Ceylon Dosa, Sri Lankan Restaurant — Restaurant in Great Britain

A great, reasonably priced authentic meal packed with flavour! Worth a visit!

Serving tasty Dosa (rice flour pancakes served with a spicy dhal and chutneys), kottu (chopped spiced flatbread with veggies) and lots more. We also had the Deviled Paneer and Deviled Potatoes which were really nice.

Venue is okay. Clean and tidy with a fairly standard look and feel.

As of June 2023, prices are reasonable with the range of Dosa prices between £5-8 and other popular dishes like Kottu (£5.50-10) and biriyanis (£8.75-9). Soft drinks around £2.50-4 and a 650ml bottle of Kingfisher at £6.50. I'd say well worth the price and reasonable compared to other similar restaurants around the country.

The only downside is that we booked for 10 people and Dosas come out one by one every 4-5 minutes. So by the time the last one came out, most of the table had finished eating. Other small issue is that the offers advertised outside the restaurant didn't reflect on our bill.

Okay it's not perfect, but we'd definitely return. The food is genuinely really good and if you're a fan of Sri Lankan and South Indian food, or want to try something different, then it's worth coming to...

Authentic Sri Lankan taste!

We went in on a whim and were pleasantly surprised by what the restaurant had to offer.

Taste: Ceylon Dosa serves authentic South Indian/ Sri Lankan food. We loved the fiery hot Rassam Vadai, Idi appam (string hoppers) and Ceylon Dosa. The sambal (dry coconut chutney) was superb. 5/5

Ambience: Relaxed atmosphere with lots of families on a Thursday evening. 5/5. May I suggest including some peppy Indian songs in the playlist to liven up the mood please?

Service: Friendly and smiling staff. Service is very good to a fault! They are very accommodating to their customers. We saw them changing the table arrangements to suit larger groups. 5/5 Suggestion- Please don't go overboard in accomodating all requests. Moving tables and chairs midway through the service may disturb other patrons. And do go around to check how the customers feel about the food! It's a customary restaurant etiquette, I think.

Price: Decent. Affordable. VFM.

Overall, we enjoyed our dinner and will gladly visit again! And would be happy to sing your praises amongst our friends in...

It’s our go to restaurant now. Every time the children are with their Dad we have the conversation, would it be naughty ? 🤣. Lovely staff and venue and honestly the food is absolutely divine. Such good flavours and they’ll adapt the spice level to suit. It can be quite spicy but they’ll point this out to you and offer led chilli. Anyway that will do because the boys are out and we’re I’m out eat again. 🙌 Kotthu roti idli Manchurian devilled mutton, Brinjal curry and the Dosas are all so tasty. The menu can be a little confusing if you’re not used to the style of fold but it’s absolutely worth persevering, you won’t regret it. We normally spend 20-25 per head and have lunch for next day too. Great value. Enjoy and thanks Ceylon Dosa for such...