Colombo

Barefoot Garden is a café, a shop, an art gallery, and a performance space all in one. Despite its location right in the heart of Colombo, this unique outdoor café offers a peaceful ambience, where you can relax over a cup of coffee, some freshly brewed tea, or a nice cold beer. Be sure to check out their Instagram page for their daily specials, which include Black Pork Curry, spinach quiches, and Lamprais–a famous local delicacy.

Tucked behind the busy Galled Road is this lively cafe offering wraps and burgers as well as an assortment of Sri Lankan delights. As the name reveals, this venue is dedicated to cricket, so here, you will find cricket memorabilia, endless matches on TV, and dishes named after cricketers.

BreadTalk has made bread baking into an art form. Spread over 16 countries, this popular bakery is known for its wide variety of fresh and tasty items as well as gourmet desserts, and generous fillings. Stop by one of their Colombo locations for a taste of flavourful pastries.

This café occupies the former offices of Sri Lanka’s renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa. Don’t miss the stylish setting inside or the courtyard where French and Italian cuisine, mouth-watering desserts, and their signature tamarind-chilli cocktail are served.

Rustic wooden tables, plants and pictures of Sri Lanka decorate this colonial house, which is home to Cafe Kumbuk. With the goal of promoting healthy and sustainable living, this charming cafe offers fresh and healthy items made from local ingredients. Vegan options are also available.

This Southern California coffee chain has made its way to Sri Lanka, and it has provided the Colombo community with its amazing varieties of coffee and tea, savoury and sweet pastries, and, of course, its signature ice-blended beverages.