135 Jawatte Road, Colombo 5
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Java Lounge in Jawatta has become our go to spot for casual meetings or we just want to grab a quick coffee. They've got an accessible location, some surprisingly good pasta dishes and coffee that hits the spot more often than not.
Java Lounge's been around for a few years now, and is a popular spot for quick meetings for those who work around the Bambalapitiya-Thimbirigasyaya areas.
I'm not a huge fan of the service here: they're rather short, in a hurry, and more often than not don't hear you or are too busy doing something else to respond when you're trying to ask something. It kind of makes you feel as if you're wasting their time when it's the other way around, if they would only pay attention to what's being asked or said. A friend and I wanted to know how long we'd have to wait for one of the main courses, but never got a response so we just ordered something else in the end.
We picked up one of their specialities: an Iced Chocolate (Rs. 490) and a Hazelnut Latte (Rs. 560. Actually Rs. 440 for the Latte, and it turns out that the hazelnut syrup costs an additional 120 rupees), plus a giant chocolate chip cookie for Rs. 230.
The Iced Chocolate was comforting in its familiarity, but was also quite powdery. I wasn't a huge fan but my friend loves how it's just sweet enough to not need additional sugar, and how the whipped cream complements it. The Hazelnut Latte was warm, adequately sweet, and nice overall but didn't have much of a caffeine or a strong hazelnutty flavour to it.
At Rs. 920, the Basil and Pesto Pasta could use a bit less oil and a lot more parmesan, given that there was barely any to be scavenged in it. It was creamy and filling, but the oiliness was off-putting because it left an unpleasant itch at the back of your throat.
It's a pretty hefty portion though, and can be shared among two people.
My Spicy Chicken Nashif (Rs. 820) was alright: rather peppery, and not very stewy per se (nashif is a Middle Eastern prep method of stewed meat). It's a wrap which didn't hold its components in well, as the stuffing kept dropping out of the other end so you were mostly left with a gravied bread wrap. However, it did come with a nice salad with plenty of sweet corn and fresh vegs, and a side of crispy fries, which I enjoyed.
Despite being large and chocolatey, the cookie wasn't really worth 230 rupees. It was a tad too crumbly and messy, and the taste just wasn't right — I brought it back to office and everyone who had it said it tasted too doughy for our liking.
Much like every other coffeeshop around Colombo, they've been consistent with their interior and haven't changed anything around. It's still spacious and well-kept, pretty much like what a good, upscale coffee shop should look like. There's a large outdoor section which is great for smokers and which is also sort of covered by the lush foliage surrounding it.
Java is so-so, a good spot to grab a quick drink to satisfy your sweet tooth, and for a private meetup. Food's just about average, and doesn't really justify the price tag attached.
A cosy coffeeshop in Colombo 5 that serves up average food with average service.
Java Lounge in Jawatta has become our go to spot for casual meetings or we just want to grab a quick coffee. They've got an accessible location, some surprisingly good pasta dishes and coffee that hits the spot more often than not.
Unlike a generic coffee chain outlet there’s something genuinely cosy about the place. Maybe it’s the fact that on a Thursday evening it was actually quite full.
Java Lounge in Jawatta has become our go to spot for casual meetings or we just want to grab a quick coffee. They've got an accessible location, some surprisingly good pasta dishes and coffee that hits the spot more often than not.
සිංහල ජාවා ලෞන්ජ් කියන්නේ විඩාවෙන් පිරුණු දවසක් කෙළවර කරන්න හොඳ තැනක්.
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Going up Thimbirigasaya, if you turn left on Jawatta it's just around the corner.
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This place is NOT only heavily overpriced but the quality of beverages and food is NOT at all what one can expect. They sell an ice latte which is basically instant coffee, richlife milk and tons of ice cubes. By the time the ice melts, you basically have extremely watery coffee. There is no sugar and don't tell you to add sugar nor were there any sachets. Each latte is LKR 530.00 for crap they call ice latte. Then I asked for a slice of strawberry cheesecake which was this tiny piece of cake placed in a large box with No doily or anything. The box was so big when compared to the small piece of cake that it fell and all the topping was in the box. Shocking. Java Lounge prices are brought day light robbery given what you get for what the price you have to pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not a great fan of Java Lounge. My perception is that they are over priced and the coffee sucks. Hansa coffee is much better.
OK, almost all of us agreed from the get go that these guys weren't actually serving Starbucks coffee and now after a very successful bait-n-switch, the Starbucks sign has come off having duping many of us into trying Java Lounge at least once. Are we gonna let them get away with this? Blog Indi, blog….name and shame just as you did with Ceynor.
Hi! There is some anomaly in the two Java Lounge reviews. You say Jawatte is not Halal but Cotton Collection is!
Serving coffee in cracked/chipped mugs and glasses is not cool! Hopeless wifi.
I'd rather go to places like Cup Cafe!
Just had an overpriced breakfast of caramelized banana waffle @ Java (Rs.340), well it wouldn't have been overpriced if it was either served in the traditional or a somewhat original way… The dish contained 4 slices of waffles and 1 banana drizzled with caramel sauce, problem is that even though the waffle taste good, it cannot be finished with such a small portion of banana's and caramel… Soooo I asked for some maple syrup, got golden syrup instead… Well, all in all not worth the cost of breakfast!
As a habit at Java, i order a white chocolate mini frap. But lately the staff there make a big deal about it and act very unprofessional. The assistant manager (while i got the frap and was having it) once came up to me all the way from behind the cashier and said "next time don't do things like that" and walked away.
I am a customer who pays money to buy what i require. If a mini frap suits me for the occasion, it's not the issue of Java. Also the staff cannot be rude like that. Very disappointed in the service.
First time to Java Lounge: Wanted to order one of the pasta dishes, asked them to not put shrimp into it - quite rudely refused (by chef who was standing behind the counter beside cashier lady) so I had to order something else. Not sure what the big deal was there…
Also ordered an "iced chocolate", tasted very much like a coffee-mixed drink. Not sure if that's how it's supposed to be or…?
Very few vegetarian options.
We have no interest in going back.
This place deserves zero stars. with the recent bad reviews I can confirm its just a hopeless place with the least focus on customers. They work as per their convinience. I have been a regualr but that will stop from today.
I ordered food and coffee for the night online on their website to be delivered (I have done this before). Kept us waiting for an hour no one calls us to confirm though our card was charged and got a confirmation email. We call them up after half an hour and they were still checking their system and said they ll call back. An hour later at 10PM they call us and tell us there is no one to deliver and so they will not be sending the food and will refund the money next day!!!
Kept us waiting for more than an hour and then tells us we will not get our dinner and we have to go look for food at 10:30pm in Colombo and that too after charging our card and confirming the order!
Worst ever service from a cafe. Not going to be visiting them anymore and make sure our freinds and family dont either. Thye dont care about customers.
wheres ur old friendly services…!!! the norml coffe mood nt thr…cant complain of their pancake platter though… pull up the old game fellas
Hands down the WORST cup of coffe i have had in colombo, or anywhere for that matter. They absolutely fried the taste, along with the roof of my mouth. Whatever was left over smelled of burnt ashe and was nothing close to consumable. I agree with the prevoious reviewer, this place deserves zero stars and will never be on my repeat list. How do places like this remain in business?!? Yuck!
Nothing to comment about and just plain ordinary food.Been here a couple of times and the food was not value for money
Java lounge service has been consistently bad. Every time we've visited them either they got the order wrong or took over 30 mins to serve - which was a drink and/or dessert that is made in advance. And the staff is unapologetic and has so much attitude. We don't go there anymore.
1/5
AL2007
This place is NOT only heavily overpriced but the quality of beverages and food is NOT at all what one can expect. They sell an ice latte which is basically instant coffee, richlife milk and tons of ice cubes. By the time the ice melts, you basically have extremely watery coffee. There is no sugar and don't tell you to add sugar nor were there any sachets. Each latte is LKR 530.00 for crap they call ice latte. Then I asked for a slice of strawberry cheesecake which was this tiny piece of cake placed in a large box with No doily or anything. The box was so big when compared to the small piece of cake that it fell and all the topping was in the box. Shocking. Java Lounge prices are brought day light robbery given what you get for what the price you have to pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1/5
Malinthe YAMU STAFF
It's just not worth it. Overpriced and underwhelming. The coffee here makes me wanna cry.
4/5
BaileyDar
This is a nice spot to hang out with friends for brunch. loved their food.