To leverage its reputation as Colombo’s Grande Dame and transform the city’s dining and entertainment scene, distinctive concepts and renowned food offerings turn the hotel’s dining outlets into destinations in their own right. With strong emphasis on retaining the authenticity and heritage of the cuisine type, the main focus of dining at the Galle Face Hotel is to develop a modern style of preparing food through the hotel’s culinary experts which will eventually make cuisine at Galle Face Hotel better known in the global platform. 

As a tasteful ending to the 4^th French Spring Festival in Sri Lanka, the Embassy of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, the Alliance Française de Kotte in Colombo, the Alliance Française network and the Galle Face Hotel, who have partnered with the Embassy throughout the year, celebrated Beaujolais Nouveau Day with a visiting sommelier and Chef from France. The Beaujolais Nouveau 2015 wine was elegant with juicy fruit and light tannins, "tastes of the place—an incredible terroir with primordial hills—the grape, and of vibrant, tension-filled fruit.” And as Beaujolais Nouveau is about being festive and enjoying the first wine of the harvest, a vibrant wine loving gathering with great food, fashion and fellowship did add to the happiest evening ever.

About the Galle Face Hotel: South Asia’s leading Grande Dame, the Galle Face Hotel is testimony to both Sri Lanka’s colonial past and its independent present. Celebrated within the hospitality world, it blends historical splendour with crafted modernity to form a new model for heritage properties. International guests are immersed in the Galle Face Hotel’s rich traditions and compelling stories, while Colombo society perceive the hotel as the most prestigious, desirable destination in the city for memorable dining and special events. Whether at the hotel for dinner or for a month-long stay, an experience of the Galle Face Hotel is one of timeless grandeur and exceptional hospitality.

Celebrating 150 years, the Galle Face Hotel is one of the landmarks in Asia and was acclaimed as one of the best heritage Hotels in Sri Lanka in 2012. Further it is the first Hotel in the country to be featured on a postage stamp.

About the Galle Face Hotel Group

The Galle Face Hotel Group manages the hotel and leisure interest of Galle Face Hotel, Kandy Hotels PLC & Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC.

Under this banner are 3 distinct portfolios of businesses.

The Deluxe Heritage Hotels Collection

Galle Face Hotel in Colombo and Hotel Suisse & Queens Hotel in Kandy.

Each hotel is a connected to Sri Lanka’s history, imbibed with the splendor of yesteryear while continuing to serve visitors, foreign and domestic is gracious surrounds.

The Resorts Collection

4 hotels routed in some of Sri Lanka’s most special areas offer a modern facility with outstanding vista & access to experience this great country.

The Lake Hotel Polonnaruwa, The Surf Hotel Bentota, The Safari Hotel Thissamaharama and The Lake House Polonnaruwa.

Each of these recently refurbished hotels offers traditional Sri Lankan hospitality to visitors.

Photo caption: (Above) French Roast loin of Lamb on a  polenta soufflé, beaujoulais thyme reduction

[caption id="attachment_15209" align="alignnone" width="675"] French Ambassador Jean-Marin Schuh and his guests[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_15210" align="alignnone" width="675"] French Chef Charles of NY in conversation with the French Embassy personnel[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_15211" align="alignnone" width="675"] The French Embassy team[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_15212" align="alignnone" width="675"] French Sommelier Sebastien Gaudin gets ready[/caption]