Jungle Restaurant & Villa — Restaurant in Southern Province

During our entire 10 day stay in this area, we ate at many places, high and low end. I wouldn’t consider myself a food critic, however I have travelled to 68 countries and eaten at everywhere from 3 Michelin Hat restaurants, food carts outside clubs in Asia to locals only markets where I felt like an alien. The point being, without sounding like a tool, I feel I’ve experienced enough to make a valid point. This place was our standout cheap meal. Food was authentic and tasty. Appears that the lady who cooks stays at home and only walks over when there are customers. There is a pool that we were welcome to use and was nice to swim in before dinner, good music from quality speakers, other than that, it’s very basic and you’re not here for anything other than a swim amongst the palm trees and your meal. Only had beer and only after asking but we brought our own Arrack and were welcomed to drink it. Staff were very friendly and seemed very much like a family business. It’s a short walk from the beach and main road where there are plenty of tuk tuks. In my view this is the best local restaurant in the...

If you want fresh and authentic Sri Lankan food, then you should try this great little restaurant. At first I was a bit hesitant about trying this restuarant thinking that because it was off the beach that it may not be fresh. I couldn’t have been so wrong. All ingredients are super fresh and the meals that we had were really delicious. We had 4 beautiful curries and the grilled prawns & salad. The prices are cheaper than the beachside restaurants, there is no service tax, the food is better plus it is all prepared, cooked and served by members of one lovely...

We called in here during our morning wandering around our new location and asked if they had red wine, were assured they did and were given a reasonable price. On arrival the same evening we were told that red wine was more expensive than the given price. Decided to stay but ordered white. However they clearly did not have this on the premises so it took 10 minutes before someone came running in with the wine. The chicken curry was OK, the devilled calimari chewy. Don't like being lied to so...