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  • 4/5 Mahesh F. 2 years ago on Google
    Its under a new ownership now. They have their own car park which is a big relief, their food is 9 out of 10!! And one portion of rice is enough for 3persons..!! Fruit juices are very freshly squeezed. Friendly staff and clean environment made the dinner a memorable one and will recommend to any family or group to visit here.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 NR S. 4 years ago on Google
    Politeless people. Merciless owner and staffs. They will ask you to get out if you don't order food in 5 minutes. Disrespectful guys. They say that they hate Indians, Chinese and Europeans..
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thushari S. 1 year ago on Google
    Compared to the difficult situation Sri Lanka is experiencing today, it is hard to find an honest person who knows humanity, where the motive of making money somehow is emerging in the people. In the meantime, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Thushara Fernando, the owner of Catamaran Restaurant on the Mount Lavinia beach, and his staff for giving a valuable example that there are still good people who are rich in humanity who uphold human values. On the 2nd of April, we went to Catamaran Restaurant to celebrate my daughter's birthday. Although there are several such restaurants on the Mt. Lavinia beach, I was impressed by the warm welcome and hospitality of the staff at Catamaran, which was the main reason I chose that place for my daughter's birthday party.  What I am going to say is an opportunity to show human qualities that go beyond that. On the way home from the birthday party, my hand just went to my neck and I felt that I didn't have the gold necklace I was wearing.  We immediately went back to the restaurant and informed the staff.  From that moment, they began to search for the missing necklace.  Needless to say, finding something like a gold necklace in such a sandy land was a daunting task. However they eagerly searched for my lost necklace and found it under the sand.  But the pendant was not there.  We searched for it for some time but did not find it, so we thanked them and left for home. The next day I called Mr. Thushara again and thanked the staff and him for finding the missing necklace the day before.  Mr. Thushara then said that the lost pendant was also found. I wanted to record this incident on social media as a token of gratitude to them.  The presence of such honest, good people in today's society should be truly commendable. My heartfelt thanks goes to Mr. Thushara Fernando, the owner of Catamaran Restaurant and all the staff who worked there that day.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nimna L. 2 years ago on Google
    Really nice ambiance. Tasty and good value food for the price and great potion . And very friendly and professional staff and customer service. Highly recommended for family parties and gathering.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kasun L. 7 months ago on Google
    Catamaran Beach Restaurant has the best sea and sunset view in the area and providing a great vibe in the evening. Highly recommend for spend a quality time with family or friends. Staff is very friendly and the food is amazing. They have separate parking facility specially for their customers. Worth for money. A must try place.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Abinaya S. 4 years ago on Google
    Worst service
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Arjun S. 4 years ago on Google
    Service was the worst
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kaveen M. 1 year ago on Google
    Such a calming place to relax and enjoy. Service is very good and they are friendly. Evening sundown here is an amazing view u should watch. They serve very delicious dishes. And foods are affordable
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 PPS Foundation P. 4 years ago on Google
    Is there any provision to give minus stars ??. Fantastic city, fantastic people and fantastic beach. But this is the most horrible and arrogant people's restaurant. They disrespect foreigners. Especially they hate Europeans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Indian people.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lakshitha w. 2 years ago on Google
    Really nice ambiance. Tasty and good value food for the price and great potion . And very friendly and professional staff and customer service. Highly recommended for family parties and gathering.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Azad S. 2 years ago on Google
    Well worth visiting. Top quality food and services. Very professionally done. This place is a must. Children friendly staff 🦞🦀👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Esther F. 2 years ago on Google
    lots of small things add up to the best service. A car park to their own and they have a person to assist with parking who is going a great job. The staff is very friendly and always attentive. Food is delicious and the prices are economical. Place is clean. The restaurant is just opened under a new management as we heard and recommend to visit the place with your family and loved ones.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mahasen prasanna Kodithuwakku D. 2 years ago on Google
    Great Place to spend leisure time. Friendly staff service, Amazing cuisine and Beach make us revisit mood on. I'm counting until my next visit to this lovely place. Great one... Highly recommend
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vinura R. 4 years ago on Google
    SWe had an after party there, good for a low budget, small party.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sajini J. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place...!! Excellent service..!! Excellent Food..!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Osanda P. 2 years ago on Google
    Went there for dinner with my friends and they have arranged a table on the beach .located in a beautiful place as its near to Mt lavinia hotel.Great view from there . Absolutely amazing! The place is beautiful/clean and staff are super friendly and the food is delicious. I love that you get a lot of food as well for the price.. I am definitely going back. Cheers guys. Seems the new managment doing a great job .
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Darren S. 2 years ago on Google
    If you’re looking for the perfect spot to have an evening meal then Catamaran is the place for you! Friendly and attentive staff ready to assist, offers a variety of tasty dishes to select from and great portions too at pretty decent prices. Ideal for couples and families or colleagues looking to have a meal together in a clam setting with the sound of waves. I highly recommend Catamaran Beach Restaurant Mt Lavinia! 👍 Will be visiting again 😍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dhanushka C. 2 years ago on Google
    One of the best beach restaurants I have been to in recent times! Good food, value for money, great location, great for the family and most of all super service! Highly recommended! Will definitely be there again soon! Keep it up!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 umadevi j. 2 years ago on Google
    Very friendly staff good food at a very reasonable price
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Irshad J. 2 years ago on Google
    Friendly staff. They serve pork and due to that we didn't choose this place for our meal. You can have a soft drink here and stay on their seats and enjoy the views.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sanduni D. 1 year ago on Google
    Such a calming place to relax and enjoy. Service is very good and they r friendly. Evening sundown in here is an amazing view u should watch. They serves very delicious dishes. And foods are affordable ♥️
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Suha R. 1 year ago on Google
    An excellent experience great food and customer service at its peak!! Thank you Tanuja, Champi and staff. Loved it. There have been a couple of guests who re-visited tye restaurant, as the experience was superb.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Elizabeth G. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing spot for sunset drinks and dinner. The service here is next level. So kind, flexible and attentive. The food is superb with a huge range of seafood and other items. Kids love it here, perfect for friends, couples and families. Thank you so much. Looking forward to our next visit.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sandun G. 10 months ago on Google
    Actually, the annual get together of our batch of our school was held at the catamaran beach restaurant. The service we received was truly excellent. There are no words to say about the food.. I see their most unique quality is that they are very flexible in providing what they need for anything... In fact, they charge very reasonably even from the cost point of view.. We told our mates this time that we have unlimited foods, drinks and music. We were able to do it because of the service they gave us... the music band is awesome. I am very thankful to Mr.Thushara and all their staff for the excellent friendly service provided to us..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 thilini p. 6 months ago on Google
    I went to this place because of a recommendation from a friend....After going there, the staff treated me like an enemy ...Finally I placed an order.. I got a fish n chips fried in used smelly expired cooking oil..i ate it..But i didn't mention it...Then I ordered a carbonara.. It was very sweet , like a dessert.....When I told him that, the staff member told me that it is usually a sweet dish.Then I told him to make it spicy again..then the food he gave to me was burnt ...it smelled..after that we left...I will not recommend this place to anyone..it is such a bad place with nice vibe.. ..Our journey that we enjoyed was totally f...ked up because of their behavior and food
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 vijitha d. 9 months ago on Google
    Lovely ambience by the beach 🏝️…. Great food. Value for money.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Tharaka M. 4 years ago on Google
    Went there by a locals recommendation but was disappointed by the taste.The fish and prawns were fresh though. The service was very slow.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Mei-Hsiu C. 5 years ago on Google
    RIP off
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Akash M. 7 years ago on Google
    No space
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Abinaya S. 4 years ago on Google
    Rude people, really disappointed with this restaurant
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Luisa C. 5 years ago on Google
    The chairs were a bit old but is not that expensive. We ordered noodles they were okay
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tharindu A. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place to chill out with friends. Tasty foods and good staff. Reasonable prices.

  • 5/5 Doreen S. 4 years ago on Google
    clean beach wonderful fruit juices

  • 5/5 Uchira A. 5 years ago on Google
    It was good place to visit

  • 5/5 Orin S. 4 years ago on Google
    Deliciouse foods

  • 5/5 Maria B. 1 year ago on Google
    Catamaran hosted our company’s Christmas event. Great place for a fun party for an international IT crowd (around 30 people). It was a night to remember! Catamaran exceeded our expectations. Manager Champi was most helpful and attended to every detail: from seating arrangements and backup tables in case of rain, to Christmas lights and fireworks. Yet all within the agreed budget. We loved the location - you can swim, play beach volleyball and enjoy ocean breeze. Food was exceptionally good and prepared to our taste: seafood platters, rice, salads, bar and soft drinks, delicious brownies with ice cream for dessert. Live music band put us all in dancing and singing mood, and adapted the playlist to our request. If you are looking for a place to host an international party - Catamaran is sincerely recommended. They will take care of the details you didn’t even think of.

  • 4/5 Joachim T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Before (Original) Prima

  • 1/5 Anjula H. 4 years ago on Google
    Disrespectful staff

  • 5/5 Kaushan R. 5 months ago on Google
    Great place to dine. The hospitality of staff is great ….. super good. Reasonable and large portions. Would recommend to everyone.

  • 5/5 nuwan p. 6 years ago on Google
    Best ever foods you ever get..... Also reasonable price that no one can match.

  • 5/5 Sean T. 7 months ago on Google
    So we had our wedding at catamaran beach restaurant last Friday. Invited about 70 people. Let me tell you, one of the best decisions I have made in my life to have the wedding at catamaran beach. It was amazing.the food was good. Drinks was flowing till morning. People just were amazed by the beach wedding vibe. Thushara, Champi and thanuja was so helpful till the end of the session and has been planning with us for an year. The comments we got, OMG. It was a different wedding experience that people did not expect. Everybody loved the whole vibe. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Ps. Since it's the beach, everyone was wearing shorts, including the groom and the bestmen 😊😊❤️

  • 5/5 CHETHIYA M. 9 months ago on Google
    Had an amazing experience at Catamaran Beach Restaurant. Such a calming place to relax and enjoy. Love the food , nice place to hangout and top notch service.

  • 5/5 isuru d. 4 years ago on Google
    Verry good

  • 5/5 Ashley R. 4 months ago on Google
    We were delighted with the Food 'Service and the Ambiance of the place made even more worthwhile with many value additions availed to our selves and the invitees. The Birthday celebrations of our visitors from Canada was made very special with the crowd numbering more than 25 enjoying themselves splendidly. Thank you Catamaran for making our evening and all of us so..so special. 👍

  • 5/5 Oshan C. 5 years ago on Google
    Lovely place beside the Mt lavinia beach. Friendly service plus delicious meals

  • 5/5 Samudra G. 2 years ago on Google
    Really nice place and value for money. Food was very tasty. Staff was very friendly. Strongly recommend!!

  • 4/5 Skills A. 5 years ago on Google
    Good food... prices are reasonable...

  • 5/5 sandun l. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent food and friendly atmosphere

  • 4/5 Arshad A. 6 years ago on Google
    Good food

  • 3/5 Bineth T L. 6 years ago on Google
    The place is ok but small. Good for night occations. Usually people less than 150 can be there.

  • 4/5 Paul A. 7 years ago on Google
    Decent place to enjoy the evening...

  • 5/5 IAM A. 2 years ago on Google
    One of the best restaurants on Mount lavinia colombo beach. Food is exceptionally good and tasty. Neat, clean & well organised. Friendly staff. Owners took our feedback very positively. We looking forward to go back again & enjoy all dishes they have in menu. 😄

  • 5/5 Dulara S. 2 years ago on Google
    Fantastic location and vibe. Food is delicious and decent portion size. Great place to chill with family or mates. Staff are friendly and fast service. Will definitely recommend to any one who loves good food and sea.

  • 5/5 Kisal S. 2 years ago on Google
    Hotel owned by new management and food is good and cheap.

  • 5/5 Thilan P. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious food amazing location... wow...

  • 5/5 Chamara C. 4 years ago on Google
    very nice place with tasty foods and reasonable rates with friendly service. highly recommended

  • 5/5 Samitha D. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent food and the service of the staff is really dedicated , value for money

  • 5/5 buddika a. 2 years ago on Google
    Tasty foods

  • 5/5 Shehan K. 4 years ago on Google
    Superb 👍👍👍


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Cheques
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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