Roo
Google
Absolutely Not Recommended
We came here for lunch in early January 2025 and ordered two dishes, having enjoyed a seafood platter the previous night at Bastille, and wanted to try another eatery.
I had read some reviews of restaurants in Galle and, since we only had 1.5 days in town, decided to ask the locals I met in a café for recommendations.
Not sure if the locals were paid to say what they said, or if the chef at Elita wasn’t working that afternoon, but the food we ordered was absolutely disappointing!
1) There are two entrances: one near the main gate of Galle Fort and another fancier one facing a small alley. We entered through the first.
2) The staff seemed clueless when we arrived and didn’t know what to do.
3) The waiting time was excessive, though longer waits seem to be common in Galle compared to other parts of Sri Lanka.
4) Once the food arrived, flies swarmed the table, and the staff did nothing to address the issue.
5) The prawns were ridiculously small, with mushy, unfirm flesh - clearly not fresh.
6) Crab options: There were supposedly two crab options, but we were told they only had sea crabs in yellow curry, not the Lagoon Crab we wanted.
7) Sea crabs in yellow curry: This dish was an absolute joke. It consisted of four steamed flower crabs in an extremely thin, bland curry sauce. It barely qualified as a curry, and of all places in Sri Lanka!!! The crabs themselves were pathetic - tiny, with very little meat and even less flavour.
To top it all off, the staff were quick to clear our plates and ask for feedback. HOW DARE YOU. I didn’t hold back, pointing out the horrendous experience and questioning whether the food was really prepared by the chef who proclaimed to have spent 20 years as a chef in Belgium. You're bashing your signboard man!
Absolutely unbelievable.
