With its exceptional location (next door to the Dutch Hospital/opposite the World Trade Center) and rather fanciful French-colonial front (lots of balconies), the Colombo City

Machan is something of a godsend if you don’t reside within happy proximity to Colombo’s more central drinking establishments (see O! Bar, Sugar, Castle Hotel,

Here’s what some of our more seasoned city dwellers will tell you about Sunday Jazz: it’s a Colombo cliche. A couple of years ago the

We recently featured the string of second hand bookshops off DR Wijewardene Mawatha. These are excellent places to pick up those much loves little nuggets

Nalapaham is a super affordable place for a quick biriyani, kottu – and especially, for crab. I’m a big fan of crab, and the crab

The other day our Ahamu service got a question regarding Home Decor in Colombo and we realized we hadn’t been too diligent about covering places

In the never ending quest to find the perfect fried rice, I was surprised to learn I’d been kept in the dark about one of

The Colombo City Hostel has moved to Colombo 03. This is a review of the old premises in Kalubowila. A hostel might not seem like

(Review by Khema) Smoke filled and dimly lit the Sopranos karaoke bar lives up to its mob-drama namesake. Well – almost. Sopranos isn’t a seedy dive – and the crowd

Colombo’s only proper museum (the Dutch Museum and the weird Old Town Hall one barely come on par) is pretty amazing. This Italianate colonial style building