About Us

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We are a group of hospitality professionals with outstanding success in previous ventures, namely: Loon Tao and Tsing Tao which are highly acclaimed restaurants in Sri Lanka. Il Cielo, which in Italian means ‘The Sky’, is managed by Italian professionals ensuring that our customers will get the authentic Italian experience dining with us.

Il Cielo specializes in sea food, meat, Pastas and Pizzas. We also provide a variety of other food such as stake and grills. Our Head Chef Michele Nanna, hailing from Bari of South Italy makes sure that the food platters are prepared to fulfill the criteria of taste, fragrance and appearance.

The restaurant holds a seating capacity of 75 guests and is situated a comfortable corner in the heart of Sri Lanka - Colombo, surrounded by five star hotels overlooking the magnificent Beira Lake. It is designed with immaculate details by an acclaimed architect to suit the needs of comfortable yet stylish dining.

The amorous ambience of Il Cielo is sure to make your dining experience with us memorable. The immaculately detailed interiors, is sure to make feel comfortable and relaxed. Il Cielo translates to: ‘The Sky’ in Italian. Keeping true to our namesake, we provide a magnificent view of the never ending heavens to our diners.

We offer a unique experience at Il Cielo. Enjoy the passion, the beauty the comfortable simplicity that the Italians are famous for at Il Cielo while enjoying your favourite Italian dish  or even good old-fashioned stake or grills.

Delicious Italian home-made Ice-cream and deserts give a superb meal the closure that it deserves. Il Cielo offers your taste buds the South Italian flavour with its variety of cuisine prepared using ingredients imported directly from Italy under the guidance of a veteran native Italian Chef.

Enjoy the catch of the day Sea food, fresh meat, fruit and vegetables, organic where possible and locally acquired but made into exquisite authentic Italian cuisine so as to send your taste buds to Italian heaven.