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Highbury Colombo

3.0 star property
City centre Colombo hotel with restaurant

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Living area
Balcony
Suite | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk
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Suite | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Airport transfer
  • Non-smoking
  • Laundry facilities
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
Main amenities
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Restaurants
  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Coffee shop/cafe
  • Babysitting
  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms
  • Airport shuttle
  • Terrace
  • Air conditioning
  • Garden
For families
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Playground on-site
  • Private bathroom
  • Separate bedroom
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Room options

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Standard Double Room | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk

Standard Double Room

Highlights

Soundproofed
Air conditioning
Free rollaway/extra beds
Separate bedroom
Ceiling fan
Premium bedding
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Map
14/1,Skelton Road, Colombo

What's nearby

  • Lanka Hospital - 3 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall - 4 min drive
  • Bellagio Casino - 4 min drive
  • Colombo City Centre - 5 min drive
  • Galle Face Green - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • Colombo (CMB-Bandaranaike Intl.) - 48 min drive
  • Bambalapitiya Railway Station - 6 min drive
  • Colombo Fort Station - 23 min drive
  • Wellawatta Railway Station - 24 min walk
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Culture Colombo - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Amirthaa Veg Restaurant - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Roots @ICBT - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Roots - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Saviera - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Highbury Colombo

When you stay at Highbury Colombo, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Colombo City Centre and Galle Face Green. Other highlights include a terrace and a garden.

Languages

Arabic, English, Hindi, Japanese

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 5 rooms
DONE

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
    • Express check-in/out available
    • Minimum check-in age – 18
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Children

    • No cots (infant beds)
    • Babysitting*
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Pets

    • Pets allowed*
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms
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Parking

    • Wheelchair-accessible parking on site
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Transfers

    • Airport shuttle*
DONE

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast (surcharge) each morning 7:30 AM–noon
  • Restaurant
  • Coffee shop
  • Room service

Travelling with children

  • Playground
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's menu

Working away

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Services

  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Dry cleaning/laundry services
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff

Facilities

  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace
  • Library

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

Room amenities

Home comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Coffee/tea maker

Sleep well

  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Premium bedding

Freshen up

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower only
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Towels

Stay connected

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • Fridge (on request)
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Daily housekeeping
  • In-room safe

Special features

Dining

On-site venue – This family restaurant serves lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available.

Fees & policies

Optional extras

  • Full breakfast is offered for an extra charge of approximately USD 10 to 10 for adults and USD 10 to 10 for children
  • Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of USD 38 per vehicle (return)

Children & extra beds

  • Babysitting is available for an extra charge

Pets

  • Pets are allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per pet, per night

Policies

This property accepts credit cards.

Also known as

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Frequently asked questions

Does Highbury Colombo offer free cancellation for a full refund?

Yes, Highbury Colombo does have fully refundable room rates available to book on our site. If you’ve booked a fully refundable room rate, this can be cancelled up to a few days before check-in, depending on the property's cancellation policy. Just make sure that you check this property's cancellation policy for the exact terms and conditions.

Are pets allowed at Highbury Colombo?

Yes, pets are welcome. There's a charge of USD 20 per pet, per night.

Is an airport shuttle service offered by Highbury Colombo?

Yes, an airport shuttle is available. The charge is USD 38 per vehicle return.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Highbury Colombo?

You can check in starting at 2:00 PM. Check-out time is 11:00 AM. Express check-in and check-out are available.

Is there an on-site casino at Highbury Colombo?

No, this hotel doesn't have a casino, but Bellagio Casino (4-min drive) and Casino Marina Colombo (4-min drive) are both nearby.

What is there to do at Highbury Colombo and nearby?

Highbury Colombo has a picnic area and a garden.

Are there restaurants at or near Highbury Colombo?

Yes, there's an on-site restaurant.

What's the area around Highbury Colombo like?

Highbury Colombo is in Havelock Town, a short 4-minute walk from Raux Brothers and 6 minutes' walk from Isipathanaramaya Buddhist Temple.

Highbury Colombo Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Exceptional

If you're looking for an oasis inside the city, the Highbury is the place. I stayed on a long term business trip, and it was exactly what I was looking for after long work days. The accomodations are clean, WiFi strong, and the owners are kind and welcoming. The stay is a short Tuktuk ride away from major attractions and has some great restaurants nearby.
Caroline, 13-night business trip
Verified Expedia guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Love the boutique and historical style plus the personal attentiveness by the owner operators … a beautiful experience of Sri Lanka’s hospitality
Reno, 1-night trip
Verified Expedia guest review

4/10 Fair

It was in a quiet area. For the price paid, it was a v poor room.
9-night family trip
Verified Expedia guest review

2/10 Poor

1-night trip
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

Gorgeous boutique hotel.
This small hotel is located within a beautiful family home and property. The neighborhood is green and has a few nice restaurants, supermarket and post office all close by walking. We enjoyed our stay here and highly recommend it!
1-night trip
Verified Orbitz guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful hotel, lovely setting very tranquil
Great hotel, location good. Easy to get tuk tuk to all the sights cheaply. Breakfast was great, lots of choice. Sherlock was lovely and really helpful. Took very good care of us. Can't recommend highly enough.
Lisa, 1-night trip
Verified Wotif guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Home stay feeling
Really nice play to relax. Little oasis in the busy colombo. A little bit difficult to find as it looks like a private house from outside. I recommemd use uber as you can fill in the exact address. We stayed in the suite and it was wonderful. Room is spacious and comfortable and bed feels like sleeping in a cloud. Highly recommended!
Marc, 1-night romance trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Perfect stay for a hectic Colombo
Our stay at the Highbury was wonderful. It really is a lovely place. The staff and owners were extremely kind and personable. They helped us with rides from the airport and around town. Sherlock was amazing! He drove us everywhere and took very good care of us. 5 stars for him!!! The breakfasts were a perfect way to start the day. This was exactly the kind of place I was looking for. Thank you!
Verified Orbitz guest review

8/10 Very good

Staff was very helpful when I got a health problem. And in organising transport to my next destination.
Verified Expedia guest review

4/10 Fair

Bed bugs
It was difficult to find the place (entrance isn't obvious and the reception is at the back and isn't always manned) and once we did, the hotel staff weren't particularly friendly. The hotel is nicely decorated but there were lots of mozzies. Worst of all, I found myself with bedbug bites after our stay. It was our final stop in Sri Lanka so very unfortunate.
Verified Expedia guest review

2/10 Poor

Worst Hotel Experince in Sri Lanka
Photos are deceiving. We booked the family room and paid more then $200 for 2 nights. They provided us with 1 queen bed and 3 not so stable bunk beds. Toilet bowls were so dirty from previous usages of other guests. We found red ants on their tables. We were roaches near the bed side. Air con was not strong. Place was quite dirty. Their pictures are deceiving.
Verified Expedia guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Really is a tranquil hideaway in Colombo
Great staff, huge rooms, great food and very private. Will also help you with rides and anything u want to see in Colombo. We wouldn't stay anywhere else.
Verified Expedia guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Highly recommended
Great for a couple of nights in Colombo. Manitha and Manoji are warm and friendly hosts and make you feel very welcomed into their place. A serene family atmosphere and the Sri Lankan breakfast is fantastic. The late night airport transfer was very much appreciated.
Verified Expedia guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Comfortable, secluded boutique hotel.
A beautiful room, excellent food, with friendly helpful staff and management. A haven of peace in a busy city. Quick, efficient transfer transfer to Fort station available.
Verified Expedia guest review

6/10 Good

Very nice house, in a residential area
Nice place but very isolated. We had a very nice room directly connected to an open air patio, no wall/window between the room and the patio, only curtains. Nice but also very welcoming for the mosquitoes. Moreover the room was on the first floor, opening to the common dining room, which was a bit noisy in the morning. The house is very nice though, and its garden is gorgeous.
Verified Hotels.com guest review

4/10 Fair

We had booked a double room, but were given 2 twin beds pushed together with separate bed sheets. No toiletries or water provided - we had to request. Only a light single bed sheet provided which was not sufficient (but typical in some hotels) no safe in room, room was not cleaned or bed made during our 2 day stay. The hotel was full and we drew the short straw and had a room which seemed like a converted outhouse away from rest of building. Our friends had 2 other rooms here which were nicer and more modern in finishings. Breakfast was limited in options but nice.
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Hidden oasis....
Fantastic 3 night stay. Helpful and friendly family run property not far from the city. We chose to walk which is quite a way but everything is accessible by tuk tuk and the daughter (sorry I don't know her name!) gave us some great bar/cafe recommendations. Room was clean with fan and air con and whilst we didn't eat at the property the smells from the kitchen were all good!!! Thank you...
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

Beautiful rooms, lovely garden, maybe a bit overpriced.
Verified Hotels.com guest review

6/10 Good

Cleaniness is surface deep
I was charged 23 dollars for early check in, pretty shocking as most places let you have for free. The room stank of urine and the cushions were very dusty which made the room feel unclean as they should have been dusted. The bathroom mat was dirty, I asked for a clean one and the toilet had not been cleaned, this was done on request. There was used toiletries left from the previous guest. The women made me breakfast when I arrived, 2 pieces of toast and a cup of tea. The knife was old and dirty. I asked to wash my hands in the kitchen and the kitchen was messy and dirty. The staff were very friendly and the architecture of the building and interior design is beautiful. However, I booked a taxi to take me to the train station and the women said taxis are unreliable so suggested she would take me. The taxi did turn up but she had already charged me twice the price so she made more money out of me that way. Her husband drove me to the train station and was helpful when I arrived as it was 4:20 in the morning very dark and no one else at the train station.
Verified Hotels.com guest review

8/10 Very good

Beautiful architecture, but only surface clean.
Leafy suburb, good area. Hotel architecture good, but room stank of urine! Cushions in room very dusty. I arrived early and they gave me the option of early check in for 23 dollars. when I got to the room the toilet and bath mat was still dirty and there was toiletries from the previous guest on the table. Because of this I wasnT able to relax well as I didn't think it was a very clean hotel. Interior beautiful and owners nice and friendly, but cushions too dusty. I also went into the kitchen area to wash my hands and it was very messy and unclean.
Verified Hotels.com guest review

8/10 Very good

The hospitality of the owners is impressive. Located in a quiet and peaceful area, this hotel awakens our artistic sensibilities with its well-maintained garden and the fusion of indoor and courtyard spaces. Listening to the sounds of wild birds as the morning sun pours in is soothing. I highly recommend staying for an extended period of time.
KAZUTERU, 5-night trip with friends
Verified Expedia guest review

8/10 Very good

Dejligt åndehul i storbyen
Dejligt afslappet med smagfuld indretning. Hjælpsom værtspar. Skøn lille velholdt have med fuglesang. Lidt til den dyre side. Morgenmad ok men lidt dyrt (10 $ pr. person) Et godt sted vi kan anbefale som et åndehul i en ellers travl by
Karsten, 3-night romance trip
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8/10 Very good

還不錯
只匆匆住一晚，房子滿漂亮的，服務也親切
cheng chen, 1-night romance trip
Verified Hotels.com guest review

10/10 Exceptional

Wei-Feng, 1-night trip with friends
Verified Hotels.com guest review

6/10 Good

Prima verblijf, mooie kamer echter duur ontbijt
The room was nice, clean and the A-C worked good. The bathroom had sufficiënt hot water. Only the breakfast was quite expensive (10USD/pp). Breakfast was good but nothing special. The location is ok, it is 250-300rs with tuktuk from the centre of Colombo. Overal a nice clean room. But the breakfast is quite expensive!
Michael, 2-night trip
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