Hotel Shalini

The food served was simply amazing, very delicate and refined! As a tourist they really understood how much spices to use and made the meal very enjoyable. The curries were matching together so you could even mix it all I really recommend the chicken, it was so well flavoured I wished I could fit more in my belly :D

Had a very comfortable stay with a homely atmosphere. Extremely good and tasty food. |Manager cyril’s hospitality towards guests is excellent.|Our gratitude to the owner Mr. Harshanath Gunasekera for his warm gesture.

We went only for dinner and the experience was amazing! The staff is very kind and explained all local dishes. The food was excellent, we recommend.

Impulsively went to Hotel Shalini, ended up staying for 3 days. Siril was super nice (and a great cook), helped us with a great guide + tuk tuk driver for seeing temples and safari (even though we made the decision very last minute, he went out of his way to help us make it happen). The rooms are clean and have everything one would need (warm water, good ac etc.) All in all very satisfied with our stay

Hotel Shalini is fairly central and easy to reach the center and main interest points from with a bike. The room we were assigned it was quite old and smelly but overall clean enough. Breakfast was too expensive for what we actually got and we also had to pay 1300 Rs per person per day to rent a bike which is a lot more compared to other places (especially considering that it’s a hotel service). Overall, we found the place to be very expensive for what we got and compared to other places in Sri Lanka.

On the night of January 12, my wife and my children went to Anuradhapura for a 3-day holiday, and the hotel that we had previously paid for was given to another group at a higher price. Knowing that it is difficult to suddenly find rooms in Anuradhapura hotels due to a 03-day vacation, I visited more than 20 hotels with my children but could not find a suitable room. By now it was past 9:00 PM. In a very awkward situation, I went to Shalini Hotel Anuradhapura where all the rooms were sold out. However, seeing the discomfort I was with the children, the manager and the owner of the hotel prepared a room for us all to be comfortable in a very short time and did not charge any extra money for it. Usually, hotels charge a lot of money in that kind of situation and it was confirmed that the manager and the owner of Shalini Hotel are really important people full of humanity and humanity is more valuable than money. This incident will be well understood by those who can understand the state of mind when a father moves to another city with 04 children and his wife and has no room to stay for the night. Although I stated that I would like to pay more for the room for that night, they said that they do not want to charge extra money, but my request was rejected. In a society that will do anything for money, you will find beautiful people with humanity at heart at Shalani Hotel Anuradhapura. All I can do is appreciate them. Anyone coming to Anuradhapura should go to Shalani Hotel without fear. You will meet real people.🙏

Very good and friendly staff!! Siril, the. Manager and his cook are perfekt hosts. Food was extraordinary good!! We spent a great time with our sons in Anuradhapura, also went to Willbattu national park together with the owner, which was great! They cared a lot and wanted to make our stay a good time!

We didn't stay here, but we had travelled up to Anuradhapura for the day and stopped in for lunch after seeing other positive online reviews. We had an absolutely delicious vegetarian curry lunch here. I am celiac and can not eat gluten, which is a real hassle when traveling, however the guest house were able to accomodate and let me know which dishes I could not eat (basically just the pappadams were off limits to me, however my husband enjoyed them!). Husband had a cold Lion beer and we really enjoyed our lunch and the cooling fan - respite out of the heat. Thanks again for your lunch hospitality. Highly recommend. It's tricky to find, you can only see the sign from one side but persevere and it will pay off. Happy Eating!