About Us

The Ceylon Leaf Tea Room opened in an old house inside Galle Fort. We serve single-estate teas from the hill country and sweets baked every morning.

Our story

Our founder, Mrs Nadeesha Silva, grew up on a tea estate near Nuwara Eliya. In 2016 she opened a small tea counter with four tables. Visitors loved the fresh tea and home-made kokis, and in 2021 we moved to this larger house on Church Street.

Our vision

To be the place every visitor to Galle remembers for a real cup of Ceylon tea.

Our mission

We brew single-estate teas bought directly from small growers, bake traditional Sri Lankan sweets fresh every morning, and serve every guest with warm, friendly care.

Our values

• Freshness — tea brewed to order and sweets baked each day.
• Fairness — fair prices for growers, staff and guests.
• Hospitality — every guest is welcomed like family.
• Care for Galle — no plastic straws, and we recycle every day.

Find us

Opening hours: every day, 9.00 am to 7.00 pm.

Photo credits

This is an example website. Photos are from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their licences:

• cup-of-tea.webp: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• glass-tea-cup.webp: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• tea-plantation.webp: Bergentroll, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
• tea-picking.webp: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• love-cake.webp: Dan arndt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• kokis.webp: Chamal N, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• swiss-roll.webp: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• cafe-interior.webp: Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
• galle-fort-street.webp: Tom Worthington from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons