Very old hotel, poorley maintained. Poor view in rooms , which are basic inall aspects. Old towels.cramped bathroom . Dinning room is exception. Good view on the port, specially in late afternoon and sunset( late aftrenoon tea). Good sevices, although some staff are not well trained. Find another hotel but go for sunset time or dinner to see the port... More

Today attended a Home Coming in the 2 nd floor. Hotel was clean and well decorated. There was a Captain wearing a red suit was simply attentive and excellent. He was giving an excellent direction to all other trainees. Food was very tasty. Cheese Macoroni was the best. Overall had wonderful function.

Heritage Building...Rooms are not that great... Not for those who look for luxury stay... Restaurant has a good view of the Colombo Port... Food is okay not great... Room rate is around 100 USD + taxes...

i stayed with my friends during our Srilanka trip in January 2013. Expectations were high with good reviews and its history. all fell flat on our face once we reached there. The hotel is old , badly maintained and roaches were crawling in our rooms. furniture was broken and linen was worn. bathroom - less said the better !!. shower... More

We had a large clean comfortable room for our one night stay in February 2013. The bathroom was large, modern and clean. Although located on the harbour there was no noise at night to keep us awake. The service, view and food at breakfast was some of the best during our trip. There was an array of local specialities, fresh... More

Tucked in the fort area the hotel is located just accross the jetty .. For travellers looking for british heritage trail... Old barracks refurbished with taste to reflect the bygone era. The bar on 4th floor provides a view of the port and also servers srilankan food.. The access to city attractions is easy withample travel options .. Walk, tucktuck... More

My friend and I went on a business trip to Sri Lanka. On our 8 days trip we spent 2 days in Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo. The hotel is about 30-45 minutes drive from Colombo International airport. Whole trip bookings were done from Srilankatravelhouse.com for their low rates & good services.The hotel is located in the middle of the city... More

I stayed at this hotel between 4th-8th march 2013. I can definitely say that they have improved over my last stay which was in 2011. Although they had no records of my previous stay with them! My colleague faced some issue with the AC so please check if your room has a good AC which works! Food was nice, the... More

stayed at this hotel so we were closer to the airport from where we were working but wish we had driven the 5hrs direct from site to airport as would have saved us the experience of this hotel. we checked in at midday which seemed to be a great inconvenience to the staff on reception and were shown to our... More