The hotel is a luxurious beach resort. It provides the perfect sanctuary for a luxury holiday on Asia's most exotic island, known for thousands of years as the ""Pearl"" of the Indian Ocean. The hotel comprises a total of 162 rooms and facilities include a currency exchange facility, café, bar, restaurant, conference facilities, laundry service and 24-hour room service. A large bright lobby welcomes guests to the hotel. The reception area has a polished marble floor, high wooden ceilings and comfortable whicker chairs for guests to relax in when checking in.

This beach hotel is located on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka along the ""Golden Mile"" of Bentota beach. Its unique setting on a large headland overlooks the Indian Ocean. The resort lies at the confluence of the river after which the village is named. Palm fringed beaches stretch for several miles along the coast and it is here where most hotels in the area are located. The hotel is just 40 miles south of Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital.

The Palms coffee shop is the hotel's all-day dining restaurant, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner and offering indoor and outdoor seating overlooking the swimming pool. For authentic Chinese cuisine, the hotel recommends dinner at the Oriental Pavilion. Mouth-watering Cantonese and Szechwan dishes are available too. The sea view restaurant offers intimate and cosy surroundings with an array of exotic sea food and continental dishes.