2B, Gregory's Road, Colombo 07
Open until 11:00 PM
London House of Coffee is a new coffee shop located on Gregory's Road serving Ceylon Coffee - roasted in-house.
Set in Gregory's Road, the London House of Coffee has warm, hospitable service, great atmosphere, and pretty good coffee and drinks. They also have remarkably nice washrooms, and have maintained these standards from when they first opened up over an year ago.
The service here is stellar. From the moment you enter to when you're ready to leave, the waitstaff are attentive, friendly and helpful. They also volunteer with recommendations, which is great for when you're indecisive and can't pick between a coconut and mango smoothie.
On recommendation, we went for the Coconut and Avacado Smoothie (Rs. 550) and then after more debate, picked out a bunch of other drinks and desserts, along with a Toasted Tuna Sandwich (Rs. 550).
The sandwich was well done, pleasantly fresh and crispy, with the tuna not overpowered by the other elements. It's actually quite filling, and can be shared among two people if you're also going for that smoothie; which honestly, is a meal in itself.
LHoC has expanded their menu, and they now have a range of organic smoothies. We liked the sound of them — non-pretentious and uncomplicated, the range consisted of easily available local produce. Our Coconut and Avacado Smoothie was better than expected: it was supremely thick, and had layers of flavour which blended beautifully with each other. Okay, it was just the flavour of both the fruits, but the execution was spot on. The buttermilk hits you first, and then comes a creamy coconut aftertaste.
We tried a few more drinks and were really impressed. The Hot Chocolate (Rs. 575) comes in a tall glass and is nice and warm. It could be a tad creamier, but the chocolate itself tastes quite good. It's hard to find a cuppa that doesn't disappoint, so we're happy with this find.
Having tried their coffees in the past, we wondered if they still made cups just as good — and they do. Coming at Rs. 475, the macchiato is slightly creamier than it ought to be (there's an actual layer of froth over the top, as opposed to just a dollop), but the coffee in itself is flavoursome and not bitter in a bad way. It was well prepared.
Food is where they fall slightly short. The Blueberry Cheesecake (Rs. 450) was unbelievably smooth and creamy, BUT also exuded a pretty strong egg smell that was quite off-putting. The biscuit base was a bit soggy too, but if you had a really weak sense of smell (and maybe taste) you wouldn't get the eggyness of it.
You get quite a large slice of Apple Pie for Rs. 450. I liked this one, though the pie crust was more cakeythan flaky. There were raisins mixed in with the apple, and the pie itself was nicely aromatic with cinnamon and stewed apple.
We also ordered an English scone, but they forgot to bring it and we forgot all about it until we checked the bill for this review.
This has remained constant. The coffee shop is housed in a beautiful old building which has remained mostly unchanged. The dark wood panelling, white walls, large washrooms are all preserved nicely. The couches are spread out across different ends of the floor so there's a sense of privacy. You also get a lovely balcony area if you prefer fresh air to the airconditioned insides.
The prices are a bit on the expensive end, but you're guaranteed good service, drinks, and ambience. If you like coffee, organic juices, and interiors with character as opposed to the generic coffee shop atmosphere, you ought to check this place out.
Set in Gregory's Road, the London House of Coffee has warm, hospitable service, great atmosphere, and pretty good coffee and drinks.
London House of Coffee is a new coffee shop located on Gregory's Road serving Ceylon Coffee - roasted in-house.
සිංහල ෂැහ්! පංකාදුයිනෙ බොලේ. චෙඩර් චීස් ලේයර් එකක් උඩින් මොසරැල්ලා චීස් ලේයර් එකක්. කද්දි... එකක් ඇදෙනවා, අනෙකෙන් කිරි රස වෑහෙනවා. ඊටත් ළාවට ටෝස්ට් වෙච්ච සැන්ඩ්විච් බ්රෙඩ් එක..
සිංහල කොෆි හවුස්වලින් ඉතාමත් ඉහළ තත්ත්වයක් තියෙන තැනක් කියල ලන්ඩන් හවුස් ඔෆ් කොෆි හඳුන්වන්න පුළුවන්. කෑම බීම හොඳ වගේම, ඊටත් වඩා තැන හොඳයි.
Open until 11:00 PM
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A one-stop shop on the way to/from airport or to your getaway.…
Coffee Bean is slowly turning into Colombo's next Barista - this…
5/5
I came to LHOC today expecting nothing more than an extremely cold cafe with staff who can barely speak english (just like every other cafe in sri lanka) but i was delighted with the amazing and fast service of your waiters. The atmosphere was great and the fact that it was freezing cold was a one up for me. I was served by a lovely waiter by the name of Ramzeen and let me tell you; he is good at what he does. He's quick on his feet and very polite, he also knows how to talk to customers and im proud to say that i would 100% come here again and recommend LHOC to all of my friends! Also, the food and drinks were great, especially the fresh strawberry juice.
1/5
I went there to work and to have coffee. After finishing my coffee and paying for the bill, I decided to continue working at the place. But, the waiter said that the management is asking me to leave since I have already paid for the bill and since I have finished drinking my coffee. First of all, it's a coffee shop and not a FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. Second, any coffee shop will not ask their customers to leave once they finish their coffee since people go to a coffee place to chill/hangout/work/read. Ambiance is good. Coffee is average. Service is horrible.
"Since they don’t have a wide variety of savoury items, we didn’t try them on this occasion."
Um, wouldn't that make it really easy to try the savoury items?
Thank you for the review guys. I hardly have time to visit these places, but I do enjoy reading these reviews. May be it's to do with the talented editorial behind the scenes. I also received my second YAMU Magazine since I subscribed and I must say that I am very impressed by the layout.
As a customer of London house of coffee, the coffee and beverages which I've tried are pretty good. Seems as though they know what they are doing and are doing a good job at it. I wouldn't recommend a non coffee critic to base judgements off what they aren't familiar with.
Did not have any issues with the seating, as they were quite comfortable. The Yamu team should probably have portable seating to take along their visits next time to lounge around during their visits since they are used to lazing around without actual experience.
So r u a acclaimed coffee critic? get a life man and take the review for what it is…the yamu reviews give a general direction on what to expect and thats what matters. No one comes to yamu expecting expert coffee reviews or other expert comments.
Yamu certainly has helped me discover a lot of interesting eateries in and around colombo and im grateful for that.
The coffee was annoyingly bitter. But the service was great. And the set up has really good potential. I guess they will eventually figure it out. Most lankans prefer coffee with lots of cream and syrups so I guess it's OK to have bad beans.
Funnily enough, a barista on a cruise ship once told me that they get their top notch coffee from Sri Lanka. But they obviously don't sell it locally. A bit like our infamously large "export crabs" and the hotels by "resplendent ceylon". All conjured up locally but purely for the export market
I visited LHOC to get some work done in peace… and i have to admit that it was the perfect place! Coffee had a bit of a different taste but i wasn't that fussy about it. But the BB cheese cake was delicious.
What made me fall in love with this place was the service and the ambiance. The staff was friendly and always with a smile on their face. Loved being there and will definitely be visiting again very soon.
Such a great place, friendly staff, great coffee and nice environment to. Definitely be back
Not a good coffee place. They asked me to leave after paying and finishing my coffee. Was originally planning to work at the coffee place for the day and later on order for food BUT the service and coffee quality threw me off. It’s a coffee place but they are running it like a fast food chain. 😐
Great hospitality !
Very impressed with the way they treated us… The shop inside has a great atmosphere and ambience. I just had a great evening there, and yet again the service was overwhelming !
4/5
AdamG
Nice place to have a cappuccino. Enjoyed my time there.
5/5
jasmine deen
I came to LHOC today expecting nothing more than an extremely cold cafe with staff who can barely speak english (just like every other cafe in sri lanka) but i was delighted with the amazing and fast service of your waiters. The atmosphere was great and the fact that it was freezing cold was a one up for me. I was served by a lovely waiter by the name of Ramzeen and let me tell you; he is good at what he does. He's quick on his feet and very polite, he also knows how to talk to customers and im proud to say that i would 100% come here again and recommend LHOC to all of my friends! Also, the food and drinks were great, especially the fresh strawberry juice.
1/5
Mico Suba
I went there to work and to have coffee. After finishing my coffee and paying for the bill, I decided to continue working at the place. But, the waiter said that the management is asking me to leave since I have already paid for the bill and since I have finished drinking my coffee. First of all, it's a coffee shop and not a FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. Second, any coffee shop will not ask their customers to leave once they finish their coffee since people go to a coffee place to chill/hangout/work/read. Ambiance is good. Coffee is average. Service is horrible.