Ceylon Tea BarSri Lankan café · since 2024
Egg hoppers with sambols, string hoppers and short eats from Ceylon Tea Bar

Sri Lankan café · Cathcart, Glasgow

A wee bit of Sri Lanka on Glasgow’s southside

Family recipes cooked by husband and wife Sameera and Saumi. Short eats, curries, hoppers and kotthu, with fine Ceylon teas, in the little green-fronted café at 172 Holmlea Road.

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5.0 from 153 Google reviews

What’s cooking

Yellow rice with curry, salad and papadum£10 The rice bowlRice with one curry and one add-on of your choice Buffet trays of yellow rice with cashews, chicken curry and moreFri 7pm Friday buffet nightsAbout every two weeks, and they sell out 11 teas Fine Ceylon teasSilver Tip, Uva, Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula and more

Good to know

  • Dine in or take away. Pull up a seat or take it home.
  • Vegan & vegetarian? There are options on the menu, marked VG and V.
  • Bring the dog. Dogs are allowed.
  • Lunch is 11am – 4pm. Short eats, curries, hoppers and kotthu.
  • Mondays we rest. Open Tuesday to Sunday.
  • Buffet nights sell out. Watch Instagram and Facebook for the next date.
“What an absolute gem in the southside! The food was incredible and genuinely authentic Sri Lankan cuisine”
Google review, January 2026
Dal curry with sambols, salad and paratha

Our story

A husband and wife, and their family recipes

Sameera and Saumi moved to Glasgow in 2012, after an aunt in Stirling first brought them to Scotland. In November 2024 they opened Ceylon Tea Bar on the site of an Italian café they used to love.

The idea is simple: cook their own family recipes and bring a wee bit of Sri Lanka to the southside.

The green corner shopfront of Ceylon Tea Bar on Holmlea Road

Visit

Look for the green shopfront

172 Holmlea Road, Cathcart. Next to Holmlea Park, about 500m from Cathcart station.

Hours & directions

Follow the kitchen

Buffet dates and what’s new go up first on @ceylonteabar_glasgow

Hoppers, string hoppers and short eatsEgg hopper with sambolsCroquettes with lime, chilli and saladPumpkin curry with dal, potato curry and ricePotato curry in a black bowlSri Lankan chicken curryThe green corner shopfrontA special topped with a fried egg and dried chillies

5.0 from 153 Google reviews

“What a hidden gem! Tremendously flavoured dishes in a cute cafe!… by the time I left there was a queue out the door!”
Google review · March 2026
“I honestly had one of the best Sri Lankan meals I’ve ever tasted here. The devil chicken was incredibly flavourful”
Google review · January 2026
“Incredibly tasty and authentic Sri Lankan food! Absolutely adored the dal, 100% winner.”
Google review · October 2025
“Such welcoming and friendly service from Antony and Saumi”
Google review · June 2025

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