No. 120/A, Havelock Road, Colombo 05
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E-Cafe has a nineties - early 2000s vibe going on, burgers, desserts, coffee, drinks, and bready stuff. All of them pretty good.
E-Cafe's been there for a while. With its bright yellow signboard, Military style writing and quirky as hell name, it's practically impossible to miss.
Nonetheless, we've been there before, a while back and we really liked it. So, as per usual, we decided to drop in for another look, three years later.
In terms of the Ambience, literally, nothing had changed. Everything from the stuffed, incredibly comfortable chairs to the bookshelves, everything had escaped the passage of time and we're pretty content with it.
We were happy to see that they still continued the theme of the '90s/ early 2000's theme because, where else would you be greeted by stairway to heaven playing in the background when you enter. Kudos to that!
E-Cafe, like almost every cafe in Colombo, runs the same basic genre of food. hotdogs, pasta, cake, milkshakes - that sort of thing. They don't have a very extensive menu but like everything else here, it did have a few quirky options like potato pizza.
Not wanting to be too adventurous with things, we went with some of the classics on the menu - the Fish and Chips (Rs. 990) and a Spicy Prawn Spaghetti (Rs. 890) with a poached egg (Rs. 100).
The Fish and Chips turned out to be a serving of thin cut, salty as hell fries and some pretty oily fish. Oil tended to ooze out when you cut into the fish and the batter, although crunchy in some bits, its edges were a tad soggy. Which, obviously didn't go too well.
However, we really liked the dip. Scattered with bits of pickle and onion, it was fantastic.
Making things a little less sad, the Spaghetti was pretty good. Cooked al dente and practically smothered in creamy, spicy sauce, we absolutely loved it. With around 6 well-cooked prawns and lots of mushrooms to go around, we found nothing we didn't like. The poached egg had a lovely yolky middle and it went really well with the pasta.
Special thanks to the bun on the side. Impossibly milky, beautifully eggy and fresh, it blew us away.
Again, like most cafes in town, E-Cafe also had a bunch of options that mostly circle around tea, coffee and other milk-based concoctions. We decided to go with the Mango Smoothie (Rs. 590) and an Ice Blended Mocha (Rs. 590).
The Mango Smoothie tasted very much like a yoghurt drink - not necessarily in a bad way. It wasn't overpoweringly mango-ed but was creamy and filling as hell. Maybe get something light to go with it if you do get this.
Ayy, the Ice Blended. A tall glass of what tasted like milked out cocoa powder with a tinge of coffee. While it did fit the bill perfectly for being chocolatey, it didn't really give any sort of caffeine kick. Don't get us wrong, it wasn't necessarily bad -in any way. Just, it tasted a lot like cocoa powder which we weren't a fan of.
The staff was quite friendly and helpful throughout. They brought our food within half an hour of ordering and they greeted us when we arrived and when we left.
In comparison to our previous review, this experience fell short of impressing us. Still, it's a great place to hang out with your friends, and get some work done - if working from office/home bores you.
A 90's themed cafe in front of Police Park that does a pretty solid Spaghetti.
Good place to grab a book, some coffee, or settle down with your laptop. Somewhat pricey, but ok if you're gonna spend your day there.
සිංහල එහෙනං හරිනෙ ඔන්න, ඔයාලටත් කාගෙන් හරි බර්ත්ඩේ පාර්ටි ගන්න තියේනං, නිදහසේ වයිෆයි පාරකුත් දාගෙනම වැඩේ කරගන්න, යන්න පොලිස් පාර්ක් ඊ කැෆේ එකට!
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No. 120/A, Havelock Road, Colombo 05
Directions
Almost right opposite Police Park. A bit past the Vajira Road turnoff if you're heading towards Thunmulla on Havelock Road.
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2/5
This place makes my blood boil. the cafe staff here are creeps. all of them.
how is the wifi? and enough power outlets to plug in laptops? include them to your future reviews as well?
They pump very loud 80s power ballads across the entire space, which makes it a bit hard to get stuff done despite the plentiful power outlets and wifi.
I did, however, make a long list of songs to tackle next time I go for karaoke. So that was good.
Also: Potato wedges accompanying prawn burger was super undercooked (basically raw)
Also: Chairs are very comfy
Checked out the place yesterday and was thoroughly disappointed.
The oreo cake lacked flavor and was tiny. We got a cookie which looked like a papadam and tasted eggy. Lackluster beverages, some extremely sweet. Tea served for 300 bucks is basically a dilmah tea bag (whyyyy?!) Iced coffee was watery. Hot chocolate was basically milk with hint of chocolate and a ton of sugar.
Got a few tuna sandwiches and they were pretty nice. The hotdogs weren't bad either.
Staff was a bit morose and was staring at us as if we were some exotic creatures (A smile won't kill you bruh)
The place does have bucketloads of space. You'll find plenty of tables and rooms upstairs. They do have not so great speakers pumping loud but tinny music so that's not fun. Maybe bring some headphones to block out the noise if you're working.
I guess what you're paying for is basically the space.
Absolutely disappointing. NEVER going back!
So I just went there at 1 pm to get lunch on my quick lunch break from work. I was excited that they actually have parking space; but it's small so a bit tight to park even though only one of four or five spots were taken. Anyway, after maneuvering my car in and walking in and the security guard asked me to move my car 'cos it wan't in between the lines - now, don't get me wrong, i'm usually a stickler for correct parking - but the lines (rope) was barely visible under the mud and the place was not at all busy - I would have obliged; but I was irked that he didn't help out or suggest that while I was parking and decided to tell me to move only after I was inside the shop after all that effort. He said, if I was leaving quickly then it's fine - so I said: fine. I'll just get take away.
And it was "just" take away. my ridiculously expensive 830 rupee "pototo" (i.e., regular fries (not that great); a super oily hash brown, and small salad - not at all healthy in my book, but they were so want of options. While I was pleasantly surprised by the interior, I was annoyed that this simple order took a whole 20 minutes - despite the ONLY order they had! There were literally two other people in there, both of whom were busy doing their own thing and had already had their food. So after my long wait for my simple take away I come back with very expensive packaging; very crappy food; and literally nothing else. I requested plastic utensils since they didn't put any in the bag and i'm not particularly thrilled to eat a salad with dressing by hand back at my desk or anywhere! - but NO, they only have metal silverware! So I have the only thing that looks halfway decent (albeit tiny) in a plastic container but no way to eat it!! So I proceed with the fries: No condiments. No ketchup. No salt. No pepper. Just deep fried potato (!!!!). I did get some paper napkins - after I requested for them, of course. And I'm not even going to start with that "oil infused piece of potato" (what they call a hash brown).
I imagine/hope that baked goods are better. But no, I am never going back there.
Hey so my boyfriend and I were looking for a place to work for our project and stumbled on e cafe we entered and we found it reall spacious and comfortable so we chose the big couch chairs upstairs however the problems started when I tried to plug my laptops the plugs did not work and when we went to order the food which was a English breakfast meal (990) we wanted to share it as I don't eat egg or sausages (one of each) so I could have the salad the buns and hash brown and we ordered a green tea (300) and a coffee (550) however when the order came there was no hash brown and the salad was crap and I was not pleased with the tea as I paid 300 for a tea bag and hot water. We decided to leave has we weren't happy with he service and our bill almost reached 3000 which I was not happy about as the service was rubbish.
It's Horrible. Simple and plain horrible. from the food to the service to pretty much everything. I just don't understand how YAMU can give it a 4. Deserves a big fat ZERO.
I've noticed since of late YAMU has been getting a lot of reviews wrong. It's very miss leading. This is why Zomato is still #1.
An amazing place to come and have a brunch. Inside looks great and has a very laid back atmosphere. I ordered a honey pizza out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised. There was also a number of bread items to chose from.
The ambiance and set up is really good but the food is a real rip off
The portions are small,lack flavour anf overpriced while the beverages are mot worth it at the price.
2/5
Djjggau
Their staffs are not friendly at all.
2/5
chilledbaileys
This place makes my blood boil. the cafe staff here are creeps. all of them.
5/5
Nilupul Weerasinghe
Rated 5/5