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JUNEbistro · kandy

About June

A slow morning, a better evening

June Bistro is a café and restaurant in Kandy city centre, open every day from 8:30 am to 10 pm. We cook brunch, Sri Lankan and Asian favourites and simple pasta, fresh to order, in a room built for staying a while.

Our story, in a sentence

We wanted a place in Kandy where you could take your time: over avocado toast and a smoothie bowl before the temple, a plate of kottu after a long day, or a pot of Ceylon tea and a book on a hot afternoon.

That place is June — on DS Senanayake Veediya, about a seven-minute walk from the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. Travellers stop by on their way to Ella, Nuwara Eliya and Sigiriya, or before a trek in Udawatta Kele Sanctuary. Locals come back week after week; one guest wrote on Google that June has been their go-to dining spot for nearly two years.

We serve dine-in, takeaway, delivery and catering, and host occasional events in the bistro, such as movie nights.

A table for two beneath a woven pendant lamp and a branch of vines against a plaster wall

The room

Vines, lamplight and leather booths

Hand-finished plaster walls, a timber ceiling wrapped in trailing vines, woven brass lamps, a window bar lined with books — and air conditioning, which guests escaping the Kandy heat appreciate most of all.

  • Bookshelf and leather bar stools along the textured plaster wall, with a wreath above
  • Close-up of a woven brass pendant lamp glowing beside trailing vines
  • The word JUNE in plum lettering on a wall of hanging vines at the entrance
  • A row of leather stools along the window bar under a timber-beamed ceiling

How we cook

Four things we always do

  • Fresh to order

    Nothing waits under a lamp. Every dish is cooked when you order it and served as soon as it’s ready.

  • A proper portion

    Each dish is made with 100 g of protein, by raw weight. Add an extra egg or chicken if you’re hungry.

  • Your spice, your way

    Low, Medium or High — just tell us. We’d rather ask than guess.

  • Room for everyone

    Vegan and gluten-free dishes are clearly marked, the kitchen is halal-friendly, and our seating is wheelchair accessible.

The team

“The staff were friendly and welcoming.”

It’s the line that turns up again and again in our reviews. Our team will help you choose, tell you honestly how hot “High” really is, and bring out the board games when you ask.

Read the reviews
Yellow gerberas in a slim vase on a wooden table by the windowVines climbing across the ceiling towards a warm pendant lamp
  • Air-conditioned dining room
  • Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Board games (Uno, Monopoly)
  • Halal-friendly
  • Dine in, takeaway, delivery and catering

Open every day · 08:30 – 22:00

See you at June.

Open every day, 8:30 am – 10 pm at 174 DS Senanayake Veediya, Kandy 20000.