Does EKHO Lake Polonnaruwa have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

Is EKHO Lake Polonnaruwa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at EKHO Lake Polonnaruwa?

Self-parking is free at this property.

Where is EKHO Lake Polonnaruwa located?

Situated in Polonnaruwa, this hotel is steps from Parakrama Samudra and within 3 mi (5 km) of Polonnaruwa Archaeological Museum and Shiva Devalaya. Hatadage and Polonnaruwa Vatadage are also within 3 miles (5 km).

EKHO Lake Polonnaruwa Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Thushara, Colombo

26 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Friendly staff. Clean and ok for the price. Safe for children

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Prasanna

21 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The best is the spectacular view and this unbatable touch of nature . This is the best resort hotel that captures the most beautiful scenary of the Parakrama Samudra. The staff is super friendly , goes beyond a help , to give the guests a homely feel , security , safelty , love and affction of a family. Randika and his fellow staff members are very helpful and always takes care of their guests all the time. We would love to visit again and again to this place. The building seems to be pretty old but as guests who are in love with ancient things , it was just perfect for us. Walks towards the lake , witnessing wild elephants in a very clise vicinity , all were bew exereinces to us. Thank you "The Lake" hotel (also known as Echo Lake , The Lake , Seruva) , we will visit you soon again before your refurbishment.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

14 Jul 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The hotel isn't the swankiest but it's in a lovely location next to the lake and grazing land, with panoramic vistas. Our visit coincided with a group booking of Sri Lankan hotel staff who were treated to an evening of live and very loud music, from which there was no escape - but this is an unusual occurrence. Normally it would be a nice, quiet sanctuary away from the hubbub of Polunnaruwa but still only a short distance from the historic sites.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Susan

25 Feb 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Service very good but was disappointed by the upstairs room having no balcony. Better to be on the ground floor. View of the lake at sunset fabulous. Sadly no elephants when we were there. Also the pool was closed and had been for about two weeks. This seemed to be because the hotel was quiet as when we left a large party arrived and they were cleaning the pool.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

23 Feb 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Sehr freundliches Personal, gute Küche, tolle Lage

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Ari

14 Feb 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Everything okay

Hotel is a little bit old and needs renovation. Pool was out of use and rooms were a little bit worn out. Staff was friendly and the scenery is beautiful. Toilets and shower were clean. For 21€ it was okay. Wouldnt pay full price.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Catherine

5 Feb 2019

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Si vous trouvez mieux, tracez votre chemin

En fait, l’hôtel a un atout majeur et c’est malheureusement le seul. L’emplacement. Situé au bord du lac avec une piscine très agréable. Le reste, c’est ni fait ni à faire. Les chambres sont vétustes, la literie un peu raide mais le pompon c’est le bruit de la climatisation. Et vous êtes obligés de la mettre sinon vous crevez de chaud et humides pour le coup 😱 La lumière du couloir qui donne sur la salle de bains elle-même ouverte sur la chambre, on en parle ? Bof, vous l’aurez compris, 1 nuits c’est suffisant. Personnel indifférent par rapport à d’autres établissements du pays.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

18 Jan 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would recommend staying here!

AMAZING! Nice hotel with plenty of staff. Food and drinks were good. Best part was the pool overlooking the lake and the elephants that came up 5 meters away from us on two separate occasions to feed. A walk or short tuk tuk away from ruins, hotel help us arrange bicycles for the day to see the ruins.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Walt, Alaska USA

6 Jan 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The view of the lake is what made this place special. From the room, the pool ,and the restaurant the views was fantastic. The menu in the restaurant was a little limited but overall it was a great stay

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

22 Dec 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

View and hotel manager is very good.price is a good value.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

19 Dec 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wilde olifant in de tuin, fantastisch! Prima hotel, niet bijzonder, maar wel lekker rustige omgeving.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Vicente J.

13 Oct 2018

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Agradable estancia, aunque necesita retoques

Buena estancia a la orilla del parque nacional de Mineriya con posibilidades de ver animales a la orilla del lago, aunque el hotel necesita retoques

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Kristian

29 Jul 2018

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Slidt hotel og mangle på service

Slidt hotel, der mangler vedligholdese generelt. Servicen var langsom og ikke god overordnet set. Restauranten var heller ikke noget særligt, hverken betjening eller maden

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Marc, Paris

21 Jul 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Spot exceptionnel

Spot exceptionnel. Très belle vue sur le lac. Très belle piscine. Le frigo ne marchait pas et le WIFI quasi inexistant.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

2 Jul 2018

Liked: Room comfort

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Best view with reasonable price and friendly staff.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Flemming

23 May 2018

Liked: Cleanliness

Smuk beliggende

Smukt beliggende men service var så som så. Lille skabs badeværelse

Stayed 1 night in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Bandhula, Colombo

15 Apr 2018

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

BED BUGS TO WELCOME YOU AT THE LAKE POLONNARUWA

We booked two rooms 12th April 2018 and on arrival we were given rooms 105 and 112 requested and got two adjoining rooms upstairs (218 & 219). From the minute we got out of the vehicle to the minute we left, we had to lug around our bag Dinner time, the situation got funnier. We were vegetarian and requested an a-la-carte option of fried rice instead of going for the buffet. At first we were refused and after much debating and back-and-forth with the kitchen, they agreed to give us some. Then for dessert, we requested fruit salad with ice cream, at which point they took the order and promptly returned with the menu and told us we would have to order fruits and ice cream as separate and then create our own fruit salad with ice cream. We ended up having to forego dessert. That night my wife and daughter were given a rousing welcome by bed bugs running all over their beds and even biting them. Unfortunately we haven’t got a video to show but the bugs were sprawled all over the pillow and bed linen. After somehow spending the night, uncomfortably in one room with my son sleeping on the floor, I brought up the issue at the reception upon checkout next day 7.30am and wanted to speak to the manager and he gave instructions to the receptionist over the phone to refund the money what we have to pay for dinner as he is unable to come down to speak to us. Absolutely horrendous stay, terrible customer service, zero guest satisfaction

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

2/10 Terrible

Rush, Australia

23 Mar 2018

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst experience ever. Please DON'T GO The Lake

Worst experience ever. Please DON'T GO to The Lake hotel if you don't want to waste your hard earned money.Give it to charity instead.They ruined my day. Checked in 3:30 pm but they were unable to find a room with a proper Air-con till pm. All air conditions were overheated, not maintained or broken, my 2 yrs old was crying because the heated rooms.Technician was helpless,They were forced to stay near my room door and pore water to the compressor for the whole night. Manager was friendly, but powerless or tried to cover the staff and the hotel.He agreed about their faults and suggested to move to another nearby new hotel owned by them.But asked to pay the excess fees. Refund request was refused.If you are visiting from Europe or Australia, don't expect the same standards over there. Entire hotel is very dirty, full of smells, many cockroaches,TV has no working channels, Toilet seat cover was small and slipped out from the toilet, Full of spiders and Mosquitoes every corner of the room. Locks were broken, tower curtains was very old and not good condition.Floor tiles in the shower is broken and insects were coming out from the hole.I had to ask for the welcome drink and a porter. They asked me to go and check the air con of every rooms, which is not my job. That main photo in the hotel ad is fake, Its just a very old biding near the lake and i saw lots of mosquito eggs in the Pool and windows. We were in B&B but had it outside because the dining area was full of spider nets.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Yoko

16 Mar 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

眺望には癒されます。

ビジネスホテルと思えば特に不満はありません。ただ、室内ではWifiが繋がらないのは非常に不便でした。部屋から湖の眺望が楽しめます。

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

W

2 Mar 2018

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Heruntergekommenes Hotel

Die z.T. in der Reiseliteratur zu lesenden positive Einschätzungen führen völlig in die Irre. Das Hotel ist völlig verwahrlost. Die Fenster und alle sonstigen Glasflächen - wie z.B. auch die Glastüren und Fernsehbildschirme - sind total beschmutzt, Die Fensterrahmen sind ebenfalls sehr schmutzig. An den Wänden im Zimmer hängen die Reste erschlagener Mücken. Die Möbel sind schäbig. Die Teppichböden des Restaurantsvöllig sind verstaubt, mit Flusen bedeckt. Wir hatten 3 Nächte gebucht und bezahlt und sind nach der ersten Nacht ausgezogen.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Marina

10 Jan 2018

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Valida soluzione

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

2/10 Terrible

sham , london

28 Dec 2017

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Awful hotel. Would not recommend.

It was dirty. It was advertised as having WiFi but when we got there we were told there was only WiFi in the reception area. Fridge did not work. TV had very bad signal and hardly any channels. Worst thing of all was the toilet, it made this awful grinding noise every time you flushed it. We complained but they did nothing. Food at the buffet was disgusting. The staff didn’t seem to care and could hardly speak English. The worst hotel ever.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Dirk, berlin

21 Oct 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Room comfort

Schöne Aussicht vom der Terasse. Schöner Pool.

Für eine Übernachtung ok. Die Zimmer bieten wenig Komfort. Das Essen ist gut, wird aber lieblos serviert.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Elisabeth

16 Aug 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bien situé

Hôtel très bien situé. Belle vue sur le lac et piscine agréable après avoir visité le site archéologique; A recommander.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

DAVID

24 Jun 2017

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Better Options Elsewhere

Rooms are terrible. Bed is comfortable but room is not clean especially bathroom. Air con is not working, wifi not available in room. Rooms dirty. Walls and curtains have mold. Ants everywhere. Staff not skilled but friendly. Foyer and dining area is clean and well maintained.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

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