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The Blue Wave Hotel

Property class: 3.5

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A person in a swimming pool with a drink.
A spacious lobby with a high ceiling, a reception desk, and a large elephant sculpture.
A well-maintained courtyard with a paved walkway, surrounded by lush greenery and trees.
A buffet table with various breads and pastries.
A courtyard with a grassy area, outdoor seating, and a building with multiple balconies and air conditioning units.

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Spa
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

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The Blue Wave Hotel Road, Arugam Bay, 32500
  • Place, Arugam Bay Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Pasarichenai Beach
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Kumana National Park
    ‪46 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

A neatly made bed with white linens and two blue pillows, a dark headboard, and two wall-mounted lamps.

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

  • Garden view
  • 248 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

View all photos for Deluxe Triple Room, 1 Bedroom

A hotel room with two beds, a desk, a chair, a window with curtains, and a wall-mounted TV.

Deluxe Triple Room, 1 Bedroom

  • Garden view
  • 248 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Twin Bed
  • Free WiFi

View all photos for Superior Twin Room

A hotel room with two beds, a desk with a chair, and a small table.

Superior Twin Room

  • Garden view
  • 248 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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  • Parking included
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The price is $94
Sep 1 - Sep 2
Total with taxes and fees
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About the neighborhood

Arugam Bay

When you stay at The Blue Wave Hotel in Arugam Bay, you'll be near the beach and 4 minutes by foot from Arugam Bay Beach. .This spa hotel is 1 mi (1.6 km) from Pasarichenai Beach and 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Muhudu Maha Viharaya Temple.

What's nearby

  • Arugam Bay Beach - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Pasarichenai Beach - 18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Muhudu Maha Viharaya Temple - 5 min drive - 2.3 miles
  • Pottuvil Point - 8 min drive - 3.7 miles
  • Kumana National Park - 46 min drive - 18.6 miles

Restaurants

  • ‪Siam View, Arugam - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Spice Trail - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Hideaway Café - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Swell - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪NS Food Corner - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Blue Wave Hotel

The Blue Wave Hotel offers 31 accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a steam room and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa.
Make yourself at home in one of the 31 guestrooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Take time to pamper yourself with a visit to the full-service spa. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool, a steam room, and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and barbecue grills.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee: USD 10 for adults and USD 5 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Gym
  • Outdoor pool
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2015
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 6 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 10 for adults and USD 5 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 150.00 per vehicle (one way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Blue Wave Hotel Arugam
Blue Wave Arugam
The Blue Wave Hotel Sri Lanka/Arugam Bay
The Blue Wave Hotel Hotel
The Blue Wave Hotel Arugam Bay
The Blue Wave Hotel Hotel Arugam Bay

The Blue Wave Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 36 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 36 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 36 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 36 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 36 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place.

Staff were amazing. Admits corona issues they treated us very well.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020
Verified review

8/10 Good

Rohana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel with pool next to the beach

It's great hotel to stay, but some small hick-ups. Rooms were not ready when we arrived even we called them in advanced, but hotel staff made it quickly. A/C not working properly I was the host for the bookings had to move few times until it was become acceptable condition.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Verified review

8/10 Good

Ziv

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not a good experience

The hotel is good, but the manager their is unpleasant and rude, she's always try to get more money from us. The other hotel crew was great , the restaurant isn't great and you should eat outside it's cheaper and way more tasty. They don't clean the room every day!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Shiyamsunthar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is fairly good. However the WiFi was utterly poor and no signal. TV entertainment was poor too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
This is our 2nd time to the property. We love this place. It is extremely clean, quiet, has great wifi wonderful happy friendly staff and a great generator when the power goes off. It’s also bug free
Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Younghwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No hot water .
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

You’ll love this hotel!

I loved this hotel! The staff was so friendly and helpful! Lahr, the restaurant manager was amazing! Always a smiling face! The pool was beautiful, the room clean and cozy! Housekeeping was so kind and hardworking! I would book this hotel again in a second! 😊
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A clean and well maintained property run and maintained by a group of friendly and professional staff. A special mention should be made of the front desk staff that make the stay at this property a pleasant experience.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Schöner Pool, nettes Personal, gutes Frühstück, Essen im Restaurant hat noch Luft nach oben..
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2019
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Amazing staff, OK hotel.

Very attentive and friendly staff and a good breakfast but the hotel itself needs a bit of an update. Amongst other things our room wasn't ready when we checked in (after check in time), there was never any pool towels and the WiFi kept dropping out. None of these are huge issues individually but together they were somewhat annoying. Can't fault the staff though, they couldn't have been better.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Avi

Wanderfull

Wanderfull
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hôtel calme avec litterie très dure

L’hôtel n’est pas à côté de la plage mais il est calme . Il vous faut traverser la route (100m ) pour rejoindre la plage avec ses nombreux restos Pour le prix cet hôtel est correct: pool et ac dans les chambres. Mon seul bémol est la litterie qui est dure comme une planche en bois :/
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Kerrie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel close to shops, restaurants and beach

Hotel staff very friendly and helpful, pool was lovely although needed more shade, rooms were cleaned daily,buffet breakfast had a lot of different food to choose from, overall stay was great
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good hotel

Nice hotel short walk to beach.Staff very good.Good restaurant looking out to the pool.Many restraurant so at the beach
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean hotel, value for money. Very good service, all staff very friendly and helpful, particularly Prasanna and Dilanka who served us at the restaurant. A big thank you to the chef as well. Will stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

jay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

wowed by their service

3 star hotel that felt more like 4 stars. was immediately offered a cold towel and drinks upon entering the hotel premises and that was really pleasant after a long bus ride from ella. premises have a chill vibe and room was comfortable. staff were always warm and friendly. there was a gym with a treadmill which partner used and also a swimming pool. hotel is near main street and close to surf shops and good eats would definitely recommend staying here if looking for a relaxing, comfortable stay in arugam bay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Ditte Krøyer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fine hotel

Fine hotel, very friendly staff who helped us out with everything we needed.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Marco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Brand new hotel in Arugam Bay

It's all new, so all is functioning. Beds are very confortable, The pool is good for kids (1,20m deep). Breakfast is ok, maybe is more rich in high season when buffet breakfast is served. Short distance from main road so no noise from traffic.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice property located right across from the beach.

Good location, seemed well-maintained. Included breakfast was nice and the employees all were quite friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Disliked: Staff & service

You get what you pay for - travelodge style

Rooms comfy - AC working. Good position just over road from beach. Welcome was good from reception Unfortunately we were placed in an interlocking room with a door into another room (that wasn't occupied by our family) which we felt invaded our privacy, especially as our 'neighbours' were turning the handle. I asked for our room to be changed but the staff were unable to support the request as they were full. On Sunday afternoon when we fancied a break from the sea we returned to find a full pool party in swing - very noisy music, and attracting mostly non-residents. Apparently the hotel has a nightclub currently under construction as well. When I asked reception about this I just got a "shrug" On our final night my young son came down with a "bug" and vomited all over the bedding, floors, wall etc. It was 3 am and I was unable to access clean sheets / cleaning products, and the security guard told me there was no one available. My visit to reception showed it was closed for the night. When i complained to the manager the next day about no overnight cover - he said i should have called the reception on the phone who would have put me through to housekeeping - although there wasn't anyone there when I walked down.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel was exactly as it was shown and we thought it would be. All staff from management to the cleaning staff were helpful and friendly. We would strongly recommend this as a place to stay in Arugam Bay. Although not on the beach, it is within easy walking distance and the pool is ideal for families with young children.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2017
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel with all facilities and great staff

Rooms spacious and clean, breakfast really good. Staff over attentive. Short walk to the beach (not beach side) but makes up for it with nice swimming pool and air conditioned rooms. Comfy beds. Good value and close to all restaurants. Recommended.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Ying

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Do not recommend

Too noisy. You can hear next door neighbour talking clearly. Hotel really need to improve the sound proof.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Indeed a nice clean hotel & an excellent location.

Extremely helpful and kind-hearted staff. They made sure our stay was comfortable. We regret we didn't stay more days there but definitely will stay in this hotel during our next trip.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Pancha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Quiet Retreat

We went on off season, best hotel in that area. Very nice pool. Good local food. Nothing negative to mention.