Dottie's is a charming English tea room serving up tea, fry-ups, and desserts on intricately delicate china and lace with a side of great service.
Dilmah's charming tea lounge in the shadow of Dutch Hospital is still going strong, with a range of hot and cold teas and little and large bites.
Bubbly stuff and paninis and desserts.
The Heladiv Tea Club does a relatively affordable range of tasty waffles, sandwiches and teas at the Dutch Hospital. You can also get a decent bottle of wine here for just Rs. 2000.
Basically a place to have tea with a sweet Japanese auntie. They also sell well-chosen tea leaves. No food unless she gives you a biscuit.
You can buy tea powder or tea leaves here, as well as sit down and have a cuppa. They've also got a small selection of pastries at times.
Tea Breeze is Mackwood's tea bar. They have decent teas, and good waffles.
Rama's Tea House is a new... something in Battaramulla, near the Kotte Road turn-off. I saw something because it's a weird and not entirely satisfying mix of tea house and English pub.
Tea Avenue is a very cosy stop on Barnes Place to have a good cup of flavoured tea and some bready goods. The prices are good and the ambience is suited for all kinds of meetups.
The Gourmet Station at the Kingsbury Serviced Apartments is a two-by-four snack bar that serves sweet and savoury nibbles for those who want to grab a bite before they go.
Dynasty is a fine dine restaurant in the Grand Monarch Hotel.
Aasife is a new biriyani spot in Ethul Kotte. The food is good, service is friendly and we highly recommend it.
Nice, little cafe with nice, recycled furniture.
A chic Italian coffee shop serving Illy coffee.
Bubblelement is now open for service all the way in Battaramulla!
Tea Lounge at Water's Edge is another spawn of the Dilmah franchise. It's a little classier that the rest of their outlets in terms of ambience, but our experience wasn't a positive one.
Cilantro is the new Thai restaurant above, and run by, Pho Vietnam.
The Samurai Sushi Bar has finally established themselves here in the Big City (they're in Rajagiriya, but still).
A small cafe along Passara Road in Ella ran by a lovely Russian couple.
The newest addition to the Lavinia Restaurant, now serves Indian and Sri Lankan food.
ෆුඩ් කෝට් එකටම කඩවල් දෙකයි. ඒකෙනුත් එකක මැගී නූඩ්ල්සුයි නෙස්කැෆේ, මයිලෝයි…
Located at the basement of Liberty Plaza, the food court houses restaurants catering to different cuisines.
A nice Place to booze having Juice.
Flamingo Restaurant (which has been around forever) serves up an interesting mix of cuisines ranging from Arabic, Western, Italian and Sri Lankan.
The Java Lounge has spawned yet another coffeeshop at Colombo 01. They still serve the same items from their menu and nothing much has changed except for the great new location.
The warm reception we received on arriving at Earl's was an early indication of how good a time we were going to have there. Only a short walk away from Passikudah beach, this friendly and…
A large and full-service luxury beach resort on the idyllic Southern Coast.
Bubble Me Bubble Tea is the newest bubble tea space in Colombo with plenty of variety when it comes to both bubbles and teas.
The Lattice at Taj is an informal business lounge situated on the right side of their expansive lobby as you enter. They're open from 9:00AM to 11:00PM and their Afternoon Tea session starts…
Great bubble tea, plenty of flavours, and super value for money.
Tea, waffles, cakes and more. Tea Ave initially opened up at Barnes Place: and this is their second (and newest) branch.
A budget restaurant with fine food and nice view.
A seasonal little cafe in Pottuvil's popular strip.
A charming little tea factory and tea shop just outside Nuwara Eliya.
Dottie's is a charming English tea room serving up tea, fry-ups, and desserts on intricately delicate china and lace with a side of great service.
Bubbly stuff and paninis and desserts.
A charming little bubble tea spot in the Fort.
Everything from Lipton's Seat, to Lipton's Bungalow, to the Dambatenne Factory.
