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NLDB Cafe

Restaurant

One of the Best Places To Visits in Melsiripura


Address

Kurunegala - Dambulla Rd, Melsiripura, Sri Lanka

Website

nldb-cafe.business.site

Contact

+94 77 716 6159

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (730 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 6 am to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 6 am to 11 pm
  • Sunday: 6 am to 11 pm
  • Monday: 6 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 6 am to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (23) milk (22) Good (17) clean (17) service (17) lunch (16) buffet (16) rice (14) parking (12) fresh (12)
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  • 4/5 Chrishatheya V. 1 year ago on Google
    Good wide parking available. Washroom also clean and u should pay 20/= for use the washroom. You can get your Breakfast, lunch and Dinner here and also here you can have milk products also. Now a days the place is totally filled with people. Recommend. The quality and the quantity also in good manner.
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sharaf Abdul S. 1 year ago on Google
    This is such an amazing place for a stopper while we are in a long journey ❤️. Secured car park and there are paid toilets just only 20/- rupees. As here milk and milk related products are soo famous and really very greasy and delicious 🤤. The environment which this is situated is another level ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥. Also other kinds of foods are also available. Usually people stop here to take a drink of milk 🥛.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Janeth F. 3 years ago on Google
    I went to the morning buffet which was 350/= (fish option) per person. There were several food items including rice, string hoppers, noodles, sweet potatoes, chickpeas and curries. This doesn’t include tea. Their service is great. They have parking space. Toilet facility is good. They charge 50/= for non customers for using the toilet. There is a nice view too.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thiran E. 1 year ago on Google
    Had lunch today. They have lunch buffet - Sri Lankan cuisine. If need Chinese Fried rice, they have them too. Food was delicious and staff is really helpful. Place is clean. You have farm view and mountain view environment. You can buy farm fresh goods from their outlet too. This place is managed by NLDB which is government institute. Can give, Food : 👌👏 Staff : 👌👏 Cleanliness: 👌👏 Environment: 👏👌🪴🌲⛰️
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ian K. 4 years ago on Google
    Very clean and tidy and conveniently located right next to the main road. They offer a wide range of dishes which are very tasty. The morning buffet option is really good and the spread covers many options. There is ample parking with clean toilets. I highly recommend this place.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Asiri D. 2 years ago on Google
    Good place to have your homemade food. They have milk products. They do have a family restaurant but its closed most of the time. But you can bring food from out side. Its surprisingly clean. They have toilets and wash areas. Ample parking.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Srinath O. 10 months ago on Google
    Went for lunch on two consecutive days. The first day went for the savan for 4500 includes coke and dessert. More than enough for 4. Second day went for the buffet and everything was excellent.700 pp. Dessert curd with coconut honey. Again excellent. If you go say high to the tall pretty waitress or me 😁. Now dont blame me she is not there ☠️
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kumar N. 1 year ago on Google
    Superb Grama style restaurant run by NLDB. Prices are very reasonable. Veg meal 650/=, Non veg 700/= which is very reasonable. The restaurant is very clean. Helpful staff too.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sachini W. 3 years ago on Google
    We had breakfast there. Huge variety of nice food. Really delicious and great service.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Akshatha A. 1 year ago on Google
    We chanced upon this cafe on our way to Kandalama, and I’m so glad that we did! It’s a clean eatery and they seem to have quite a lot of variety on their menu, definitely not limited to Sri Lankan food. But, as tourists, we wanted to try their Sri Lankan food and went for their buffet. The vegetarian spread was brilliant with their staple Dhal, Beans, Cucumber Curry, leafy veggie sambol and two varieties of rice. We did seconds just for that curry, it was heavenly! The Vegetarian Buffet was priced at 500 LKR which is roughly 2 SGD! So worth it! There’s also clean pay and use toilets near this cafe, so if you’re on the road and looking to make a rest stop and enjoy some food, this is the place for you. Even otherwise, I absolutely recommend!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chandana K. 1 year ago on Google
    Tasty food. Super hospitality. Nice place. A variety of options
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mahendra K. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious food. Service is also acceptable. Good place to have lunch on your way to/from Dambulla
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 UK Amila Kasun S. 2 years ago on Google
    It is very surprising to see a future date as a manufactured date. We purchased milk toffee on 31.10.2021, but the manufactured date is a future date. Please be responsible for your production and packing since most people love to have your products. It's important to keep your trust among customers.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Imesh A. 2 years ago on Google
    Curd Curd Curd bro 🤪❤️✌️Here you can buy food & dairy products from Cafe & NLDB outlet . Yummy ✌️😜

  • 4/5 Lisa P. 2 years ago on Google
    Friendly service at the Nmdb cafe with free access to toilets if you are a customer. Lime juice and fries were great, chicken kottu had too much pepper and salt, less would have been better. Overall good experience and we got our leftovers in a doggy bag :)

  • 5/5 Chamira T. 2 years ago on Google
    You can take your breakfast with morning sunshine. Good service and quality products are available. Toilets are with good hygiene. If you don’t want to buy any product or meal you should have to pay LKR 50 for wash room purpose,

  • 2/5 Chanaka N. 2 years ago on Google
    When ordering meals remember to order separate portions, eg if your ordering 2 order separately, else they will put both in one and the content will be much less. Otherwise, friendly staff clean location with decent food.

  • 4/5 Tharindu D. 2 years ago on Google
    Great place to relax while on a long journey 😅 make sure to check out their pancake 🥞😊

  • 4/5 Supun C. 2 years ago on Google
    This is a very good place for dining. Not a high-end place, but you can get a tasty meal for very reasonable prices. They provide a buffet of rice and curry for breakfast and lunch. You can find traditional Sri Lankan rice and curry here. Not only traditional foods but also western foods are available here. Fresh fruit juices are available from morning to evening. Milk Curd, fresh milk, milk Toffees and many milk-related products are available at their sales center.

  • 5/5 Chinthaka Samaraweera (. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place to have a break while you driving.

  • 4/5 Eranga L. 2 years ago on Google
    We dined here for lunch. They provide buffet rice and curry for breakfast and lunch. Not only eastern but also western foods are available at here. Fresh milk, Milk Toffees and many milk related products available at there sale center located adjacent to this cafe. Fresh fruit juices are available from morning to evening.

  • 5/5 Shalitha Randika D. 3 years ago on Google
    Delicious foods, love it ❤

  • 5/5 world E. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place to have lunch

  • 3/5 Kreshaanth S. 3 years ago on Google
    High price for buffet. But the items are less. Especially breakfast

  • 5/5 venura g. 2 years ago on Google
    Very good place.. quality food. Quite good place to enjoy a snack with a cup of tea

  • 5/5 Liyaqat S. 2 years ago on Google
    Great place for pit stop and awesome Srilanka food. Tasty and very clean.

  • 5/5 Lahiru D. 2 years ago on Google
    A place where you can buy hot products of milk.. Hot milk, milk bottles, Kiritoffee, curd, goat milk etc. A open cafetaria available for your snack time and a children's park is also available. Car parking +.

  • 4/5 Anasta Z. 2 years ago on Google
    Chicken cream soup and beef burger was nice, very very polite stuff! But mango juice was mostly orange water and not very juice. Also chicken kottu was very very spicy (too much pepper) and I don't recommend NLDB special rice , a lot of ingredients were not fresh and eatable in that rice( especially prawns and meet)

  • 5/5 Yasith S. 3 years ago on Google
    Good place to buy good quality curds

  • 4/5 Pahan C. 2 years ago on Google
    A really nice restaurant run by the government. Can recommend it to someone who is passing by the area and looking for a place to grab breakfast, lunch, dinner or a random meal. We stopped here during lunchtime and the place was relatively crowded. There was a Sri Lankan buffet. In addition to the buffet, you can order from their menu too. There was number of items from burgers and submarines to fried rice dishes. There was a variety of beverages too. The buffet was ok. Not bad at all. The chicken fried rice was also really good and there was a good amount of Chicken. But the drawback was the Submarines. The submarine bun was on the dry side and not tasted that good. But the Chicken inside the submarines was good.

  • 3/5 Naleen K. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place and foods are also ok. But poor service, we have to wait very long time to order foods. Other main thing is prices are too much with comparatively present market prices (as on 27.02.2022). A Pol roti (nearly 4 inch diameter) was Rs.60 A plain tea was Rs.50 (just hot water, tea bag and sugar) Milk tea was Rs.80 (not fresh milk). Those prices should be moderated as a Government organisation.

  • 4/5 KALINDU 1 year ago on Google
    Wide parking spaces and washroom facilities are available. The cafe has Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner. And the outlet for farm items has milk products, eggs and meat.

  • 5/5 Chamara H. 1 year ago on Google
    Good food with variety. This place is located in a very nice place. You can have a relaxing meal with your family. The service was a bit delayed due to no of orders. Other than that everything was perfect. Clean and tasty food. Next to the restaurant, there is a NLDB shop where you can buy curd, eggs, yoghurt etc.

  • 4/5 vithu s. 10 months ago on Google
    Had lunch there. They have lunch buffet at affordable cost and other menu also. Food was delicious and staff are really helpful and active. Place is very clean.

  • 3/5 Vidhyaa Dayanandh (. 5 months ago on Google
    It's A small restaurant enroute Sigiriya. If you are looking for authentic srilankan food you can stop here for a buffet.. A small spread and traditional food .

  • 4/5 Janith H. 8 months ago on Google
    Friendly and efficient service. We had an egg sandwich, which was good. They also serve buffet. Good quality washrooms. Bit crowded.

  • 4/5 Buddhika W. 4 months ago on Google
    Great place to stop for lunch and to stretch your legs a bit. Their restrooms are good too. There's plenty of parking. The food is your typical local fare. It's good. Ther service is adequate.

  • 4/5 Isira S. 4 months ago on Google
    Good place to have take rest after a long drive. Food is good as well 👍

  • 4/5 Pasan P. 3 years ago on Google
    Dropped in for lunch. Rice options were great. Grilled patties and even boilled vegetables were available as low carb options.

  • 4/5 Praveen De S. 3 years ago on Google
    Very good place for breakfast if you are traveling towards Dambulla. It serves buffet meals which cost around 300 for breakfast which is really decent based on the cuisine. The service is very good. The parking is also available. Washrooms are not very clean. They also have milk products available.

  • 5/5 Indrachapa G. 3 years ago on Google
    Tasty food. Clean atmosphere.

  • 5/5 Brian M. 3 years ago on Google
    Really great service here. We got here for dinner and the food was really tasty and free of MSG. Great and patient staff 😬. Glad to see a government own place being kept so well.

  • 5/5 Daham B. 3 years ago on Google
    Really nice place to have a rest while you travel this way. Washrooms are clean and tidy comparing to most of the other places.

  • 5/5 SACHINTHA J. 3 years ago on Google
    Good food and clean area

  • 5/5 Muditha E. 3 years ago on Google
    Great view and clean place

  • 1/5 Thishan A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Price high White rice, coconut sambol and potato curry (Original) Price high සුදු බත්,පොල් සම්බෝලයි අල කරියයි.රු.275

  • 3/5 Abdullah J. 3 years ago on Google
    No smoking inside please.

  • 5/5 Wikum W. 3 years ago on Google
    Superb place with fresh milk , highly recommended place for enjoy a cup of fresh milk with a pol roti. Here you have everything, washrooms are Well maintained , easy place to relax your journey on the way

  • 4/5 Tharaka S. 3 years ago on Google
    Very clean and nice place. Good service.

  • 4/5 Vajira P. 3 years ago on Google
    Good for a stop while on a long journey.

  • 5/5 Vishwa T. 3 years ago on Google
    Delicious food .. nice place..friendly staff

  • 5/5 Chekila A. 3 years ago on Google
    The best place to refresh your selves on your way to your destination 🏞🍽💚❤

  • 4/5 Dharsheca V. 3 years ago on Google
    Good place to have fresh pol roti, pancake and tea. Ample parking, good service. But dont forget to ask for your bill for what you pay.

  • 4/5 Ruchika S. 3 years ago on Google
    Cool surrounding

  • 4/5 Senitha L. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place for a quick stop in your long trips to have some rest and refreshments. They have good range of drinks including fresh juices as well as nice milk shakes and Faluda. They also have toilet facilities free for their customers and a small charges for non-customers.

  • 5/5 Collins P. 3 years ago on Google
    Clean. They have rich menu in fast foods.

  • 5/5 Chamith W. 3 years ago on Google
    Tasty food, wash rooms are good, nice place to have a break.

  • 5/5 Isuru S. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place for a quick snack while having a fresh cow milk cup. Main meals also available. Wheelchair accessible parking and entrance

  • 4/5 Amila M. 3 years ago on Google
    Buffet was pricier than expected. But nice place and tasty food.

  • 5/5 Tharindu J. 3 years ago on Google
    🍞🍞🌮🌮🍚🍚🍛🍛

  • 4/5 LAVAPRAGASH M. 3 years ago on Google
    Great atmosphere

  • 4/5 Laksiri P. 3 years ago on Google
    Very clean and afforded price

  • 2/5 Ajantha K. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice place. Large parking capacity Clean environment Price of food much high

  • 1/5 Nishantha W. 3 years ago on Google
    Highly not recommended this palace. Even they are not giving washroom facilities drinking water for free. Charging very high rate on food items. No any taste and mixing dried arecanuts with rice for reduce eating. Very unfair on service and charges. Dont visit for have meals.

  • 5/5 Sudarshana J. 3 years ago on Google
    Clean food reasonable prices..

  • 5/5 Travel With Us Sri l. 3 years ago on Google
    Good stop for food and short eat .. also mee kiri

  • 5/5 Thushantha Gayan R. 3 years ago on Google
    Good Place, Nice View,

  • 4/5 DILAN J. 3 years ago on Google
    Went to the Curd outlet next door as usual to have fresh curd on the way from Hingurakgoda... Curd is fresh and awesome as always... They have some construction going on so the seats are not there as it used to be.. visited the new cafe also, serves savories,and usual rice and curry ,fried rice, tea coffee etc etc... Had few short eats and tea.. service was good .. and food was tasty and value for the money...

  • 5/5 Nimal C. 3 years ago on Google
    Good for getting some rest while driving your long trip.

  • 5/5 Aruna U. 3 years ago on Google
    Good service

  • 4/5 FDB U. 3 years ago on Google
    Not a high end place but you can get a tasty meal for very reasonable price simple lunch buffet for 350LKR ( just only one pc of chicken ) great place for ordinary people eventhough it runs by goventment i am surprised about the great service they have provided also you can enjoy cup of farm fresh milk ample parking only thing i don't like they are charging 50LKR from none customers to use the restroom that is unacceptable at all......

  • 2/5 Yamuna N. 3 years ago on Google
    Some workers were not even wearing a mask. Charge Rs50 for using the washroom, but no soap inside

  • 5/5 Udaya P. 3 years ago on Google
    Good service


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ All you can eat
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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