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The Tenth Hotel

3.5 star property
3.5-star guestrooms with balconies

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Deluxe Double Room, Mountain View | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, Select Comfort beds

Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Montegu Jayawikrama Mawatha, Ella, 90090
  • Ella Rock
  • Nine Arches Bridge
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Little Adam's Peak
    ‪4 min drive‬

Room options

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Deluxe Double Room, Mountain View | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, Select Comfort beds

Deluxe Double Room, Mountain View

  • 301 sq ft
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Comfort Shared Dormitory, 3 Twin Beds | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, Select Comfort beds

Comfort Shared Dormitory, 3 Twin Beds

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Ella

In historical district.You'll find Suwadivi Ayurveda Health Care and Nature Trail Ella within a 15-minute walk of this Ella hotel. Kital Ella Waterfall and Kinellan Tea Factory are also within 2 miles (3 km).

What's nearby

  • Nature Trail Ella - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Suwadivi Ayurveda Health Care - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Kinellan Tea Factory - 15 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • Nine Arches Bridge - 3 min drive - 1.6 miles
  • Little Adam's Peak - 4 min drive - 1.6 miles

Getting around

  • Ella Railway Station - 6 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Chill Cafe - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Barista - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪360 Ella - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Starbeans Cafe - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪One Love - ‬10 min walk

About this property

The Tenth Hotel

3.5-star guestrooms with balconies
There's a restaurant on site. Free breakfast is served daily, and guests can also enjoy a free nightly manager's reception. WiFi is free in public spaces. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours), a shopping center shuttle, and a train station drop-off service are available for a fee. A terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and coffee/tea in a common area are also featured at The Tenth Hotel. Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • 1 building
  • 8 guestrooms or units
  • 3 levels
  • Built in 2015
  • To-go breakfast (free)
  • Manager's reception (free)
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Express check-in
  • Express check-out
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Terrace
  • Bellhop
  • Dining venue
The Tenth Hotel offers 8 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and complimentary newspapers. Rooms open to furnished balconies. Each accommodation is individually furnished. Select Comfort beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers, bidets, and complimentary toiletries. This Ella hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Train station pick-up and drop-off shuttle (surcharge)
  • Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking

Food and drink

  • Free on-the-go breakfast available daily 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Free daily manager's reception

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Scooter/moped rentals

Accessibility

  • No elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Bedroom

  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Select Comfort mattress

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property charges 3.5 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 6 AM - 11 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! One child 5 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.0 per day.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 80 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.0 per day
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3.5 percent

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and cash.

We should mention

  • One child 5 years old or younger stays free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for free breakfast.

Property is also known as

Tenth Hotel Ella
Tenth Hotel
Tenth Ella
The Tenth Hotel Ella
The Tenth Hotel Hotel
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Frequently asked questions

Does The Tenth Hotel have an airport shuttle?

The Tenth Hotel offers an airport shuttle 24 hours a day, on request, for a charge of USD 80 per vehicle, one-way.

Does The Tenth Hotel offer free breakfast?

The Tenth Hotel offers free on-the-go breakfast every day from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM.

Is there a casino at The Tenth Hotel?

No, there is no casino at this hotel.

What time is check-in at The Tenth Hotel?

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

Is there free parking at The Tenth Hotel?

This hotel offers free self parking.

Does The Tenth Hotel have a pool?

The Tenth Hotel does not have a pool.

Does The Tenth Hotel have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does The Tenth Hotel have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this hotel.

How close is The Tenth Hotel to downtown Ella?

The Tenth Hotel is 0.2 mi away from Ella.

The Tenth Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 34 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 34 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 34 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 34 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 34 reviews

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Rod, NZ

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view was amazing. Our room was on the top floor and looked out over Ella Rock with a view of Little Adams peak to the side. Somehow our booking through Expedia was lost in the system even though we had prepaid, but luckily we had a copy of our booking confirmation and the hotel had a spare room. The Manager was lovely and he cooked a nice breakfast. The walk to and from town is down a busy road and took about 10 minutes.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel with clean room, comfy bed, great service by the staff and a tasty breakfast. Catered to dietry requirements on request.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

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

Bad service, wifi does not work.

Bad service. Would not recommend this place. hotel is out-dated.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service

Basic room with good view

Breakfast was great and the receptionist was helpful. Slow wifi and almost no hot water. Room looked a little bit unfinished but has a great mountain view.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Chris, Western Australia

Young new managers who do not have experience in hospitality made this stay disappointing.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Lexie, Australia

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

Hillside retreat

Lovely, fairly new hotel slightly downhill from main centre of Ella (very easy walk). Very comfortable and spacious room with view of Ella Rock and the mountain scape. Staff were engaging and helpful. Chef made great meals on request (breakfast was included with room - Sri Lankan breakfast of hoppers, dhal and sambal was best). There is LOTS of construction going on in Ella (April 2017) so I was glad for this reasonably quiet spot to relax at the end of a day exploring the hill country.

10/10 Excellent

kez

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Amazing Staff, amazing food and amazing view

The hotel is still under construction, but you do not notice this. The staff were AMAZING and if I could give them 10 stars I would. The homemade food they cooked for us was incredible and all the food was sourced locally from the chefs village. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome, one of the lads took us out one day in his tuk tuk and showed us the sights. The view from the top balcony was seriously knock out beautiful. The hotel is only a short walk from town and train station. The town is very busy and the hotel offers a welcome calm after a days exploring. I can not express who good the staff were and just lovely people. Highly recommended on all fronts

8/10 Good

Lisa

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

Beautiful view and quiet location

Had a great experience at this hotel. We had a deluxe room with a stunning view. Location was quiet and in close proximity to town and the sights. The owner arranged laundry pickup for us which was returned early the next am before we checked out. Good breakfast. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. Would definitely stay here again :)

6/10 Okay

Samuel

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Matthew, Canada

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

Don't stay here - money stolen from safe!

We stayed at the Tenth Hotel in Ella for 2 nights. While the view from the hotel was amazing, we had an incredibly disappointing experience that has still not been resolved. On our second day, we went to take some money out of the safe to exchange it, only to find the equivalent of approximately $400 USD (in USD and Sri Lankan Rupees) had been taken from the supposedly secure safe. We spoke with the manager and owner of the hotel who both denied it could have happened and called us liars. They did nothing to try to rectify the situation and blamed us. We knew the money would not be returned, but we felt the situation could have been made better by acknowledging that it happened, an apology, or something along those lines to make us leave on a happy note by the management and/or owner. Instead, in email exchanges with the owner, he denied it could have happened and continued to ignore our claims. We are incredibly disappointed with the owner’s continued lack of support and customer service in this situation, and would not recommend anyone to stay at this hotel.

6/10 Okay

Mr Wogglesworth, Brisbane

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

Incredible views of Ella Rock and great location

Nice big room and bathroom. Incredible views from the room and balcony of ella rock. Perfect for what we were after. Big bed, big shower. Fun breakfast where they just serve you a set menu of white bread toast, butter and jam, egg omelette, chicken sausages or bacon, fruit smoothie and tea/coffee. Very enjoyable stay. Water in toilets/showers is slightly yellowed from the source but they provide unlimited bottled drinking water.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

Excellent!!

for a very reasonable price we had two topdays! The view of the balcony was fantastic! Beds very comfortable and so was the room! Newly designed. The manager and his team were very helpfull. Excellent for a stay at Ella where we took a returnticket on the train to nanuoya.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

great place in Ella

This met my main criteria, the view was stunning and good wifi. very comfortable room with a useable terrace. Well priced and be sure to specify the sri lankan breakfast - everyone was very helpful

4/10 Poor

Linda

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

Skuffende opphold i vakre Ella

Med fulle hoteller i populære Ella så endte vi opp med å booke tre netter på The Tenth da vi var seint ute med å bestille. Første inntrykket var en tom lobby med en hyggelig dame bak disken. Fikk rom i andre etage og vi fikk umiddelbar en dårlig følelse når vi kom inn i rommet. Er ikke mye man forventer når man er ute på tur: rent rom, god seng og grei frokost. Noen hybelkaniner kan jeg leve med, men dette var noe av det mest møkkete jeg har vært borti. Kan nevne skitne vegger, støv overalt, fugleskitt i vinduskarmen og en hel maurkoloni oppe i dusjen. Det skal sies at senga var kjempe god å sove i og sengetøyet var rent. Frokosten var også god med hyggelige ansatte som gjorde sitt ytterste for at vi skulle få en god start på dagen. Totalt sett for prisen vi betalte i forhold til standarden så anbefaler jeg folk å finne en annen plass å bo i Ella. Vi sjekket ut etter to netter, en dag for tidlig og før vi dro gav jeg eieren tilbakemelding om hva jeg syntes om renholdet på rommet. Hun tok det til seg og var glad for å høre hvordan de kunne forbedre seg,så kanskje andre får en mere positiv opplevelse enn oss.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice location in Ella, but the linen of the bed as well as the towels were dirty, also the second set. The rooms are very basic and have a wonderful view from the balcony. But there is also noise as it is right by the road. Staff was very nice and friendly, but not always helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service

Enkelt hotell

Enkelt hotell med trevlig personal. Vacker utsikt som gjorde allt. Myror i duschen, enkelt avskalat rum där TV och säkerhetsbox inte fungerade och inte blev åtgärdade. Nära till stan men mörk väg att gå.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Inte vad vi förväntade oss!

Inte värt pengarna de tar för boendet. Vi hade problem med varmvatten (och kallvatten). Safetyboxen fungerade inte och strömmen var borta under perioder. Helt okey, men inte mer....
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marlene, Hillerød

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastisk beliggenhed med god udsigt. Gode værelser og superbetjening. Pandekager til morgenmad vakte stor tilfredhed.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Marianne

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

Lugnt, rent och fantastisk utsikt

Lugnt och familjeägt hotel precis utanför centrum i back Packer kaoset i Ella. Hotellet var nästan tomt vilken kändes lite udda, men stort och rent rum med underbar utsikt från balkongen.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Erlend

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

disapointing 3 night stay

A disappointment, we will never go back. Not even close to a hotel feeling, we never even checked in, there was a guy in the entrance who just showed us to our room, and that was it. No real management. Noisy rooms from the traffic below. The hotel policy on room cleaning was only when guest were in the room, leading to no cleaning or new towels during the stay. (We had to ask for two new ones the last night) The breakfast was a bit to simple, when there is no butter or anything to put on the white toast, we skipped the breakfast 2 out of 3 mornings. Wifi to slow to even read the papers.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Das Hotel liegt etwas ausserhalb von Ella. Zu Fuss ist das Zentrum aber in wenigen Minuten erreichbar. Der Blick auf die umliegenden Berge ist toll! Das Zimmer war sehr sauber und hatte ein sehr bequemes Bett.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Eher Baustelle als Hotel

Für 80€ pro Nacht absolut überteuert. Es wird gerade ein drittes Stockwerk ausgebaut, so dass es eher einer Baustelle gleicht, inkl. Lärm. Die Wände sind schimmelig, der Geruch moderig. Schöne Aussicht vom Balkon auf den Ellas Rock. Ansonsten ist der Balkon nicht zu gebrauchen, da vom Bauen komplett eingestaubt. Personal war sehr nett, Frühstück okay.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

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

Find another hotel.

This hotel is dirty, the breakfast was dry toast and some scrambled Eggs. They had some light fixtured outsidebour room that was going on all night it was like being in a club. The only good thing is if you get a room with a view but you sjould try and find something else.

4/10 Poor

Martin PH, Good location, 10min walk from the city center.

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

Pretty average hotel despite great staff and view!

The staff/service was great and the view was very nice! But I guess the view is pretty great in most places around Ella. The hotel however wasn't that good, especially not our room. - The shower hardly worked. - The curtains didn't shut all the way which meant that the flashing lights outside the hotel creates a not so nice disco like feeling inside our room - all night! And to add to the problems there was a power outage at night. This seems to be a common problem and most hotels are prepared with its own generators. Our hotel wasn't.