Master Suite
Annapurani, the principal suite of the house
The principal suite of the residence and the largest of the seven, generous in scale and full of the character of the original house.
- Annapurani
- 1
- Master
Maniumpathy
A restored family residence on a quiet street in Cinnamon Gardens, Maniumpathy offers a rare and personal way to know Colombo, through the heritage, craft and Tamil culture of a home rather than a hotel.
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Heritage Residence
Cinnamon Gardens
Colombo
Where a family's story still lives.
Maniumpathy is a family home before it is a hotel. A heritage house on Kynsey Road in Cinnamon Gardens, restored by its own descendants, its seven suites are named for the women of the household and its rooms hold the calm and character of a private residence. To stay is to see a different Colombo, not the city of towers and traffic but an older, gentler one, ordered around a courtyard, shaped by Tamil heritage, and kept alive by those whose story still fills its walls.
Days at Maniumpathy are quiet and unhurried. Mornings begin over coffee in the courtyard, the lap pool still, the city held at a distance beyond the walls. Afternoons pass with a book in the shade or an easy conversation with the family. As evening comes the old house softens into lamplight, and dinner brings the flavours of the Jaffna table to a verandah made for lingering.
Choose your suite
Ultra Room
Four individually named heritage rooms
Four heritage rooms, each named for a woman of the family and each subtly individual, furnished in the personal style of a home.
- 4 rooms
- The family's women
- Ultra
Deluxe Room
Two intimate rooms at the heart of the house
The two most intimate rooms, calm and comfortable, set close to the courtyard at the centre of the house.
- 2 rooms
- Deluxe
- Courtyard-side
Moments to carry home
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Coffee at dawn in the central courtyard
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Seven suites named for the family's women
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The Jaffna thali at the verandah table
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A quieter Colombo, held beyond the walls
Most travellers pass through Colombo without ever meeting it. We send those who want more to Maniumpathy, because it offers the city from the inside: a family's heritage residence rather than an international address, where the architecture, the Tamil table and the quiet of a courtyard tell you more about Sri Lanka than any tour. For guests drawn to authenticity and history, it is the truest way to begin, or end, in the capital.
Choose your suite
Master Suite
Annapurani, the principal suite of the house
The principal suite of the residence and the largest of the seven, generous in scale and full of the character of the original house.
- Annapurani
- 1
- Master
Ultra Room
Four individually named heritage rooms
Four heritage rooms, each named for a woman of the family and each subtly individual, furnished in the personal style of a home.
- 4 rooms
- The family's women
- Ultra
Deluxe Room
Two intimate rooms at the heart of the house
The two most intimate rooms, calm and comfortable, set close to the courtyard at the centre of the house.
- 2 rooms
- Deluxe
- Courtyard-side
Everything within reach
- Verandah Restaurant
- Signature Jaffna thali
- Coffee shop and pastries
- Central courtyard
- Petite lap pool
- Cinnamon Gardens on foot
- Colombo galleries and dining nearby
Kynsey Road, Colombo 7
Maniumpathy stands on Kynsey Road in Cinnamon Gardens, the greenest and most gracious quarter of Colombo, a district of old houses, galleries, gardens and embassies rather than office towers. The city's cultural and culinary life is close at hand, yet the residence keeps its own quiet behind the garden wall.
It suits the traveller who wants Colombo as a place to feel rather than transit. This is a heritage home, not a business hotel, and it works best as a considered first or last chapter in a journey, with the museums, markets and restaurants of the capital a short private drive away and the calm of the courtyard to return to.
- Bandaranaike International (CMB)
- About 45 minutes
- Private car
What sets it apart
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Restored heritage family residence
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Seven individually named suites
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Central courtyard and lap pool
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Verandah Restaurant and signature Jaffna thali
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Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 7
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