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We were blown away!! Right from the moment you enter you can’t help but notice the amount of hard work that has gone in from decor to the ambience and definitely the food! And its all about the small details! Its beautiful! The space is huge and can easily cater to bigger groups while at the same time cozy and intimate corners for quiet dinners! Coming to food, we are meat lovers and often struggle to find the right tandoor options that can satisfy our taste buds. BUT we were in for a huge surprise! The beef short ribs fired up in the tandoor oven, served with an array of homemade condiments were just beyond amazing! The meat is so tender that it just melts in your mouth, with the right amount of spices,its flavors will keep you wanting more. Slow cooked for two days and then marinated again and fired up in tandoor, it is definitely the MUST try item on the list!!Followed by the tandoori chicken masala which was purely a comfort food and although I’m not a huge fan of curries, I did enjoy this one immensely. Paired with their special black garlic nan and tandoori roti. Another surprise item on the list is the kurkuri bhindi! It looks simple and understated and yet the first bite and you will be blown away! Thin sliced, crispy bhindi fried with bold spices and accompanied with a tomato puree that balances the flavors just right!!We also ordered the barbari pulao! The moment it arrived, the authentic pulao smell made it impossible to resist. Inspired by the Persian flavors, reminded me of the afghani pulao we have back home! I’m so glad we ordered this!We were also served the Dosai complimentary which is a modern twist on the dosa served with curry leaf, mustard, tempered potato foam and “Podi” masala. We finished our meal with the “shareefey ki kheer” which is basically custard apple kheer complimented by apple flavors and topped with pistachios! Couldn’t be a better end to such an amazing meal! Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and can’t go back to try even more things on the menu. …Read More

The latest addition to Black Sheep group restaurants - Hotal Colombo gives you a taste of Sri Lanka in HongKong! Small, comfy, well lit and very retro!So we started off with the “Short Eats” section- short eats are basically small snack dishes in SriLanka. We ordered the Bone Marrow and Beef Chilli Dry.The Bone marrow varuval with pol roti is surely going to take you back to your childhood memories!! It is definitely a winning dish! Next, we ordered Hoppers! We chose the chili cheese hopper. Its like a crisp, bowl shaped pancake and was pretty good! From the Kari (curry) section we opted for the Fish Kari and it was AMAZING! It was laced in a coconut milk sauce and delivered the right flavors with a good kick! Totally loved it!Also ordered the pol sambol -and if you love your spices like I do, you’ll thoroughly enjoy this coconut sauce made with chili, salt and sugar - it was a delicious dipping companion! However to our surprise (readisappointment) there are no desserts on the menu! And that was quite a downer. Based on our disappointed and sad faces, we were offered a complimentary cocktail but a nice dessert to finish off the otherwise perfect meal would have been a sweet ending!Overall, loved the food, amazing staff and service (like in all blacksheep restaurants), a wait of 20mins to get a table. I’m definitely going back again!! …Read More