Beautiful setting, our villa in the trees was very nice with a downstairs plunge pool. The hotel is amidst thick jungle habitat with walkways between the residences. Service from the staff was second to none, Gayan, Sanjeewa and the chef were excellent and so friendly and professional. I was very disappointed that this hotel is advertised as having a gym and other leisure facilities but upon arrival were told we needed to either walk or drive the km to the Jetwing Lighthouse to use their facilities. It took the shine off our two nights at Kurulubedda, also this property does not have an alcohol licence so we were unable to even buy a beer to cool off after a hot day.

Not sure what the hype is about this place, but just as you enter this hotel you may be confused and dissapointed as we were. You will be driving through residential areas about 1km from the main road, and entering the hotel right next to random local backyards. The hotel is situated inland, built around a small man made paddy field next to a swimming pool, which is your 'view' for the entire stay. What they do not explain when booking the hotel is that the lighthouse hotel is the main hotel (where you have to go for meals,spa,or any facility you would expect in a normal hotel including a reception to check in and check out) and these are only rooms that you spend the night in at night, and that in the event that you do decide to use a hotel facility for your leisure, you will be paying for a taxi from your own pocket everytime to get to the main hotel, as the hotel does not cover this.My friend and I both being female, did not particularly feel safe during these taxi rides at night as the road inland does not have street lighting, and passing through local deprived housing in the dark does not make you feel safe.We made a complaint to the main hotel's manager and requested to switch rooms to a room at the main hotel, which initially the gentleman at reception agreed to and said he will check as there was a room available at a cheaper rate than what we paid, to which she declined saying that is not allowed and that they do get similar complaints frequently.Not worth the$paid.

Not sure what the hype is about this place, but just as you enter this hotel you may be confused and dissapointed as we were. You will be driving through residential areas about 1km from the main road, and entering the hotel right next to random local backyards. The hotel is situated inland, built around a small man made paddy field next to a swimming pool, which is your 'view' for the entire stay. What they do not explain when booking the hotel is that the lighthouse hotel is the main hotel (where you have to go for meals,spa,or any facility you would expect in a normal hotel including a reception to check in and check out) and these are only rooms that you spend the night in at night, and that in the event that you do decide to use a hotel facility for your leisure, you will be paying for a taxi from your own pocket everytime to get to the main hotel, as the hotel does not cover this.My friend and I both being female, did not particularly feel safe during these taxi rides at night as the road inland does not have street lighting, and passing through local deprived housing in the dark does not make you feel safe.We made a complaint to the main hotel's manager and requested to switch rooms to a room at the main hotel, which initially the gentleman at reception agreed to and said he will check as there was a room available at a cheaper rate than what we paid, to which she declined saying that is not allowed and that they do get similar complaints frequently.Not worth the$paid.

We booked this hotel last minute and knew that jetwings was a good local company but it was difficult from the description to understand how close it was to everything and how easy it was to get to the jetwing lighthouse. We arrived and checked in at the main jetwing lighthouse hotel and it was a very short tuk tuk ride (100 rupees) or walk between the 2 properties (the local driving is pretty hectic so whilst it was a short 7-10 min walk-as a non local and there being no footpath we took the tuk tuk most times) Kurulebedda is a beautifully designed property with I think 5 rooms which overlook a small paddy field. You can choose to have breakfast in the villa or go to the main lighthouse for the excellent buffet breakfast. There is an infinity pool at the villa property and they arranged a small boat trip as part of the stay. There are a couple of full time staff available at all times and they went out of their way to help, very friendly. The Lighthouse main hotel has 2 large pools and a great spa and you can use. We dined at the fine dining restaurant one evening and the food and wine was excellent. The hotel is beautifully clean and well maintained and the ac was very good the best we had in Sri Lanka! Highly recommend for a secluded location (with own large patio and outdoor lounge area) but with access to large hotel facilities and all that Galle has to offer.

We booked this hotel last minute and knew that jetwings was a good local company but it was difficult from the description to understand how close it was to everything and how easy it was to get to the jetwing lighthouse. We arrived and checked in at the main jetwing lighthouse hotel and it was a very short tuk tuk ride (100 rupees) or walk between the 2 properties (the local driving is pretty hectic so whilst it was a short 7-10 min walk-as a non local and there being no footpath we took the tuk tuk most times) Kurulebedda is a beautifully designed property with I think 5 rooms which overlook a small paddy field. You can choose to have breakfast in the villa or go to the main lighthouse for the excellent buffet breakfast. There is an infinity pool at the villa property and they arranged a small boat trip as part of the stay. There are a couple of full time staff available at all times and they went out of their way to help, very friendly. The Lighthouse main hotel has 2 large pools and a great spa and you can use. We dined at the fine dining restaurant one evening and the food and wine was excellent. The hotel is beautifully clean and well maintained and the ac was very good the best we had in Sri Lanka! Highly recommend for a secluded location (with own large patio and outdoor lounge area) but with access to large hotel facilities and all that Galle has to offer.

Booked Kurulubedda for 4 on Expedia but the reception staff informed us that they could accommodate only two. Check in is at the affiliated larger property Lighthouse. The reception staff at the Lighthouse were trying to make it out that we should have known that the Kururulbedda property cannot accommodate 4 people in one villa. After a lot of negotiating, management intervened to accommodate the party of four at the Jetwing Lighthouse. However, the rooms assigned at the Lighthouse were not the best with little to no privacy when the room windows were kept open. The restaurant staff are excellent the and other facilities such as the pool are OK at the Lighthouse. The management at Jetwing need to make sure that correct information is given to travel agencies such as Expedia so that the customer is not inconvienced and does not lose out on the expected experience.

Booked Kurulubedda for 4 on Expedia but the reception staff informed us that they could accommodate only two. Check in is at the affiliated larger property Lighthouse. The reception staff at the Lighthouse were trying to make it out that we should have known that the Kururulbedda property cannot accommodate 4 people in one villa. After a lot of negotiating, management intervened to accommodate the party of four at the Jetwing Lighthouse. However, the rooms assigned at the Lighthouse were not the best with little to no privacy when the room windows were kept open. The restaurant staff are excellent the and other facilities such as the pool are OK at the Lighthouse. The management at Jetwing need to make sure that correct information is given to travel agencies such as Expedia so that the customer is not inconvienced and does not lose out on the expected experience.

We actually stayed at the jetting lighthouse as there was an issue with our booking - be warned the Kurulubedda is not where the map indicates and you have to check in at the jetting lighthouse. The lighthouse is a great hotel - very comfortable stay