Five-star Colombo 03, Colombo
NH Collection Colombo
A 24-storey tower on Dharmapala Mawatha, opened as a Mövenpick in 2017 and an NH Collection since June 2024, with an infinity pool on the roof.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Rooms
- 219 rooms and suites, 33 to 254 m²
- Opened
- January 2017; NH Collection since June 2024
- Building
- 24 storeys
- From the airport
- About 45 minutes from CMB
The hotel
A Swiss name, then a Spanish one.
The tower opened as Mövenpick Hotel Colombo, declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena on 9 January 2017. It rises 24 storeys in Colombo 03, a short walk from Liberty Arcade and the sea, and the Sri Lankan group Softlogic owns it. Every room has floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Indian Ocean or the city. The National Museum, Independence Square and the Pettah market are each about ten minutes away by car.
On 1 June 2024 Minor Hotels, which runs it for Softlogic, gave it the NH Collection name, the brand's first hotel in Sri Lanka. The room count stayed at 219, from rooms of 33 square metres up to a Presidential Suite of 254, which Minor calls the largest in the city. The roof holds an infinity pool and the Vistas bar, and the fourth floor keeps a walk-in cellar of wine and cheese.
- On the roof An infinity pool, and the Vistas bar on the 24th floor for sunset over the ocean.
- Six places to eat and drink All-day dining, Indian, Thai and Japanese restaurants, a café and a lobby lounge.
- Spa and gym A spa and a gym inside the hotel.
Rooms & suites
Glass walls, ocean or city.
All 219 rooms and suites have floor-to-ceiling windows. Sizes run from 33 to 254 square metres.
- Rooms Rooms and suites From 33 square metres, facing the ocean or the city through full-height glass.
- Top suite Presidential Suite 254 square metres, described by the operator as the largest Presidential Suite in Colombo.
Dining
From the fourth floor to the twenty-fourth.
Venues as reported by the hotel group and press. No MICHELIN guide covers Sri Lanka. Shown for information.
- AYU International buffet Fourth floor, with a walk-in wine and cheese cellar
- Robata Thai and Japanese Specialty restaurant
- Vistas Bar Rooftop bar Twenty-fourth floor
Good to know
Before you go.
- Former name Until June 2024 this was Mövenpick Hotel Colombo, and older listings may still use that name.
- Meetings Two banquet rooms for up to 200, five meeting rooms and a boardroom.
Getting there
Flying to Colombo.
Bandaranaike International (CMB) is about 35 kilometres north, our estimate. The hotel group gives about 45 minutes by car; allow an hour at busy times, our estimate. Private jets use the same airport, open around the clock.
- Malé 1 h 20
- Mumbai 2 h 20
- Singapore 3 h 55
- Dubai 4 h 40
- London 11 h 50 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Is NH Collection Colombo the former Mövenpick?
- Yes. Mövenpick Hotel Colombo became NH Collection Colombo on 1 June 2024. The owner, Softlogic, stayed the same.
- Does NH Collection Colombo have a pool?
- Yes, a rooftop infinity pool, with the Vistas bar on the 24th floor.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Colombo?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Colombo, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Colombo
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Shangri-La Colombo Five hundred rooms on Centre Road at Galle Face, opened in 2017.
- ITC Ratnadipa Opened in April 2024 with 352 rooms, and classified five-star by the national tourism authority in January 2026.
- Cinnamon Life Six hundred and eighty-seven rooms in the City of Dreams complex, opened in 2024.
- Taj Samudra Three hundred rooms on Galle Face Centre Road, open since the early 1980s.
- The Kingsbury On Janadhipathi Mawatha in Fort, a hotel since 1973.
- Cinnamon Grand Five hundred and one rooms on the Galle Road, a fixture of the city since 1975.
- Hilton Colombo Three hundred and forty-two rooms on Sri Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, opened in 1987.
- Cinnamon Lakeside Three hundred and forty-six rooms, opened in 1985.
- Sheraton Colombo On the Galle Road, rated five-star by Sri Lanka Tourism.
- Nüwa A hotel of 113 rooms and suites at the top of the City of Dreams resort, given its five-star certificate in May 2026.
- Sentido Heritance Negombo On the beach at Negombo with 139 rooms, some 13 km from the airport.
- Jetwing Blue The first Jetwing hotel, which began as a six-room retreat on this beach and now has two pools.
- The Blue Water Designed by Geoffrey Bawa, among coconut palms on the beach at Wadduwa.
Staying at NH Collection Colombo?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Colombo, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.