MOI Ella by DBI

One of the best places I’ve stayed at! Very cozy and quiet with access to the roof where I met two amazing sunrises. The staff is beyond amazing! Very attentive and friendly, they solve any request within a couple of minutes. I also got to try local breakfast and dinner. They were really good, and the staff patiently explained the proper way of eating everything. Overall, I enjoyed staying here for two nights a lot. Wish I could’ve stayed longer. Highly recommend! Special thanks to Jerry, Sahiru, Tarindu, Shara and everyone else, whose names I unfortunately didn’t learn. Apologies if I misspelled them!

The hotel is situated at a distance of 14 Kms from the Elle Railway station. After eight hours in the train it looked quite a long journey to us. The hotel is in middle of a very very dense forest and there is hardly anything around it. The room was too basic for our comfort. The hotel reception manager Mr Sahiru is a very helpful person. We were told that since there are very few guests we have to choose from a set menu, one starter, one main meal and one dessert. It was getting late still I requested Mr Sahiru if they can make food of our choice without altering the quality. He called up chef and it was arrange. The food served was quite tasty and quantity was too plateful. The view of the forest from the top is just amazing but the top most platform to step up is quite risky. The steps are very high, it must be addressed. The mesmerising view is able to connect with the nature. However, we decided to cut short our visit by one day and head to Weligama by paying extra money to them. Since we were leaving early the next day our meal plan of breakfast and dinner was converted in Breakfast and lunch. Again the food was great and chef and staff were very very polite and helpful. Actually the manager felt bad that we are leaving early and offered us to change the room but we politely told them it is not about the room, it is about the isolated location and we can’t do anything in two days. They have a superb swimming pool which we saw the next day kids were enjoying a lot. If you are looking for an absolutely quiet place to spend your stay and you don’t care about staying with luxury you must stay at this place. In the end our gracious thanks to Eranda, Ishaan, Sahiru, and Manjula, at Moi Ella. You were all wonderful people but somehow we were looking for something else. Your Sri Lankan cuisine was out of the world and we loved it. A comment for visitors, all the websites will tell you to visit 9 Arches bridge in Elle but you must note that it is quite a steep and long walk from the road. You can take take a Tuktuk from the road but it will still leave you almost one and half kilometres of very steep downwards and upwards climb. My wife could not do it but went but it was quite a huffing and puffing while coming up. You might decide to go tere depending on how fit you are. As compared to many pictures there is no train ever passing through the nine arches track. Rather there are hundreds of youngsters sitting all over taking selfies.

I stayed at this hotel for 2 nights and I would say that my experience was overall positive. The service was excellent, and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The rooms were clean and comfortable, with everything you need for a comfortable stay

This is a modern hotel in a quiet and beautiful location but some distance from Ella town. Generally good, clean and well organised however the standard (budget) rooms are rather small. There is a beautiful infinity swimming pool. There is also a viewing point on the top floor to see the sunrise. Staff were good and attentive.

Hi , sorry to say that we are very disappointed about the MOI hotel in Ella. We had a very unpleasant stay there. We were supposed to stay there for 2 nights but we ended up staying only one night because we had already made an advance payment the guy at the reception said he cannot refund it. So we had no option . The condition of the rooms were very poor. The pictures in your website and and on social media were amazing. But in reality it was way way below our expectations. We had guests from abroad. I am the one who made the reservation for them . I was so ashamed. The breakfast was very bad. It doesn’t look like what you have advertised. The fish curry was horrible and even the pancakes and waffles. There were only few options and it’s not worth the money we paid . The sink there was very dirty. Couldn’t even look at it. When we asked for a finger bowl. The staff told us to go to the sink. 🙄 you take a 5 star rate from us but don’t deliver a five star service. We will not recommend this hotel to anyone and will never return.

We stayed in the hotel for 2 nights, as a base while traveling around the Ella region. The landscape around the hotel is stunning & we rose to enjoy sunrise with all the sounds of the jungle. It was very special. The pool is so nice - we were sorry that we could not spend more time relaxing there. We received a very warm welcome from the staff who were so friendly & kind. Tip: the restaurant has only high windows, consider eating breakfast outside by the pool to enjoy the beautiful views.