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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Came to this place on two separate occasions both for different purposes. Both experiences were incredible. The whole site just has a fantastic atmosphere that makes you want to dwell. So the first occasion we came was for a party night on a Wednesday -...disco era. Outstanding sounds, lighting and fireworks - a complete vibe. These happen quite frequently on Wednesdays and Saturdays I was told. Unfortunately we only got to experience one of these events, but it was a blast. Great drinks, reasonable prices and we had a pizza which was delicious. The second occasion, the following night, we returned as we had seen there was another restaurant on site and a shop. The restaurant, called The Upstairs by Mark Smith is a Tapas place. It has a very simple menu, but food is outstanding. It’s high end and you pay more, but the quality is exceptional. Definitely one of the best meals we had during our 3 weeks in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately I didn’t take any photos of the food, but the presentation was great. The staff are brilliant also - both professional and friendly. We can recommend the prawns, pumpkin tortellini, the meatballs and the seared yellowfin tuna tataki. So good! It’s a good place to catch sunsets. The shop downstairs serves delicious coffee, and sells various surf clothing and associated items that are produced locally in Sri Lanka. It has very nice stuff, including nice art/post card prints as well. Worth a gander. Overall, The Doctors House is a brilliant venue with great food, drinks and other bits on site. I would highly recommend you visit.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Not really impressed with their pizzas. Det crust and no salt at all. Atmosphere was good and staff was very nice. Maybe try something else that the pizzas

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 13 May 2023

Very nice vibe and seating area by the sea outdoors in a garden with live band music. The food was also nice - tried the brisket burger, pizza, some salads and drinks and the food was great. They also host fun parties. More reviews @myra.recommends

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 31 March 2023 via mobile

We were so excited to visit the place on Friday the 31st on March 23 since we are traveling to mirissa. We called the placed two times find out if they have and events or a DJ on the number mentioned in insta, staff confirmed...that they have a DJ party on the upstairs from 6pm onwards and no reservation is required we can walk in anytime. Once we reached the place the security staff mentioned we are not allowed to enter, we inquired why and he said it t was a private party which was not the case we can see foreigners just walk in without any questions. We had the impression that they are not allowing us to enter the party are because we are two locals. And at the same time we went to the reception and ask from another bar tender whether we can enter the party, he mentions it’s possible. So we were on the way to the upstairs party and the security staff again stop us saying he needs to re-confirm and we were not allowed at the end without any explanation. Out night was ruined because of these miscommunication and we decided to leave the place as discrimination towards our own people is not a good sign. Disappointed.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Mick Morehead, Owner at The Doctor's House, responded to this reviewResponded 7 April 2023

Racism and discrimination is something we have taken very seriously here from 2015/16. We accept full responsibly for this terrible handling of our venue and for your evening. From the owners and management, we whole heartedly apologise to you and any others within your group....More

Reviewed 28 March 2023 via mobile

The Doctor’s House has a great relaxed vibe and music at the weekends with street food and a market. In the ‘Upstairs’ food heaven Chef Mark Smith produces exquisite flavours and sharing tapas deliciousness. Well worth a visit.

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 28 February 2023 via mobile

Horrible food. Horrible service. No service actually. You have to go to different bars to order different things (food, drink) by yourself (what an inconvenient concept, right?) Pathetic attitude of the pizza oven staff. Got something as simple as veg nachos wrong. how? How can...you make burnt and bitter nachos and then say it's made this way? When baking mistakes are pointed out, the pizza oven guy who baked the nachos says the food is made like this only. We asked him to change the dish and get us a pizza instead since he was from the pizza baking team and used the oven to bake the nachos, he says we can give you the same thing again, or PAY MORE TO GET A PIZZA, and continued to justify!! Water dripping out of the fish and chips - there's a rubbish justification for that too. Terrible terrible attitude. Never going back.More

Date of visit: February 2023
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Michael M, Owner at The Doctor's House, responded to this reviewResponded 1 March 2023

You don’t have to order at the different bars by yourself, you can take a friend, or a partner, or a family member or you can even take a big group of people you’ve never even met before. We honestly don’t mind how many people...More

Reviewed 26 January 2023 via mobile

The place is quite fame but a total disappointment on the Level of Service The food is overpriced for SL and food isn't responding with quality. Multiple dishes which we ordered missed several Ingridients. comparing the photos on Google you might find out that you...are fooled - they tried to lie that we didn't understand MENU. Never apologiesed moreover on a social media Feedback I Got a response to basically fck off - as far as they don't value the Experience of customer and care only about how to get your money.More

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 6 January 2023

Dear Robert W, Our travel community appreciates you wanting to share your experience with them. We need you to make some changes and resubmit your review to comply with our guidelines. For more information, please see our policy about Profane and Vulgar Language. To submit...the revised review: copy and paste the text of your original review for The Doctor's House (provided below) into this form, make your edits and click submit. Your reviews help your fellow travelers and we look forward to your continued participation in our community. Tripadvisor Support Team If you have a moment, we'd like to get your feedback on your experience with this short survey. Thank you! ________________________________________ The Doctor's House Matara A quaint but lively place which offers lunches, dinners, bar service and disco dancing in the evenings plus games. Food is attractively priced and there is a good ambience. Service times are a bit variable so you need to keep chasing your orders. However it is well worth a visit, indeed a must visit if you are in the Matara area. There are clothes stores opposite on the road by the beach selling colourful shirts etc. All in all highly recommended. For extra comfort bring your own chair cushions as the wooden chairs are a bit hard! Go to Tripadvisor | Privacy Policy | Contact UsMore

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 8 May 2022 via mobile

Literally our favourite find in Sri Lanka. A cool restaurant pub outdoors overlooking the ocean, owned by a couple Aussie blokes! What a find, they’re right the beer is cold and my daughter absolutely loves the swing with the view. The shop is fab and...we spent a fair bit in there. We will absolutely go back when we return to Sri Lankan later this year. We didn’t get to try the pizza but it looked amazingMore

Date of visit: May 2022
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Reviewed 20 April 2022 via mobile

Such a Nice place. Good food. Lemon drop. Mojito. Beetroot pizza. Okay DJ (could improve) Sweaty. Your panties will fall off.

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed 13 April 2022

We read the comments about TheDoctorHouse and we saw lot of people being sick after eat Guacamole. We tough, it's happen once and they fix the problem. We ordered yesterday nacho with the (famous) guacamole. And surprise we were sick too. So we gonna talk...as well of the price, that are excessive. And also of the awkward feeling that strictly any local were there...More

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed 5 April 2022 via mobile

Having been brought here by a tour group, raving about the place I have been left underwhelmed. Starting off having to order food in one place and cocktails in another at the overpriced prices, quoted in USD as this type of establishment prefers. Returning to...my large group and seeing everyone’s orders arrive and just be dumped in the middle of the table to go cold and a useless waiter just turn and walk away uninterested. My food never arrived so on going up to the counter the waiter looked like he was about to fall asleep! Talking to another waiter who claimed to understand my order was missed he promised a delivery of nachos with pulled pork…. Plain nachos arrived obviously, given my group had now nearly eaten I just left it and carried on. On clearing the table the first disinterested waiter dropped a used fork on my lap covering the shorts in food…… and then proceeded to take someone else’s half finished drink and throw it in is basked. Only to try and fish it out when it was upside down to place back on the table when he was challenged. Avoid this establishment and go somewhere more authentic, don’t waste your cash and look after a local who needs it and will provide you with much better food, drink and serviceMore

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed 25 January 2022

We had a blast at the New Years Day party! The food (especially the pizza) is delicious, plenty of beer and well-made cocktails (especially the margaritas), the DJs are awesome, and overall just a really fun vibe.

Date of visit: January 2022
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Reviewed 21 January 2022

I came upon this place when I was casually seeing what was in the area. It was a 500 rupee Tuk Tuk ride from our hotel and we’ll worth the ride. Very relaxed place. We visited on a couple of occasions. We had lunch which...was delicious, and a few beers. The lagoon at the front had two turtles very close to the beach, which was just perfect. I hear the night time is the real time to visit, but we left that to the young crowd. Free wifi too.More

Date of visit: January 2022
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Reviewed 7 January 2022

I came to this place with my spouse to get lunch after a long vacation in Dickwella. And we were looking forward to coming here on our way back to Colombo, and this place completely ruined the good expectations I had on it. I had...never experienced this much racism in MY OWN DAMN COUNTRY, they treat the locals like garbage as if we're here to ask for free food. From the very moment we went in I realized that coming here was a bad idea. Coz none of the staff gave at least a little concern, and they were only giving us dirty looks for coming here and we really felt out of place. We managed to stop one staff member and asked if we could dine inside, he very rudely said "No U can't go in!" and just left. By this time I was already fed-up and sad because we were getting looked down in our own country, it was just heartbreaking. We didn't have much of a choice because we came here on our way back to Colombo and didn't have a lot of time, so we gathered up whatever the courage we had and went to the counter and ordered a pizza and drinks and managed to find an empty table outside. After what felt like an eternity, we got our food. The staff who brought it just slammed the plates on the table and left. RUDE! The food was okay but we felt it was overpriced for the way they treat us. The worst customer service I had ever encountered in my life. I cannot comprehend the fact that people are being mistreated for being locals. And specially on a so-called fun, relaxing place. I don't think foreigners are treated the same way, this staff just judge people by their skin color. If you are a local, please find a different place where the staff would treat you as humans and as their customers. Needless to say that I won't be stepping anywhere near this place again, AND LOCALS, IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON VISING THIS PLACE, JUST DONT!!!!More

Date of visit: December 2021
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About 20 mins. We are open everyday normally have some live music on Saturday nights from 6pm
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