The Coconut Tree Oxford

We visited last week after hearing about the restaurant from a friend who used to work there. We tried the Roast Chicken Kottu, String Hopper Kottu, Goat Curry, and Seafood Fried Rice – everything tasted delicious and full of authentic Sri Lankan flavour! The staff were so friendly and welcoming. They even treated us with complimentary dishes, offered kids’ meals for free, and gave us a nice discount, which we really appreciated. Thank you to the team for the warm hospitality and for serving real Sri Lankan food in Oxford! 🇱🇰Highly recommend to anyone craving a taste of home or wanting to experience Sri Lankan cuisine.

Came here with my family and friends (eleven of us) for dinner on Saturday evening. It was the best meal I’ve had in a long time delicious and very reasonably priced. The manager was very pleasant, and all the staff were friendly and welcoming. Overall, a fantastic experience! We’ll definitely be returning and highly recommend this place.

Extortionate prices for small portions. For example, 4 string hoppers cost £4. Food tasted too bland for a Sri Lankan restaurant. We went to the Oxford branch since we had a good experience in their Cheltenham branch in 2022. We soon got to to know the quality of dining degraded since then. The mocktails were good. Would not recommend for a good and authentic dining experience. Also would have been nice for the waitress to explain the “optional” service charge before payment.

The cocktail selections are amazing, tasty and there is even a performance for the lighting up the rum coated sugar for the lion cocktail!! Also very good for the street foods, like this egg hopper (pancake with egg and caramelized onion and spicy sauce) is really tasty and impressive. You can take away some spicy sauce at first to see hows the level of spicy for you. For mains, I would say vegan options are much better than meat options. The jackfruit wings, cashew nut curry, and generally string hoper kotthu! But the fish I ordered are quite salty and too soft for me, also the green soup are not so good looking. Would come for drinks and sides and vegan options again👍

For those that do not know Sri Lankan food it can sometimes be worrisome I have found to try the unusual however I feel it to be one of the most underestimated and perhaps 40 years ago when British tastes were a little more delicate it wasn't ready for Sri Lankan food but now it is most certainly the time. It is tasty and full-bodied spice and flavour. Sometimes hot spice but even when it is it builds in a slow way. I was in need of trying more but was sadly in too much of a hurry but my table of 5 all thoroughly enjoyed the range of dishes we had between us. Service was very attentive and upbeat. Were willing to go the extra mile I noticed from even casual requests. Warrants further investigation!

Been here previously and it was good, but this time it was all delicious. We also had mocktails, which were 10/10 too. We had this fish curry, black pork, sri-tato, hot battered cauli, dhal, string hoppers, coconut rice and everything was delicious!

We had a pleasurable experience at dining in coconut tree. Special compliments to staff who were amazing and very hospitable. Positives: Great ambience, lot of spaces to seat, great staff and overall a nice atmosphere! Negatives: Food, don't know why but food served was on bit colder side. Recipes are great, but taste are similar. We ordered egg hoppers, they were great. Jafna Mutton curry was underwhelming, cold and even bit undercooked. Devilled Prawns were okay. Decent Drinks. Total bill: £60.5 (for two people), Including food, drinks and services.

We booked because of the large vegan section, but came away so impressed with everything about it. Food was incredible, varied and delicious. All the wait staff were the right level of friendly and helpful but leave you to your evening. The playlist was top tier and they make a good old fashioned- would highly recommend.