THE BEST Restaurants in Kandy

🍽️ Restaurants in Kandy

• Put Chutney — A popular budget restaurant on Colombo Street serving authentic rice and curry, kottu, and roti, with dishes prepared in front of you downstairs.
• Kulture32 — An authentic Sri Lankan restaurant and art gallery on D.S. Senanayake Veediya, serving 15-curry rice and curry plates surrounded by Kandyan murals.
• Mandiya — A tiny four-table restaurant in a small shopping mall, considered by many the best rice and curry in Kandy, with fish ambul thiyal and daily-changing curries.
• Meda Midula Cafe — An elegant courtyard restaurant in an 18th-century aristocratic home, serving a seasonal Sri Lankan set menu under terracotta-tiled galleries.
• Balaji Dosai — A popular South Indian vegetarian chain with four Kandy locations, specializing in dosas, idli, and thali at budget prices.
• The Empire Cafe — A relaxed cafe in a colonial building near the Temple of the Tooth, serving Sri Lankan and Western dishes with good coffee.
• Kandy Muslim Hotel — A no-frills institution serving biryani, wattalappam, and Sri Lankan Muslim specialties since 1953, popular with locals.
• Sri Devi Restaurant — A local favorite for traditional Sri Lankan rice and curry with generous portions and authentic Kandyan flavors.