Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo

Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is defined by its setting: it sits on the edge of Beira Lake, the body of water that cuts through the middle of the capital, rather than facing the ocean like most of Colombo's other large hotels. That lakeside position gives it a quieter, more enclosed outlook than a beachfront property, with still water and reflected city lights standing in for surf and open horizon, and it puts the hotel within easy reach of Colombo's commercial district.

Dining here is spread across nine separate venues, an unusually high number built to take advantage of both indoor and open-air lakeside seating. They include 7° North, Long Feng for Chinese cuisine, The Dining Room, Royal Thai and Goodies, alongside further international and bar options — enough range that returning guests can eat somewhere different each night of a multi-day stay without leaving the hotel grounds. Several of the venues are set up for outdoor, lakeside dining rather than enclosed indoor rooms, letting guests eat with the water in view.

The hotel's leisure facilities lean toward genuine sport rather than token gym equipment: a full-service health club sits alongside tennis and racquetball courts, which is a combination few other Colombo city hotels offer on-site. Azmaara Spa adds aromatherapy, reflexology and body treatments, along with a Turkish steam bath and a Jacuzzi, and fitness classes and yoga sessions are run for guests who want structured activity rather than an empty gym. A separate children's pool sits alongside the main outdoor pool for families.

Combined with its on-site shopping and a location roughly ten minutes' drive from the Crescat Boulevard mall, Cinnamon Lakeside functions as a self-contained base in the middle of the city — one built around the lake rather than the coastline, which is what most distinguishes it from Colombo's other big-name hotels and gives it a genuinely different outlook from any window.

The hotel's character is shaped as much by what it doesn't have as by what it does: without a beachfront to build around, Cinnamon Lakeside has instead leaned into its lake setting, with several of its restaurants and public areas oriented toward the water rather than the street or an internal courtyard. Rooms and suites are set up with the same lake or city outlook in mind, and the property's combination of racquet sports, a full health club and multiple spa treatments makes it a reasonable choice for guests planning to stay active during a longer visit rather than spend the whole trip poolside. Its position within the city, rather than on its edges, also keeps shopping, dining and Colombo's commercial district within easy reach.

Your transfer to Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo

The nearest hotel on this site is Cinnamon Life in Colombo 2, a few minutes on foot.