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Hotel River Front

3.0 star property
3-star guestrooms with balconies

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Front of property
Deluxe Tree House, 1 King Bed, River View | Balcony
Family Suite, 1 Bedroom, River View | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe
Property grounds
Restaurant

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services
  • Laundry

Explore the area

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553/3A Gangasiripura, Debarawewa, Thissamaharama, 82600
  • Place, Debarawewa Lake
    ‪20 min walk‬
  • Place, Yatala Dagoba
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Yala National Park
    ‪25 min drive‬

Room options

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe

Deluxe Double Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Deluxe Triple Room, 2 Twin Beds | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe

Deluxe Triple Room, 2 Twin Beds

  • River view
  • 322 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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Family Suite, 1 Bedroom, River View | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe

Family Suite, 1 Bedroom, River View

  • River view
  • 430 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds
  • Free WiFi

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Deluxe Tree House, 1 King Bed, River View | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe

Deluxe Tree House, 1 King Bed, River View

  • River view
  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Double Room with Fan | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe

Double Room with Fan

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, minibar, in-room safe

Deluxe Triple Room, 2 Twin Beds

  • Sleeps 3
  • Free WiFi

About the neighborhood

Debarawewa

In historical district.You'll find Debarawewa Lake and Yatala Dagoba within 2 miles (3 km) of this hotel. Tissa Lake and Wirawila Tissa Sanctuary are also within 3 miles (5 km).

What's nearby

  • Debarawewa Lake - 20 min walk - 1.1 miles
  • Yatala Dagoba - 3 min drive - 1.4 miles
  • Kataragama Temple - 24 min drive - 15.2 miles
  • Yala National Park - 25 min drive - 12.2 miles
  • Udawalawe National Park - 50 min drive - 32.1 miles

Restaurants

  • ‪Red - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Cafe Culture - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Refresh Sea Food Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Calorian Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Chef Lady - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Hotel River Front

3-star guestrooms with balconies
There's a restaurant on site. WiFi is free in public spaces. A business center and meeting rooms are available. An outdoor pool, a terrace, and barbecue grills are also featured at the business-friendly Hotel River Front. Self parking is free.
  • 10 guestrooms or units
  • 03 levels
  • 02 buildings
  • Meeting rooms
  • Built in 2014
  • Childcare (surcharge)
  • Business facilities
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Newspapers for purchase
  • Dining venue
Hotel River Front offers 10 accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Accommodations offer separate dining areas and include desks. Beds feature premium bedding. LED televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Thissamaharama hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers.

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Yala Hotel River Front
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  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Pet friendly
  • Kids pool
4.8 out of 5, Exceptional, 5 reviews
$47 nightly
The price is $57
Jun 26 - Jun 27
Total with taxes and fees
Yala Hotel River Front

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Separate bedroom
  • Separate in-room dining area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Outdoor pool
  • Safari

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • LED TV with satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Separate dining area

More

  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday:
  • Bar/lounge
  • Children's pool
  • Dining venue(s)
  • Fitness facility
  • Full-service spa
  • Health club
  • Hot springs
  • Indoor pool
  • Outdoor pool
  • Public bath
  • Sauna
  • Hot tub

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 12.0 per day.

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 100 per vehicle (roundtrip)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 12.0 per day

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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
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 has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children. If you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit in each accommodation.

Property is also known as

Hotel River Front Tissamaharama
Hotel River Front
River Front Tissamaharama
Hotel River Front Hotel
Hotel River Front Thissamaharama
Hotel River Front Hotel Thissamaharama

Frequently asked questions

How close is Hotel River Front to the airport?

Hotel River Front is 170.7 mi (208-min drive) away from the Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

How much does it cost to stay at Hotel River Front?

As of Jun 12, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Hotel River Front on Jun 13, 2026 start from $52, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Does Hotel River Front have an airport shuttle?

Hotel River Front offers an airport shuttle, for a charge of USD 100 per vehicle, roundtrip.

How close is Hotel River Front to the beach?

This hotel is 9.3 mi (28-min drive) from Kirinda Beach and 11.7 mi (39-min drive) from Palatupana Beach. Don't forget your sunscreen!

Does Hotel River Front offer free breakfast?

Hotel River Front does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at Hotel River Front?

No, there is no casino at this hotel.

What time is check-in at Hotel River Front?

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM.

Is there free parking at Hotel River Front?

This hotel offers free self parking.

Does Hotel River Front have a pool?

Hotel River Front features an outdoor pool.

Does Hotel River Front have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does Hotel River Front have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this hotel.

How close is Hotel River Front to downtown Thissamaharama?

Hotel River Front is 0.4 mi away from Debarawewa.

Hotel River Front Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 38 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 38 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 38 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 38 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 38 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An amazing place to stay! Rooms are comfortable and clean with great facilities including a delicious food at their restaurant and a relaxing pool. The staff set up a great full day safari for us with meals included. Everyone was incredibly friendly and accommodating.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Maxwell

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

Great Place to Stay

Perfect location. Walking distance to town, the temples and the lake. Restaurant offered a variety of food choices and the dishes we had were excellent. Amazing pool, outdoor space. Super helpful/friendly staff. Internet very good in room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

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

Lovely hotel on the river

Already planning our next stay here. Lovely hotel right on the river. Friendly helpful staff who couldn't do enough for you. Good menu at night & good breakfast. Way too much food. Area around is so quiet & peaceful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sarath

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

Best in Tissa

Great place , family run business, Dinner and breakfast was included and the best. Friendly people , extremely polity and helpful. There is nothing to complain, felt great
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

mc

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

Great stay near Tissamaharama

I love this place and could have stayed longer. A clean swimming pool. A restaurant on site and we could eat any time. Staff were very accommodating. There was also a free jeep tour (offer tips) of the local area where I saw monkeys. Wonderful!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Don

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Selected as convenient over night stay close to Yala Park. First impression was well kept bright welcoming property. Staff great. Rooms cool large and well maintained. Pool a bonus...and small gym! Breakfast substantial and delish. Definitely recommend for Yala safari visit.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel. Nice and clean and upgraded us to the treehouse. Bed was really comfortable and we had both a/c and a fan. Very accommodating and made sure we were booked for a great safari tour. Nice restaurant on site. Went over and above providing take away breakfast for the tour and breakfast at the hotel that accommodated my food intolerance. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Johan

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

Great view

Fantastisk utsikt och trevlig personal.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

irina

Liked: Cleanliness

Major construction

Overall it was ok.. good design. Newest rooms. My problem that haven't disclosed that they are under construction. Try to relax at the pool when workers are putting tiles 5 miters from you and stare at you all the time.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Tim

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

Relaxing Stay at a Nice Place

Friendly staff. Rooms were very clean and in great condition. Pool was nice.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

River

Fantastiskt hotell men inte så bra mat tyvärr.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017
Verified

8/10 Good

Roodolfo

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

Good place, a bit isolated

This is a great place, with a great staff. The pool was just being finished when we stayed here. It will help because it is a bit removed from restaurants and the town in general. If there for a safari to Yala, they will arrange that for you (at a slightly higher price than in town)
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

Sehr neu und sauber, tolles Management

Wir suchten eine Unzerkunft in Tissamaharama, um am nächsten Tag auf Safari zu gehen. Das Hotel River Front liegt zwar etwas abseits der Stadt, aber das ist völlig egal, da das Zentrum von Tissamaharama ohnehin nicht sehenswert ist und es dort auch keine empfehlenswerten Restaurants gibt. Die Managerin machte alles möglich. Wir bekamen am nächsten Tag ein Breakfast- Pack morgens um 4:30 Uhr gebracht und konnten so die Safari starten. Das Haus ist wohl neu und dazu sehr gut gepflegt. Es ist die Managerin und ihre Mitarbeiter, die alles hervorragend im Griff haben: Immer liebenswert, immer freundlich und serviceorientiert. Das Frühstück und auch die übrigen angebotenen Mahlzeiten sind hervorragend. Wir würden immer wieder hierher kommen.
Verified

8/10 Good

Marcus

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

Perfekt för en natt med safari!

Rent och fint hotell, passar bra för att kombinera med safari i yala. Tyvärr är maten inte så bra här och det finns inget i närheten heller.
Verified

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Good location for safari

The reason for coming to this area was to visit Yalla national park. The hotel organised an excellent half day safari for us with a really good, knowledgeable guide. This was really helpful as there were so many touts offering trips it could have been a nightmare. The accommodation was adequate, the staff friendly and helpful. All in all it provided good value for money.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

claude

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

Excellent

Magnifique petit hôtel presque familial, récent et bien entretenu. Le jardin à l'arrière est très agréable. L'accueil par la jeune Manager est excellent et tout le personnel est charmant et se plie en quatre pour nous faire plaisir. Chambre grande, très propre, arrangée avec goût. Lit ultra confortable. Je recommande très fortement cet hôtel.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Roger

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

A modern hotel with a traditional touch.

Just minutes off the main road, you enter through an impressive gateway and see in front of you an almost fairytale structure, set in a tropical garden. Large rooms with cold drinks always available. FYI however, I suspect that it's a little walk to town or anywhere else if you don't have a car.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marita

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

Bekvämt och rent

Mycket bra hotell, trevlig personal det var ett familjehotellet med 10 rum och väldigt hög standard. De serverade god mat i sin restaurang. Fixade med utflykt till Yala och taxi service.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Azim j sarangi

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

Oasis in the Jungle!

Amazing property run by a very nice Family. Service superb. Breakfast nice. We were there during the Poas(Full Moon) and the family kindly invited us to the Big Buddha Temple in the evening which was very special! Thank you Again Family!
Verified

6/10 Okay

Kay-Michael Johnen

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

nice hotel

we enjoyed our stay. too bad there wasn't one vegetarian meal option available in the restaurant. besides that we had to wait very long (more than 90minutes) for a simple lunch meal. very clean rooms, friendly staff.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Perfecto para noche antes de safari Yala

Teniamos reserva en este hotel, pero finalmente nos pasaron al Elephant Eye que está enfrente. Acaba de inaugurar y nos dijeron q es de la misma cadena. Es superior: habs grandes, piscina y buen restaurante (cenamos buen pescado). Visitamos el River Front y nos llamó la atención la casa en árbol. Tiene muy buena pinta. Vistas a río y arboleda, pero muchos mosquitos (repelente a tope). Además organizan safaris a Yala en jeep propio de calidad a buen precio: $40/persona con entradas a Parque incluidas. Te preparan pack desayuno para llevar si madrugas para Safari (5am). Está alejado de Tissa pero es una opción muy buena en calidad/precio
Verified

8/10 Good

Clement

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

Great place to stay.

Great place to stay. Much better than I expected. Will recommend highly.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

Small, clean hotel worth your money

Although it was a bit hard to find, this small hotel was a great choice for us. We only spent one night but we would have stayed longer with no problem. The room was clean and new, we had a small terrace off our room and they were doing some renovations in the backyard so it will look great outside as well. The staff was friendly and were willing to meet our every request. We had dinner delivered to the tables on the second floor outside our room, and after a long, hot day, the cold beer was very welcome. Breakfast was very good as well.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort

Bon hôtel, bon accueil

L'hôtel est situé dans une zone hôtelière, un peu en retrait de Tissa (autre village).
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

SKØNT LILLE FAMILIE EJET HOTEL

Super dejligt lille famile ejet hotel med smilende og rare mennesker og som ydede en god service. Anbefalelsesværdig!!