Ok here goes more reviews of places in Sri Lanka. Went to Tantra on Sunday, I have to rate this as one of my favourite places to hang out on a Sunday. The mix of chilled out live music (as opposed to the headbanging crap you get in most clubs), a nice outdoor setting with fresh air and a setting sun, beautiful people and best of all the ability to wander around in shorts and sandals. The service from the old Glow staff is excellent. Haven’t really been here on weekdays but for an awesome way to chill on a Sunday evening Tantra is excellent. I really hope they can extend their lease somehow and they don’t have to close down like Glow.
And now onto Lagoon, the seafood restaurant at Cinnamon Grand, ambience is nice if a bit noisy and a bit too brightly lit. The food was excellent if a bit heavy, wish the chillie crab was mashed up making it easier to get to the meat. You get to choose your food just like the Cove with the exception the food isn’t alive when it’s chopped up. The sushi starters were so so, the wasabi lacked a bit in flavour, but was still nice. Desert was good as well, the excessively chocolate dessert that I had was excellent. The service was attentive and surprisingly knowledgeable. Not entirely sure about the prices because I didn’t pick up the tab, but it was fairly expensive, though we did have starters, three dishes and dessert split between two people, which was a bit excessive. The nice thing about eating at the Lagoon is that Breeze Bar is right there, making it an excellent, intimate and quiet post dinner place to hang out.
