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Highbury Colombo

3.0 star property
Travelers find a peaceful garden retreat in Havelock Town where they can savor local cuisine while staff helps plan daily adventures around Colombo

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Deluxe Suite | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk - Highbury Colombo (Colombo)
Suite | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, in-room safe, desk - Highbury Colombo (Colombo)
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Highbury Colombo creates a tranquil escape with its garden and playground. Guests can enjoy authentic meals at the restaurant, browse the library collection, or get insider advice from staff who provide tour assistance for exploring nearby attractions.

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Breakfast available
  • Business services

Room options

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

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Havelock Town, a neighborhood in Colombo, Highbury Colombo is in the entertainment district. Sri Lanka National Museum and Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre are cultural highlights, and travelers looking to shop may want to visit Colombo City Centre and Raux Brothers. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at Sinhalese Sports Club or R. Premadasa Stadium. Visit our Colombo travel guide
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14/1,Skelton Road, Colombo

What's nearby

  • Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka
    Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
    3 min drive - 1.4 miles
  • Isipathanaramaya Buddhist Temple
    6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Raux Brothers
    7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Majestic City
    20 min walk - 1.1 miles
  • Marino Mall
    3 min drive - 1.6 miles

Getting around

  • Bambalapitiya Railway Station
    6 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB)
    49 min drive

Restaurants

  • Roots
    8 min walk
  • Klassy
    4 min walk
  • Culture Colombo
    9 min walk
  • Délifrance
    10 min walk
  • Bismi Fresh Juice
    8 min walk

About this property

Highbury Colombo

Hotel near Colombo City Centre
Take advantage of a terrace, a coffee shop/cafe, and a garden at Highbury Colombo. The on-site restaurant offers lunch and dinner. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a playground and a library.
Other perks at this hotel include:
  • Full breakfast (surcharge), a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), and express check-out
  • Express check-in, babysitting (surcharge), and meeting rooms
  • Luggage storage, a front-desk safe, and smoke-free premises
Room features
All guestrooms at Highbury Colombo offer comforts such as premium bedding and air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and safes.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
  • Coffee/tea makers, ceiling fans, and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 7:30 AM to noon for a fee: USD 10 to 10 for adults and USD 10 to 10 for children
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Library
  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Refrigerator on request
  • Separate bedroom
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business center
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • 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-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

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

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Refrigerator on request
  • Room service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

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

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately USD 10 to 10 for adults, and USD 10 to 10 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 38 per vehicle (roundtrip)
  • Pet fee: USD 20 per pet, 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

Property is also known as

Highbury Colombo Hotel
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Highbury Colombo Hotel
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Frequently asked questions

Is Highbury Colombo pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a fee of USD 20 per pet, per night.

What time is check-in at Highbury Colombo?

Check-in begins at 2:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Highbury Colombo?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Does Highbury Colombo provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle. A fee of USD 38 per vehicle applies.

Where is Highbury Colombo located?

Located in Havelock Town, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Raux Brothers, Isipathanaramaya Buddhist Temple, and Havelock City Mall. Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple and Park Hospital are also within 15 minutes. Wellawatta Railway Station is 24 minutes by foot.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Highbury Colombo Reviews

7.8

Good

7.8

Cleanliness

7.4

Location

8.0

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 41 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 41 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 41 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 41 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 41 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Reno

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Love the boutique and historical style plus the personal attentiveness by the owner operators … a beautiful experience of Sri Lanka’s hospitality
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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.
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

KAZUTERU

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
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.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was in a quiet area. For the price paid, it was a v poor room.
Stayed 9 nights in Feb 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Karsten

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

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
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

cheng chen

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

還不錯

只匆匆住一晚，房子滿漂亮的，服務也親切
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

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!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

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

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.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Verified

4/10 Poor

marina

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

nos mandaron a otro hotel

Habiendo reservado estaba todo lleno y a las 22:30 de la noche nos mandaron a otro hotel
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marc

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

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!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lucia

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

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

8/10 Good

Margen

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

Rent og komfortabelt hotel

Hyggeligt og stille beliggenhed. Meget søde og hjælpsomt personale. Man skal et stykke væk før der bliver interessant som turist
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

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

Wunderschöne Oase

etwas ausserhalb vom Zentrum, sehr schön und liebevoll eingerichtet.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff was very helpful when I got a health problem. And in organising transport to my next destination.
Verified

8/10 Good

Margen

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

Hyggeligt hotel

Et lille familiedrevet hotel i hyggelige omgivelser. Meget søde og imødekommende og ikke mindst hjælpsomme værter. Det ligger dog lidt langt fra ting, men de hjælper gerne med transport.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Angela

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

schönes gästehaus

sehr angenehm. fast privat
Verified

4/10 Poor

Anna

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

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

2/10 Terrible

Jag

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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

8/10 Good

tsuna

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

まるでリゾートホテル

コロンボの喧騒から離れ、一軒家にお邪魔するような感覚で、滞在を楽しむことができた。まるで建築家の自宅のように、フォトジェニックな空間だった。看板は小さく、入り口はなんの変哲もないスライド式の鉄扉で、見つけるのにやや苦労した。朝食はまあまあ。
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Moderne Rückzugsort in einer Großstadt

Das Hotel ist baulich sehr schön gestaltet. Die Besitzer sind unheimlicht nett und man fühlt sich gleich sehr wohl in diesem Hotel. Es besteht die Möglichkeit eines Flughafentransfer, sowie die Möglichkeit Essen und Trinken über das Hotel zu erhalten. Ich hab mich unheimlich wohl in meinem Zimmer gewohlt und würde das Hotel auf jeden Fall weiter empfehlen.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

mark

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

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

10/10 Excellent

Cassy

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

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

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

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.