Name: Dutch Bay Beach Cottages
Address: 294 Dyke Street Trincomalee 31000,Dyke Street, Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Trincomalee, 31000, Sri Lanka
Rating: 8

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Dutch Bay Beach Cottages

Trincomalee

This accommodation suited our needs wonderfully - on the beach, secluded, but near town, and wonderful swimming. The snorkelling just up the beach is great and you can organise snorkelling equipment or boat trips next door. 
The owner kindly put a fridge in our room, and we could use some other facilities to self cater. 
We would have stayed even longer if there had been comfortable lounging furniture on the terrace. 

Lovely stay on fantastic quiet beach

Oh! The best place on this beach! It's not crowded, it's its own bunk, the entrance to the sea is quiet, the sandy bottom! The porch is full of waves, sunsets, admiration of fishermen's work. The rooms are equipped with everything you need. Daily cleaning. The sights are within walking distance: fish dives, the Ford, the temple. The supermarket.

The best place!

Firstly if you are looking for luxury this isn't for you.  That should be clear from the price.  It is a bit basic but it is clean, comfortable, friendly and right on the beach. 

I thought it filled a very good niche market between budget accommodation and more up market places.  My family really enjoyed it. 

The only draw back was lack food and drink but their is a very good restaurant virtually next door and a small shop which sells cold drinks just across the street.

I would use it again.

Clean comfortable and right on the beach.

The hotel was chosen solely because of the access to the sea. The owner shows up on request. There are always two employees. There is only a bed, mirror, table and pendant in the room. The things were in the bag and there. The Wi-Fi was free. But the offered coffee turned out to be paid, which we only learned when we left. We rented a scooter from the owner (1200 rupees a day) and rode around. Also near the hotel there are stones in the sea, so we took the masks from the owner for a couple of hours. It was nice that he gave them to us for free. We also ordered dinner from the owner. Everything was оооооо! A price for breakfast and dinner. You can stay right under the beach.

Not a place of the soul

6 of us stayed in the dutch beach beach cottage at the beginning of August. 

1 friend who was coming straight from colombo and meeting us there (the other 5 travelling from arugam bay) was not treated with hospitality on arrival. The owner refused to accept that she was part of the booking we had made, until she was forced to log into facebook to show conversations had between us and her. While she waited for us to arrive the workers there made snidey comments such “5 of your friends coming yeah” while laughing at her. 

After being rude, another of the workers had the cheek to ask for a tip when we were leaving, despite being nothing but hostile while we were staying there - he couldnt even bring himself to hold the door open while we lugged our bags through. 

To top it all off, it is the cottages policy that once you have checked out - if you are to use any of the facilities after this time they charge you 150 rupees. This i could understand however the owner explicitly told us if any of us sat on any of the chairs or received messages on the wifi we would be charged. Ridiculous. 

The only kudos to this place is the location which is right on the beach. In addition, our AC broke on the first night and the owner took away a fee from our bill (when we asked.)

Unpleasant 

Best wifi that we had in Sri Lanka. Very good coffee. We hired a motorbike through them. The bus station is 15min far and there are plenty of options to eat nearby. We had dinner every day in the hotel next to them (at the beach), but stay in Dutch Bay Cottage! (Better reviewed). 
We were almost alone at the beach during our stay. 
It has 4 rooms and options for families! There is a fridge in the room and also one outside that you can use at your convenience.

No words to describe how helpful they are! 

Thanks a million!

Lovely 3 night stay

We stayed at Dutch bay at the beginning of our tour of Sri Lanka.  The accommodation is simplistic but we had all we needed.  The rooms where nice and big.  The location is perfect.  No food at the accommodation but there are options closeby.

Excellent value for money

No room with a view, all over a hallway, terrace over the sea with incredible views but no possibility of restoration, not even a bottle of water, clean, staff speaking little English.

Nice location on the beach and near the fort

Firstly, I want to point out that we really really enjoyed our time at Dutch Bay Beach Cottages. The location is absolutely stunning being directly on the beach, and the terrace and sunbeds they have on the beach are really great.

The rooms are adequate. The bed was comfy and we were able to watch the World Cup on the little TV. The air conditioning worked really well and was much needed. Agree with previous comments about the tiny blankets - we asked for an extra bed sheet and used that as a duvet. Only other thing to note, which didn't bother us so much, is that there are large grates connecting each bathroom which mean you can literally hear everything in the next room. Luckily it was empty for a considerable amount of the time we were there but something to consider in high season. 

Our brilliant time there was somewhat dampened at the end of our stay. On the morning of our check-out, the owner who we had seen every single day of our stay was not there. On reception was a man we hadn't met before. He had a piece of paper quoting our total room price that was owed. He had quoted us $30 more than what was on our confirmation email. We asked him to phone the owner to ask why, which he did but it was not cleared up. Everything was a bit lost in translation but they were adamant that we pay the $30 extra before we left. We had a flight to catch and ended up waiting almost an hour trying to come to an agreement. I showed the hotel copies of my booking and confirmation emails, however they still insisted we owed more. Eventually I told them we had to leave and that I would settle what we were quoted on our booking correspondence, and they could follow it up with the booking website should they wish to. I asked to pay on card so we would both have a record of the amount paid however they declined this method of payment. Since then I have spoken with the website (Agoda), who say they have not heard from the hotel and we do NOT owe any more than we were quoted and paid. The hotel, however, have emailed me multiple times asking for more money. 

It was a shame that we had this misunderstanding at the end as our stay was otherwise much enjoyed. 

Ruined at the end...

The location of the cottage is great, right next to the beach with amazing sunrise views! The rooms are nice and spacious, AC works great and everything. The staff was helpful with anything that I needed at any time day or night.

The only complaint I had was about the blankets provided. Firstly, when you walk into the room the blankets are not there on the bed, you have to ask for them. Secondly, the blankets are tiny, enough to cover a child fully. It was not enough to cover a large fully grown man such as myself. If they just provide proper blankets, the stay would be great for the price.

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