No. 120/A, Havelock Road, Colombo 05
Open until 12:00 AM
E-Cafe has a nineties - early 2000s vibe going on, burgers, desserts, coffee, drinks, and bready stuff. All of them pretty good.
E Cafe doesn't give off the best impression from the outside. We honestly thought it was an internet cafe or PC store - and we've never been happier to be proven wrong. As far as meals go, they just have two burger options at present, but there's also a nice selection of cakes, breads, cookies, and drinks on offer instead.
There's a 90's and early 2000's theme/vibe going on with the music — cue Westlife, old Rihanna albums, and the like. If you're a 90's kid who's unashamed of liking boy bands and all that, you' love this place. You'd also enjoy it if you love books, because they've stocked a couple of shelves up on both floors with a few.
The gray chairs are incredibly comfortable despite their austere appearance, and Bhagya described sitting in them as a 'hug for your back'. Adding a bit of colour to this gray-and-pine coloured set-up are the patchwork chairs, which I think are hella cute.
What's rather surprising about this place is the amount of space. There are four rooms, two of them quite private, and a balcony upstairs. It's a great place for a party or a hang-out sesh with a close group of friends.
It's an even better place to work in because with that much space around, you can grab yourself a quiet corner and settle yourself in with your laptop (we noticed plenty of plugpoints around, near all the chairs).
The staff are nice and friendly, they've also got some clear plastic shields over their faces when handling food, so that's pretty neat. Service isn't slow, they take just about five or ten minutes to get your food to the table.
All their food seems to be handmade, including buns and patties, which is interesting.
The prices are on the high end, with their Prawn Burger being Rs. 980. However, even the patty is homemade, and is actually made of whole prawns. It's rolled and patted down in a dough which holds it together, but the prawns break off easily. The bun is also fresh, nicely toasted, and well presented.
The cherry on top was the salad, which was dressed beautifully and was superbly flavoured. The greens used in it were fresh, with thin ribbons of green apples thrown in with red lettuce for colour and flavour.
Their Oreo Cake (Rs. 400) was intensely moist, light and fluffy. Best thing for us was that it wasn't overly sweet at all, and doesn't make you OD on sugar or chocolate. As far as the flavour goes, it's quite subtle but definitely there. We also loved the frosting, which was un-sweet, rich, and creamy.
Meanwhile, a Strawberry Smoothie is Rs 470, but it's HUGE. A lot like a yoghurt drink, this is a bucketload of yoghurt and fresh strawberries blended in well together. This can knock you out if you try to finish within half an hour.
Their coffees are also a bit on the pricier side, with a cold drip at around one grand. Ouch. We settled for a Hazelnut Latte (Rs. 530), which was beautifully flavoured but somewhat lacking in the caffeine department.
This was also a rather large cup, so it'll last you quite a while if you don't mind it being lukewarm.
They haven't gotten many choices for selection up on the menu, but they said they'll be expanding it soon. The burger choices at the time of this review were teriyaki chicken and prawn, so if you're vegetarian you'll have to stick to the cakes and bready goodies.
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