2023 Jan 13
Sri Lankan Friday nights are always a battle between “let’s have some shots” and “can we really afford enough cocktails to get drunk?”. The struggle is real when you’re trying to balance your lifestyle with your bank account but thankfully we’re blessed with some amazing BYOB / BYOW spots in town!
So, the next time you’re looking to get “turnt”, here’s a list of places you can do it without digging a hole in your wallet.
No Corkage Charge
1. Mitsis Delicacies
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge | LKR 3,000 minimum spend on bill per person
Address: 34A, Bagatalle Road, Colombo 03
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 10 am – 10 pm
Contact number: 0777 163 090
Facebook: @mitsis.delicacies
Instagram: @mitsisdelicacies
Website: mitsis.lk
2. Cafe Nuga
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 52, Rosmead Place, Colombo 07
Open hours: Monday to Friday, 2 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0773 445 377
Facebook: @nugarosmead
Instagram: @nugarosmead
Website: www.nuga.life
3. Arthur’s Colombo 7
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 110, Horton Place, Colombo 07
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0117 955 955
Facebook: @arthurspizzas
Instagram: @arthurspizzas
Website: arthurs.lk
4. Kang’s Kitchen
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW (only with prior reservation)
Corkage: No charge
Address: 28/1, Horton Place, Colombo 07
Open hours: Monday to Saturday, 12 pm – 2 pm | 6 pm – 9 pm
Contact number: 0112 697 216
Facebook: @kangskitchencolombo
Instagram: @kangskitchencolombo
5. Culture Colombo
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW (only with prior reservation)
Corkage: No charge
Address: 25, Kensington Garden, Colombo 04
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 12 pm – 3.30 pm | 6.30 pm – 10.30 pm
Contact number: 0774 422 448
Facebook: @culturecolombosl
Instagram: @culturecolombosl
Website: culturecolombo.lk
6. Bowl’d
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge | LKR 25,000 minimum spend on total bill
Address: 36A, Gower Street, Colombo 05
Open hours: Daily, 10 am – 10 pm
Contact number: 0114 382 838
Facebook: @Bowld.sl
Instagram: @bowld.sl
7. PappaRich
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address:
488, Nawala Road, Kotte (Nawala branch)
572/10, Madiwela Road, Thalawathugoda (Thalawathugoda branch)
No. 33, Park Street, Colombo 02 (Park Street branch)
Open hours:
Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 11 pm (Nawala branch)
Monday to Thursday, 11 am – 9.30 pm | Friday to Sunday, 12 pm – 10.30 pm (Thalawathugoda Branch)
Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 10 pm (Park Street Branch)
Contact number:
0712 910 910 (Nawala branch)
0715 910 910 (Thalawathugoda branch)
0711 910 910 (Park Street branch)
Facebook: @PappaRichSriLanka
Instagram: @papparichsrilanka
Website: papparich.lk
8. Traveling Bruncher
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW (only on Fridays)
Corkage: No charge
Address: Rooftop, Green Lanka Towers, Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 02
Open hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 9 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0772 289 111
Facebook: @thetravelingbruncher
Instagram: @thetravelingbruncher
9. Mama Louie’s
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW (no hard liquor)
Corkage: No charge
Address: No. 614, Sri Jayawardenepura Mawatha, Kotte
Open hours: Weekdays, 12 pm – 10.30 pm | Weekends, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0113 415 415
Facebook: @mamalouiesrajagiriya
Instagram: @mamalouiessrilanka
10. Via Torino
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 61, Dudley Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 08
Open hours: Weekdays, 6 pm – 10.30 pm | Weekends, 12 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0761 336 675
Facebook: @ristoranteviatorino
Instagram: @viatorinolk
11. Dolce Italia
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW (no hard liquor)
Corkage: No charge
Address: 5, Skelton Road, Colombo 05
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 7 am – 10.30 pm
Contact number: 0112 559 900
Facebook: @DolceItaliaDolceCasa
Instagram: @casadolceitalia
Website: www.casadolceitalia.com
12. Junkyard By The Barn
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge | LKR 1,500 minimum spend on bill per person
Address: 75, Bogahawatte, Temple Road, Thalawathugoda
Open hours: Monday to Thursday, 3 pm – 11.30 pm | Friday to Sunday, 12 pm – 11.30 pm
Contact number: 0707 944 945
Facebook: @JunkYard.SL
Instagram: @junkyard.bythebarn
13. The Grove
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge | LKR 2,500 minimum spend on bill per person
Address: 289, High Level Road, Colombo 05
Open hours: Weekdays, 11.30 am – 10.30 pm | Weekends, 10.30 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0770 755 444
Facebook: @TheGrove.lk
Instagram: @thegrove.lk
Website: thegrove.lk
14. Pink Salt
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 58/6, De Alwis Place, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 12.30 pm – 10 pm
Contact number: 0778 372 311
Facebook: @pinksalt.lk
Instagram: @pinksalt.lk
Website: www.pinksaltcolombo.com
15. Fire and Ice Pizzeria
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge | LKR 1,500 minimum spend on bill per person
Address: 44/5A, Gnanartha Pradeepa Mawatha, Borella, Colombo 08
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 12 pm – 10.30 pm
Contact number: 0771 146 748
Facebook: @Fire-and-Ice-Pizzeria-Colombo
Instagram: @fireandicepizzeriacolombo
Website: www.fireandicepizzeria.com
16. Great Wall Restaurant
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: No. 306, Hospital Road, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 3 pm | 6 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0112 767 767
Facebook: @GreatWallSL
Instagram: @greatwallrestaurants
Website: www.greatwall.lk
17. Barracuda Seafood and Grill
Offers: Only BYOB (exclusively hard liquor)
Corkage: No charge | LKR 2,500 minimum spend on bill per person
Address: No. 41/2, Wasala Road, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0770 207 733
Facebook: @barracudalk
Instagram: @barracuda.lk
Website: barracuda.lk
18. Chatz Restaurant
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 79, Horton Place, Colombo 07
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0117 226 888
Facebook: @chatzrestaurant
Instagram: @chatzrestaurant
19. Cafe 47
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 550, Pitakotte Road, Thalawathugoda, Ruhunupura
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 3 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0777 231 047
Facebook: @cafe47Colombo
20. Shanghai Terrace
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 811, Kotte Road, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 3 pm | 6 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0112 878 878
Facebook: @shanghaiterrace
Website: www.shanghai-terrace.com
21. The BYOB Society
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge | LKR 1,000 (Main Restaurant) and LKR 1,500 (VIP Room) minimum spend on bill per person
Address: 262A. Hokandara Road, Ruhunupura 10116
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 3 pm – midnight
Contact Number: 0112 888 646
Facebook: @thebyobsociety
Instagram: @thebyobsociety
Website: digitalmenu.byobsociety
22. Xilaton Chinese Restaurant
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: No charge
Address: 126, Havelock Road, Colombo 05
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 2.45 pm | 6 pm – 10.45 pm
Contact number: 0112 508 887
Facebook: @xilatonchineserestaurant
23. Jojo’s Place
Offers: Only BYOB
Corkage: No charge
Address: 43/6A, De Alwis Avenue, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 12 pm – midnight
Contact number: 0776 724 179
Facebook: @jojosplacesl
24. Ceylon King Restaurant
Offers: Only BYOB (exclusively hard liquor)
Corkage: No charge
Address: No. 769, Kotte Road, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact Number: 0114 364 364
Facebook: @ceylonking.lk
Instagram: @ceylonking.lk
Charges Corkage
25. Roccos
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 2,000 per bottle (hard liquor)
Address: 29A, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 07
Open hours: Weekdays, 11 am – 10 pm | Weekends, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0771 423 131
Facebook: @roccoslk
Instagram: @roccoscolombo
Website: www.roccos.lk
26. Mount Breeze Hotel
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 1,000 per bottle
Address: No. 22/5A, Off De Seram Road, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 8 am – 12 pm
Contact number: 0112 725 043
Facebook: @MountBreeze
Instagram: @mountbreezelk
Website: www.mountbreeze.lk
27. Giovanni’s Presto Pizza
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 1,000 (hard liquor)
Address: 145, Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo 05
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 4 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0770 335 366
Facebook: @giovannisprestopizza
Instagram: @giovannis.presto.pizza
28. The Four Leafed Clover
Offers: Only BYOB
Corkage: LKR 2,500 per bottle
Address: 168, Maya Avenue, Colombo 05
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 12 pm – 10.30 pm
Contact number: 0114 534 591
Facebook: @TheFourLeafedClover
Instagram: @thefourleafedclover.lk
29. The Station
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 1,000 (wine), LKR 1,500 per bottle (hard liquor)
Address: 1/41, Wasala Road, Dehiwala
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 2.30 pm | 5 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0112 715 232
Facebook: @thestationlk
Instagram: @thestation.lk
30. Zen (Zylan Luxury Villa)
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 2,000 (wine), LKR 3,500 (hard liquor) | Additionally, corkage charge is reduced if the minimum spend exceeds LKR 5,000
Address: 115, Rosmead Place, Colombo 07
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 12 pm – 10 pm
Contact number: 0112 686 883
Facebook: @zencolombo
Instagram: @zencolombo
Website: www.zylan.lk/zen
31. Park Street Trattoria
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 3,000 (wine), LKR 5,000 (hard liquor)
Address: 48, Park Street, Colombo 02
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 10 am – 10 pm
Contact number: 0112 327 111
Facebook: @parkstreettrattoria
Instagram: @pst.lk
32. Breeze by Barracuda
Offers: Only BYOB (exclusively hard liquor)
Corkage: LKR 2,000 per person (Monday to Thursday) | LKR 2,500 per person (Friday to Sunday)
Address: 10, Galle Face Drive, Colombo
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 am – 11 pm
Contact number: 0770 707 050
Facebook: @breezebarracuda
Instagram: @barracuda.lk
33. Shandong The Chinese Kitchen
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW
Corkage: LKR 2,000 per bottle
Address: 1092, Sri Jayawardenapura Road, Rajagiriya
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 5.30 pm – 10.30 pm
Contact number: 0117 882 882, 0773 039 522
Facebook: @shandongtck
Instagram: @shandongthechinesekitchen
Website: shandongchinesekitchen.lk
34. Mintage Restaurant & Pub
Offers: Both, BYOB and BYOW (exclusively foreign liquor)
Corkage: LKR 2,500 per bottle
Address: 154, Kensey Road, Colombo 07
Open hours: Monday to Sunday, 5 pm – 11 pm
Contact number: 0112 680 171
Facebook: @mintage.lk
Instagram: @mintage_restaurant
So there you have it, folks. Good company, great food, and boozy nights are awaiting, so go get cracking!
