Water fountains, fresh flowers and rich Indian designs decorate the lobby of the Taj Samudra, a Colombo hotel located near the business center, museums, and restaurants. Its 300 air-conditioned rooms face the pool or sea, and include suites on three business floors, luxury suites and presidential suites. All rooms have their own bathrooms, international direct dialing and satellite color TV.
Hotel amenities include a business center with secretarial services and workstations, a beauty parlor and hair salon, laundry and dry-cleaning, a florist, bookshop, fitness center, souvenir shop and swimming pool. Hotel dining options include Sichuan and Cantonese dishes at Golden Dragon, Sri Lankan and other Asian dishes at the Ports Coffee Shop, and steaks at the Steak & Grill House. For parties and events, the hotel has six banquet rooms accommodating up to 450 people, with one of them fronting a big lawn.
Taj Samudra Colombo
25, Galle Face Centre Road
Colombo 3, Sri Lanka
001+94-11-2446622
tajhotels.com
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, a member of the Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts chain, overlooks Beira Lake on seven acres of land. Deluxe, premium, and executive rooms plus three types of suites add up to 340 rooms and suites on seven floors. Views are either that of Beira Lake or the city skyline. Room amenities include private baths and showers, international direct dialing, radio, televisions with satellite channels, mini bars, hairdryers, in-room safes and high- speed Internet.
Facilities in the hotel include a business center, outdoor swimming pool, library, health club and executive lounge. Exotic cuisines from Asia are served in the hotel’s Thai, Chinese and Japanese restaurants, while local, European and American dishes can be found in three other places serving various types of food and drinks.
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo
115, Sir Chittampalam A.Gardiner Mawatha
Colombo 2, Sri Lanka
001+94-11-2491000
cinnamonhotels.com
Located along the Indian Ocean, the Ceylon Continental is a five-star business hotel that opened in 1973. It is near local attractions such as the National Museum, the zoological gardens and some of the better restaurants and shops of Sri Lanka. It is also only an hour from the international airport. All rooms and suites overlook the sea, including the Presidential Suite, which features a bedroom, living room, dining area and kitchenette with a flat-screen TV, and butler service.
The Emerald coffee shop, the Club Continental restaurant, the Tandoor Indian restaurant and Café Conti are the hotel’s dining places. Banquets and events may be held in any of three ballrooms, two meeting rooms and an indoor and outdoor banquet hall. Other hotel facilities include a gym, swimming pool, spa, boutique, squash court and tea store.
Ceylon Continental Hotel
48 Janadhipathi Mawatha
Colombo 00100, Sri Lanka
001+94-11-242-1221
ceyloncontinental.com
