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Best Cafés in Sri Lanka (2026)

Coffee 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

  1. Barefoot Garden Café Garden café, KollupitiyaThe 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.
  2. Café Kumbuk Healthy brunch café, Cinnamon GardensA Colombo 7 café focused on fresh, locally sourced and healthy food made without refined white sugar, serving brunch, salads, cakes and specialty coffee.
  3. The Commons Coffee House Coffee house, Cinnamon GardensA 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.

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2. Café Kumbuk

Healthy brunch café$$Cinnamon Gardens

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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6. The Fort Café

Café and tea room$$Fort

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.

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