PAGODA TEA ROOM, Colombo - Restaurant Reviews, Phone Number & Photos

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CUISINES

Cafe, Asian, Sri Lankan

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly

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Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch

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Takeout, Seating

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4.0

56 reviews

Excellent

15

Very good

21

Average

15

Poor

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3

Mike255100

Melbourne243 contributions

Interesting exterior

Feb 2020 • none

Chatham Street has a range of early 1900 buildings and the Pagado Tea Room is on the ground floor of one of them. It offers a wide range of meat or veg pies, sweet pasties, puff savory snacks. We had some of the latter which were inexpensive as well as a bit more expensive chicken rice parcel. The sweets seem the most popular with people picking up large orders. It is run by the well known Colombo restaurant chain, Green Cabin

Written 6 March 2020

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dianedinky

Dunfermline1347 contributions

Satisfied my Duran Hunger

Jan 2020 • none

As a British tourist, I don't think you would necessarily visit this place for the food but it was a short walk from the Cinnamon Lakeside and I am a big 80s music fan. On that score (every pun intended), it didn't disappoint. Of course, it has been refurbished since the Duran boys were sitting at the tables but it retains the style and echoes of yesteryear. The columns and basic table positions all remain so you can still locate the same spot and pretend you are SImon singing Hungry Like The Wolf. And the door frame has not changed at all so you can snap the oval glass cut outs along the top and match up to the video. My nostalgia trip was more than satisfied.

Written 13 February 2020

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jaywithanage

71 contributions

Lump rice with No Egg!!

Jan 2020 • none

We went to lunch last Thursday and ordered Lump Rice. Surprisingly there was no fried boiled egg there! Traditionally must be an egg with that. I was with a tourist and we used to go several times to this place during last 30 years! Roof was not very nice, kind of leaking badly! Still no AC, very hot inside.

Written 24 January 2020

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SpazioSpazio

Dubai71 contributions

No tea no coffee

Dec 2021 • couples

No service no tea no coffe and wrong location. Not much else to say. Patisserie seems nice. Not much else to say not much else to add

Written 27 December 2021

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LizzyLeeton

Leeton721 contributions

Good without being great.

Feb 2020 • none

Famopus for being the setting for Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf video we were a little underwhelmed with the food choice. While being very reasonably priced and tasty, there wasn't a great choice and is probably more suitable for a morning tea ratherthan a lunch.

Written 5 March 2020

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Shiraz

Colombo14 contributions

Great Place for a Snack

Jul 2019 • none

With grand old charm of this building, this cafe is nestled in to give the traveller a water hole to refresh and replenish themselves. Great place indeed

Written 3 September 2019

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Nicole B

Porto Alegre974 contributions

Dark in the city, night is a wire

Mar 2019 • family

This place had seen better days. While in a charming 140+ year old building, since it moved to "self-service", it has become little more than a lunch counter. Iconic building for the filming of Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf", it was largely deserted. Food was fine and cheap, but not too much to do or see here nowadays. It's just discord and rhyme.

Written 4 April 2019

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Dashika A

Colombo254 contributions

Average

Jun 2018 • friends

My parents took me to this place because they had a sentimental value with this place since it's an old classical place. Better to up the service a bit though.

Written 29 October 2018

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KhalidNavigator

Mumbai1190 contributions

Nice place this one

Sept 2018 • friends

Had a lovely evening here. The place offers a good variety of some excellent teas and snacks. Its definitely worth a try.

Written 28 October 2018

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Mynameisjadem

215 contributions

Delicious food!!!!

Mar 2018 • couples

We stumbled across this place whilst in Colombo for the day. The staff were so friendly and the food was delicious (My boyfriend and I both had Mongolian Chicken Rice). Prices were really cheap. A great place to swing by if you're in the city!

Written 23 March 2018

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Amila Perera

Gampaha474 contributions

Oily Food..small portions

Feb 2018 • friends

The place is clean but extremely hot and humid due to no A/c. The food is too oily and are not value for money. Taste is OK but portions are small.

Written 4 March 2018

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Jon F

Cremorne282 contributions

A Visit To Yesteryear

Feb 2018 • couples

After reading a number of reviews we just had to visit and glad we did This tea room from yesterday also comes with a Sri Lankan buffet with the added choice of fish or chicken Both were delicious and the service by a kindly waiter who had to have worked there forever was wonderful Buffet was only 550 LRP each and was lovely

Written 1 February 2018

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Ceylon Alan

Silsden2179 contributions

Excellent old place

Jan 2018 • couples

This has been here ages and the pastries are very good. We just had short eats but you can get good rice and curry etc. Prices reasonable and service excellent. My wife said her cup of tea was superb.

Written 25 January 2018

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Aashna25

New York City212 contributions

Just okay

Dec 2017 • couples

Read about this in the New York Times, 36 hours in Colombo. Very underwhelming. The food was okay with not a lot of flavor. It was also cold. The waiter was very friendly.

Written 29 December 2017

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Christof

Western Cape35 contributions

Tea time - October 2017

Oct 2017 • friends

This quaint tea shop is located in the fort area of Colombo. The whole atmosphere is cultured and very touristy in this part of town, especially close to the old Dutch Hospital. The fare is simple, tasty and very reasonably priced. The sweets are delectable and the savory pastries flake in your mouth. This is highly recommended for small lunch or a teatime snack!

Written 30 October 2017

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