Udupila Road, Mirissa. Seven minutes' walk to the beach.
Open since December 2024.
Nipun runs it, his mother cooks, his father Anura drives, his brother Rohan is the fourth of them.
The coconut comes off the tree at the front. If you land at two in the morning, it still happens.
They tried to give us a coconut every minute they saw us))
Anastasiia United Arab Emirates Booking.com
You say a time the night before. One guest with an early boat was given breakfast at three in the morning.
The family even went as far as to prepare breakfast for us at 3AM (!) because we had an early start on one of our days.
Gregory Sze Google
Harbour, pier, bus stop. Anura drove one guest to the pharmacy and refused to be paid. Arranging boats and safaris is the family's other business, not a commission.
The father drove us to the pharmacy for free in his tuk-tuk, and the mother offered us cookies and juice and even invited us into her home.
Colleen Switzerland Booking.com
We are inland from the beach strip. The ground floor hears the road, ask for upstairs if you sleep lightly.
The unit is extremely clean and modern, even by Scandinavian standards.
Per-christian Norway Booking.com
Cooked by Nipun's mother in the family kitchen across the road, and carried over.
One honest caveat, from a Polish guest: the coffee is instant. The tea is not.
Breakfasts were huge, fresh and full of variety, Mum should open a restaurant.
Jeremy Netherlands Booking.com
We had chicken curry, egg hoppers, lentil curry, coconut sambal, potato curry and everything was delicious.
Shane Lemphers Google
Especially the fresh coconut roti every morning, will be difficult for those to be beaten.
Hollie United Kingdom Booking.com
Two doubles and a family room. Air conditioning, private bathroom, hot water, fridge, kettle.
Four-poster teak bed, garden view, the brightest room in the house.
View roomCalm, olive-toned, opens onto the garden side of the house.
View roomTwo beds, room to spread out, sleeps four.
View roomThe ground-floor room hears the road and the front door. Ask for upstairs.
The one claim on this page we did not have to write ourselves.
It was originally meant to be just 4 nights but we fell in love with the place and didn't want to leave. Our stay here was easily the highlight of our trip.
Rory United Kingdom Booking.com
Originally booked 3 nights at Nord but ended up staying 7.
Jake Lloyd Google
We would've stayed longer, but the rooms were full.
Landon M. Google
No booking engine, no card form. You message, he answers, you pay cash on arrival.
Dates, how many of you, and whether you want the upstairs room.
Usually within the hour, 7am,10pm Sri Lanka time. Overnight messages are answered at breakfast.
Cash or card, in rupees. ATMs are a few minutes away if you want cash.
Rates move with the season, and December and January are the expensive weeks. Ask and you will get a straight number, not a number based on where you are from.
There are three rooms. In December and January they are usually taken two or three months ahead.
Pulled from Booking.com, Google and Airbnb. Nothing here is paraphrased.
RubenNetherlands 10/10Proper boutique hotel run by a family living across the street. Quite spacious, beautifully decorated room.
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ColleenSwitzerland 10/10The father drove us to the pharmacy for free in his tuk-tuk, and the mother offered us cookies and juice and even invited us into her home.
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JeremyNetherlands 9/10Breakfasts were huge, fresh and full of variety. Mum should open a restaurant.
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RoryUnited Kingdom 10/10It was originally meant to be just 4 nights but we fell in love with the place and didn't want to leave. Our stay here was easily the highlight of our trip.
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Per-christianNorway 10/10The unit is extremely clean and modern, even by Scandinavian standards.
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HollieUnited Kingdom 10/10The family who own it live across the road and were very helpful. They did our laundry and returned it within 24 hours.
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AnastasiiaUnited Arab Emirates 10/10They tried to give us a coconut every minute they saw us))
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MiriamCanada 10/10He even woke up early to ensure we had woken up in time and made our pickup.
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RajmundHungary 10/10Although we arrived late at night we got a very warm welcome by the whole guest family. They waited for us with king coconut welcome drink.
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Gregory Sze 5/5The family even went as far as to prepare breakfast for us at 3AM because we had an early start on one of our days.
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Shane Lemphers 5/5We had chicken curry, egg hoppers, lentil curry, coconut sambal, potato curry and everything was delicious.
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Sophie Coleman 5/5We also got a chance to visit their home and share some Sri Lankan tea and sweets at check out.
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They live in the house across the road. Guests get invited over for tea more often than you would expect.
Takes the bookings and answers the messages. He has also run Tours Mirissa (whale boats, Udawalawe safaris, airport runs) from this same phone number since 2018, six years before the first room opened.
Cooks the breakfast twenty-nine reviews are about. Guests call her Aunty; she has never told them her name.
The tuk-tuk. Airport, pier, pharmacy, bus stop. Refuses payment for the short runs. Guests call him Uncle.
Guests describe the house as run by Nipun, Rohan and their parents. Cleanliness scores 9.9 out of 10 across 114 stays, and that is the whole household's work.
Built new, not converted. The first guest was Kushlani, a Sri Lankan woman travelling alone, who stayed on Christmas Eve 2024 when there were two rooms and the building was unfinished. The third room opened a year later.
One message, one person answering. No fee, no account, no card details.
Usually within the hour, 7am,10pm Sri Lanka time (UTC+5:30)
