The Colombo Bistro

My friend and I visited to have some decent meals for the evening. The staffs were friendly. The food serving time gets delay than the usual time and the female steward apologized for the delay we liked how they treat the customers. Our order was Kadai chicken, parathas and fruit Salad for my friend. Kadai Chicken was tasty but my friend noticed that fruit salad is not fresh at all. My friend didn't want to make a complaint about it but we make sure by seeing this Review you might increase the foods and beverages quality. Thank You.

Good ambient. Very kind staff. Various kind of food, very well prepared and served. Prices normal. For sure recommended to travelers.

This is a bistro right next to Fairway Colombo Hotel. It enjoys a decent patronage on most days. For convenience, we chose to dine here on three different occasions and not at the touristy bistros, bars and cafes in the vicinity. This fairly large bistro has four sections within it compromising a Grill Italian section; a Spice South Asian section; an Arabian section and an Asian Dragon section. On our first visit, we chose to have 2 Curry Crabs medium sized sea crabs that came with six slices of lightly toasted bread per person. It was delicious and the gravy was lovely to dip in and enjoy. It was also not too pricey as compared to a well known but high end crab restaurant catering to high society in Colombo as well as to tourists. The usual crabs served in these restaurants are Lagoon Crabs or sometimes known as Mud Crabs On our subsequent visits, we opted to have Chinese Seafood Noodles from the Asian Dragon section. This dish too was surprisingly well done and tasty. I tried the local, well established beer known as Lion Lager. It was enjoyable and the company first began producing the beer way back in 1881. That beer and stout have now penetrated the US market! On the service level, this was a bistro that was energetic, the waiters could understand you easily and the wait time was acceptable. In addition, the waiters were courteous, helpful and friendly. A special thank you to Glen who made us feel most welcome.

The food was good and delicious, although the rice content was smaller than expected. Service can be improved, we had to wait until the waiting staff finished the lunch they had together in the middle of the restaurant before someone came to take our order!

Price of the hotel with 10% service tax. Roti and naan pretty good. They even gave us extra and free curry. Mutton Curry pretty tasty and sharp. I liked the chickens, but pretty small. Spicy Omelette also pretty good. Chicken Tandoori seemed to be missing spices.