We loved it here! Came back two nights in a row. The curry buffet is delicious and the fresh fish one of the best things I ate in Sri Lanka. The vibe is really nice and owners friendly.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
This was way better than expected. Restaurant was quiet at first. Fresh fish layered on ice as you walk in.
We ordered red snapper and prawns. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed both.
We are planning to come back again tomorrow. The best fish and chips!!!
Service
Dine in
Price per person
Rs 3,000–3,500
Top 3 meals I’ve had in my travels across Sri Lanka. The grilled fish/ prawn and rice set was so well seasoned and balanced with yummy fries and a fresh radish salad. The family that runs the restaurant is sweet and clearly work well together, cohesively guiding the customer experience from picking their fish of the day, to taking and delivering your order. We ate here twice in our short stay at Hiriketiya. Their seafood is amazing.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
Rs 2,500–3,000
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
Great smiling service.
Great menu
Excellent prices
Cool music
Real beachy vibe even tho you can’t see the beach. Very relaxed place for a meal of great proportions.
The calamari was very tender and well cooked.
Cool place to eat and watch the monkeys play in the tree tops
Negative
I ordered a caprioska and it was so tiny
Strong but tiny
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
Rs 2,500–3,000
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Had a nice evening at this restaurant. I chose my own fish (the red snapper) which as fun - they charge per weight as standard. The restaurant was busy so I did have to wait a while for the food to arrive - id suggest arriving earlier if you’re hungry after a day at the beach!
The whole dinner came to 4500 rupees - more on the pricey side for the area, but a fraction of the price in Europe for fresh fish!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
Rs 4,500–5,000
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Grilled Fish
We chose this restaurant for dinner after reading all the amazing reviews, and I am a fish & seafood lover. Unfortunately, the experience let us down :( Few things, but the main one to mention is that my grilled prawns were extremely overcooked :( I was even struggling to peel them and they were extra hard and chewy, real disappointment as I love prawns and was really looking forward to have them. Back home, I would have sent these back to the kitchen, but I did not want to upset anyone by sending them back. My partner had a chicken fried rice, which he really likes. Normally, as it's such a simple dish, you can not get it wrong, but his meal was very salty and oily, he could not finish it. I genuinely believe this place has so much potential, and probably, our meal was just a little accident tonight.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
Rs 4,500–5,000
Food: 2
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Best sea food experience i had after long years. Trust me ive been working as a chef almost 11 years now. Food was fresh. Serving was Fast. We had mixed grilled seafood platter, it was more than enough for 2 People. At first we were upset that they were out of lobsters so the owner offered us grilled tuna instead. Tuna was the star of the seafood platter! Must try restaurant around hirikatiya beach! Prices for seafood platter little expensive compared to the other places around hirikatiya but deffinitly worth it!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
Rs 5,000+
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
We were attracted by the high rating and we decided to have dinner there. 45 minutes to get a platter of seafood , besides the whole fish, everything else was very underwhelming, overcooked dry shrimps and super chewy calamari. Absolutely not going back.
Food: 2
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 2
Delicious food, easily my best meal in Sri Lanka... Portions are more than enough and buckets of flavour. The staff were charming and nothing was too much. Thanks guys 🙂
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Sea Food
A lovely family owned Sri Lankan restaurant with a great rice and curry buffet. The food was hot, tasty and there were at least 4 different veggie dishes. A great dinner for an amazing price and the entire family were super friendly and attentive.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
Rs 1,500–2,000
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
Rice and Curry
