Restaurants in West Coast
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Bijou
You’ll know this place is Swiss-owned when you see fondue (advance order, Rs 2000) and other Swiss and German specialities on the menu. It mixes up such heavy dishes with a wide range of seafood.
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Lords
By far Negombo’s most creative eating experience. Martin, the British owner of this half restaurant, half art gallery, brings a larger-than-life presence to the place and is a rare thing among expat restaurant owners in that he actually works on the floor and in the kitchen making sure that everything is just spot on. The food, which is so superbly prepared and presented that the thought of a free meal was enough to get the president himself to come and open the restaurant, is a hybrid of Western and Eastern flavours. The gallery displays excellent contempory work by local artists.
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Amal Restaurant
Very close to the beach, this restaurant sits on the opposite side of the road to the hotel of the same name (opposite) and serves fair seafood, steak, pastas and some token curries. There are lovely sea views and, should you wish to up the romantic ante, they can arrange candle-lit beach dinners under the stars. The set meals involve some truly bizarre food combinations.
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Cool Spot
This family-run place has been serving up fresh seafood from a sky-blue vintage roadside house at the north end of the strip since 1972. There’s a cool veranda where you can peruse the blackboard menu and delight in specialities, such as garlic prawns and the bulging seafood platter. It’s someway north of the main independent tourist strip.
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Ammehula
The young owners of this cafe claim that the name means ‘Go Away!’ and the menu features a cartoon turtle cussing about how all the good fish come here. Besides seafood dishes there are sandwiches, salads and a long breakfast menu that includes Dutch pancakes. There’s a small library of books for swapping.
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Alta Italia
For a casual beach resort this is a surprisingly formal Italian-run place with a long menu that includes fresh pasta, seafood grills and thin-based pizzas. Try the authentic risotto and finish with a limoncello or grappa. Or sample from the espresso machine, steaming behind the counter.
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Chill Space Café
This almost comically surf, fashion-obsessed beachside cafe, which is situated in front of the A Frame Surf Shop, features reasonable shakes, snacks, seafood and more, but basically you’re paying for the atmosphere more than anything else. There are free beach chairs and occasional live music at night.
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Rodeo Pub
Blathering, homesick expats, and tourists who wish they’d never left, drown their sorrows at this wannabe European bar where graffiti’s scrawled across the walls and bacon butties, pints of larger and cocktails with sexy names prop up the clientele. It’s perfect, if you’d rather be in Benidorm.
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Moon Beam Restaurant
This hotel (left) has easily the most attractive restaurant on the beach. It has a salty, open-air nautical decor, and tables where you can curl your toes in the sand. The seafood is truly excellent and it’s also a good place for a sunset drink.
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Rotty Restaurant
Start off with a cheese-and-bacon rotti (doughy pancake), wrap it up with a pineapple- and-banana rotti, and wash it all down with a mango juice at this simple and friendly place. It also does an excellent rice and curry for Rs 100.
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Roti Restaurant
Away from the beach and a whole world away from the beach restaurant scene, this hole in the wall right on the road sells over 60 kinds of rotti, ranging from garlic chicken to banana. There are also fresh shakes and lassis.
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Ice Bear Century Cafe
In a lovingly restored peach-pink colonial-era town house, this new venture in the heart of Negombo offers a touch of refined class and all manner of Sri Lankan brews and mountains of homemade cakes and biscuits.
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Chaplon Tea Centre
For a break from bronzing on the sands, come to this tea centre. As well as buying some of Sri Lanka’s finest tea, you can also sit in a wicker chair on the terrace and enjoy tea and biscuits.
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Pri-Kin Restaurant
Chinese cuisine is the real focus of this open-air place, although you can also get Western and local meals. For dessert, don't pass up the fried bananas and ice cream.
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Wunderbar Hotel and Restaurant
The Wunderbar Hotel and Restaurant has an enjoyable 1st-floor restaurant open to the sea breezes and a decent selection of seafood and Western dishes (Rs 400 to 600).
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Nobel
A trendy new restaurant with a young owner and a hip-hop sound-track. It has a good variety of Western dishes such as steaks (Rs 775) and lots of local vegie options.
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King Coconut
This is a lively, popular spot beside the beach. There's a long menu of curries and seafood, but this place is probably best just for enjoying a drink and the view.
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Pearl Restaurant
This in-house joint in the Pearl Hotel has better than average food.
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