character, complexion, difference, discreteness, distinctiveness, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, individualism, originality, uniqueness, and STYLE. Welcomed with chilled ginger beer by staff dressed in tomato red to match the building. While being led through the cavern of rooms to our bedroom our eyes were captivated by colour and our ears by the strains of Marlene Dietrich. To stay here is to enveloped in... More

Mind boggling...every room is individual overflowing with creativity, paintings, music, family history, antiques etc. Madame Helga - charming and very hospitable. Superb location - high up on the hill with great views of Kandy... Staff are excellent and very welcoming..... One critic..cooking could be better.... More

Had a tip from a friend to go here and very glad that i did. Only went for drinks and dinner, but it was the highlight of Kandy for my friend and I. If you are the type of person who likes clean cut 5 star boring places don't go here, but if you want an amazing experience that is... More

A friend and I had been recommended this place, we were told it was weird, eccentric, dark but artistic - it was certainly all those things and more! We arrived and were lead into a large living type room that had been decorated in such a way it just gave the place an amazing feel, hard to describe but we... More

We had heard a lot about this place and I was curious. And you know what they say about curiousity... I thought it would be an interesting experience to go for dinner, even though we couldn't afford to stay.... How wrong we were! And how glad was I that we didn't 'treat' ourselves to a stay! The house is like... More

We stayed here for one night in Jan 2012. The place is very different - covered in all sorts of memorabilia with an eccentric style. Monkeys swung past our room in the morning and it was just the right distance from town (a nice walk, and away from the noise). We only stayed one night as we felt we'd had... More

You have to pre order lunch, or wait for one hour….and it is worth every minute of the wait. The food is excellent – the best pasta and bread that we have had in our entire trip. The bread was fresh, just out of the over and the spaghetti had a silky texture with a lovely tomato based vegetarian sauce.... More

We went as our travel agent gave us a lunch voucher. This place is amazing. The food is cooked to order and we had amazing Veggie Sri Lankan food. Ask for a tour of the place its beautiful and unique. Very quirky - I can imagine its love it or hate it. We loved it. More

Visiting Helga's Folly is like stepping out of reality and into a bizzare melange of Bram Stoker meets the Adams Family meets Steptoe and Son. Bizarre, haunting and not a little scary was how my girlfriend described it. I loved the utter awesomeness of the eclectic piles of miss matched 'stuff' adorning every darkened corner. Even the meals were served... More