Hotel East Lagoon

This hotel has lagoon-front on two sides. A small side road leads to the hotel where it ends. Therefore there is no traffic, making it very quiet – which is nice for Batticola. If you get a room on the top floor you will have a nice view. There are tables/chairs in the garden along the lagoon to hang out with friends. They also seem to have conference facilities. We ate dinner at the restaurant which was very tasty. The rooms were spacious, well furnished and clean. Wifi, quiet AC and kettle to make tea/coffee are available. The bathroom was large with a separate shower (not a given in Sri Lanka). We stayed two nights and felt very comfortable.

Very DISAPPOINTED and BAD Service In case if you are planning to leave from this hotel in late nights, please do NOT depend on ride from this hotel. Here is my experience, I traveled to Colombo, Sri Lanka and reserved the East Lagoon hotel for 2 nights on December 19 to 21. Took the train from Colombo to Batticaloa arrived late night (around 11 PM) on December 19th, where no issues in the transportation from Batticaloa railway station to the hotel, since I hired a tuk tuk from the station (plenty of them available as they wait for passengers from the train). Next day, before I leave from the hotel in the morning I went to the front desk and asked the receptionist (his name is Dhanush) for a taxi or tuk tuk later in the night (around midnight) to catch the train from Batticaloa station (leaving at 1.30 AM on Dec 21, 2023) to back in Colombo. His response was "yes no problem we can call the tuk tuk any time and not an issue". So I trusted his answer and I did my personal visits in Batticaloa and later in the afternoon/evening went for walk in the town. It was a very beautiful experience and enjoyed my short visit to this beautiful city (went after more than 35 years to this city). Later in the evening I came back to my hotel room, refreshed and had a rest for couple hours. Closer to midnight I packed my stuff and went to reception to check out and asked for tuk tuk service. Same person (Dhanush) told me that nothing available and you have to find your own way. I was shocked and replied to him saying that "you confirmed in the morning and now you are saying no", for that he simply said "we can NOT do anything and you can walk from here and catch a tuk tuk near some hospital". Very arrogantly told me and not even apologizing it or didn't find a way to help me out. Simply walked away and he was concentrating on his other work (importantly made sure to get the money from me for 2 nights and gave me the invoice, which I have the scanned copy attached and it has all the times of check in and out). I waited for 5 minutes as I was expecting them to arrange something but no response. So I took a risk and walked away in the midnight (security at the gate was shocked and he tried calling someone and no luck). Please think that I'm going to this town after more than 35 years and everything changed (don't know the streets well too), raining, carrying a big bag, very dark and some areas of the road doesn't have lights, not a straight road to station and plenty of street dogs all over the place (which are very aggressive in the night). Finally took me about 30 minutes to arrive at the station with full of mud on my feet where I stepped in darker areas of the road. VERY BAD EXPERIENCE AND SO PANICKED until I reached the station. If they have told me this response in the morning (when I inquired in the morning for the taxi service later in the night), then I would have pre-arranged through my contacts in the morning or arranged from the town (I saw so man

Definitely not a super luxury hotel.But, in comparison with most of other properties in the city of baticaloa, this property, should be One of the most decent properties. Rooms are quite comfortable and well maintained. Hotel also has two pools including a kids pool. Old wing rooms have small balconies from which we can enjoy the sun rise and the view of the batticalo lagoon which the hotel bounded on. Unfortunately, it seems that those balconies have not been cleaned for months and therefore most of them are filled with pigeon poops. Other than that, I have nothing to complain about. Especially reccomended for buisness stays!

This is my second time at East Lagoon and the quality of service has drastically reduced and the hotel isn't maintained well - it's in a run down condition. The rooms were unclean, the washrooms were smelly. There was a dead rat at the elevator entrance. The hotel seems to prioritise weddings/events over in-house guests. Food takes over 1.5 hours to serve, everything seemed so disorganized and chaotic. Overall had a terrible experience. Don't recommend this place to anyone - hoping to check out smaller but clean resorts in Batticaloa next time.

Beautiful, serene place surrounded by the lagoon. Fantastic view. Situated close to the town. Friendly and helpful staff. Spacious rooms. Good breakfast buffet and choice of food. Enjoyed the stay and boat ride to watch the fishermen at work.