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Chef Lanka Restaurant
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Ru
Review β„–1

Where you can find tasty sri lankan foods in uae 😍 highly recommended πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

Da
Review β„–2

Authentic Sri Lankan dining

HS
Review β„–3

Very very traditional Srilankan food, its yummy. Reasonable price. Customer Service was exceptional.

Ke
Review β„–4

Such exotic tastes and unique aromas! Amazing Food! And Great Service! I will be back in the evening to enjoy hoppers and pool rotti!! Thank-you!

Al
Review β„–5

I am here for the first time, being a non-srilankin and i am loving the hospitality.Sri lankan food is about the real spice, so if you challenge yourself to eat something spicy you should visit this small neat place.

Vi
Review β„–6

Love, love loved it. If you are the one who always needs that spice and fire in your cuisine then this is the place. Try it you will love it. Food is really yummy. Try their mushroom devil!!

An
Review β„–7

Nice restaurant. Enjoyed their buffet. 25 AED Only.You will get Healthy choice of Food.I dont know the name of the dishes.But it was yummy, tasty.Buffet open at 12pm. The plate is interesting. Made by some leaf, and cover by Banana leaf.Eat all you can. I likes their Devilled Chicken, very spicy.You must give a try.

Ar
Review β„–8

Absolutely delicious food!!! The service is so friendly and helpful…this place is a family favourite and we try to go there at least once a month. Can’t get enough, highly recommend. Do yourself a favour and order the daal and kottu, you can thank me later.

Sh
Review β„–9

Speed and quality of service was good. Food was very good. Ordered prawn kothu, chicken noodles, chicken sweet corn soup. Enjoyed all of them. The price was reasonable too. Will be coming back.PS: the spice level is not for the faint hearted. Order with caution.

Sh
Review β„–10

I ordered the sea food chopsuey rice and the rice quantity was very very less as well as was too salty that my tongue has an issue now and also the sea food quantity was very very less and made me feel not worth the price!. Sorry you guys need to improve quality and quantity wise.

Is
Review β„–11

Really tasty food and polite staff who completed the outdoor catering of Live Kottu station. We all enjoyed it. Memorable day which would be spoken for a long time. Thank management and staff of Chef Lanka.

Ar
Review β„–12

Went for dinner in January. Being a Friday I had expected the place to be crowded, but fortunately for us only we were there when we entered. But it seems there is good demand for takeaways since most of the items of menu were not available to order. Finally we ordered 2 items, names am unable to recollect. For clarity I asked the person details and from his explanation got an idea about the food that its like Kerala appam. Finally dishes came onto table and alas those appam are not at all easy to eat. Very small - maybe 2.5 inch dia, hard object which is hard to chew, no particular taste and do not go well with any curry. The beef curry served (in fact both of us ordered beef curry) was combined as one and the quantity looked too less. But soon we realised the quantity is more than sufficient, due to excess chillly or black pepper content.... Tears uncontrollable πŸ˜‚And not to forget the horrible symphony of Kothu in the background...Had been to the place few years back, but never expected the revisit to be so Nice

Sh
Review β„–13

The perfect place to experience, real srilankan taste πŸ‘Œ

Ga
Review β„–14

Good short eats and Sri Lankan foods.

SP
Review β„–15

This place was recommended by a colleague of mine. And this place is nicely tucked away in the middle of Karama! Superb food, excellent members of staff , value of money. Delivery or Pick-up is on time as well. Unlike other restaurants in the area. My tolerance to spice levels are getting better these days. So I am slowly getting to the Sri Lankan spicy dishes!!

Di
Review β„–16

Just had some amazing real Sri Lankan food after long time !!! I recommend Chef Lanka to everyone who is looking for a great Sri Lankan food experience!! Thank You so much Chef Lanka !!

Ta
Review β„–17

If you are looking for authentic Sri Lankan spicy taste. Its a must visit place.Try everything, get the staff recommendations if you are not familiar with the food dishes. Plenty of parking on road side. A must go place. Give me a thums up if you like it

Sh
Review β„–18

Horrible horrible place. Let’s you place orders and then cancels it after deducting your money. That also after a few mins. Do not order from here.I wasted my whole break at work cos of this.

Za
Review β„–19

One of the Lankan restaurants which I would always love to go.Dont forget to try their hot butter cuttle fish πŸ˜‹

Mo
Review β„–20

Being born in uae and used to Arab foods, not a big fan of spicy food. My friend introduced me to this restaurant and we ordered dolphin kothu and puttu with coconut milk and beef gravy. Dolphin kothu was superb and i could experience all the spices in one bite. Amazing taste.I wont tell the same to beef curry, as its not for my tongue. For me the curry tasted as if i am dipping in a big chilly jar. I have never eaten a dish which is so hot i even thought this dish might be lethal for human consumption. Apparently my srilankan friend enjoyed to the core. So no further comments.

Br
Review β„–21

Nice place fr food, great taste. Luv the place very good ambience.

Mu
Review β„–22

Just loved it. Amazing taste .. makes me remind of sri lankan home foods.. Amazing good job πŸ‘

DI
Review β„–23

Nice service and food. Only the drinks option not too much, maybe should add a bit more to make it better. Overall, very recommended!

Ak
Review β„–24

Food was fine but let me tell you, the service is the worst. The hosts doesnt have any idea at all. You have to remind them every 5 mins about the order get any food , eventhough no one else is there. Food was fine. Never will recommend to anyone.

Dh
Review β„–25

Food was very bad...they served us overcooked day old chicken and rubbery beef. Was expecting home style Lankan food but got leftovers instead

Na
Review β„–26

Good food nice service.

Ca
Review β„–27

Awesome sri lankan food and if you are up for spicy junk food this is the place

Sh
Review β„–28

We came exactly before iftar. But they didnt had any dates or iftar menu. Service was very slow we waited for our order 1 hour. Food was very good almost everything is spicy authentic Sri Lanka food. Great taste.

Ad
Review β„–29

One of our favourite restaurants for Lankan food! Fresh, tasty and absolutely delicious. The best part is its a family run restaurant and the service is amazing! Weekends will be extremely busy so, expect to be waiting to be seated, but it is worth it!Ample parking across the street, expect busy streets and lots of traffic. Value for money!

GK
Review β„–30

Since I had more expectations guess not much satisfied came here by 2.30 pm only limited options had a veg meals tastes and quality is good but very bad service if you expect a good courteous service think twice.., environment is good !

Pr
Review β„–31

Half of the meal was forgotten. Kottu rotti beef and devilled chicken were made only from pieces of fat. We lost our appetite. Never again.

Wo
Review β„–32

You must Try1. Chicken or Beef Chopsuey with rice2. Egg hoppers3. Godamba egg rotti with chicken or beef curry

Be
Review β„–33

Very nice food. Spicy n tasty. Enjoyed the prawn n fish curry with Appams

Zi
Review β„–34

Is is Sri Lankan Food? Yes, indeed!The atmosphere is cantina like, very loud noisy kitchen, and surprised about the bill!

Ro
Review β„–35

Good shrimp fry and many excellent things like White coffee,samboletc...

Sα΄€
Review β„–36

The food was absolutely wonderful, specially Devilled prawns delicious

an
Review β„–37

One of the best places in dubai for seafood dishes πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ πŸŽ–crab curry 🀀

Mo
Review β„–38

Really cool crab.....

Mo
Review β„–39

All good but except timeApproximately they take 45 to 60 minutes to complete the order... Before go there call them and place your order πŸ˜„

As
Review β„–40

Authentic Sir Lankan food with zero waste concept servings

La
Review β„–41

Worst and slowest service ever. Two and half hours for 3 dishes. Dont order from here!

My
Review β„–42

They people dont know what is good will give a review to this restaurant is good . Omg Extremely a bad restaurant and service is worst like hell. i have made a complaint about their already in Dubai municipality

Di
Review β„–43

The food was good. Had the lamprais 4/5 hot butter cuttle fish 3/5 egg triangle, (the egg was really soft and not rubbery,impressed )5/5 woodapple juice 4/5.If youre not Sri Lankan the food may be too spicy and also its not super clean like restaurants here. Order takeout. If youre used to eating out in Lanka then you wont have a problem! Hope the restaurant will tidy up so I can invite my friends hereπŸ˜€

Ma
Review β„–44

Amazing food, great service. Definitely coming back

Ab
Review β„–45

Nice Sri Lankan food l,Must try... Kottu parota

Ra
Review β„–46

Had ordered 18 packets of lamprais and had requested to not include any seafood due to allergies. The staff over the phone had ensured us that they would cater to these requests. However, once the order arrived, we were disappointed to find that the flavour wasnt up to mark and that the packets did in fact have components of seafood in them

Sa
Review β„–47

Try Wood apple and lump rice.. But ask them to lump rice to be nice and hot u wont enjoy it cold

Jo
Review β„–48

Its a different choice. I had buffet on last friday and for those who love sri lankan food its good and worth it.As a mallu, its not my taste.I am giving 4/5 stars because there was a friend with me who loves sri lankan food. So this is a geniune comment πŸ˜€

Ra
Review β„–49

We had a buffet and it was aswome with variety of dishes, nice ambience...we will try more by visiting again...

fa
Review β„–50

Horrible horrible horrible.Do not go there.We went yesterday . They served unappetizing looking curries and decided to forget the hoppers and the rotis.Then they had no concept of social distancing at all. We told them and the gentleman there looked at me as if I spoke a strange language.Do NOT go

To
Review β„–51

One of the oldest and famous Sri Lankan restaurants. Apart from the daily buffet, the a la carte menu and the tale away short-eats like cutlets, paties, roast paan etc are excellent

Br
Review β„–52

Best place for Srilankan food with great ppl

Di
Review β„–53

The Sri Lankan cuisine was absolutely delicious, great menu choices and really decent food and at affordable prices. Excellent environment, friendly service, and the ambience was perfect. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We will be back. Fazil, Bernadette and Dillon

Za
Review β„–54

Simple, rustic Sri Lankan food. Enjoy their lumprise on Friday and buffet on Saturdays πŸ™‚

Pr
Review β„–55

Good srilankans food

Fa
Review β„–56

Hated.price is too much high quality is very low,Disappointed

Ni
Review β„–57

Extremely disappointing. The whole menu we ordered we recieved frozen and when we indicated and highlighted there is no courtesy of saying sorry or never regretted feel how bad customer feel and stepped out half way from the dinner with a family .

Do
Review β„–58

All ajinamoto foods and not fresh food not good service

es
Review β„–59

One of the best place in dubai to have a decent sri lankan meal πŸ™πŸ€©Well recommended

HI
Review β„–60

Best Srilankan food joint near to my house. Nice service and fresh food with full flavour.

Sa
Review β„–61

The best srilankan saturday buffet in town.

Br
Review β„–62

This is an Establishment! Feel always welcomed ! Super friendly staff and awesome authentic Sri Lankan cuisine. You cant go wrong here if your looking for Sri Lankan Food.

As
Review β„–63

The food was amazing

Mo
Review β„–64

Horrible staff and horrible service. Food was old and too spicy

Sh
Review β„–65

Poor management! Ordered and waited for a food more than 100mins, finally simply saying that driver is not available.

Se
Review β„–66

Srilankan tasty food Restaurant near Karama center in Dubai

Ad
Review β„–67

Best place for Sri Lankan food in Dubai.Tip - Head over to the Buffet on Saturday

Ba
Review β„–68

They have wonderful tastiest foodAnd make it with love. I visited this place and it was just amazing

Ro
Review β„–69

Best Sri Lankan food and its delicious.My suggestion Nogori Rice, Rice and curry.Dessert Wattalappam.You will love it πŸ˜‰

Is
Review β„–70

We can have Sri Lankan cuisine here.

Ra
Review β„–71

The food is authentic Sri Lankan but poor respect to Covid-19 protocol

Te
Review β„–72

Chef Lanka is getting worse now. There is no beverage menu now. When you ask for the beverage menu, manager will come and tell the beverages theyve like a parrot. I was promoting Chef Lanka as best Sri Lankan restaurant. But worse!!! Not recommend at all.

Ch
Review β„–73

Srilankan street food in Dubai best .πŸ”₯Only the thing the service need improveπŸ‘πŸ‡±πŸ‡°

Ar
Review β„–74

Awesome food

Ri
Review β„–75

Sri Lankan cuisine

Sc
Review β„–76

Wonderful food, with a very characteristic setting that almost makes Sri Lankans like me feel at home! They also pair this with amazing service leaving a good taste in my mouth.

Sa
Review β„–77

Nice srilankan food and good service.

Sh
Review β„–78

The new look is good.. but the quality of the food was not what we expected. Disappointed!

MO
Review β„–79

Taste to be improved.. delay in ordering delay in servingEarlier management was good.. not accepted

Ke
Review β„–80

A decent place to get lovely Sri Lankan cuisines

Su
Review β„–81

We selected Chef Lanka Al Karama, Dubai to be our 2nd Food Vlog destination and they didnt disappoint us. Have tried lots of places and more to come. I have rarely met such an amazing Team. From Manager to Host everyone were so welcoming. Food was 10/10 with amazing ambiance. Despite of this pandemic they are full of energy and dedication. This place holds bright future ahead. Must Visit.Wanna watch there amazing service and food then visit Our YT channel The Roka Way or #cheflankarestaurant #TheRokaWay

Pr
Review β„–82

Its good and spicy food. Enjoyed it as it was my first time with the family tasting the Sri Lankan cuisine. The service time needs to be improved please. Otherwise on the whole a good experience. Keep up the good food and work.

Au
Review β„–83

Delicious Sri Lankan food you should definitely try...

Ro
Review β„–84

A great place overall in terms of pricing, food diversity and quality. Over the years, the staff kept changing and their service just kept degrading. Service and attendance is horrible. I had been given the wrong orders at times. Delays in service expected while the place is busy. I would give them 5 stars for their vast selection of srilankan short-eats and ginger tea. So far, Ive never had quality issues with their food and would recommend this place to any Srilankan.My previous rating was 4 stars until I visited them today. Service is a big no no.

Mo
Review β„–85

Since when your staff started lying, food was ordered at 11.30, called and they confirmed it is on the way and when I called at 1.30 food is still at the restaurant. Seriously?

Da
Review β„–86

Taste sri lankan foods, helpful staffs

Fr
Review β„–87

Tasty lankan food...

Ro
Review β„–88

Food is very spicy. They have a buffet in the afternoon over the weekend. Was not impressed with the quality of food. It felt a little old. Also while leaving noticed the manager raising this voice with the coming staff. Did not feel warm and friendly like it used to be.

Ha
Review β„–89

Great food. Real Lankan Cuisine to enjoy. They should start delivery around Dubai to build a more Stronger customer base.

Ra
Review β„–90

This is the place you can have real Sri Lankan spicy foods.Staffs are very friendly and also the wonderful service. Comparing to all other Sri Lankan Resturent chef Lanka is the best. The good value for money.

Bu
Review β„–91

I being dining in this place over two years, traveling long distance just to enjoy Sri Lankan cuisine.. But recent past the experience is poor & I feel the new staff has no sense of giving a good customer experience as they treating like we are here to dine free .. I have noticed this behaviour few times after the renovation but the service Is soo pathetic.. Today was a similar experience and only person who had interest to serve with a smile was a gentlemen named Suranga . Sad to see a place we loved to dine is getting worse.

Ra
Review β„–92

I asked for the most hot spicy dish.But I think they were scared , didnt give itSome disobedience, but may be was thinking of our welfareNie place , and still a great place after so many years

Vi
Review β„–93

Simple restaraunt for amazimg srilankan meal.. Good staff, you can get flavours of srilankan delicacies for sure here.. Do give it a try.

Na
Review β„–94

Too much price,No timing,poor quality but good environment

Mo
Review β„–95

Truly Sri Lankan, as expected.

Sa
Review β„–96

Not satisfied food and service

ro
Review β„–97

Only place in Bur Dubai where typical Sri Lankan food can be tasted, hot n spicy dishes available. Tea served is authentic Sri Lankan tea & taste great. Good to drop in tea time or for dinner.

Ni
Review β„–98

The one and only worst restaurant in Dubai . I have never experienced such disgusting food in my entire life. I had to wait for an hour to receive my order.Overall the place is piece of junk. I would never ever recommend anyone to visit this restaurant.

HA
Review β„–99

I love to eat there...Im really addicted to Chicken Idiyappam kothuπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹

Ri
Review β„–100

5 stars says it all.

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3.8 Rating
  • Address:Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Site:http://www.cheflankarestaurant.com/
  • Phone:+971 4 335 3050

Categories
  • Asian restaurant
  • Sri Lankan restaurant
  • Restaurant
  • South Asian restaurant
Working hours
  • Monday:7:30AM–10:30PM
  • Tuesday:7:30AM–10:30PM
  • Wednesday:7:30AM–12PM
  • Thursday:7:30AM–10:30PM
  • Friday:7:30AM–10:30PM
  • Saturday:7:30AM–10:30PM
  • Sunday:7:30AM–10:30PM
Service options
  • No-contact delivery:Yes
  • Delivery:Yes
  • Takeaway:Yes
  • Dine-in:Yes
Offerings
  • All you can eat:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
Crowd
  • Groups:Yes
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