135, බෞද්ධාලෝක මාවත, කොළඹ 04, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This place is totally demolished. Lanka Hands is a great place to buy gifts and souvenirs from. It may not be quite as classy as Barefoot or Paradise Road, or have it's own trademark range, but it sells plenty of nice Sri Lankan craft items and at a be ...
248, ගාලු පාර, කොළඹ 04, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Happiness is an online store for kids and mums (and dads). For our test order (Play-Doh) they delivered the same day (within three hours, actually), so color us impressed. Sri Lanka is seeing a lot of online stores coming up, which is a good thing. The ...
27, රොස්මීඩ් පෙදස, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Kiito is a bespoke tailor on Rosmead Place. They do excellent bespoke work ranging from suits (Rs. 16,000 upwards) to shirts and trousers (Rs. 3,000 upwards). They have material or you can bring your own. The main thing that makes Kiito our recommendation ...
1, තිඹිරිගස්යාය පාර, කොළඹ 05, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Shopping for fruit and veg in Colombo is rarely a pleasure. You're either fumbling through unopenable plastic bags at Keells or side-stepping dried puddles of crow poo at the market. The thing about vegetable shopping here is that you'll never find everyt ...
49, බේබෘෘක් වීදිය, කොළඹ 02, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Lexon Gift is a design conscious store located on Braybrooke Street. Lexon is right next to Curry Much (near Gangarama), so we've passed by it a lot. Inside they've got a lot of cool and innovative gift and office items. For example, personal fans, USB ...
ග්රෙගරි පාර, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Sri Lanka's first commercial 3D print-shop has started up. This young company will print almost any design from, say, Thingiverse, customize it, or help you design something of your own. They are also conducting classes on 3D printing. If you're unfami ...
ඩී ස්ටැන්ලි තිලකරත්න මාවත, නුගේගොඩ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Tree of Art is a tiny little shop in Nugegoda - so tiny we didn't even know it was there. We came across it quite by accident, having ventured into Nuge in search of a fast food joint called The Meat Locker. Unfortunately The Meat Locker looked as una ...
302, ගාලු පාර, කොළඹ 04, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Kapruka global shop connects Sri Lankans to giant US merchants like Amazon, eBay, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and others. They take a 5% commission for having it shipped down to Sri Lanka and mailed to your door - of course you still have to pay for the shipping ...
ලොරිස් පාර, කොළඹ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Uyana is a little shop of Lauries Road which is somewhat randomly open. You can't buy any of the cool stuff (CDs, pipes, fake Rolex watches) but they do sell a good selection of rolling papers and lighters. The shops is open at somewhat random hours, ...
49/2, ශ්රී චිත්තම්පලම් ඒ ගාඩිනර් මාවත, කොළඹ 02, ශ්රී ලංකාව
In the most unlikely place- a row of shabby kades on the turn off just before the Rowing Club, is the most magical little shop. Hewage’s Jewellers is the sort of shop you find in novels; a dark and slightly dusty treasure trove filled in this case quite l ...
ජනකලා සංකීර්ණය, පැලවත්ත, බත්තරමුල්ල, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Ignore the colossal white concrete box that is the Laksala outlet, and keep walking/driving towards the right, and you will find the serene Craft Village. Inspired by the Indian handicraft village ‘Dilli Haat’, the Shilpa Village is a sizeable estate comp ...
84, චැතැම් වීදිය, කොළඹ 01, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Established in 1952 there isn't anything new about it. However this really lovely old-world tailor/curio store down Chatham Street is still owned by a second generation Sri Lankan Chinese, Mr Chang, who somehow saw the place through the dark days (15 year ...
29, මල්වත්ත පාර, කොළඹ 11, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Christmas is coming so here's a random gift idea - buy your loved one/child/friend etc. a telescope. Ambling around Fort/Pettah I stumbled across the Batik Centre - which actually sells telescopes. Talk about diversifying. There are no batiks to be see ...
213, ධර්මපාල මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Paradise Road is a vital if expensive shop for tourists, expats and well-heeled locals alike. They have a great selection of candles, textiles, cutlery, home furnishings, statues, preserves, etc. You'll rarely be disappointed with the quality or design of ...
14, රීඩ් මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The Nail Anatomy is a nail salon on Reid Avenue, located inside Lakpahana, just opposite the Colombo Racecourse. They offer a highly professional service and can pretty much do anything with your nails. This isn't Colombo's first nail bar, but I'll ve ...
50, වෝඩ් පෙදෙස, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Mini Mago Inc is a store down Ward Place that has the coolest dollhouses you have ever seen. Trudi Malalgoda Amadoru, its meticulous designer, not only makes dollhouses and everything in them but offers custom-made miniature worlds to suit your whimsy. ...
215, බෞද්ධාලෝක මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Laksala is one of Colombo’s high end tourist shops. The spacious 2 storey establishment is home to some beautiful paintings, wooden carvings, brass and silver sculptures, gems & jewellery and some beautiful handloom clothing. This is a really nice place t ...
ගාලු පාර, කොළඹ 03, ශ්රී ලංකාව
As YAMU makes clear Colombo isn't as stuck for entertainment options as it used to be. In fact far from it - there's plenty to do in the city but for all the various events, new dining and drinking options sometimes nothing can quite beat being curling up ...
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