Shaniya’s guidebook

Shaniya
Shaniya’s guidebook

Food scene

Delicious old fashioned Sri Lankan food restaurant. Has been around for many years
Cyril Rodrigo's Green Cabin
Delicious old fashioned Sri Lankan food restaurant. Has been around for many years
Authentic delicious vegetarian and vegan Sri Lankan food
Ranbath
32 Sri Sambuddhathva Jayanthi Mawatha
Authentic delicious vegetarian and vegan Sri Lankan food
Restaurant belonging to the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon which serves fusion food springing from the Dutch colonial period and now part of Sri Lanka cuisine
VOC Cafe
114 Reid Avenue
Restaurant belonging to the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon which serves fusion food springing from the Dutch colonial period and now part of Sri Lanka cuisine
Mouth watering pastries and cakes and lamprais (rice and curry in a banana leaf) from an old establishment. Reasonable prices
Rodrigo's
Mouth watering pastries and cakes and lamprais (rice and curry in a banana leaf) from an old establishment. Reasonable prices
A typical Sri Lankan-style pastry shop with delicious bacon and egg pastries, chicken pastries, fish pastries, chocolate eclairs, brownies, cheesecake, apple pies, fish and mutton rolls, iced and hot coffee etc.
Klassy Pastry Shop
2C De Fonseka Rd
A typical Sri Lankan-style pastry shop with delicious bacon and egg pastries, chicken pastries, fish pastries, chocolate eclairs, brownies, cheesecake, apple pies, fish and mutton rolls, iced and hot coffee etc.
Delicious South Indian vegetarian food on Park Road, Colombo 5
Thalis Restaurant Indian Vegetarian Cusine
155 උද්‍යාන පාර
Delicious South Indian vegetarian food on Park Road, Colombo 5
Pastry Shop with delectable short eats, cakes and meals on Fife Road. Sri Lankan food influenced by hundreds of years of foreigners on the island- fusion
Tasty Caterers
88 Fife Rd
Pastry Shop with delectable short eats, cakes and meals on Fife Road. Sri Lankan food influenced by hundreds of years of foreigners on the island- fusion
A typical Sri Lankan bread shop with local buns, rolls, short eats and bread. Best to go from 6-11 am and from 3.30 to about 5 pm
New Torrington Bakery
Thimbirigasyaya Road
A typical Sri Lankan bread shop with local buns, rolls, short eats and bread. Best to go from 6-11 am and from 3.30 to about 5 pm
A relaxing garden cafe with lovely hand woven clothes shop and souvenirs and an art gallery
16 místní doporučují
Barefoot Garden Cafe
704 Galle Rd
16 místní doporučují
A relaxing garden cafe with lovely hand woven clothes shop and souvenirs and an art gallery
Lovely Palastine restaurant serving fresh food like zartar, humus and kebabs
Dolci Falasteen
Lovely Palastine restaurant serving fresh food like zartar, humus and kebabs
A brand new breakfast restaurant and cafe with very good food and coffee
Blooming Breakfast Resto Bar & Cafe
A brand new breakfast restaurant and cafe with very good food and coffee
Blooming Breakfast Resto Bar & Cafe
Coffee shop on Jawatte Road, near Thimbirigasaya Road
Epi-Q Express Gourmet
106 Jawatta Road
Coffee shop on Jawatte Road, near Thimbirigasaya Road
Coffee shop on Jawatte Road (near Thimbirigasaya Road)
31 místní doporučují
Java Lounge - Serving Starbucks Coffee
135 Jawatta Rd
31 místní doporučují
Coffee shop on Jawatte Road (near Thimbirigasaya Road)
Real Italian pizza restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
28 místní doporučují
Giovanni's
145 Thimbirigasyaya Rd
28 místní doporučují
Real Italian pizza restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
Italian restaurant run by Italians. Authentic Italian food
Dolce Italia
Italian restaurant run by Italians. Authentic Italian food
Kebab restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
Doner & Durum
128 Thimbirigasyaya Rd
Kebab restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
Delicious Vietnamese restaurant on Havelock Road, opposite Police Park
Pho Vietnam
62 Havelock Road
Delicious Vietnamese restaurant on Havelock Road, opposite Police Park
Chinese restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
9 místní doporučují
Moon River Chinese Sea Food Restaurant
Thimbirigasyaya Road
9 místní doporučují
Chinese restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
Japanese restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
8 místní doporučují
Sushi Kai
143A Jawatta Rd
8 místní doporučují
Japanese restaurant on Thimbirigasaya Road
Korean restaurant
Han Gook Gwan
Korean restaurant
Delicious Chinese/Malaysian restaurant
10 místní doporučují
88 Chinese Restaurant
1 Sri Sambuddhathva Jayanthi Mawatha
10 místní doporučují
Delicious Chinese/Malaysian restaurant
Kang's BBQ
Delicious Thai restaurant, 47 Thimbirigasaya Road
Lan Tao Cafe & Fusion Restaurant
47 Thimbirigasyaya Road
Delicious Thai restaurant, 47 Thimbirigasaya Road
Thai food on Park Road
Quick Thai Park Road
No.1 Park Gardens
Thai food on Park Road
Pizza on Thimbirigasaya Road
Pizza Hut - Thimbirigasyaya
1 Siripa Rd
Pizza on Thimbirigasaya Road
Bubble Tea, Thimbirigasaya Road
Bubble Me Bubble Tea
106 Thimbirigasyaya Rd
Bubble Tea, Thimbirigasaya Road
Sri Lankan food and pastries (a very old catering company), on Havelock Road. This is a chain of shops. There are many and they are reasonably priced.
Perera & Sons (P&S)
31 Havelock Rd
Sri Lankan food and pastries (a very old catering company), on Havelock Road. This is a chain of shops. There are many and they are reasonably priced.
A well stocked supermarket within walking distance on Havelock Road
36 místní doporučují
Keells Super
228 Havelock Rd
36 místní doporučují
A well stocked supermarket within walking distance on Havelock Road
Supermarket within walking distance on Park Road
Cargills Food City - Colombo 05
213 Park Rd
Supermarket within walking distance on Park Road
A beach bar, not too far away by tuk (or about 45 minutes walk) in Wellawatte beach
14 místní doporučují
The Station Restaurant & Bar
41 Wasala Rd
14 místní doporučují
A beach bar, not too far away by tuk (or about 45 minutes walk) in Wellawatte beach
Petti Kade - The Kitchen On Wheels
Chaiwala Colombo
Trendy street of restaurants and pubs
25 místní doporučují
Park Street Mews
48 Park St
25 místní doporučují
Trendy street of restaurants and pubs
Very nice burgers
Street Burger
34 Ramya Rd
Very nice burgers
This is a good place if you are craving a fast food burger
Burger King - Colombo 03
283 Galle Rd
This is a good place if you are craving a fast food burger

Art space

Spaces to get involved in art and activities including talks on various subjects
Studio Kayamai
SNAFU
6 místní doporučují
Barefoot Gallery
Galle Road
6 místní doporučují
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka
89 Lauries Rd
Display of paintings by Sri Lankan artists from the 1940s onwards
8 místní doporučují
Sapumal Foundation
32 Barnes Pl
8 místní doporučují
Display of paintings by Sri Lankan artists from the 1940s onwards
18 místní doporučují
Lionel Wendt Art Gallery
Premasiri Khemadasa Mawatha
18 místní doporučují
Good Market Event

Museum

History of Sri Lanka
186 místní doporučují
Národní muzeum
Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha
186 místní doporučují

Malls with cinemas

A lovely mall with shops, food courts and large screen cinemas with local, indian and English movies
22 místní doporučují
One Galle Face Mall
1A Center Road
22 místní doporučují
A lovely mall with shops, food courts and large screen cinemas with local, indian and English movies
Large mall with food court and cinemas
42 místní doporučují
Colombo City Centre
137 Sir James Pieris Mawatha
42 místní doporučují
Large mall with food court and cinemas

Neighborhoods

The local post office
Havelock Town Post Office
The local post office
A city mall within walking distance
Havelock City
A city mall within walking distance
This leads to Kinross beach in Colombo 6, over the rail tracks and is suitable for swimming
Kinross Ave, Colombo, Šrí Lanka
This leads to Kinross beach in Colombo 6, over the rail tracks and is suitable for swimming
Walk along Marine drive which is close by, until you get to the city centre (Galle Face and Colombo Fort)
Marine Drive, Colombo, Šrí Lanka
Walk along Marine drive which is close by, until you get to the city centre (Galle Face and Colombo Fort)
Fort
A street
25 místní doporučují
Park Street Mews
48 Park St
25 místní doporučují
A street

Doporučení související s městem

Místní doprava

Download travel aps, bus service, trains

Download the Pickme and Uber aps for getting around by tuk or taxi. There are plenty of buses within walking distance. Narahenpita and Bambalapitiya railway stations are not too far away.
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Isipathana Buddhist temple

On Isipathana Mawatha
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Fresh vegetable and fruit market

Narahenpita Economic Centre, on Kirimandala Road is a short tuk ride away
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The Post Office

This is a short walk down the road on Dickmans Road (now called Lester James Peries Mawatha)
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Sri Lanka Telecom for your local Mobitel sim

This is on Lester James Peries Mawatha (formerly Dickmans Road), a short walk down the road