Arrirang Korean Restaurant
Abdul Cader Road
Off Galle Road
Colombo 3

Phone 011 2575186
opening hours 7pm - 3am. closed on poya days (full moon is a religious day in Bhuddhist Sri Lanka)

cover charge as of april 2004 was Rs 500
A bottle of beer costs Rs 300.

USD 1.00 = Rs 100.00


Though the name says restaurant, this is another Karaoke joint.
And there are no Korean ladies, only Sri lankans. This is owned by a Korean Woman married to a Sri Lankan police officer. Very rarely do u find brawls here.

You are offered two choices of spending the night and your cash.
The open bar or private rooms

The open bar area has a dance floor with sofas lined around it.
There are about 20 girls working here everynight.
You could stay in the open bar area where you are under no pressure to buy anything, checking out the available girls.Talking to them finding out who are the more amenable girls before getting a private room


If u choose a private room the bill will be minimum Rs7000. But you get complete privacy and you can fuck a girl then and there if she is agreeable. Most girls are after a couple of Johnny Walkers.
Rule of thumb here, the less pretty the girl, the easier to get into her pants.

Most of the girls speak English, so communicating with them is no problem.
The girls will not drink any hard liquor at the begining, but if you show that you will only buy hard liquor and nothing else, the girls will start to drink with you. Be firm on this, because otherwise you will not get any where with these girls on that first night.
Sri Lankan girls really dont handle alchohol well.

If your idea is to take the girl to your hotel room, forget it, it wont happen on the first night you visit this or any other karaoke bar in Sri Lanka. There is no concept of bar fines in SL.

To get one of this girls to come to your room, you will have to be-friend her a lil bit, do the nice gentlemanly act.
visit her 2 or 3 times and get her to sit with you and making sure you tip her around Rs 500. Do not say your a tourist but that your working in Colombo. This way she will think you could be her next sugar daddy. After the 2nd visit broach the subject of her coming to your room.
These girls have to stay on the premises till 6AM though the bar closes at 3AM. This is to prevent them from going out with customers after the bar closes.

If the price is right ( $100 always worked for me) she will come to your room around 8am sleep and then spend the day and whole night with you.
If she was really good and nice and you expect to have her again, tip her Rs 500 because that will be the fine for her not showing up for work. She will appreciate it.


Things to avoid buying at this karaoke bar or any karaoke bar for that matter in SL.
Fruit platter, Cashew nut platter and "baby champ" drinks.
These are the expensive dishes but you get very small quantities.

Your better off ordering dinner at the Arrirang if you get yourself a private room.
This place does good sea food.


Best time to get there is around 8pm otherwise you will lose out on having a good looking girl as your hostess.
The open bar is very crowded during the weekend. Best time to go is on monday or a tuesday.