Club Hotel Dolphin, Waikkal, Sri Lanka

Advantages: Service, cleanliness, rooms, pools
Disadvantages: none

We stayed at the Club Hotel dolphin from 11th April 2008 to 25th april 2008. A wonderful experience from the first to the last day. We traveled with First Choice, we didn't bother with the upgraded seats at £145 each and found the standard seats to be comfortable and roomy. A choice of 2 meals was served followed later on by a snack. For £5 each we upgraded the entertainment system to get more films and games which was good value for money. I would ...
...ensure that you get to sit beside each other as First Choice 'sit together' can mean one row in front of each other or across the aisle. The transfer from the airport to the hotel was smooth and took half an hour or so, check in was seamless with the cases brought to your room for you (a 100 rupee (50p) tip is appreciated but not compulsory. In fact a 100 rupees which is very little to us is a reasonable tip for the room boys every couple of days ... Read review

Advantages: Service is superb
Disadvantages: Location a bit remote

We stayed at the Dolphin from the 4th-18th July and booked through Eclipse Direct (this is First Choice's sister company, so basically everything Eg: the rep, flight etc was First choice. We had a great holiday and this hotel went way beyond our expectations. The atmosphere is friendly and the clientelle are young couples, honeymooners,wedding parties, families with children (although they may struggle getting toddlers to eat the food). Luckily ...
...room 84, a cottage room near to the beach front. The room was more than adequate, having a semi-open air bathroom (quite fun!) air conditioning, tea and coffee making facilities,water left by the "room boys" (as they called themselves) daily and a little terrace outside with a table and chairs. It was cleaned twice a day and flowers were frequently left on the beds. In the evening, they came to spray the room with mosquito repellant and were very ... Read review