Hotel Spotlight: Serein Beach Hotel – Tangalla – Sri Lanka

We had planned to stay at Serein Beach Hotel three days, but as soon as we stepped into the lovely lobby/ restaurant of the hotel we knew that we wanted to stay longer. It is such a unique and nice hotel, with a great atmosphere located right on one of the most beautiful beaches in Sri Lanka.

We arrived at the hotel with a tuk-tuk, from Mirissa. The hotel is located about 15 minutes walk from Tangalla town, and is one of few hotels at this part of the Tangalla Beach.

The hotel is brand new, opened December 2013, and is built with solid bricks, recycled old timber, and eco-friendly material. The design is modern, unique, basic and simple. It works very well and is kind of cool. It is very different for all the other hotels we stayed at in Sri Lanka.

The hotel has three-floor and 10 rooms.

Downstairs the whole floor is an open lobby lounge/ restaurant with a great view overlooking the garden, beach, and sea. The sea breeze makes it airy and comfortable even at midday.

The hotel has some nice decor elements, that give it a rustic and colonial style.

The restaurant serves both western and Sri Lankan food. We had breakfast here every day, which is included in the rate, and it was very tasty! One of the best breakfast we have had in Sri Lanka. One morning we even got to try Sri Lankan breakfast, sweet potato with coconut, delicious! We also ate almost all our dinners here.

The second floor consists of a rooftop deck, overlooking the sea, with amazing views! Perfect for bird watching and relaxing.

All rooms have a private bathroom, and a balcony with breathtaking views over the garden, beach, and sea! The perfect place to sit and relax after a day at the beach, with a glass of cold white wine or a beer, listening to the hundreds of colorful birds that gathers in the palm trees in the hotel`s garden every afternoon around sunset.

The hotel does not have air-conditioning, but it is really not needed. All the rooms have a natural cooling effect provided by the soil bricks, that together with the ceiling fan gives a nice eco-friendly cooling. We did not miss the air-conditioning at all!

Over the balcony door, there is no glass, only mosquito net, so the sea breeze keeps the air cool. It was so lovely to fall asleep to the sound of the waves gently rocking you to sleep…..ah….I slept like a baby! 🙂

We totally fell in love with Serein Beach Hotel Sri Lanka. Even though it is small, it got a big heart! The people working there are so welcoming and sweet, they made our stay perfect and made us feel right at home! Both the manager and the owner are really nice, and we spent quite a bit of time sitting and talking in the evenings. They helped us with whatever we needed, like arranging transportation and hotel accommodation for our next stop in Ella.

We loved this place so much, that we ended up staying there a whole week, even though we had originally just booked for three days :). We will definitely come back one day! If you are going to Tangalla, you really MUST stay at Serein Beach Hotel!

I am really struggling with finding something “negative” to say about this hotel. But if I have to find something to put my finger on, it has to be that there is no internet in the rooms. There is only wi-fi in the restaurant.

In my opinion, Serein Beach hotel has the best location in Tangalla, right in front of the most amazing beach!

Read more about the beach here. We also got to experience a unique rescue of a sea turtle, which you can read more about and watch a video from here.

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