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Even so most people eat their evening meal in one of the guesthouses. Most are open to
nonguests but you normally need to inform the hotel a few hours in advance. Particularly
prising up to a dozen dishes (try the aubergine curry) at 7.30pm. It's often possible to just
turn up and eat without booking in advance here.
Hotel Mango Garden
has a lovely decked
terrace restaurant and no early reservation required.
Freedom Lodge
has room for just a
handful of people for some of the best curries in town and
St Bridget's Country Bungalow
also whips up excellent curries for a limited number of people.
Kandy Muslim Hotel
SRI LANKAN
No, it's not a hotel, but it is an always bustling eatery that offers Kandy's best samosas, au-
thentically spiced curries and heaving plates of frisbee-sized, but gossamer-light, naan.
However, what people really come for are the
kotthu
(
rotti
chopped and fried with meat
and vegetables), which come in a variety of styles and flavours, and are legendary
throughout town.
Foreigners are often hustled up the stairs, but for more local character eat downstairs
with the locals.
Devon Restaurant
INTERNATIONAL
This large and busy restaurant and bakery has a long menu of Sri Lankan and Chinese
staples, a few lacklustre Western offerings and some 'healthy' salads (the bacon, egg and
chip butty 'salad' being a particularly healthy offering!).
The main dining hall is a smart canteen-like affair that's a step up in the posh stakes
from many of the other town-centre restaurants. It has high chairs and is popular with
young families.
Bake House
SRI LANKAN
Bake House is versatility plus, with tasty baked goodies out the front and a more formal
dining room concealed under the building's whitewashed colonial arches. Pop in just after
3pm, when the second bake of the day comes out and the short eats are still warm.
