I always stay at Ranmuthu hotel due to its excellent central location, comfortable rooms and reasonable price though the hotel management has increased room rates noticeably (last time in 2010 I paid around 1600 Rupees while I paid 2500 Rupees this time in 2012! but compare to other hotels around, this is still the cheapest one!). The hotel staff is... More

I stayed in Ranmutthu for two days and two nights. Lovely beach and railway track outside the balcony. First night when I came to the room, I was a bit frightened because every time a wave hit the seashore, I could feel a jerk. Later, I got used to it and I enjoyed it's location. My conference was at Taj... More

Having not booked a room in Colombo for our first night the tuk-tuk driver took us to a couple of places. Schoolboy error meant we took the room without checking it out first. Cost was 4,500 rupees for double sea-view room so quite expensive, especially when we saw the room. The hotel was hot and humid inside, and although the... More

Compared to a few other places we tried, this was the best value. Double room for 2900 rupees with a sea view (and the view watching the trains chug by - but don't worry, not late at night). There IS a lift now, the rooms are spacious even though the decor is a bit last two decades! Staff are reasonably... More

We stay here in 2 Week w/o any problem, friendly support & good rates.

We arrived in Colombo mid day from Kandy and had no place to stay.We checked the local hotels and would not stay in the rooms we saw even if they paid us.The big England Sri Lanka Cricket match was happening that wee and the international hotels did not have a single room available. Fortunately, we were told about Hotel Ranmuthu... More

stayed for one night ,it was very difficult to reach third floor as they have rooms on third floor and there was no lift in working condition, so..... one can think how was that basically its near gale face area and very near to Colombo beach, most of the time staff is busy in arranging wedding parties no interest in... More