Ishq Talpe

I just returned home from my stay at Ishq villa and i am finding it difficult to adapt to reality! This place is absolute magic! The villa is breathtakingly beautiful, the rooms are so clean, all rooms are fully equipped with every single utility you can think of and need. It also has every facility covered - the pool, private beach, gym, tv room (equipped with anything and everything)! Moving on to the food, it is our of this world! Even the most simplest thing like boiled veggies taste bloody fantastic! Lastly, the hospitality is so welcoming and warm! The group of 8 men, were so efficient, helpful ,kind and all rounders! Every single penny spent is worth it! 100% recommendation and you can pack light because they got you covered in every possible way! I LOVED my stay and hope to be back soon! Keep up the great work!

Well where do I begin? This place is spectacular – absolutely stunning. My wife and I took a gamble on this place to host our wedding. I don’t believe they have held a wedding here before so we were slightly apprehensive about the whole thing but from start to finish the staff were amazing and facilitated the most amazing experience of our lives. Upon walking into the villa you are taken back by the stunning mix of contemporary design centered around a stunning pool. The bedrooms are just WOWW!! Each room as double if not triple showers with one being outside also, bathrooms are huge and again the rooms are styled and decorated with modernity and elegance. Each room also boasts its own sound system. There are also plenty of amenities available at the villa. There is a ‘media’ room which a range of games consoles, books, board games, cards, cable TV – the whole lot!! There is also a good sized gym upstairs too if you like working out. The Bose sound system is also great, we did have some difficulty in trying to sync our music to the system as it only seems to work with Amazon’s music streaming service so you won’t be able to use Apple Music or any other service to get the full experience – this is only a minor gripe however. The garden area outside is also wonderful. Beautiful palms trees and grass which leads onto a sanded area at the back with steps down onto the small but cute beach front. During the rainy season the sea is quite rough and swimming is not advised but it is beautiful l to watch the crashing waves. The food; again was absolutely amazing. They have a varied menu consisting of European and local cuisine which is cooked to perfection, each dish busting with copious amount of flavour. The professionalism and service levels that we experienced were second to none. You would never have guessed that this was the first wedding meal they had held. Before we travelled we were advised of an issue with their main chef who was unable to cook for us during our stay but Kevin and Manjula were able to resolve this issue for us by hiring more chefs to run the kitchen on the day. These extra touches are what make this place so special. Any issues that arises the team will go out of their way to accommodate and rectify the situation. Also another special mention to Manjula who took our marriage certificate to Colombo (2hr drive away) for it to be legalised for us, this allowed us to continue our honey moon without having to trek back up to the capital to get our document legalised. Manjula then hand delivered this document to us at the new hotel we were staying at – all round fantastic service. If you are thinking staying here as a group of friends, as a family or having a small wedding here I cannot recommend it enough. Our wedding party consisted of 21 people and ended in us all having a pool party after dinner, it was the perfect sized villa for this amount of people but I think you could fit up to 30 guests here at a push. Thanks again to the wonderful team at Ishq Villa, we will definitely be returning for our anniversary!