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Reviews of Morning Star Guest House

3 out of 5
Morning Star Guest House
55/1, Palangathuraya, kochchikade, Negombo

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 25 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 25 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent breakfast, very friendly and helpful staff. Loved the swimming pool
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 9 Jan,2019
Dear friend, Thanks for your kind feedback. It was a pleasure to have you with us! We are glad that you enjoyed your stay too! Hope to see you again! Thanks!

10/10 Excellent

Alistair

Morning Star Shines Brightly in Negombo!
Morning Star is The Best. Our stay there was just wonderful. Great staff. Peaceful, tranquil, ultra clean beautiful guesthouse. We recommend it totally. Ashini, & ALL the staff are beautiful, homely people. So helpful with cheerful smiles.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 20 Sept,2018
Dear Ali,camille and Sandra, Thank you so much for your kind feedback! It was a great pleasure to meet you! Hope you had a nice flight back home. And we are looking forward to meeting you in future! Your comments are highly valuable to us and we guarantee the best service all the time!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely guest house, perfect with a family.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2018
Thank you very much for your kind feedback. We value your comments and is happy to see you on your next visit.

10/10 Excellent

Yang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff there are friendly and helpful.We reach early and they allow us to have early checkin. Their breakfast was well prepared and delicious.hotel is very near to beach,just 2mins walk. I would like to go back and stay again for my next visit
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Dear Yang, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to seeing you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are highly valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards, Loving, Francis Appuhamy

8/10 Good

Harry, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
friendly, tranquil guest-house with lovely pool
a nice place to stay after a long-haul flight from the UK.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

ramon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice first hotel when arriving
1500 rupiah (A$15) taxi from airport 20 mins. Old hotel but clean and friendly staff. Nice food. Quiet. Will stay again last night before flying out.
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards

8/10 Good

Antonia, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel close to the airport
It is about a 20 -25 minute drive from the airport. Down a narrow lane but tell your taxi driver he can turn around in the hotel grounds. Close to the beach where you can see the the fishermen sorting their catch. We had an apartment room with a double bed and a fan. Very clean, friendly staff, beautifully kept grounds with a swimming pool and gated so feels very safe. Lovely food and a great female proprietor. Given bottles of water with the room. Tea making facilities but no tea! Quite a characterless room but the rest of the grounds more than made up for that.
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. We are happy to say that we have a variety of tea (Green tea,Yellow tea, Masala tea, etc) available now in a wooden box at the resturant from which you can fetch anytime. Thanks again for your comments. They are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards

6/10 Okay

Alistair

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Does what it says on the Tin.
It wasn't what l was expecting but it did what it said it would and the staff where lovely and helpful at all times. This is not as close to the beach as l anticipated and whilst they have an arrangement with a beach club about 500 metres down the road to get in for free once you are there everything is chargeable such as the sun loungers. Negombo Town is a 12 minute tuk tuk ride away. There is a really good restuarant nearby oddly called Fish & Chips! Colombo airport is 20 minutes away so great location if you have an early morning flight. Expect to pay $15 USD one way. Lots of mosquitoes when we stayed. Bring your own Deet!

10/10 Excellent

Jean, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect for family wishing an overnight stay
we are a family of 5 with three young kids. we arrived in Colombo at 9pm and had booked this guesthouse for an overnight stay. we are very happy we did so. Mr. Francis is a lovely host and the guesthouse is an oasis in Negombo. The rooms are basic but clean and quiet. Mr. Francis even turned on the pool lights at 10:30pm so that my tired, hot kids could have a late night swim. Breakfast was plentiful and delicious. Guesthouse arrange for a great driver (Ruwan) to drive us to Unawatuna the following day. I'd stay here again and, given the number of families I saw during our short visit, it's popularity is well earned.
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

Ek, Dubai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 night stay
Beautiful hotel, rooms/suites are set in a pretty garden. Rooms are large and well equipped. Really good breakfast and friendly/helpful staff. However the closest beach and surrounding area are not amazing.

10/10 Excellent

Kat, Ohio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, quiet gateway to Sri Lanka
Our overnight stay at the Morning Star Guest House was the connection between our long international flight and the beginning of our Sri Lanka travels. It was the perfect choice for a reasonable price and quiet oasis. The guest house is in an alley, off the busy main beach road with walls surrounding a well-kept garden yard and pool. Upon check-in we were given cool, refreshing towels and juice. The manager generously upgraded us to a family suite from the triple we had booked since it was unoccupied. The family suite was huge- included a dining area, family room, bathroom and two bedrooms. Everything was clean and well-maintained. The bedrooms were air-conditioned and mosquito netting was provided. We were able to walk to the beach for a sunset view of the Indian Ocean and then return to the guest house for a dinner with dishes that just kept coming. The price for dinner was very reasonable. (my daughter had requested dinner ahead of time.) Breakfast was delicious and large- toast, eggs, fruit etc. My 5-star rating is for a reasonably priced guesthouse. You don't get the amenities you find in a luxury hotel, but this guesthouse has all you need for comfortable stay.
Pool on the grounds
Quiet, walled in garden area.
Clean, air-conditioned room

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect for
Absolutely perfect. Beautiful property, spacious room, helpful management, friendly staff, close to airport. Couldn't have asked for better for our 1st night in Sri Lanka.

10/10 Excellent

maelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Parfait
Très belle place pour dormir à l'arrivée ou la veille du départ . Nous avons profité de la piscine . A quelques mètres de la mer . Merci aux propriétaires
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice guest house!
Friendly staffs were helping me a lot. Silent location makes real relaxation. Room is clean and large, there is a mosquito net.
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 27 Sept,2018
Dear Friend, Thank you so much for your kind feedback! We are happy that you enjoyed your stay. We guarantee the best service all the time and looking forward to seeing you in Future!

10/10 Excellent

Cristina, Ferrara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Oasi di pace
La guest House Morning star è una bella oasi di pace a Negombo che dista 5minuti a piedi dalla spiaggia! Ci siamo fermati qui l'ultima notte prima del volo di ritorno. Il giardino è bellissimo e molto curato. La nostra camera al primo piano era spaziosa, ben arredata e pulita. Dotata di tutti i comfort, anche un piccolo balcone! La colazione è abbondante ed ottima! Lo staff tutti gentilissimi e sorridenti. Ha una piccola piscina ben curata che abbiamo gradito molto, dato che il mare in questo periodo non è balneabile!!!! Da ritornare se di passaggio! Infine i ristoranti distano poco a piedi, appena sulla via c'è un ampia scelta!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 20 Sept,2018
Dear Christina, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It was a pleasure to have you with us! And we are happy that you enjoyed your stay too! Your comments are highly valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times!

8/10 Good

Ingrid, Dordrecht

Liked: Staff & service
Gezellig accommodatie. Prima ligging.
Gezellige ambiance in prima omgeving en nabij winkels en restaurants.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 16 Jun,2018
Hartelijk dank voor uw vriendelijke feedback. Het is erg waardevol voor ons. We zijn blij je weer te zien.

8/10 Good

Pia Eskil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bra övernattnings alternativ.
Mycket bra övernattnings alternativ vid sen eller tidig flygning till o från Colombo.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Petra, Herne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gepflegtes Hotel in Strandnähe
Wir hatten die ersten zwei Nächte unseres Aufenthaltes dort verbracht. Gepflegter Garten mit kleinem Pool, freundliches und hilfsbereites Personal, Zimmer gross mit eigenem Bad und separatem Sitzbereich - sowohl innerhalb der Wohneinheit als auch direkt davor. Heißwasserkocher und Kühlschrank vorhanden.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards,

10/10 Excellent

Marine, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hôtel proche de la plage, avec personnel adorable, très accueillant. Très bon petit déjeuner. Piscine au calme. Chambres spacieuses
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

Simon, Madrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value-for-money
Lovely welcoming staff, clean room and just what you would like to find (and rarely do) from a very reasonably priced hotel. The pool was clean and the interior garden and restaurant area a perfect place to relax. The owner really cares about his customers and it shows. Sri Lanka is getting increasingly expensive and we had low expectations arriving at this place at the end of our holiday because of the price - it was better than our first night in Colombo in a 4* hotel which cost 275% more... Would recommend without hesitation.
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

Andreea

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

10/10 Excellent

M, München

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Toller Garten und hervorragender Service
Als Familie mit Kleinkind haben wir unseren Aufenthalt sehr genossen, weil wir im Garten und am Pool spielen konnten und das Personal inklusive Besitzer extrem freundlich war. Das Frühstück, v.a. die asiatische Version, war sehr lecker und das Zimmer groß und sauber. Insgesamt sehr gut fur die 2 Nächte nach der Ankunft in Sri Lanka.
Response from Francis Appuhamy on 14 Jun,2017
Dear Valuable Customer, Thank you so much for your kind feedback. It is our pleasure to have you with us. I am looking forward to see you again sometime in the near future. Your comments are extremely valuable and we guarantee the best service at all times. Best Regards

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hemtrevligt med fantastisk personal
Vi bodde på detta hemtrevliga och mycket välskötta hotell de två sista dagarna innan vi reste hem och det passade perfekt för oss (två vuxna och två barn - 6 och 4 år). Poolen var helt ok och maten var mycket god, personalen mycket trevlig och hjälpsam. Överlag en väldigt härlig känsla på hotellet. Området runtomkring är slitet men en kort promenad eller tuktuk-resa bort finns flera restauranger. Dessutom hade hotellet ett samarbete med en restaurang/hotell en bit bort där man kunde få låna solstolar gratis. Skulle absolut rekommendera detta hotell som ligger ca 20 min från flygplatsen.