La Langousterie is a beachside restaurant in Mount Lavinia that’s pretty difficult to find. It’s not the most sophisticated spot as far as ambience goes,

Kneaded to life in Singapore, this foreign chain is a tad bit more expensive than local bakeries but is also cleaner and more posh. Many

The Gardenia Coffee Shop at the Ramada hotel is actually much more than a coffee shop – they do a very wide range of food

Flower Gate is a new and very welcome addition to the Sri Lankan Chinese food scene. They may be relatively unknown, but theirs was some

The Fresh Milk Shop, commonly known as the Kiri Kade is a Wellawatte establishment that runs a delivery service as well as a milk bar.

PickMe is an app that lets you summon a cab (mostly trishaws) from your iPhone or Android device. We tried it and it works. Mostly.

Family Baker is arguably the best mainstream bakery in Mount Lavinia. They’ve got a great selection of both savories and sweets, which have been consistently

Sawadee, the beachfront restaurant at the Mount Breeze was more like Mount Thunderstorm when I visited. Since Thor was busy swinging Mjolnir about, I was

Flavors is Galadari Hotel’s Indian restaurant. Their food is actually pretty decent, but the ambience, or rather the lack of it, makes you want to