Pearl City Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Our Stay Review
Pearl City Hotel
17, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,
Colombo 4
Tel: (94) 11 4523800
Fax: (94) 11 4523866
Email: pearlcityhotel@sltnet.lk
Web: www.pearlcityhotel.net
Self proclaimed as "A Modern Business Class Hotel in the Heart of Colombo".
 The
hotel is off the Galle Road in the coastal Bambalapitiya District of Colombo,
close to shops, restaurants, banks and south-western line railway station. A
short bus, tri-shaw (tuk-tuk) or taxi from all of the main business and commercial
areas of Colombo.
We
stayed at the Pearl City Hotel in October 2008 for six nights, occupying a standard
room (208) on the second floor, cleaned and serviced daily with fresh towels
and two complimentary bottles of drinking water, shower gel and shower cap.
 The room did have a slightly
musty damp smell eminating from a damp patch on a wall and slight stale tobacco
smoke odour, particularly coming from the net curtains, when you first entered
the room but the air-conditioner did its job and these problems became barely
percievable after a time.
Our air-conditioned room with en-suite shower room with hot and cold water,
had a mini bar, TV - with local and a couple of international satelite channels
and enough furniture to contain our belongings. The in house laundry service
was fast and very reasonably priced.
 The room had no internet access but free Wi-Fi was available in the lobby
area. De-luxe rooms have hard-wire internet access as standard.
On the ground
floor there was a Business Centre. This small business centre was equipped with
Fax, Photocopier, Email and Internet access, plus a Western Union money
transfer service.
Also on the ground floor was the alcohol free, Cafe Alfa catering for 24 hour
room service as well as being open 24 hours with a menu that includes something
for everyone but the waiting staff seemed to have a problem fully understanding
English.
The Pearl City Hotel has a quirky billing system, in that as soon as your
account reaches or exceeds SLR10,000 (around £50.00p) you are required to pay
the ballance. Our assumption is that this system is apparently an anti-fraud
measure that dispenses with leaving credit / payment card details on the hotel's
computer system.
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spellings, but there is no definitive spelling translation of these words.
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JeGraNet.com statement - 15 October 2008 - Quote from the British Foreign
and Commonwealth Office website: "There is a high threat from terrorism in Sri
Lanka. Fatal attacks have become more frequent. They have occurred in Colombo
and throughout Sri Lanka, including places frequented by expatriate and foreign
travellers. Further attacks may occur at any time. There is an increasing risk
of British nationals being caught up in an attack". As independent travellers
we left Colombo after just 9 days into our planned 6 month stay as a result of
a feeling of insecurity, however we are sure that 'package tour' travellers to
tourist resorts will probably enjoy a worry free holiday. |
