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Colombo has the widest selection of restaurants and eating places in the country which serve both Sri Lankan and international cuisines. The hotels have fine restaurants with a La carte and extensive buffets which are value for money. Some of the restaurants worth trying are:

Sri Lankan Food

Palmyrah Restaurant, Hotel Renuka, kollupitiya. Curry Bowl, 24 Deal Place, Kollupitiya. New Woodlands Restaurant at the corner of York and Hospital Streets. Woodlands, 192 4^th Cross Street, Pettah. The Galle Face Hotel buffet. Pagoda Tea Room, Chatham Street (western food also).Green Cabin, 453 Galle Road, Colombo 3 (multi cuisine). Fountain Cafe, 1 Justice Akbar Mawatha (for western food also). Max’s San Remo, 199 Union Place, Tel: 345291 (Sri Lankan lunch buffet, Italian and barbeque for dinner). Summer Garden, Ananda Ku-maraswamy Mawatha. Sapid Restaurant at the corner of GalIe Road and Vajira Road. Hotel Concord, 139 Galle Road (western food also). Governor’s Cafe, Mt. Lavinia Hotel.

Chinese Food

Great Wall, Chatham Street. Orchid Restaurant, 70 Chatham Street. Zanshi Palace, 253 RA De Mel Mawatha. Flower Drum, Opposite Thurst on College, Colombo 3 Tel: 574216. Chinese Dragon Cafe, 231 Galle Road. Miyako Restaurant, 45 5th Lane, RA De Mel Mawatha Tel: 576400. Siam House, 438 RA De Mel Mawatha, Colombo 4, Tel: 573770 (Thai food). Jade Gardens Restaurant, 126 Have lock Road, Colombo 5, Tel: 501078. Gourmet Palace, 399/A, RA Del Mawatha, Colombo 3, Tel: 596700.

Indian Food

Navaratna, Taj Samudra Hotel. Greenlands Hotel, Shrubbery Gardens, Galle Road. Holiday Inn (Mughlai food). Amaravethi, Mile Post Aye, Colombo 3.

Western Food

Alt Heidelberg German Restaurant, Galle Face Court. Pizza Hut, 323 Union Place, Colombo 2 (fast food). Don Stanley's, 69 Alexandra Place, Colombo 3, Tel: 686486 (Italian food). Don's Cafe, Colombo 7 (Italian food). Cricket Club Cafe, 34 Queens Road, Tel: 501384. German Restaurant, Mt. Lavinia, Tel: 716034. Chesa Swiss Restaurant, 3 Deal Place A, Colombo 3, Tel: 573433. Paradise Road, 213 Dharampala Mawatha.

Seafood

Seafish Restaurant, 15 Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha, Colombo 2. Beach Wadiya, Station Road, Tel: 588568. Orient Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant, 1 A Race Course Avenue, Colombo 1, Tel: 695469.

Miscellaneous

Kolio, 383 RA De Mel Mawatha, Tel:574930 (Mongolian food). Atsumi

Holiday Resort, Thuduwa, Madapatha (outside Colombo on the Bolgoda Lake), Tel: 504433 (multi-cuisine).

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