Colombo · Nightlife

Rooftop bar over Galle Face and Port City. Live music and flair bartenders from 5pm to midnight; book at busy times.

Sangakkara and Jayawardene's mud-crab restaurant in the Dutch Hospital. No freezers, crabs to 2kg. Reserve well ahead.

A 17th-century colonial hospital turned courtyard of bars and restaurants. The easiest place in Fort to start a night.

Sunset drinks on the seafront lawn of a hotel running since 1864. Travellers' Bar and the Verandah for something slower.

Courtyard cafe behind the handloom shop and gallery, long the city's arts hangout. Check ahead for live music.