 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Negombo, Sri Lanka
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| D Astley |
06 April 2003 |
Stayed at Royal Oceanic Hotel - The Beach - Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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Give the hotel food a miss – it’s a big disappointment. There are plenty of small restaurants all along this strip of the coast (on the other side of the road to the beach) serving both cheap local food and reasonably priced western food. I had grilled seer fish, French fries and vegetables at one open-air restaurant for 200 rupees (US$2.10) – which was very good – and a 625 ml bottle of Lion beer for 100 rupees (US1.05).
There’s not much to do at night in Ethukala (apart from cheap eating and drinking) unless you are interesting in shopping for jewelry. Every second shop is a jewelry shop, and they will invite you in to every one you pass, but fortunately the shop owners are not as aggressive as in some other parts of Asia.
However, be prepared to be hassled by hawkers trying to sell you sarongs and shirts on the beach, and guys wanting you to take pictures of them with their cobras or pythons (for which you will have to pay). The hotels don’t let the hawkers into the resort areas and there seems to be an imaginary line in the sand, a metre back from the lounge chairs closest to the beach, which the hawkers are not allowed to cross - and which they do seem to respect. But once you are on the beach proper, you are at their mercy and it’s almost impossible to take a quiet stroll along the beach without being hassled by hawkers, fishermen wanting to take you on a boat ride or women asking for money to support their children.
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| J Pashley |
17 March 2001 |
Stayed at Royal Oceanic Hotel - The Beach - Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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WE stayed in Negombo as we were only there for 4 days and it is only 20 mins. from airport. We were pleasantly surprised with the resort as the beach is fabulous and clean, there are several bars and restaurants within walking distance of the hotel and Negombo is a short Taxi ride away. We did not eat out but we had a drink in the Happy Banana Bar each night and found the staff very helpful and friendly. We did not take any tours.
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