Cinnamon’s city hotels push boundaries in offering curated lifestyle experiences

Over 1,000 rooms imbuing unmatched comfort, over 25 bars and restaurants, 12 ultra-modern meeting spaces including boardrooms, lounges and business centres, four aesthetically beautiful ballrooms, four outdoor and rooftop pools ideally placed for tranquil quietude and two internationally renowned spas designed for the ultimate therapeutic experience, all collated within three extraordinary hotels under the Cinnamon’s city hotels umbrella. 

For the very first time in the city hotel sphere in Sri Lanka, a multiplicity of options in accommodation, F&B, banquets, recreation and business essentials are being offered at varied ranges of affordability – all within the hallmark of ‘Cinnamon’. 

The award winning benchmarked pioneer in the city hospitality milieu and the largest premium five-star city hotel Cinnamon Grand Colombo, the largest urban five-star resort Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo and Cinnamon Red, South Asia’ first lean luxury hotel, form a coterie of multiple extravagant options, most of which are unique, trailblazing and innovative, but all within the overarching tenet of unparalleled luxury. 

Accommodation

The 1,090 accommodation options, each of which encompass vignettes that can only be termed unmatched in design and offerings, are categorised into deluxe rooms, superior rooms, executive rooms and suites, which include the Penthouse, Presidential, Apartment, Royal, Premium, Courtyard and Cilantro suites. 

Cinnamon Grand has an impressive mix of 501 rooms with 24 suites on the Executive Floor catering to the demands of a contemporary business lifestyle of its clientele. Cinnamon Lakeside’s 346 accommodation options include 29 executive rooms designed exclusively for the modern day businessman and their families and 20 suites including a Presidential suite set amidst a panoramic view that necessitates relaxation. A special floor has also been reserved extensively for Chinese customers, given the growth of the Chinese tourist market. 

It is Cinnamon Red’s unique brand of lean luxury that permeates throughout its 243 rooms including one suite, very avant garde in design and very contemporary in concept, having set the standards for the new age traveller whose hectic schedules, corporate demands and quick response time remains ingrained into its service ethos. Cinnamon’s city hotels social consciousness remains at the fore, with health and safety being a priority and the specially able welcomed unconditionally. The hotels have wheelchair access rooms, fully equipped with the necessary requisites including specially trained associates, to provide complete comfort to the differently able. 

Dining 

It is Cinnamon’s city hotels that have launched some of the most ground-breaking dining options in the country. Ever since its genesis ten years ago, Cinnamon Grand positioned dining as a curated experience, delightfully vibrant and extraordinarily different. Nuga Gama, the village in the city is truly a trailblazer, showcasing the rustic simplicity of rural lifestyles combining Sri Lanka’s heritage, traditions and culture under the canopy of a century old banyan tree, serving authentic organic village fare made using ancient village recipes. Similarly, the open seafood market concept, popular in South East Asia was introduced at the award winning Lagoon serving 150 varied cooking methods for seafood. Chutneys continues to be the only authentic Indian restaurant serving South Indian cuisine from the four different states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. 

Presenting Asian fusion cuisine in al fresco dining setting, Tao’s Epicurean Menu has now become legendary with its 7 starters, 3 soups, 7 mains and 7 desserts; as has the city’s first authentic Italian restaurant Echo’s Italian Infinity menu with a range of antipasti, soup, 5 mains and desserts and the antipasti buffet specifically designed as a quick business lunch. Each dining space, whether the 24 hour The Taprobane, the elegant dining venue of The London Grill, Noodles with its Asian fare, Cheers Pub the only British styled pub in Colombo, Breeze Bar with its 32 concoction wheel and Shisha Lounge, The Courtyard, Health Cafe, the piazza styled Coffee Stop or Tea Lounge serving an indulgent High Tea on weekends, all present curated creativity for the tastebuds in spectacular settings. 

Another unique feature at Cinnamon Grand is that it has the largest number of buffets at a single hotel, especially on a Sunday. Take note of the extensive Sunday Brunch at The Taprobane, the English carvery at Cheers Pub, Maalu Maalu at Lagoon, rural cuisine at Nuga Gama or the Dragon Brunch at The Courtyard. Add the Sunday Brunch at The Dining Room with its international spread at Cinnamon Lakeside and the daily buffet spreads at Cinnamon Red’s Flavoured and Cinnamon’s city hotels surely has the country’s largest buffet options presenting multiple flavours for the discerning diner to savour. 

Cinnamon Lakeside too has etched an indelible epicurean presence through a range of signature gourmet offerings at Royal Thai, the Sushi Bar, Long Feng with its authentic Chinese fare, the cafe styled Goodies, the casual conversation space of The Lounge with its daily High Tea, Sports & Pool Bar and the member-exclusive Library lounge and bar. Imbibing the relaxing vista of the lake and twinkling lights beyond, the open deck of 7 Degrees North with its Happy Hour and delectable selection of tapas has become one of the more popular chill out spots in Colombo. 

Sitting almost amid the clouds on the 26th floor at Cloud Red, the highest rooftop bar in Colombo at Cinnamon Red, a property that pioneered a brand new tier of hospitality in Sri Lanka, imbibe in a spirited beverages while drinking in a 360 degree panoramic view of Colombo and the seascape of the Indian Ocean. A quick snack and coffee would be advised at Stirred, the café-style Lounge on the 7th floor. 

Recreation

The multiple alternatives available for recreation too take on a new dimension with Cinnamon’s city hotels once again offering the most choices within the city. Cinnamon Grand is the only hotel in the city with two swimming pools and two gyms within a single property, one adjacent to the Breeze bar and the other on the rooftop of the Angsana City Club and Spa, which in fact is operated by the world renowned Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts. Cinnamon Lakeside’s Azmaara Spa is manned by trained Balinese professional therapists. The picturesque setting of the this hotels’ swimming pool in the backdrop of the lake is truly mesmerising, as is Cinnamon Red’s infinity pool on the 26th floor with its bird’s-eye view of the city, sea and beyond. Add a significant number of gyms at all three properties, tennis courts and a squash court at Cinnamon Lakeside, the city is well powered for recreational selections. 

Banquet facilities

Grandeur and elegance is well ingrained into the four banqueting ballrooms at Cinnamon Grand and Cinnamon Lakeside; the oak panelled magnificence of the Oak Room and the splendour of open spaces at the Atrium in the former and the contemporary elegance of both the King’s Court and Queen’s Court in the latter. Add a host of corporate styled meeting rooms, five at Cinnamon Grand and two at Cinnamon Lakeside, in addition to the Executive Lounge boardroom at Cinnamon Grand and three suite spaces at Cinnamon Lakeside and Cinnamon City Hotels offers an impressive magnitude of customised locations to spur corporate discussion, dialogue and discourse. Add the newest and probably one of the most unique meeting rooms in the city based in Nuga Gama and the exquisite floating Eight Degrees North for meetings with a difference and assuredly, meetings in the city will never be the same again. 

Cinnamon’s city hotels can now meet the expectations of any discerning customer, whether in a five-star or lean luxury dynamic with an infinite choice of options.

To find out more on what’s on offer at the Cinnamon’s city hotels, log on to their Facebook pages facebook.com/CinnamonGrandC, facebook.com/cinnamonlakeside and facebook.com/CinnamonRedColombo.