Café
1. Barefoot Garden Café
The courtyard café behind Barefoot's Galle Road shop, serving daily specials, sandwiches and drinks, with Sunday jazz sessions that have run for about 20 years.
View details — Barefoot Garden CaféCoffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.
6 places · Updated October 27, 2026
Our top 3 cafés in Sri Lanka
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The courtyard café behind Barefoot's Galle Road shop, serving daily specials, sandwiches and drinks, with Sunday jazz sessions that have run for about 20 years.
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A Colombo 7 café focused on fresh, locally sourced and healthy food made without refined white sugar, serving brunch, salads, cakes and specialty coffee.
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A Colombo 7 coffee house opened in 2005 by Harpo Gooneratne, refreshed for its 20th anniversary, serving coffee, rotti platters and all-day meals until midnight.
View details — The Commons Coffee HouseCafé
Paradise Road's Colombo 7 café overlooking the Town Hall, serving all-day brunch, coffee and cake in a quiet setting suited to meetings and remote work.
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A Colombo 7 bakery café that grew from Rukshi Nethicumara's home baking business, known for cinnamon rolls, tres leches and layer cakes.
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A café opened in 2025 by Tasty Caterers in Colombo Fort's Australia Building, serving barista coffee, artisanal teas, light meals and high tea on request.
View details — The Fort Café