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Riverbank Bentota

3.0 star property

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Outdoor pool, a waterfall pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
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Outdoor pool, a waterfall pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
Deluxe Room, River View, Poolside | Desk, soundproofing, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
168/2, Walipanna Road, Aluthgama, 12080
  • Kaluwamodara Bridge
    2 min drive
  • Nebula Pier 88 Restaurant
    4 min walk
  • Aluthgama Railway Station
    11 min walk
  • Bentota (BJT-Bentota River)
    5 min drive

Room options

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Deluxe Room, River View, Poolside | Desk, soundproofing, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Deluxe Room, River View, Poolside

  • 150 sq ft
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Desk, soundproofing, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Standard Room, River View, Poolside

  • 150 sq ft
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

Riverbank Bentota

3-star Aluthgama B&B with restaurant
Along with an outdoor pool, this bed & breakfast has a restaurant and a children's pool. Free cooked-to-order breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free valet parking, and a free beach shuttle. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities are onsite. Limited housekeeping is available.
Riverbank Bentota offers 5 accommodations with complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers. Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge) are also available. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Riverbank Bentota features an outdoor pool and a children's pool. The bed & breakfast offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.

This business-friendly bed & breakfast also offers a terrace, barbecue grills, and tour/ticket assistance. A beach shuttle, a train station pick-up service, and a train station drop-off service are complimentary for guests. Onsite self parking and valet parking are complimentary.

A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 11 AM.
Riverbank Bentota has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free train station pick-up and drop-off shuttle
  • Free beach shuttle
  • Free self parking on site
  • Free valet parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Boat tours
  • Children's pool
  • Fishing
  • Helicopter/airplane tours
  • Kayaking
  • Motor boating
  • Outdoor pool
  • Personal motorized watercraft
  • Rowing/canoeing
  • TV in common areas
  • Water skiing
  • Waterfall pool

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (limited availability)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • On a river
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 building
  • 2 floors
  • Built in 2008

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 11 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 55.00 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 15 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Riverbank Bentota B&B Beruwela
Riverbank Bentota B&B
Riverbank Bentota Beruwela
Riverbank Bentota
Riverbank Bentota Aluthgama
Riverbank Bentota Bed & breakfast
Riverbank Bentota Bed & breakfast Aluthgama

Riverbank Bentota Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 18 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 18 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Tiina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The perfect place for a relaxing stay
I stayed 4 nights and Riverbank Bentota and had a wonderful experience there. Although the hotel is slightly difficult to spot from the road, I didn't have trouble finding it. It is a short walk from the Aluthagama train station so great for people who are coming with the train from Colombo. The hotel is lovely and small so perfect for people who don't enjoy the huge crowds of tourists in some of the larger hotels. My room was very spacious and had a lovely high ceiling. It was also clean and comfortable and had a large balcony with a stunning view of the river and the swimming pool in the garden. Perfect for relaxing in the afternoon. The swimming pool is great if you are feeling a bit too lazy to walk to the beach (Bentota beach is a 10 min walk away) or if the waves are too large for swimming that day. The breakfast was delicious - always came with plenty of fresh fruit and enough coffee to last you the day. The hotel owners/staff were lovely and accommodating hosts and I would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Beryl, Cornwall, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to spend a few days.
Really lovely hotel. Friendly owners. Situated right on the river bank where there is plenty to look at. We are looking forward to going back to stay again sometime.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Alaa

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice guest house near Bentota
The Riverbank Bentota is an excellent guest house. The rooms are large and comfortable, and the Wi-Fi worked well during our stay. There is a pool, which was most welcomed in the heat. The included breakfast was very good, and the family also fixed us lunch and dinner (at modest additional cost) when the local restaurants were closed due to a holiday. They also gave us complementary rides to the beach (about 1.5 km away) and provided a convenient ride to the airport at the going price. The local area is not as nice, as the guest house is on a busy street, with many shops and a market mostly used by the locals. The large tourist hotels are across the river (about a 15 min walk). There are limited restaurants near the guest house, but we found the Happy Fish Restaurant (next to the bridge across the river) a good choice.

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Knoxville, TN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Backing Onto The River, Just Outside Town
Probably one of the nicest places I stayed at while in Sri Lanka, they're within walking distance of the main stree, but set back behind other buildings, thus very quiet. It only takes 4 minutes to walk to one of the towns top bar/restaurant, but where the prices are still reasonable.

10/10 Excellent

Joanne, Perth, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely atmosphere
Family run B&B, very friendly and will do anything for you. Beautiful, quiet spot that's within walking distance to Bentota Beach.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, on the river, with swimming pool
Really friendly, great location, relaxing pool... nice stay.

8/10 Good

Rob and Nicola, southampton UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family friendly run B&B
Perfect base for us to stay at whist enjoying our stay in Sri Lanka Nice location with pool Very friendly family run guest house

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place to stay. The owners were friendly and helpful. Just would like to see sheets and pillow cases on the bed. When you stay at a small hotel you support the family man and not a big business. Stay locally.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel overlooking the river
Family run hotel who couldn't do enough for me, making me tea and coffee during the day and never charged me. Clean swimming pool and not overcrowded. Hotel is about a kilometre from Bentota beach. Eat at Pier 88 which is a hundred metres away overlooking the river which is mainly used by tourists or try Ruwan cafe on the way to the beach which is used by the locals. They are all friendly and their curry is tasty and ridiculously cheap. Monday morning is market day 50 metres from the hotel and mainly sells fruit and vegetables, every type you can imagine. Besides the big tourist hotels and places like Pier 88, most places don't sell beer or spirits but there are three liquor stores along the main high street where you can buy cold beer or spirits. Tuck tuks are everywhere if you don't fancy walking in the high humidity. There are numerous touts who will try to get you on every trip going and accompany you into the shops so they get their commission but after a couple of days they usually give up if they see you are not interested. Overall, a friendly place so smile at the locals and enjoy their warmth. Would I go back? Yes definitely !

10/10 Excellent

Stephane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

mette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Elvelangs
mye verdi for pengene, flott familie, mulighter for elvecruise. manglet kjøleskap på enkelte rom. stranda en kort tur med tuk tuk

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bel hotel à 10min à pied de la plage.
Tres belle vue sur la rivière Bon petit déjeuner

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Familiäre Atmosphäre, herzlicher Empfang
Das Riverbank empfehlen wir ohne zu Zögern weiter. Herrlicher Ausblick auf den Fluss, während man sich im Pool erfrischt. Tolles Frühstück und persönliche Betreuung bei allen Fragen. Danus Mama hat sogar für uns Sri Lankisch gekocht. Tausend Dank!

10/10 Excellent

Mari-Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Feel good!
Wonderful atmosphere and great location by the river. Organise river cruise right from pier from your garden with a pool. Friendly family and lovely dog (silent one).

8/10 Good

Jezer, Schwerin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ruhiges schönes Hotel am Bentota-Fluss
Entspanntes und kleines Hotel direkt am Fluss. Das kleine und freundlich Familienunternehmen erfüllt wirklich alle Wünsche und hilft wo es nur geht. Das Frühstück war Klasse und wir haben uns gefreut dieses Hotel gewählt zu haben...

8/10 Good

Werner, Untergruppenbach

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Empfehlenswertes Klein-Hotel mit Flair
Das kleine familiengeführte Hotel mit nur 5 Zimmern war die allererste Unterkunft in Sri Lanka. Hier wollten wir einfach nur relaxen, bevor wir knapp 4 Wochen durch's Land reisten. Angenehme Zimmer, ein unaufdringlicher Service, das tolle Frühstück und die Freundlichkeit der Besitzerin und ihrer Mannschaft bescherten uns einen unbeschwerten Start. Besonders angenehm empfanden wir den großen Balkon mit schöner Möblierung und Blick auf den Pool sowie über den Fluss. Herzlichen Dank an dieser Stelle auch noch einmal an den jungen Manager (Sohn der Owner Lady), der uns zur Abreise mit dem Tuktuk kostenlos zur Bushaltestelle bringen ließ. Er spricht im Gegensatz zu seiner Mutter sehr gut Englisch, so dass Kommunikation immer gewährleistet war. Die Läden und Restaurants von Aluthgama sind in wenigen Gehminuten fußläufig erreichbar. Der Strand von Bentota eignet sich in südlicher Richtung bis Induruwa hervorragend für längere Strandspaziergänge. Unterwegs kann man zum Beispiel im cool gestalteten "Awanhala Beach Restaurant" einkehren oder dort einfach nur am Strand im Palmenschatten ein eiskaltes Bier bei Reggae-Music genießen. Unter dem Strich absolut empfehlenswert.