Amal Beach Hotel 3*, Bentota

The main advantage of this hotel is that it is small (only 12 rooms), so the attitude towards guests is very flattering (who likes that:-))). And seriously, the main plus (there is no lack of proximity to the railway) is its own private chic beach, sunbeds are reserved for each hotel guest (and this is not a joke). The second plus is a seafood restaurant at the hotel (the fame of it runs far ahead))). It's been a long time since we ate FRESH, NATURAL! seafood (in Thailand, it is all artificially grown). There are complaints about cleaning, we only saw face towels for the first 2 days, then they disappeared and they were not brought to us (and we didn't ask - it wasn't before that))). But they kindly laid out towels on the sunbeds on the beach for us (this is not surprising, the markup on the beach is 20%). With great efforts, we were even able to take a 2-day excursion in the hotel itself (although it cost us a fortune:-))) - we were the first to order from them. Until the last day, we were not charged for accommodation, and we paid by card. True, they wanted to throw us into conversions, to write off the dollar card in rupees, but the forgotten PIN code and innate greed did the trick :-))). What can be concluded: booking a non-packaged hotel has its pros and cons. The pluses are an individual approach to hotel guests. Cons - you have to keep your ear sharp so that you are not deceived anywhere and on anything. And everything is SUPPER!