Rambutan
Sri Lankan restaurant · Borough ·
Open-fire Sri Lankan cooking, natural wine, tropical cocktails
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Open-fire Sri Lankan cooking, natural wine, tropical cocktails
"Sometimes all you need is a warming open-fire kitchen, clay-coloured walls, and course after course of well-balanced, deeply satisfying small plates to remind you why London is so great. Rambutan—one of the best Sri Lankan restaurants in the city—has all that, and so much more. The menu changes regularly but when they’re on, the prawns, cooked in a silky curry sauce over the fiery aduppu are a must. As are flaky rotis for mopping up every last drop of said sauce. The counter is the sought-after spot for a front-row seat to the kitchen action." - sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, jake missing, daisy meager, heidi lauth beasley
"The chaos of Borough Market might not be what you had in mind for Eid, but the chaos inside this Sri Lankan spot is the organised kind. Glimpse gundu dosas being flipped in a paniyaram pan over an open fire, and watch staff dash about the store cupboard-sized kitchen. Warmth radiates from all corners of the plant-filled dining room and friends split flaky rotis and over-order dishes from the changing menu—like excellent prawn curries and spicy fried chicken—without regret. Grab one of the six-person booths if you’re a group, but if there are only two of you then the counter is where it’s at." - rianne shlebak
"Counter seating is a god-send in situations like these, because no one wants to be eye-to-eye with someone they’ve been avoiding for six months. Sit side-by-side at this chaotic but beautiful Sri Lankan counter in Borough. You can watch as your roti is being scrunched, and as the excellent gundu dosas are being flipped. Warmth radiates from all corners of the plant-filled dining room, and you’ll be so excited by the incredible food that you might actually have fun. Just don’t agree to another hangout until your Rambutan-tinted glasses are off." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"You don’t visit Rambutan to completely escape the chaos of Borough Market, but the chaos inside this Sri Lankan spot is the organised kind. Gundu dosas are flipped in a paniyaram pan over an open fire, and staff dash about the store cupboard-sized kitchen. Warmth radiates from all corners of the plant-filled dining room and friends split flaky rotis and share dishes from the changing menu—like excellent prawn curries and spicy fried chicken." - rianne shlebak
"Sometimes all you need is a warming open-fire kitchen, clay-coloured walls, and course after course of well-balanced, deeply satisfying small plates to remind you why London is so great. Rambutan—a Sri Lankan restaurant in Borough Market—has all that, and so much more. Prawns cooked in a silky curry sauce over the fiery aduppu are a must-order, as are flaky rotis for mopping up every last drop of said sauce. The counter is the sought-after spot for a front-row seat to the kitchen action. And however many rounds of gundu dosas you get, don’t skip the excellent soft serve." - rianne shlebak, jake missing, heidi lauth beasley