Brighten Hotels — Hotel in Colombo

comfort and facilities in comparison to the other places in Colombo was really fine. That was not the cheapest place, I would say average, but as for this price it was let's say rather clean and with good room facilities. No bugs for sure, but the dust in the room may be cleaned from time to time ;) Location is good however the district during the night is rather not very safe (especially for the single woman, luckily we were the couple so it was easiest ) but as we have noticed around that was a really safe option to stay for the good money. staff is very helpful, good english and easy to communicate. the biggest plus was the food there (room service till late evening), menu full of choice and for really good prices, delicious and all from the card we could have ordered (that was a surprise for us). If you like cheap local shopping the district is definitely for you. Hotel may organise for you the airport transfer (be careful on the traffic, that was incredible how long in the afternoon we have stucked in the traffic jam). Traditional breakfast in the room price was fine (do not expect the sandwich) you will try the local food :) Good direction to go to the international airport. ||||The balcony was there but the door to go outside were closed. ||||we have had a luxury room, and that was a good choice, as it was fine but not luxury. I believe the other rooms are smaller.||||the building itself is very strange, rather old I will even say it's a peculiar hotel. our room was rather remote, with the window towards a courtyard, and in the whole hotel there were not many guests for sure. ||||that is a good place for a short stay, but for sure not for the luxury and relaxing holidays (as I would say the whole Colombo). If you need to have a stop over, very convenient. ||||for this price good...

I stayed at the Brighten Rest for two nights in December, 2015. The hotel is located in so-called “Hultdorf ( Colombo 12 )” area next to “Pettah” and it takes 30 minutes walk from the hotel to the central bus station. There was a double bed, a bathroom, a refrigerator, a TV, a fan and an air-con in my room. I was delighted to find three cans of beer in the refrigerator since I checked-in the hotel almost midnight ( maybe I should say I was lucky by considering the difficulty in getting alcohol in Sri Lanka ). Although there was no mosquito net in the room, I did not have any problems with mosquito, fortunately. Wi-fi was working well and local style of breakfast was included. When I checked-out, a receptionist explained to me how the fare was converted to local currency from US dollars in a polite way ( when I made a reservation via Booking.com, the fare was only indicated in US dollars ). Overall, it is recommendable to stay at Brighten Rest if you are an economy traveller, but not a backpacker, and looking for a few nights...

Nice hotel to stay. Good staffs n very helpfull n polite. Front desk n managers very concerned with guests. Room service perfect. Room is clean n rest room is very tidy. Hotel ambience excellent. Elevator, all floors were maintained very clean This is a good example of lovely house keeping. Since budget hotel no morng newspaper available. i enjoyed free breakfast( Every day different menu and is a buffet breakfast) House keeping manager immediately attends to our needs with respect to house keeping n other related matters concerning our comfortable stay. Reception manager works out a good rate for the room upto his reach. Only television channels is limited. We dont get Tamil suntv news channel and CNN etc. If they increase more international channels it would add to their merits of running a nice hotel. We get very reasonable cost lunch, buffet one. Last but not the least worth n recommend to stay for short or...