Mirissa is one of the main beach destinations in southern Sri Lanka. The area has it all, beautiful beaches, surf waves, and whale watching. …
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Mar 2, 2025
This beach is a bit scruffy during the day but there are bars and restaurants and sunbeams to rent. At night the beach is so different. It comes to life with all of the restaurants lit up. Lovely!Full review by veeaitch
Mar 1, 2025
Scenic and safe beach side small town. For all visitors a must visit should be for dinner at Mirissa beach side restaurants to feel the vibe and vibrant nightlife.Full review by Amit88Das
Feb 23, 2025
Awesome beach, Just beautiful Just wow, we just had a great time here. Will re visit again..did surfing was an awesome experience Full review by Fahim S
which beach better for night life bentota or mirissa?
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Mirissa, it is more happening with lots of nice shacks and night life. Bentota is a beautiful quite and serene place, I did not find much to do there in terms of night life.
We are travelling to the south beaches next week but have been told to stay on the east coast as it gets super windy down south at this time... Is it windy people!?
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We had very little wind in the three days that we were in Mirissa. There is enough to make it surfer friendly, but it did not affect us on the shore at all. We can’t wait to go again.
I'm confused. I'm hoping to visit Mirissa beach for one week in mid January but I saw the video of the govt. bulldozers demolishing 21 beach bars and restaurants ; also recent comments from tourists advising to stay away as it's now just a dump. And yet just recently, there are many Triip Adviser reviews of beach restaurants , as recently posted as this week, even today , stating how great all the beach bars and restaurants are ? The restaurants web sites are all posting opening times etc . So are the beach bars and restaurants back in business and can you hire sun loungers and lie on the beach in comfort , as before . I've put my whole trip to SL on hold as a return to Mirissa was the main reason for this 2nd trip ,it was SO good. PLEASE , someone must know the state of play . Has anyone been there recently ?
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Hi, I’ve just come back from Mirissa! The nightlife has picked up and there is a party at a different bar every night. Also there are lots of bars and restaurants if you want a quiet night. I’m …
Hi, I’ve just come back from Mirissa! The nightlife has picked up and there is a party at a different bar every night. Also there are lots of bars and restaurants if you want a quiet night. I’m not sure what it was like before but it was beautiful and enough for me. Each night a different bar on the beach has a big party! Very friendly and lots of fun
When we went there were lots of dogs. Depends how good yours is with others. We found there were a lot of dogs that appeared to be stray but one of the cafe owners said they …
When we went there were lots of dogs. Depends how good yours is with others. We found there were a lot of dogs that appeared to be stray but one of the cafe owners said they are all owned, it’s just people let them roam.
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