Does Galle Fort Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Galle Fort Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Galle Fort Hotel?

This hotel doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Galle Fort Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM.

Does Galle Fort Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Galle Fort Hotel located?

Located in Fort Galle, this luxury hotel is steps away from Spa Ceylon Boutique & Urban Spa, Galle Fort and National Maritime Museum. Dutch Reformed Church and Historical Mansion are just steps away.

Galle Fort Hotel Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

19 Apr, 2024

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

Great food, service, and pool.

The hotel was spotless, the staff friendly and helpful. Try the coconut pancakes or the arrack drinks from the bar. Absolutely delicious! The pool was wonderful and very clean.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

13 Mar, 2016

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

Great location

Hotel had a great location, room and bathroom were a good size. The wifi didn't work all that great in the room, but as soon as you opened the door and stand outside the wifi was fine. Prior to booking would have liked to notice in the room description that the room had no television. I miss watching the news when I first wake up.

6/10 Okay

Ahmed

6 Jul, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

Beautiful property, but mediocre service

This property is architecturally brilliant. It's a wonderful and thoughtful conversion of a historic building into comfortable hotel rooms. but the hotel service is quite poor. I think it's a government-run hotel and it shows. Many of the staff are not well-trained, and do not seem to have much of a hospitality background. As one example, I sat down for breakfast, ordered quickly, and immediately explained that we needed to catch a flight, so we were in the rush. We didn't get our main food after 35-40 minutes of waiting. And it wasn't just me asking: all the staff could clearly observe that I rushed to get my suitcases down AFTER ordering food. But it did not seem to matter to them. I explained to both front desk staff and restaurant staff that we were risking missing our flight, and that they could just give us everything in a takeaway box. They first agreed, but then came out and said that it would take another 15 minutes to get ready. So we just left not eating the breakfast we had paid for. The staff explained that because there was one other table (who sat down after us), they were overwhelmed. Two tables (6 people total) somehow overwhelmed their cooking capacity. The check-in process at this hotel was quite good. The service quality here is such that if you are paying around $100-$120, this is a fine hotel. If you are going above that, then Galle offers other better-run hotels.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

15 Oct, 2025

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

We absolutely loved our stay at Galle Fort Hotel. It was a beautiful property in the middle of the fort town which had lots of restaurants and shops. The hotel itself was unbelievably beautiful and felt very luxurious. The staff were so attentive and kind. The breakfast was my favorite I’ve ever had at a hotel! Beautiful fruit and delicious cooked food. Cannot recommend enough! We will be back.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carl

26 Jul, 2025

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

Great stay in the Fort

Very much enjoyed my stay at the Galle Fort Hotel. Beautiful rooms, highly attentive staff, great food and drinks.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dana

23 Dec, 2024

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

Loves the hotel, room, staff, bar and restaurant. Perfect stay!

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julie

7 Nov, 2024

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

The Galle Fort Hotel is a truly lovely boutique property set within the walls of Galle Fort. We stayed in the Grand Apartment room which was gorgeous with fabulous furnishings. The Bar and lounge areas are both lovely and the pool, loved the tiling, was a must to cool off. Breakfast was included in our rate and it was great, wasn't keen on their coffee bean but other than that faultless. All of the Staff are lovely however Shalimar stood out he was always there when needed, extremely helpful and a great character.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

vishnu

26 May, 2024

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

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Suresh

10 Mar, 2024

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

Amazing location, staff, and service....don't miss!

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Eric

21 Oct, 2023

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

My fiancé and I stayed at this hotel, and had a great seven days stay. The room was spotless and was cleaned twice a day, the pool was a welcome treat to escape the heat, and the large various of food was incredibly tasty. The people working there, Dilan and Sherman, made sure we always had everything we needed, and even went as far to prepare a take away breakfast for the days with an early start. Shamika was always ready to answer any of our questions and give amazing advice regarding different activities that were close by. All in all, we had one of the best stays we've ever had, and would love to be back soon.

Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Celine

3 Jun, 2022

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

I got food poisoned from the food there. They were the last stop and restaurant i dined at. I have been at a hospital for two days with a stomach infection from the burger I had the last night at Galle Fort hotel. Terrible. I have been extremely sick since. Will not recommend whatsoever!

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Anthony

9 Mar, 2020

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Two night stay

Positives: location, walkable to all that old Galle Fort has to offer. Interesting history of the hotel itself. Pool to cool off in . Room was large. Bed was comfortable. Breakfast was great (did not eat any other meals here) Negatives: pool has a dreadful old drain/sewerage smell at the far end (not in the pool itself- but could be from the drainage vents on the end/side?). Shower and sink in the room could do with a really good clean. Sink had a crack right across it. Mosquito net is looking really shabby. Feels rundown rather than heritage. Table in the Main lounge area was actively being eaten by insects while we were being checked in. requested transport to the train for early morning to be told no problem tuktuks here all the time . Did speak with a driver who did not turn up ( the only transport arrangement we had in 3 weeks of travelling that did not turn up). And no other vehicles in sight. Did send a staff member down the road to try to find something . Fortunately we had time to spare.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Graydon

24 Feb, 2020

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

Stylish historic hotel in the middle of Galle Fort, great amenities, fantastic food, large accommodating room, and incredible and personable service.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Denzil

23 Jan, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Old needs renovation and the rooms are a bit small. Also bathroom facilities are out dated and in dysfunction.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

22 Dec, 2019

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

Everythikng

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

15 Dec, 2019

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

Beautiful building and very comfortable room. Felt like we were getting a very unique and authentic Galle Fort experience.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

3 Dec, 2019

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

Historical building in a perfect location

Very nice boutique hotel in a historical building and perfect location in Galle. Fantastic breakfast and friendly staff. Very nice restaurant and perfect gin tonic

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra

19 Nov, 2019

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

Charming Hotel in perfect location!

Highly recommend Galle Fort Hotel! So beautiful in a perfect location and the staff (especially Kusal - I hope I am spelling that right - who was at reception). My only comment is that they tried to charge us an egregious amount - the cost of an additional room - to add an additional guest into our Library Suite room. I booked the largest room specifically because I knew it could accommodate more than 2 people and was happy to pay an upcharge but not a whole room's worth! They were very pleasant and the pool area, the room, all of the small details were so wonderful. Breakfast in the morning was quite tasty and large - I wish I could spend a few more days there!

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lee

7 Oct, 2019

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

It was really well designed, with dining tables facing the pool. In fact, with all the rooms facing the lovely, exquisite pool. We were most appreciative of the fact that our room was literally 5 steps away from the pool! For someone who loves to swim, this was truly appreciated. The entre service was wonderful. Thank you so much.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kaia Janet

14 Jul, 2019

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

Flott sted som er verdt pengene

Flotte omgivelser der du blir tatt tilbake i tid. Utrolig serviceinnstilte og hyggelige mennesker som ikke vet hva godt de kan gjøre for deg. Noe dyrt, men verdt prisen.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

26 Apr, 2019

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

This restored property remains a stand in Galle for the setting and service.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

RaneeK, Hong Kong

22 Apr, 2019

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

nice dinner by the pool but the gin tonic is comparatively expensive . Love the rooms facing pool. Staff super friendly

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Naomi

2 Apr, 2019

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

Fabulous place, great staff, great food & beautiful surroundings. Highly recommend this hotel.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

6 Mar, 2019

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

All was great but the service, particularly at breakfast was erratic and slow.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

1 Mar, 2019

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

Interesting proprty. Felt like taking a step back in time. Bonus to have a pool inside the fort .

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

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