About the hotel

Name: Garnet
Address: Mahaweli valley, outskirts of Kandy, Kandy, Central Province, 20000, LK
Telephone: +94 81 000 0000

A 25-room city hotel in the valleys on the outskirts of Kandy, overlooking the Mahaweli river.

The name

Why Garnet

Garnets are mined in Sri Lanka in colours from cinnamon to deep red. We named the hotel after the stone and each room type after one of its varieties. Our logo shows a cut stone above a line of river, because that is where the hotel stands.

The infinity pool at Crown lit at night, the bar and lounge behind

The Mahaweli at dawn from a high balcony, mist in the valley and the river turning pink

Lustre set for a conference, leather chairs facing the screen and the river through the glass

Pavilion, the fine-dining room: private tables between walnut jali screens, burgundy banquettes

Table, the multi-cuisine restaurant, in morning light with the valley beyond the glass

The lobby at Garnet: walnut reception, jali screens, leather armchairs and palms through the glass

Inside the hotel

Floor by floor

Roof Crown rooftopInfinity pool and bar
5 to 7 Rooms and suitesRiver and valley views
4 Lustre banquet hallWeddings and conferences, up to 200 guests
3 Pavilion restaurantFine dining with private tables
1 Table restaurantMulti-cuisine, open to non-residents
G Lobby and Cabochon spaReception, and a spa for hotel guests

The building

Concrete, timber and brass

The building rises eight levels from the valley floor. Board-formed concrete and timber screens outside, walnut and brass inside, and a pool and bar on the roof.

Garnet, Kandy, at sunset: the concrete fin, timber screens and the hills behind

An Almandine room: double bed against a gold peacock headboard with brass sconces