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Lemon Cafe and Restaurant

Restaurant

πŸ‘πŸ‘ Very nice local restaurant! Lovely and cozy atmosphere, good music and friendly staff. We ordered chicken noodles (the portion was huge!) and chicken stew. Food was very delicious! Menu has a lot of options for everyone. People often mention good, delicious, nice, atmosphere, service, experience,


Address

368 Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Matara, Sri Lanka

Website

www.facebook.com

Contact

+94 71 439 9399

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (183 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm
  • Wednesday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm
  • Thursday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm
  • Friday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm
  • Saturday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm
  • Sunday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm
  • Monday: 10β€―am to 10β€―pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (12) delicious (10) nice (6) atmosphere (6) service (6) experience (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 5/5 IndrΔ— K. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice local restaurant! Lovely and cozy atmosphere, good music and friendly staff. We ordered chicken noodles (the portion was huge!) and chicken stew. Food was very delicious! Menu has a lot of options for everyone.
    5 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Sankaja R. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent service. Portions are large enough for 2 pax.
    4 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Chamil J. 1 year ago on Google
    one of good place from matara with delicious food Super Service πŸ‘ Nice and clean place πŸ₯°
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 4/5 Anya O. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice local place close to Matara. Probably the best local food I had in the south of Sri Lanka. A bit expensive, loads of mosquitoes and unfortunately there was no beer/ alcohol otherwise we would have stayed longer just to enjoy the nice atmosphere.
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 4/5 Weranga R. 11 months ago on Google
    Very Beautiful atmosphere. Foods is also very tasty,clean and well arranged.But service charge is somthing expensive.
    3 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Madusha D. 2 years ago on Google
    Awesome place to have lunch.friendly staff and quiet atmosphere ❀️
    2 people found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 4/5 Ravindu M. 1 year ago on Google
    Recommend the prawn curry, lots of prawns & good flavor. However, the food took over 1 hour to be served - but totally worth it! Avoid the avocado juice
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 2/5 Kasun L. 1 year ago on Google
    I went as per recommendation of my friend. Staff seems good and place seems nice. But when I came back home and open the food, I realised that Veg rice was fouled(Leaks they used smells and taste fouled). It only takes 30 - 45 mins to reach my from the restaurant. Nasi was taste good but bit more spicier than my taste. Pineapple juice was not cold. When ask, they told something about power cuts(currently only max 3 hrs). Had they told us, that it wasn't going to cold, we wouldn't buy. May be they treat local differently. May be chef is having a bad day. Regardless my experience was not pleasant at all.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Amajith H. 1 year ago on Google
    Well maintained. Super service. Price expensive. Service chargers 15Β°/β€’ Tasty foods. Clean Toilets. Vehicle parking available
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Kavinda Ubesinha j. 1 year ago on Google
    So so delicious 🀀 great clean super place and recommended for everyone who wants to get delicious foods and high rich experience . 😏 really wonderful .
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 4/5 Rangana S. 10 months ago on Google
    I had some nice delicious time on lemon restaurant, i tried mix Fried rice which taste was soo good, they offering nice delicious food, cam & beautiful place for everyone, prices also reasonable, recommended. πŸ‘Œ πŸ’ͺ
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Harsha J. 1 year ago on Google
    Food delicious 🎈 Super Service πŸ‘ Nice Place ❀️ ECO

  • 5/5 Saumya R. 4 months ago on Google
    Had an excellent dining experience at this restaurant. Clean and tidy place with very tasty food.

  • 5/5 Thaveen V. 4 months ago on Google
    One of the best restaurants to enjoy your meal in town.

  • 1/5 Dinuka E. 10 months ago on Google
    The atmosphere of the place is comparatively good & it gives an awesome vibe. But they can use better chairs to improve. Food taste is really good but it's ridiculously expensive. Food is so not worth for the price. They don't even have their own take away boxes. Takes a long time to deliver food as well. I had wait some 20 minutes to get my order & they were not even that busy. They have a fancy menu but most of the items are not available. They didn't give me a bill even. Overall it's a good restaurant but has plenty of areas to improve. Ps. I'm editing my review since there is no option to reply to the owner's reply. Looking at their reply it's clear that the owner doesn't know how to reply & speak to a customer & you might get treated by them the same way. As a level 7 local guide at Google maps my reviews have been highly trusted & followed by people all around the world thus reflects the credibility of my reviews. And I thought I'm the only one that gave them a bad rating, but after reading the reviews given by so many locals & foreigners it made me realize that I'm not the only one who had a bad experience here. So I'm reducing my rating further down to one star.

  • 5/5 Brandy P. 1 year ago on Google
    We ordered a large Kotthu, a juice, and a cold water and paid around 3,000 for two people. This plate was huge! The service was great and the quality was awesome!

  • 5/5 Manoj L. 1 year ago on Google
    Food is delicious. Satisfied portion size. Have parking 10% service change Clean and friendly staff. Busy during weekends and fridays have both dining in and take away.

  • 1/5 LluΓ­s Font S. 1 year ago on Google
    We were recommended this place many times so we decided to give it a try. Not worth a penny. We ordered some fried chicken which the staff told us was for two and ended up not even being enough for one person. If you are looking for cheap and good quality sri lankan food please avoid!

  • 5/5 charith j. 1 year ago on Google
    Best place to get a lunch in town. Great atmosphere ,friendly service, tasty foods.

  • 1/5 Lahiru 2 years ago on Google
    I bought a bottle of water for Rs. 70 and asked for 45% extra for the price of that water bottle.They said they would use the money for cooling. In addition to the profit on the water bottle, Rs. 30 was unfairly obtained. Be careful when dealing with them !!

  • 1/5 Giacomo F. 1 year ago on Google
    UPDATE after owner’s reply: If the tables get sticky because of too much cleaning (first time hearing this), still having sticky tables is not a good experience for any customer and management should make changes. I’ve been travelling to Sri Lanka for months and ate countless Kottu dishes. Unfortunately this was the one I enjoyed the least, might be subjective, but I’m not a picky person at all when it comes to food. Sadly not a good experience. The stickiest tables I placed my hands on, my phone cover got stuck. Looks like they never cleaned it for months. Use some products please. Also unfortunately the worst Kottu with cheese, served in a sticky liquid white sauce that tasted funny: like melted worst quality cream cheese maybe? Not nice at all. I understand in these days there are not many tourists, but with more time in their hands they should assure a more proper cleaning of the place. Could not even explain them because the waiter spoke no English and even though we tried, it was impossible to communicate apart from menu ordering.

  • 5/5 kaween c. 1 year ago on Google
    Wow delicious 🀀 great place and recommended for everyone who wants to get delicious foods


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • βœ“οΈ Free parking lot
    • βœ“οΈ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • βœ“οΈ Debit cards
    • βœ“οΈ Credit cards
    • βœ“οΈ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • βœ“οΈ Coffee
    • βœ“οΈ Small plates
  • Dining options
    • βœ“οΈ Lunch
    • βœ“οΈ Brunch
    • βœ“οΈ Dinner
    • βœ“οΈ Dessert
  • Service options
    • βœ“οΈ Dine-in
    • βœ“οΈ Delivery
    • βœ“οΈ Takeaway

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