30, ස්ටැන්ලි තිලකරත්න මාවත, ජම්බුගස්මුල්ල, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Sarasavi Warehouse is located a few hundred metres (Towards the Nugegoda Supermarket) from the main Sarasavi Bookshop. Strangely, the latter exhibits no sign whatsoever of the former’s existence. Even the Warehouse seems unsure of itself ; when I aske ...
15, 2 වන මහල, මැජෙස්ටික් සිටි, කොළඹ 04, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Pottery Shop is a warm, cramped space full of clayware precariously balanced on tired looking shelves. All items are handmade by local craftsmen. They have lamps, ornaments, teapots, plates, mugs, pendants, shampoo containers for hotels and spas, frag ...
2, රීඩ් මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Colombo Racecourse is a beautiful restored building in Colombo 7 which houses a somewhat mediocre mall. They've now extended the building into what we're calling the Dutch Hospital 2, but the shopping options are not much improved.
ක්රෙස්කැට් බුල්වාඞ්, ගාලු පාර, කොළඹ 03, ශ්රී ලංකාව
We're starting reviews of supermarkets because really, you shouldn't be eating out so much. Keells Super at Crescat Mall (in the basement to be precise) is one of the most internationally patronized in the city. A whole range of westerners and Asians, ...
නත්තල් අලංකරණ, 15, කර්නල් ටී ජී ජයවර්ධන මාවත, කොළඹ 03, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This isn't really a shop and it's only open seasonally, but Daya Perera has the best (and cheapest) Christmas decorations outside of Pettah. The Stuff For Christmas lights (Rs. 120 per string), artificial trees (Rs. 6,500+), tree baubles (Rs. 150+ per ...
1, ස්පාතෝඩියා ඇවනිව්, කොළඹ 05, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Glory Swimwear has some pretty amazing mannequins. They honestly look like they belong in another sort of store. Besides that they have all of the swimming-related stuff you could want, at high prices. Basic goggles are Rs. 850 - 7,000 (!), swim trunks ...
89, ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායක මාවත, කොළඹ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Jalanka is a small Japanese supermarket in Colombo 8. They have a lot of good and reasonably priced sauces, noodles and imported Japanese items. Jalanka is a long-running Japanese food and supplies store. You can get everything from Ramen noodles to sl ...
1 / 1ඩී, බගතලේ පාර, කොළඹ 03, ශ්රී ලංකාව
CHARLES & KEITH is a Singaporean fashion franchise focusing mainly on women's footwear and bags. They have over 300 outlets across the world, one of which resides along the Galle Road in Colpetty. Charles & Keith offers a good selection of well designe ...
101, ඩී.එස්. සේනානායක පාර, කොළඹ 08, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The new House Of Fashions is kind of amazing, though the goods (mainly clothing) they sell remains generally mediocre. House Of Fashions [sic] has been a sub-continental shopping mecca since 1992. They've been efficiently doing tons of business in a bi ...
21, ලිබර්ටි ප්ලාසා, කොළඹ 03, ශ්රී ලංකාව
If you need a liquor store with parking, the Labels in Liberty Plaza isn't a bad one. They have one of the cities larger wine selections and a good amount of champagne. Some of the champagne is quite expensive (Rs. 10,000 up) but they have Prosecco an ...
245 ජී, ස්ටැන්ලි තිලකරත්න මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Surely anyone who hears the phrase ‘Fifth Avenue’, immediately thinks of Barneys, the New York Public Library, the beautiful Guggenheim and if they’ve seen The Apprentice (unfortunately) of Donald Trump at Trump Tower telling people that they’re fired. So ...
තම්බයියා මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Central Cultural Fund’s website is down and tickets to Sigirya, Polonaruwa and Anuradhapura must be purchased from one of their offices. Their head office is located at Bauddhaloka Mawatha but I prefer the branch at Thambiah avenue as it has a booksto ...
28, ගවර් වීදිය, කොළඹ 05, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This is one of those expensive gift places for expensive people. Want something that smells old and affirms that you are indeed a person of class and distinction? Hit up the Hermitage. Like Paradise Road and Gandhara it deals in antiques- furniture, stone ...
රීඩ් මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
ProMate is a stationery shop, they’ve got a few pricey looking pens here and a huge collection of notebooks. Their whole brand practically revolves around notebooks; notepads, spiral pads, CADpads, memo pads, workbooks, scrapbooks, drawing books, etcetera ...
රීඩ් මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This shop is a miniature version of the bigger Laksala which is just a 10 minute walk from here. The vibrant souvenir boutique holds some small wooden carvings, decorated brass ornaments, some handloom clothing, gems and jewellery and some handy little pa ...
ඩුප්ලිකේෂන් පාර, ලොරිස් පාර, කොළඹ 04, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Ariyapala is not a supermarket, it's a liquor store. A pretty good one. They have perhaps the best selection of wine and a decent selection of alcohol. It's also got the added ambiance of not ordering your drink through literal bars. Ariyapala is a fam ...
ආචාර්ය විජේවර්ධන මාවත, මරදාන, ශ්රී ලංකාව
A rainy afternoon browsing through eclectic piles of old books. The particular bouquet - must, dry dust, fading ink, a touch of mold- of long unthumbed chapters, a grand old theater crumbling in the background, and street life buzzing all around you. I ...
යූනියන් පෙදෙස, කොළඹ 02, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Midaya is a ceramics shop with affordable cups, bowls, plates and various ceramic things. We once walked into the Midaya shop thinking it had chocolates, which it doesn't. This storefront on the corner of Union Place and Dawson Street has a range of ra ...
41, හෝර්ටන් පෙදෙස, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The new Saskia Fernando Gallery on Horton Place has ample room for their interesting art collection. The old Saskia Fernando Gallery, founded on Dharmapala Mawatha in 2009, was a breath of fresh air to the Colombo art and social scene. It was also tiny ...
2, ඇල්ෆ්රඩ්ඩ් හවුස් පාර, කොළඹ 03, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Gallery Cafe is a Colombo institution. While the cafe/restaurant portion of the dual use space gets more attention (chocolate nemesis is its own art form) the gallery portion, which occupies the entrance hall and the building's first courtyard, is one ...