ITC Ratnadipa Colombo

ITC Ratnadipa Colombo is among the newest large hotels in the city, opened in 2024 and inaugurated with the President of Sri Lanka in attendance alongside the Prime Minister and other dignitaries — a launch that reflected the scale of the project as much as any single feature of the hotel itself. It sits in Colombo 1 on a site touched by both the Indian Ocean and Beira Lake, giving it a dual waterfront setting that few other Colombo hotels can claim, and holds 352 rooms across a tower the hotel describes as a jewel in the city's skyline.

Its standout feature is Avartana, the hotel's fine-dining restaurant, which has been recognised as one of Asia's best restaurants — a level of external acclaim that sets it apart from most hotel restaurants in the city, which are judged mainly by their guests rather than by outside critics or industry rankings. Alongside it, the hotel runs six restaurants and three bars in total, including Yi Jing for Chinese cuisine, Peshawri for Indian food, and Indian Ocean Pavilion for a broader international menu, spanning a wider set of cuisines than most hotels attempt at launch.

The property's design leans on its waterfront position, with an infinity pool positioned to take advantage of the view rather than tucked into an internal courtyard away from it. Kaya Kalp, described as "The Royal Spa," adds a sauna and steam room to the wellness offering, and the hotel also includes a dedicated fitness room and a children's pool for families travelling together.

As one of the most recently built five-star hotels in Colombo, ITC Ratnadipa brings a level of newness — in its infrastructure, its dining concept and its dual lake-and-ocean setting — that distinguishes it from the city's older, more established five-star names, several of which have been operating for decades and built their reputations long before this stretch of the waterfront was developed.

Because the hotel opened so recently, its infrastructure and room technology reflect current hotel design standards rather than years of incremental renovation, which is part of what distinguishes ITC Ratnadipa from Colombo's older five-star names. Its dual position on both the ocean and Beira Lake also gives it a genuinely different footprint from hotels built purely on one side of the city's waterfront, and the presence of an internationally recognised restaurant within its first two years of operation suggests the hotel has moved quickly to establish itself among Colombo's serious dining destinations rather than simply its newest hotel address.

Your transfer to ITC Ratnadipa Colombo

The nearest hotel on this site is Shangri-La Colombo in Galle Face, a few minutes on foot.