friendly helpful and just lovely. Food devine, amazing service. Shout out to Indu who looked after us and his great recommendation of some some of the most yummy seafood. Definelty a hidden must stay location.

2019-05-13 via Nuitee
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Amjad
10
Pros:

I've been in Sri Lanka for a week now and this is the nicest hotel ever, the best word describes my feeling is "family", the staff is very friendly and very helpful, it's on the beach, the restaurant is very excellent in it's service, and the food is delicious.
Room service is the best, and I will recommend this hotel to anyone coming to unawatunna.

2018-10-13 via Nuitee
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Amanda
10
Pros:

The property is in such an amazing location - right on the beach! All the staff were super friendly and accommodating,The hotel has a restaurant on the beach (so great ocean views) and lit up by lanterns at night, which also serves fresh seafood at dinner!

2018-06-01 via Nuitee
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Steffan
10
Right on the beach experience
Pros:

We chose this hotel as it was right on the main beach of Unawatuna, we had a very good experience overall. From the best sea food, comfortable rooms, friendly staff and the best location. I would recommend this hotel to anyone who loves the beach and swim in the sea as this is the best location in Unawatuna.

2018-04-22 via Nuitee
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Verified traveler
2
The most unaccommodating hotel ever
Pros:

I booked this hotel on Expedia. It was horrific!! Do not book this hotel ever if you can help it. The people are so unfriendly and unaccomadating. I don’t even give it a half a star.

2018-04-10 via Nuitee
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vaibhav
10
Pros:

location is exactly what it says. BUT major issue is approach road and car parking facility. Also driver accommodation is not provided for.

2018-04-02 via Nuitee
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Lisa
10
Lovely hotel on the beach
Pros:

If you've got a bit more money in your budget this is a lovely place to stay. Generously sized rooms with big super comfortable beds. Staff are really attentive without being over the top and in your face. Tasty breakfast, you will not go hungry! Personally not our favourite beach location in Sri Lanka as the sand was quite course and the sea rougher making it harder to have a relaxing dip, however they do offer you free use of their pools at two other hotels close by. We didn't use the pools so can't comment on them. Overall lovely stay at a nice hotel.

2018-01-27 via Nuitee
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Jhoomer
6
Nice cutesy hotel at the beach
Pros:

Room opens right onto the beach, which is great.
We had booked superior rooms which are actually on the ground floor (hence the partial sea view), which was a bit of a bummer.
Rooms on first floor are better.

2017-12-27 via Nuitee
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margarita
2
Highly NOT Reccomended
Pros:

The current rating is extremely misleading. This hotel should not be priced at more than thirty or forty dollars a night.

First off, there was an awful sewer smell throughout the entire lobby area. The rooms were nothing like the photos. Not only were they riddled with mosquitoes and moths, but there were giant gaps in the balcony doors not allowing them to close properly. The canopy over bed had holes in it and the light fixtures were rusted. Most importantly, the shower had no hot water. After leaving it running for five minutes, you may get like warm water. The pressure in the shower was on existent. The wifi was not working for one of the two nights that we were there. Even when it was working, it was going in and out of service.

2017-01-26 via Nuitee
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sarah
10
Great beach front hotel
Pros:

Very friendly staff, large clean room with AC right on the beach, we had a room facing the sea fantastic! The food in the restaurant could not be faulted and you sit right on the beach for your evening meal.Breakfast was very good and cooked to order, we would certainly stay here again.

2016-03-17 via Nuitee
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Caresse
8
Great service
Pros:

We enjoyed our stay here and the staff were wonderful. My only issue was that the bedding had an overwhelming smell of moth balls (pesticides) and we had to ask them to change the bedding.

2016-01-25 via Nuitee
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Claire
10
Nice stay right on the beach
Pros:

The hotel is located right on the Unawatuna beach with a lot of options around. We booked the ocean view room and were kindly offered free upgrate to the top penthouse. The view is really awesome. The staff in the hotel is happy and attending as well.

2015-10-08 via Nuitee
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Verified traveler
4
Incompetant staff
Pros:

I had booked a deluxe room for 2 nights and as hotel was full and they had over booked, they first tried to put me in another hotel which was on the land side further down the Weladewala road and i had to insist that they find me a room in booked hotel as we wanted to be buy the beach.

In the end after much argument, they made my friends Superior deluxe into a triple and i had to share with them. And on top of that they wanted to charge me $30 additional for sharing in a triple!!!

I will not be staying here again. Which is a shame as the room facilitites and location were pretty decent. It's not value for money tho and it's definitely not a 4 star hotel.

Note the owner was in the premises and didn't bother to get involved in any assisting at all.

2015-08-19 via Nuitee