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Sam's Bar

Bar

👍👍 I was hungry at 11:30 pm and they made me a delicious burger and fries!! The owner is very nice and it has a cool vibe, good music, pool table, big screen with sports! Fun spot for draft beers and late night eats People often mention good, burger, beer, staff, nice, football, Good, dogs, owner, restaurant,


Address

44H3+9PX, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

Contact

+94 77 725 2550

Rating on Google Maps

4.00 (148 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Thursday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Sunday: 9 am to 12 pm
  • Monday: 9 am to 12 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (15) burger (10) beer (10) staff (8) nice (7) football (7) Good (7) dogs (7) owner (6) restaurant (6)
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  • 5/5 Cassandra H. 1 year ago on Google
    I was hungry at 11:30 pm and they made me a delicious burger and fries!! The owner is very nice and it has a cool vibe, good music, pool table, big screen with sports! Fun spot for draft beers and late night eats
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Viktória B. 5 years ago on Google
    we drank only one pot of tea. the taste was good, just needed some feelings from the place. music or something. the football what is screaming from the tv, was not too good for us. thats why i can give only 4 stars
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gayan K. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nelmi K. 6 years ago on Google
    wonderful
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Gareth S. 5 years ago on Google
    Wasn't open
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jasintha J. 4 years ago on Google
    The oldest and famous bar & restaurant in Hikka.. Good place to hang around with a chill and live environment.. Mr. Sam, the owner is a nice person and cheerful guy !!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Carol R. 5 years ago on Google
    We don't understand the bad reviews here. It is your typical sports bar, nothing more and nothing less. The staff are friendly and will put on whatever you like. We can't comment on the food but the atmosphere is great! Perfect if you wanna enjoy a game on your holiday
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Elena T. 1 year ago on Google
    The most wonderful thing about this place is the atmosphere. I would say it's The Bar. Actually nothing special, but if you are tired of local cafes and miss the vibe of your favourite pub you should definitely come here, drink a few draft beers and play pool. The food was also good, btw.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 pepanek s. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Draft beer (Original) Točené pivo
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Alistair P. 1 year ago on Google
    Rough and ready. This is not a fancy establishment, but so much the better for that. Very friendly service. Pool table ideal for people who usually blame their equipment for their poor performance.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ari S. 6 years ago on Google
    Five star staff ... absolutely fantastic people. Nice atmosphere and standard pub food.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ahad F. 3 months ago on Google New
    A nice place to watch any games in Hikkaduwa. Their items seem a bit pricey and a few more ceiling fans will really help.

  • 5/5 Rashin H. 1 year ago on Google
    Best place to have a beer and enjoy. But it's need to have a menu for bits

  • 5/5 Benjamin W. 6 years ago on Google
    Best Burger in Town, fantastic Fries and reasonable Price!

  • 3/5 Зарина �. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) They cook deliciously. But!!!! Be careful if you are with a small child! The owner has a big dog (Doberman), which quietly walks around the cafe (in principle, like in many other cafes). He almost bit our son, got off a couple of bruises, we were lucky that we managed to grab the dog. (Original) Готовят вкусно. Но!!!! Будьте внимательны, если вы с маленьким ребенком! У хозяина есть большой пес (доберман), который спокойно разгуливает по кафе (в принципе как и во многих других кафе). Он чуть не укусил нашего сына, отделались пару синяками, нам повезло, что успели схватить собаку.

  • 3/5 Jan H. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice place to hang out and have a drink. Skip the food.

  • 5/5 Анна �. 6 years ago on Google
    If you need to work in Hikkaduwa — it’s the best place at the noon. They have a big fan and sockets near tables. And they are really works! Food is good too. Highly recommended!

  • 1/5 Maddi R. 3 months ago on Google New
    This place doesn’t actually serve hamburgers… we ordered a burger for 3000 rupee and it came with a (not toasted) bun, a slice of tomato, and then ~4 small slices of deli meat???? and then the other side of the bun. Not even pretending to be a burger, just a gross sandwich you could get for 1/10 the price already made at a supermarket (this was probably how it was made, actually). Do not recommend.

  • 5/5 barbara h. 9 months ago on Google
    Great place. Watched football Final.. good atmosphere.

  • 2/5 Antti J. 4 years ago on Google
    Expensive food and small dishes comparing to other places in this area. But food was good. This bar is right place to watch football :)

  • 5/5 Adam n. 4 years ago on Google
    Great bar, and good vibes, but the Indian menu, proper chef from North India, for sure the best real Indian food,.. North Indian so pretty rich but Ive been going back regularly... And weekend s the best place for the football, outstanding pub!!

  • 5/5 Paul C. 4 years ago on Google
    A great bar and not being harassed to eat

  • 3/5 sirmikeypikey 4 years ago on Google
    Good for Football, food is not so top

  • 5/5 IRINA B. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice cold draft beers 👍👍

  • 4/5 Анатолий �. 2 years ago on Google
    It's a nice local bar. There are a few sorts of beer (local Lion, Carlsberg and Newcastle). As for food we ordered burger, grill prawns and soup with prawns. It was tasty. Portion is good . Prise is medium. Service is good. There is a friendly dog inside.

  • 5/5 Jo W. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place if you want to watch sport, and have some drinks and food. Friendly owners and staff. One of the few places where we found reasonable wine with a reasonable price!

  • 5/5 Mayura K. 2 years ago on Google
    One of the most unique places with good vibes to enjoy a chilled beer in Hikkaduwa. Would be much better if they can introduce some tapas menu who are just there for a drink or two.

  • 4/5 Alec H. 1 year ago on Google
    Football is shown here! This place saved me when I needed to get to a town where a bar was showing the FA cup final. Good food and beer on tap!

  • 1/5 Krishmal G. 1 year ago on Google
    We had a great time watching the match till one of our boys got attacked from a friend of the owners. He just came to us and started adoring very rude and getting physical, we still don’t know why, we had a great time till the match was done, but at the end this guy came very aggressive towards us out of nowhere and and sort of chased us out for no reason. When asked why from the owner he was just chilling and said that’s how it is and forget it.

  • 2/5 Mark ten k. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Skip this restaurant. Waitress super shaggy and uninterested. Screaming Englishmen at the bar and stray dogs in restaurant. Bartender was friendly and food okay (Original) Sla dit restaurant maar over. Serveerster super sjaggie en ongeïnteresseerd. Schreeuwende Engelsen aan de bar en zwerfhonden in restaurant. Barman was vriendelijk en eten oke

  • 2/5 Yann J. 4 years ago on Google
    Good beer, but terrible burger 🤢

  • 1/5 bludoom69 6 years ago on Google
    Veggie burger was awful. All the other burgers came with free soft drink, coleslaw etc. When I asked why v burger did not the owner was very rude. Burger had limp salad and had so much mustard on it (not asked for) I couldn't taste the burger. Was deep fried, frozen, overpriced.

  • 1/5 Luke E. 5 years ago on Google
    Upon entering the bar two dogs started barking and acting eractiely. The staff did not control the dogs and seemed to think this was normal. We decided to leave the bar because the dogs became worst. Upon leaving one of the dogs bit my friend and then continued to try to chase him. The staff did not even react or try to stop the dogs. After reading other reviews mentioning dangerous dogs I wish we would of had seen that before hand.

  • 5/5 Dulat K. 6 years ago on Google
    Good food and atmosphere. Reasonable prices and friendly staff. Beware of the dog.

  • 3/5 Vipin Chand S. 6 years ago on Google
    In the mid of Galle road in Hikkadwa, good ambience

  • 1/5 Scott B. 5 years ago on Google
    Overrated pile of shite calls itself a sports bar it's got one small tv and was always running out of beer stay clear there are much better places was sport in hikkaduwa.

  • 4/5 Hermann P. 4 years ago on Google
    Chillig

  • 1/5 Adel D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Unfortunately, this place did not work out for us. Came to a new cook to eat Indian cuisine. They waited for the order for more than 2 hours, as a result, they forgot half even to start cooking. Drinks brought at all are not what they asked. Of the 5 dishes ordered, they brought only one, a palanik panir. Tasty unreal. But the staff works horribly. If you have patience, you can go once to eat Indian cuisine. (Original) К сожалению у нас с этим местом не сложилось все. Пришли на нового повара покушать индийскую кухню. Ждали заказ больше 2 часов, в итоге половину они забыли даже начать готовить. Напитки принесли вообще не те что просили. Из 5 заказанных блюд принесли только одно, палак панир. Вкусно нереально. Но вот персонал работает как попало. Если есть терпение можно один раз сходить покушать индийскую кухню.

  • 1/5 Наталья �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) They arrived, sat for ten minutes waiting for the waiter, no one came up. They left. The usual sports bar with a bunch of Europeans pouring beer. The second time I definitely won’t go there. (Original) Пришли,сидели минут десять в ожидании официанта,НИКТО так и не подошел.Ушли.Обычный спорт-бар с кучей европейцев,которые заливаются пивом.Второй раз туда точно не зайду.

  • 1/5 Michaela H. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The Czech owner has no idea what is in her restaurant and what she cooks, so she is not able to recommend anything. Operation and environment disaster. Absolutely not recommended. (Original) Česká majitelka vůbec netuší co se v její restauraci a z čeho vaří, tudíž není schopna cokoliv doporučit. Obsluha i prostředí katastrofa. Absolutně nedoporučujeme.

  • 2/5 Petri P. 4 years ago on Google
    Just for the football was fine. Also the (indian food) was quite tasty, but expensive place compared many others (very good places).

  • 3/5 JOHN C. 6 years ago on Google
    Decent. Footy on tv. Playing pool is a bit expensive though.

  • 5/5 Jaroslav T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Super bar, good beer, good Čechů😉 (Original) Super bar, dobré pivo, hodně Čechů😉

  • 3/5 Gerhard Z. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) British football, rugby etc .... nice ....! (Original) Britisch Football, Rugby etc....nice....!

  • 3/5 Ann L. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Sports bar in Hikkaduva, Sri Lanka. Sports on the tv screen, beer in the taps. (Original) Sports bar in Hikkaduva, Sri Lanka. Sport på tv-skærmen, øl i hanerne.

  • 5/5 Максим �. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A great place, deliciously prepared, and this is more a sports bar. (Original) Отличное место, вкусно готовят, и это больше спорт бар.

  • 1/5 Олег1927 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The waitress does not know English, waited for more than an hour to eat, ordered a burger and he did not. The burger is included, the French fries, and the cola about which the waitress forgot to mention, had to be reminded. And for a very long time everything was ready! (Original) Официантка английского не знает , ждали больше часа еду, заказали бургер а он никакой. В бургер входит, картошка фри, и кола о которой официантка упомянуть забыла , пришлось напоминать . И очень долго все готовилось!

  • 5/5 Антон �. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A great place for football fans, super atmosphere and a very friendly host and staff. The kitchen is delicious (Original) Отличное место для любителей футбола, супер атмосфера и очень приветливый хозяин и персонал. Кухня вкусна

  • 4/5 Richard C. 5 years ago on Google
    Good burgers

  • 5/5 Mike W. 5 years ago on Google
    Good place to meet friends

  • 5/5 Chris N. 5 years ago on Google
    if you want to watch EPL this is place to come. Watched the United V Wolves game - drinks are cheap and then played pool for free.

  • 5/5 Ks L. 5 years ago on Google
    Super


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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