Cocobay Unawatuna

4.0 star property
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Beach bar
Exterior
Outdoor pool, pool loungers
Lobby
View from property

Reviews

9.4 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Gym
    Gym
  • Bar
    Bar
  • On private beach
    On private beach
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available

Explore the area

Map
No:10/4,Roomassala Road, Roomassala, Unawatuna Beach, Unawatuna, 80600
  • Jungle Beach
    16 min walk
  • Galle Harbour
    3 min drive
  • Japanese Peace Pagoda
    4 min drive
  • Koggala (KCT)
    21 min drive

Room options

DELUXE ROOM PLUNGE POOL WITH PRIVATE JACUZZI AND SEA VIEW

  • 60.9 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

PRIVILEGE SUITE WITH PRIVATE JACUZZI AND SEA VIEW

  • 92 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

DELUXE ROOM WITH PRIVATE JACUZZI AND SEA VIEW

  • 61 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

OCEAN SUITE WITH PRIVATE JACUZZI AND SEA VIEW

  • 92 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Unawatuna

When you stay at Cocobay Unawatuna in Unawatuna, you'll be on the waterfront, within a 5-minute drive of Sahana Beach and Galle Harbour. .This beach resort is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Jungle Beach and 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from Japanese Peace Pagoda.

What's nearby

  • Jungle Beach - 16 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Galle International Cricket Stadium - 5 min drive - 4.2 km
  • Galle Fort - 6 min drive - 4.6 km
  • Galle Lighthouse - 7 min drive - 4.9 km
  • Unawatuna Beach - 8 min drive - 2.4 km

Getting around

  • Midigama Railway Station - 32 min drive
  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 114 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Blue Caffeine - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Sahana Snack Bar - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Madeena Hotel - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Daffodil - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪The Shack Beach Cafe - ‬14 min walk

About this property

Cocobay Unawatuna

Resort with private beach, full-service spa
Cocobay Unawatuna offers 16 accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and complimentary bottled water. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. This Unawatuna resort provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Coffee/tea makers and minibars are provided. Bathrooms include bathrobes, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Refrigerators and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a private beach and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. Services include massages. The spa is open daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 16 guestrooms featuring minibars. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and bidets.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages. After a day at the private beach, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a picnic area. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The resort also offers room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:30 AM.
Restaurant - Onsite bar. Happy hour is offered.
La Mer - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Russian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 AM–10:30 AM: USD 20 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Restaurant
  • La Mer

Things to do

  • Fitness classes
  • Bike rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Fishing
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Scuba diving
  • Surfing/body boarding
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Fridge (on request)
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Private beachfront location
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Beach towels
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • CD player

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Fridge (on request)

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 50
  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 25 (from 3 to 11 years old)
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 60
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 30 (from 3 to 11 years old)

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately USD 20 for adults and USD 10 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 95.00 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: USD 95 (one-way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Hotel Galle
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Hotel
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Galle
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Resort
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Resort
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Unawatuna
COCOBAY UNAWATUNA Resort Unawatuna

Cocobay Unawatuna Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 63 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

JEFFREY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cocobay is a beautiful hotel with friendly and attentive staff members. After a week tour of Sri Lanka, it was the perfect place to relax for the last night of our trip.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Helena

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rooms have a nice ocean view and balcony. Room and the bathroom are large. Good wifi. The water in front of the hotel was too choppy to swim. I’m not sure if this is a seasonal problem.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marshall

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s a convenient distance from unawatuna beach and Galle fort. If you’re only down south for a weekend, or for your first time I highly recommend. Excellent service, great breakfast, calm and pleasant private beach. Beautiful sunsets.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Quentin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay!
Really comfortable room with ocean view balcony, huge bathroom with nice bathtub. The hotel is beautiful with perfect facilities. The food is amazing and special note for the staff, so nice and caring. We had an amazing stay thanks to them. And now we know how to cook curry with their cooking class 😍
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Serena

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

john

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a brilliant time at Cocobay over Christmas and New Year. Enjoyed it so much, we stayed some extra days. Private beach is a small piece of heaven and i swam to jungle beach (about a mile) and that was super fun too. (can get a short rickshaw ride or walk also). Food was great, Sri Lankan or international cuisine available. Stayed in two different rooms and both great, clean and with sea and palm tree views. Going to Unawatuna which is great but always happy to come back. Special thanks to Pradeep, Dilan and Dinesha and the whole team for making our stay so good.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Lovely room with a fantastic view. Staff were lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Private beach is lovely and calm after touring Galle and Unawatuna.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kurt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel for Holiday and Family
Great service and great food. Great location for seeing other
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely setting, spotlessly clean with a fantastic beach and restaurant. The most friendly and caring staff you could wish to meet.
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The uniqueness is the beautiful location and the spacious comfortable rooms with very clean toilet. The private pool to indulge. The food is very good and yummy. The staff is very obliging & friendly. It’s my second visit. So close to the highway entrance and so many other places to visit.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little find
This is a lvoely hotel, nocer than oics may suggest. Its pretty small, so staff get to know you and are very friendly. Not a lot in immediate vicinity, but Galle fort and Unawatuna town are a very short tuk tuk ride away. Beach and rooms all have amazing views across the bay to Galle Fort - sundown cocktails are a highlight here
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved everything about this The receptionwe receiced and the staff were brilliant
Stayed 18 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eric, Sydney, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All the staff and customer service at Cocobay Unawatuna were superb. They looked after me and my family and were accomodating on our arrival. The staff at the La Mer restaurant were also really friendly and accomodating to our needs. The location of the hotel is right next to Jungle Beach and very close to the beautiful Galle Fort by tuk tuk. Highly recommended for anyone looking to stay near Galle/Unawatuna!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Ramesh

Clean big rooms. Its not a swimming beach where the hotel is located.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Greg, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a fantastic hotel and staff! We stayed in the Aqua Romance room which has a huge jacuzzi and personal plunge pool. The bed was huge and very comfortable. The hotel itself is right on the beach which made the stay so relaxing. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t great so we didn’t end up swimming in the ocean. The hotel itself is located between Galle and Unawatuna and only costs about 400 rupees for a tuk tuk to each location. The food was amazing! Hoppers and curry for breakfast and seafood platters for dinner!! And finally, the staff were just incredible. So friendly and accommodating and always working with a smile on their faces. Can’t recommend this hotel enough.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Ki

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reviews are deceiving
I do not consider this a 4 star hotel. I have stayed at 4 and 5 star hotels all over the world, and at best, this is a 3 star hotel. The rooms are aesthetically pleasing. However, our bathroom had a strong stench, that we informed management about. The stench literally made my fiancé ill, and we were met with the response "We can give you another room for $40 additional a night". The principle that we were asked to pay to simply have a room without a stench, really did not sit well with us at all. I had room service, and the food was okay. The beach and pool are small, and not aesthetically pleasing. If you are accustomed to true 4 and 5 star hotels, this is not your hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

george

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very average hotel. Nice staff but nothing else.
We pre booked 4 nights and left after 2. Only plus was friendly staff, everything else was very average. We don’t blame the hotel, we booked it on the reviews. S
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Loved the private beach. Hotel was great. A few things could be updated.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Liz, Windsor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely wonderful
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay . The people were lovely, the food excellent, and the hotel photos are a true reflection of the hotel. We will definitely be going back.
Stayed 9 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sweet Spot on the Beach
Cocobay is a delightful retreat in an intimate beach cove nearby Jungle Beach. Coco Bay's very professional and caring staff will meet your every need, and their food is out of this world! Make sure to enjoy a massage- it's a unique and delightful experience. Ask for room 1, 2 or 3 if you would like your own private splash pool, the rooms are wonderful! Hike up to Jungle Beach and around the beach cove area, there is a beautiful temple at the top of the road, not to be missed! Galle Fort is just 4 km tok-tok (taxi) ride away with lovely shops and views. We loved our time at CocoBay and highly recommend it.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Cindy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Boutique Hotel
Amazing service!!! Everyone was so kind.l
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017