La Boheme — Restaurant in Southern Province

March 2022, we were a couple visiting at 7 pm, for two pizzas, two mojitos and one small beer we paid 7000 LKR. Place is definitely hard to navigate to, maybe it's my ignorance, but I haven't noticed any sign neither on the road nor on the street indicating we're at the right place. We found a nice spot on the couch, probably the last one, otherwise it was crowded. Got our orders pretty quickly and enjoyed the atmosphere that was very nice. Place has no wi-fi, I mean I don't come to restaurants to surf on the internet, but during an hour plus long waiting for the food, you get kinda bored. Drinks were very good, hands down the best mojito we've had on Sri Lanka. So about the food, you can definitely feel, the sourdough pizza is made from quality ingredients. Dough itself was very tasty, although a little bit of salt would definitely help. But that's unfortunately all you can taste on the pizza. Other ingredients are very dry and dull, I couldn't really tell the difference which one I was eating. I get that oven baking is cool and traditional, but when guy has it on full throttle and doesn't really seem he can control it, the high temperature can dry the food pretty quickly. Our eperience in Pizza Hut, although corporate and in general much different, was...

Firstly, the place: nice, clean, simple and cosy. Just perfect. Secondly, the staff: very nice, kind, friendly yet professional. They won't bother you unnecessarily but will ensure you have what you need. And thirdly but most importantly: PIZZA. It is absolutely fantastic. We ordered 3 different pizza's between 4 of us: 2 adults (1 big eater, 1 small eater) and 2 kids (1 pig eater, 1 try-to-force-me eater). There was NO way we could eat 3 pizza's. BUT. WE. DID. It was THAT good. Better yet, the little one, who has to be blackmailed into eating, DEVOURED 3/4 of Margherita without any fuss! Another point of observation: the pizza making chef was keeping his hands and dough making place continuously clean. Cleaned immediately afterwards. Didn't take any photos. Was too busy eating. Definitely 5 out of 5. Will...

Regarding good reviews I expected the good flavour of Italy but not at all. Just another touristic restaurant. They never have burrata, and also don't have often sourdough pizza... So you are forced to take the thin crust that is not even crusty it was soft ! Pizza looks good but trust me it was tasteless and dough not cooked enough. I, fortunately you can add spicy oil and pepper for free to spice the taste. Pizza hut makes better pizza than the one I tried. The gnocchi portion is very small, it's more like an appetizer but with a price of a main dish 🤣

Finally you cannot even pay by credit card they will tell you the machine has to be updated so take out your cash.

In a word this restaurant is okay but way too overpriced for the service and...