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  • 5/5 Gregoire B. 2 years ago on Google
    Incredible place! The staff is caring, polite, discreet and friendly! The restaurant is incredible! The food is just wow! I usually don’t post but this hotel really stands out!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Giles L. 1 year ago on Google
    We loved our stay at The Other Corner, the service from the friendly and welcoming team was superb. A sunset tour with Amal a highlight. Thank you for all your delicious food and care.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daminda P. 1 year ago on Google
    Friendly staff tasty food Eco friendly setup Nice cottages

  • 5/5 Susil J. 9 months ago on Google
    We had one of the best experiences at the other corner. All the staff including the chefs, F&B, naturalist, waiters and supporting staff were incredibly friendly and supportive throughout our stay. Food was delicious. A special thank you goes to Mr Amal (Naturalist) for taking us on an unforgettable adventure to see elephants in the woods. We highly recommend this place to all nature lovers. Eagerly waiting to visit again.

  • 5/5 Julia N. 5 months ago on Google
    This place is quite a gem. The room is comfortable and the gardens around it well kept. Service was good. We had breakfast and dinner here, and it was delicious food! It is a bit out of the way from Sigiriya (15 mins drive), so you will need a car.

  • 2/5 Nicole G. 4 years ago on Google
    The idea is lovely, and the rooms looked very sweet, however the execution was not done well. I would not recommend this place. We read the other reviews about insects and thought that they were just complaining obviously you’re in nature that’s part of it all. We had 2 rooms (4 adults travelling together) both rooms had ants in the bathroom. Sitting around the restaurant there were swarms of mosquitos. The second night we went out for dinner and sat outside and not a single mosquito. Our entire trip we’ve barely seen a mosquito, but this place we left covered in bites. The restaurant was the biggest disappointment. We went to have a drink and we were told we weren’t allowed to sit in the restaurant with chairs, we had to sit on the stone bench, and look at the restaurant (which the did nothing in during the time we were consigned to the stone bench until we were allowed to sit on the restaurant chairs). The drinks selection is very limited, not unexpected though given the size of the place. While we were injuring our poor little bottoms on the stone bench we were contemplating going elsewhere for dinner. I am vegan and there didn’t seem to be too many easy options available. The manager came to talk about dinner, he suggested they could make some fried rice for me, which is great, I always appreciate when a place is happy to adjust and cater for me. They made a buffet style dinner for the 4 of us. Which consisted of a clear soup broth, and then fried rice, the others had egg as well. Some cold pasta and some cold boiled vegetables. For this we paid 9000 rupees. We went to the Cinnamon lodge the next night and had much better food for less than that (and some amazing cocktails) Breakfast was stale toast, for some reason stale garlic bread as well (I got a little shock when I bit into that with my jam on it). They did make eggs on request and brought us some cereal. The service was lacklustre. Other than the lovely security guard who greeted us every time we passed. It felt that we were being very annoying each time we asked for something, and it was frequently difficult to get a waiters attention even though we were the only people there. The idea is nice, but it’s so poorly executed the experience is a long way from what anyone would hope for from a boutique hotel. The cinnamon lodge might be a chain, but the staff were lovely, the grounds are beautiful, the food and ambience are great. The cost is similar, I would absolutely stay there in preference to the other corner.

  • 5/5 Shanaka E. 1 year ago on Google
    Recommended for all types of travelers . Specially for Nature Lovers , Birders, hikers and its quite a family oriented resort too . loved the experience and the staff service.

  • 5/5 Bos E. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing place in the middle of nature, delicious home made food and super kind people ! Definitely recommend this place ! Special mention for the hanging bridge at the entrance for a memorable arrival.

  • 5/5 Jeremy M. 11 months ago on Google
    The Other Corner is nestled amongst the forest and an abundance of wildlife, just a short drive from Sigiriya Rock. The tree house style accommodations are incredible, the food was delectable and Amal, the on-site Naturalist is out-of-this-world! Don't just hang-out at the pool and visit Sigiriya Rock during your visit, instead go on a birding adventure or night walk with Amal. His rich and abundant knowledge of all things Sri Lanka wildlife made our 2 night stay unforgettable. We spotted many endemic bird species, tons of king fishers, a flying squirrel, a green pit viper, flying foxes, nightjars, and countless other creatures along the way! Amal was friendly, funny and the highlight of our trip to this part of the island! Bohoma stutti to the entire TOC family! We really enjoyed our stay and highly recommend this establishment to anyone that's looking for a beautiful place to stay, while visiting the heart of Sri Lanka.

  • 5/5 Dilani R. 3 years ago on Google
    The other corner is a eco friendly resort built to conserve the natural habitat. Ideal place for nature lovers. Variety of Birds, Butterfly, Reptiles mingle with nature. Tasty food available for all meals. Very friendly staff who eagerly wait to support you.

  • 5/5 Isuru G. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place to spend the vacation. The staff is friendly and helpful. One of the few places that I have had the tastiest food.

  • 1/5 RADS P. 3 years ago on Google
    I went there with my family and 6 other families for a 1-day stay. We have to park the vehicle outside near the road and cross the hanging bridge. It is a bit unsafe and some of our belongings fell down. We were surprised as no human was found until we walk to the near the restaurant. Then we met the manager. No welcome drinks, etc straight to the room. As we all know when kids are on holidays they plan and make a sound. This manage complains us very rudely, not to make any sound. We all surprised and how can we ask kids to be silent on a holiday. We had some argument with the manager. He was a rude person who didn't know about hospitality. We had a very bad experience at dinner. They started serving around 8:30 pm. First, they served the soup, it was horrible. It looks like put some small vegetable particles to the boiling water. No taste at all. Then they took over half an hour to serve starters. It was a salad no taste at all. After another 45 minutes, they served mains. It is just boiled vegetables and a chicken part. The chicken was just boiled and pour some source on it. No taste at all. Surprisingly everyone served with chicken. No option for people does not eat chicken. One lady asked for fish and manager rudely said No Fish! Then she asked for an egg, he said we will be charged. We all in here on full board basis and very disappointing with there food and service. We checkout without having lunch there. We all very disappointed and never recommend anyone else.

  • 5/5 Sarath J. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent Stay at The Other corner! Such a beautiful and relaxing place to come! Their service and food is really good. They have such a friendly staff. Highly recommending this place to any one 👍

  • 5/5 Shalinda F. 3 years ago on Google
    Myself and my family was there last weekend for 3 nights. If you are a true nature lover this is the spot for you. If you are afraid of a few bugs and frogs, you don't enjoy the nature and this is not the place for you. The resort is within part of a jungle right by the Habarana lake. The atmosphere was wonderful and chilled. The staff was exceptional and I have never experienced a service as good as what they provide. The people were genuine and very helpful. I would visit this place again just because of the amazing service. The food was amazing specially the local plates. The kitchen always accommodated our requests. We extended our 3 nights to 4 because we didn't want to leave. Thank you everyone.

  • 4/5 Ajith M. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice and calm place to spend your vacation with delicious foods. The staff was really friendly and helpful

  • 5/5 Nicolas D. 2 years ago on Google
    Very nice small hotel in the nature with extremely pleasant staffs and good local food. Happy with our stay there.

  • 1/5 Nethmi T. 2 years ago on Google
    Very poor service. Didn’t even get a welcome drink. The manager was a very rude person. Not worth for money at. The staff was friendly which is the only good thing that we experienced. There are so many better places in Sri Lanka than here.


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