DJ Aquarium is unfortunately not the name of a cool new hipster music-mixer as we would have loved to imagine - it's a little pet shop on Galle Road that sells birds and fish.
Gelato down Pedlar's Street
The Batticaloa Science Museum is not a very good museum and it smells funny (probably because of the generally live sea creatures in tanks) but it's interesting in its own way.
Sweetberry is a small juice bar which specializes in berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, etc).
I was pleasantly surprised to find all sorts of trinkets here - think ‘The Lover’s’ more subdued and sensible cousin. It’s a small store but everything’s well organized and the place…
Bargain/ second hand bookshop
We heard good things about Spicy Cabin, but our experience simply wasn't that good.
Sri Lanka’s favourite submarine is probably that at Dinemore. This fast food franchise has been around for quite a while, and by the looks of it they’ve expanded and opened up many…
A great place to grab some good rice and curry, along with a killer pork curry.
Hotel Top Form is an Indian restaurant under the Nugegoda flyover. It's OK, the lunch packets are not especially good but we hear good things about the tandoori.
Sen Saal was one of the very first large scale bakeries to establish themselves in Battaramulla. Since then they have added a restaurant at the back where they serve things like Lasgna, Rice and Curry, Nasi…
This has long been among the most exciting restaurants in the city. Not because of its cutting edge cuisine but because, for years, this was the only place to eat at Katunayake (BIA) airport. So a meal…
Sweet Tomato Halal Family Restaurant is a decent if slightly expensive option in Pettah, across from the Red Mosque. Down 2nd Cross Street, this clean and friendly establishment serves a decent biriyani at the rather…
There aren’t too many places in the world where one can sit down for a 24 course meal in a supposedly high-end restaurant for $20. This is, de facto, a fun experience and the…
This place has a promising name, but the fried rice is not very good at all. Costs Rs. 150 for lunch, which includes rice, some vegetable thing, slices of pineapple and cucumber and some chicken fried…
They do chicken biryani pretty darn good and now have crab and lamb on the menu.
Besides one dish, Moon River gave us nothing to be happy about. We honestly cannot recommend it with all the new alternatives in Colombo.
Foot Comfot is Colombo's most visible massage parlour, with branches all around town. The High Level Foot Comfot does a functional massage, albeit in a dark and slightly dodgy environment.
Mothercare is a shiny new store on Duplication Road (near Dickman's Road) that has high quality baby and mother clothes and things. It is also really expensive for most items, though there are a few deals…
If you're looking for a different Christmas gift this season, why not some milk toffee from Nandi's.
The Kingsbury hotel is a massive unmistakable building if you're driving by Galle Face - it's one of the grander ones in the city, with an old Victorian theme (at least with the interior).…
At the start, Coco Verandah was a huge hit amongst the local scene. They've steadily declined in terms of quality over time, though.
