The only reason I can think of to stay at the Blue Gum is for a late night arrival or early morning departure out of Colombo. It's fine---fairly clean rooms and bathroom, aircon, and close proximity to the airport. The rooms are quiet and the staff is friendly, but it is BASIC. Breakfast is all you need to get you... More

My husband and I arrived in the middle of the night and they arranged a last minute taxi to pick us up from the airport which was great knowing we didn't have to barter a fair at 2am. The room was clean and spacious and the bed very comfortable. All of the staff were extremely helpful and very accommodating. Yes... More

You get a good deal for your money at the Blue Gum. The airport is a 15-20 minute drive away, the rooms are clean and comfortable, and the service is excellent. The location is pleasant, and far enough away from the road that it's pretty quiet (with the exception of some construction going on during the day at the property... More

Actually we reached in this hotel very late at night, but the way they welcomed us was impressive. Staff was polite and helpful. food we enjoyed was great. rooms were very neat and clean. and i would like to give thanks to lady manager(sorry for forgetting her name...) for her caring attitude at the last moment. It is very good... More

If you need hotel thats close to airport and within a reasonable budget this is the one. It's clean and the staff is very friendly. We slept there day after arrival and day before departure and it was a good experience both times. Only weird thing is that through online booking you can get the price a lot cheaper than... More

Greatest hospitality ever received in my life .. Very helpful staff and providing good service . They don't mind to go extra miles to help the guests plus they stayed up late just to wait for us and serve us welcoming drinks and prepare breakfast for us even it is at 5am!

Is location important for a hotel ? It's about 30 mins drive from Sri Lanka's airport, and about 50 mins drive from Colombo town centre. Placed 400 metres back from the rather ugly, ribbon developed, main road to Colombo, from the airport, this was a quiet little hotel, when i visited. It was more of a B & B than... More

staff there are very nice.. We got there really late and this is our first stop in sri lanka.. every body is very friendly. the owner helped us got a taxi and is super helpful.. the breafast is really good too.its like family atmosphere.. so yea its worth going..

This was a great place to start our vacation in Sri Lanka!!! We have now spent 6 days in Sri Lanka and the best meal we had was at the blue gum hotel!!! Maybe it does not look like a restaurant, but if you ask you will get a meal prepared by the gods! And most importent - you will... More