461, Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo 5
Open until 06:00 PM
The Bread Company is a great place for freshly baked bread, a wide range of fresh meat cuts, and meals like sandwiches and hotdogs.
තිඹිරිගස්යාය පාරෙ තියෙන ද බ්‍රෙඩ් කොම්පැනිය, ඒ පැත්තෙන් වැඩට එන ගොඩක් අය උදේට උදේට ගොඩවෙන තැනක්. මේකට ඉස්සර කීවේ ජර්මන් ආටිසන් බේකරි කියලා. ඉතිං වෙන ඕන ම බේකරියක වගේ මේකෙත් පාන්, බනිස් වගේ දේවල් තමයි තියෙන්නෙ.
බේස්ලයින් පාරේ aat හන්දියෙන් හැරෙන තිඹිරිගස්යාය පාරෙ තමයි මේක තියෙන්නෙ. ඒ පැත්තෙ ඉඳන් එද්දි නම් පාරෙ දකුණු පැත්තෙ. තඩි බෝඩ් එකක් තියෙන නිසා ලේසියෙන් මිස්වෙන්නෙ නෑ. ලොකු ඉඩක් නැතත් මේක ඇතුළ ලස්සනට හදල තියෙනවා. ෆොක්ස්වැගන් කාර්වල එක එක විදියෙ ෆොටෝ හැමතැන ම එල්ලලා; ඉන්න ගමන් කියවන්න ඕන නම් පොඩි පොත් රාක්කෙකුත් තියෙනවා.
අපි කන්න ගත්තෙ ස්පයිසි බීෆ් සැලඩ් (රු. 400) එකකුයි බීඑල්ටී සැන්විච් (රු. 500) එකකුයි වැඩිපුර බේකන් (+ රු. 100) දාපු ඔරිජිනල් පෝක් හොට්ඩෝග් (රු. 450) එකකුයි. බොන්න ඔරේජ්න් ජූසුයි (රු. 400) පෙයාස් ඇන්ඩ් ඔරේන්ජ් අයිස් ටීයි (රු. 150).
මේ ස්පයිසි බීෆ් සැලඩ් එක නම් මැරෙන්න කලින් අනිවාර්යයයෙන් කන්න ඕන ජාතියෙ එකක්. මේගොල්ලො ජර්මන් වුණාට මොකද මේක නම් ලංකාවේ අපේ දිවට ම හරියන්න හදල වගේ. නිකමට හිතන්න හොඳට ලුණු ඇඹුල් දාපු පොල් සම්බෝලයක් හරි කට්ට සම්බෝලයක් හරි; ඒක බීෆ්වලින් හැදුවොත් මොන වගේ වෙයිද? මේක හරියට ම ඒ වගේ. හොඳට අමුමිරිස්, ලුණු ඇඹුල් එහෙම වැටිලා. වෙන සැලඩ්වල වගේ සලාද කොළයි, තක්කාලියි නෙවෙයි, මේක තනිකර ම බීෆ්!
බීඑල්ටී එකේ බේකන් ටික කරස් ගාලා හැපෙන ගානට බැදිලා. ෆ්‍රෙෂ් සලාද කොළයි තක්කාලියි එකතුවෙලා එද්දි පට්ට. බන් එක ගැන ඉතිං කියන්න දෙයක් නෑනෙ; මේක බේකරියක් නෙ. හරිම ෆ්‍රෙෂ්. අනිත් එක හෝල් ග්‍රේන් බන් එකක් නෙ මේකට එන්නෙ.
හොට්ඩෝග් එකත් මරු. එක්ක හනි මස්ටඩ් පොඩ්ඩකුත් එක්ක පෝක් සොසේජ් එක උඩට කරවුණු බේකන් කෑලි ටිකත් වැටුණම ඉතිං, කියන්න වදන් නෑ!
ඕරේන්ජ් ජූස් එකත් තනිකර ම දොඩම් මිරිකරල ම හදපු එකක්. එක ම අවුල මේක කූල් නැති එක තමයි. අයිස් කැට දෙකතුනක් දාල තිබුණ නම් මරු. අයිස් ටී එකේ නම් ඔරේන්ජ් රහට වඩා ආවේ පෙයාස් රහ. තේ එකත් ගොඩක් කහට නෑ; හරිම ලයිට්. වැඩිය කහට රස නැති එකට මම නම් කැමතියි. මේක මාර රිෆ්‍රෙෂිං.
මේ ටික කාල ඉවරවෙද්දි බඩ හොඳට ම පිරිල තිබුණත් ඩෙසර්ට් එකකුත් නොකා යන්න හිත දුන්නෙ නැති නිසා අපි සිනමන් ටෝස්ට් (රු. 600) එකකුත් ඕඩර් කළා. මේක එන්නෙ කිතුල් පැණිත් එක්ක. ටෝස්ට් කිව්වට මේක නිකං පෑන්කේක් එකක් වගේ. කිතුල් පැණි නැතුව වුණත් කන්න පුළුවන්. කුරුඳු රසත් ගානට. කිතුල් පැණි එක ගොඩක් උකු නැති වුණත් ඒක මේකත් එක්ක ගානට සෙට්වෙනවා.
සර්විස් එක ෆ්‍රෙන්ඩ්ලි. විනාඩි දහයක් පහළොවක් යද්දි අපේ කෑම ටික මේසෙට ආවා.
උදේට වැඩට දුවන ගමන් මොනව හරි අරන් යන්න වගේ ම දවල්ට, හවසට කන්න වුණත් මෙතන මරු. කොළඹ ගොඩක් තැන්වල දැන් ඇත්ත බේකන් නෑනෙ; චිකන් බේකන් නෙ ගොඩක් තැන්වල තියෙන්නෙ. හැබැයි මේ ගොල්ලො ගාව ඇත්ත බේකන් තියනව විතරක් නෙවෙයි, ක්‍රිස්පි වෙන්න බැදලා ඒක හදනවා ලෙසට ම. ගණනුත් අඩුයි නෙ.
The German Bread Company has stood their ground with their range of fresh home-baked bread, fresh and cured meat cuts, and meals. We dropped in for a late lunch and all went well.
The Bread Company does excellent breads, sausages, pickles and more, and they do some of the best sandwiches in the city and a good breakfast if you want to dine in.
We love this place. The Bread Company does good dine-in options (hot dogs, sandwiches, burgers, salads, cinnamon buns) and wonderful things to take home (sausages, pickles, jams, bread).
The Bread Company does excellent breads, sausages, pickles and more, and they do the best hot dog in the city and a good breakfast if you want to dine in.
සිංහල තිඹිරිගස්යාය පාරෙ තියෙන ද බ්‍රෙඩ් කොම්පැනිය, උදේට වැඩට දුවන ගමන් මොනව හරි අරන් යන්න වගේ ම දවල්ට, හවසට කන්න වුණත් මෙතන මරු.
Address
461, Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo 5
Directions
Coming down Thimibirigasyaya Road, past St. Theresa's Church (heading east). It’s about 100m past the church, opposite Ma’s Gourmet (it’s a grocery store with bright orange paint).
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4/5
The signage now says - The Artisan Bread Company - and the name has probably been changed from the above. Found it open after a very long time. I probably visited them on Mondays, Public holidays or after 6 pm when they are closed.
It’s a quaint, relaxed coffee shop. A no frills unhurried place ideal for a catch up with old friends. Its like sitting in your own country kitchen with staff ever ready to bring food and drinks as and when you want.
Its owned and run by a German family and therefore they have Lovely artisan breads and European style fresh sandwiches. Coffee including Cappuccinos and espressos are under Rs 350/- They also serve fresh juices.
When many Colombo restaurants are chickening out of pork, the Bread Company is a Pork lovers Haven. Flock here for quality pork sausages, Real pork bacon and roast pork sandwiches.
Although it is a very small place, many trained chefs work in the kitchen at any time. So service is fast because it is almost overstaffed but that’s to ensure quality and speed.
They open early, at 7 am for breakfast but close by sunset. A hearty breakfast is around Rs. 1,000/- and many breakfast options are available, and whipped up very efficiently. Their mustard sauce is exceptionally good.
Many items are reasonably priced. For instance, Brownie slabs with walnuts are only Rs. 400/- and Bacon and egg Buns are Rs. 200/- and they are big and also the best Bacon and egg Buns in town with real bacon and lots of stuffing. Hefty made to order sandwiches are Rs450/-. However, the cupcakes at Rs 350/- for a small cup cake is far too expensive. Government taxes are included in all the prices but a 10% Service charge is added even on takeaways.
The messy toilet and the lukewarm coffee really need to be improved but the relaxed setting and the food make up for the shortfalls.
5/5
Ended my intense gym session with a "high-octane-recovery" breakfast today at the Bread company: 3-egg-white omelette w/ spinach and mushrooms, cured salmon, bruschetta and granola with dried fruits and some dark roast coffee. Can do the gym session all over again after that nutritious meal ;-)
5/5
Such a nice place!! Had their gourmet sausage bun with sweet relish onions. It was awesome. The person was very helpful as we tried to go out because we didn't see much food items and he gave us the options. He mentioned that the Bread Company is yet to come (which is there now). The buns were bit pricey. However the place was cozy and good for a bite on the way home after work. :)
Can someone name a landmark around this place, cause I went there according to the directions but there was only a barren land -_-
Well the closest land mark is St.Theresa's Church. It's less than 100m past the church, opposite Ma's gourmet (it's a grocery store with bright orange paint).
Went there today and tried their chicken sandwich. Pretty good. And the pieces of chicken were nice and crisp.
Pricing is a tad but expensive compared to the size of the sandwich. But I guess the fresh ingredients make up for it
Their roast pork sandwich is awesome. The coffee is good too. I think Rs 350 for a sandwich, considering the gourmet bread and the ingredients used, is worth it. Besides, it is one of the few places in Colombo to get a pork sandwich. So I will be going there a lot :-)
Timings are a bit inconsistent! Tried going there for lunch today and they were closed :(
Ended up going to paninos
My little girl loves their chicken sandwich.I really like the cinnamon buns.So delicious!
What are their actual hours? I have tried going there on a few Saturdays at lunchtime and they've been closed.
Just dropped by at this place while I was passing by mainly because I was thirsty and looking for a juice. Ended up getting an Ice Tea, which was reasonably priced and tasted good. The couple at the counter (owners?) were really friendly and service oriented. Glad to see more of these coming up - also check out Oven Geeks too!
The service is really good, the owners run the show and they're really nice setting the perfect atmosphere for an amazing meal. Definitely coming back every chance I get! Highly Recommended. Time To Cut off on the McDonalds and the KFC And stop by this amazing restaurant and get serious value for money guys!
We have been to GBC (german bread co) several times.
We did a sausage test - keep in mind these are very expensive sausages at 250 for 1 pork sausage yes thats 1, and 200 for 1 chicken sausage yes 1! the 3rd sausage we served was just plain ol store bought Lingus…guess which one finished fastest and first. No health claims here…its all on taste.
The hotdogs are underwhelming at 450 a pop, its a total craving item but quite unsatisfying for any level of hunger unless you are very small made and eat little - you need about two to hit the spot or chew very slowly. These are very high quality dogs though coming with a great sweet relish and of course their own buns. That relish should be sold in a jar GBC!
They do great massive breakfasts sub 1000Rs. Eggs are great here as is the bacon. Two things which are hard to come by at quality in CMB and made right I might add. I really hope they maintain the quality level.
Service is so-so from numerous occasions - we ordered a cinamon roll when they were on the counter then later were told its sold out as some lady came and bought them all whilst we were seated…They simply forgot to serve us the roll but chose to say it was sold out…This was the service girl not the owners.
TIP: Try not to order too many variations as they tend to get it mixed up (aka wrong) - keep it from the menu and simple for theirs and your sake. This is a very small place with no parking and very little seating - park on the street and walk up or down to it.
I had a beef bun for the first time. It was yumm such a punch juicy stuff. Never have tasted such tasty beef bun before. Love it.
5/5
Guruge_H
Awsome sandwitches. In a city where it is so hard to find pork dishes, there is some really really good pork options here. The sausages (chicken and pork) are really good.
4/5
BaileyDar
love their sandwiches! this place has many different names and that confuses me :p I'd give a 4/5.
4/5
GayanP
The signage now says - The Artisan Bread Company - and the name has probably been changed from the above. Found it open after a very long time. I probably visited them on Mondays, Public holidays or after 6 pm when they are closed.
It’s a quaint, relaxed coffee shop. A no frills unhurried place ideal for a catch up with old friends. Its like sitting in your own country kitchen with staff ever ready to bring food and drinks as and when you want.
Its owned and run by a German family and therefore they have Lovely artisan breads and European style fresh sandwiches. Coffee including Cappuccinos and espressos are under Rs 350/- They also serve fresh juices.
When many Colombo restaurants are chickening out of pork, the Bread Company is a Pork lovers Haven. Flock here for quality pork sausages, Real pork bacon and roast pork sandwiches.
Although it is a very small place, many trained chefs work in the kitchen at any time. So service is fast because it is almost overstaffed but that’s to ensure quality and speed.
They open early, at 7 am for breakfast but close by sunset. A hearty breakfast is around Rs. 1,000/- and many breakfast options are available, and whipped up very efficiently. Their mustard sauce is exceptionally good.
Many items are reasonably priced. For instance, Brownie slabs with walnuts are only Rs. 400/- and Bacon and egg Buns are Rs. 200/- and they are big and also the best Bacon and egg Buns in town with real bacon and lots of stuffing. Hefty made to order sandwiches are Rs450/-. However, the cupcakes at Rs 350/- for a small cup cake is far too expensive. Government taxes are included in all the prices but a 10% Service charge is added even on takeaways.
The messy toilet and the lukewarm coffee really need to be improved but the relaxed setting and the food make up for the shortfalls.