Little Lanka, Sri Lankan Restaurant, Stockport

Far from Sri Lankan shores, a traditional taste is hard to come by. Here at Little Lanka we provide a mouthwatering experience with a little bit of culture, a little bit of spice and loads of fun. Located in Stockport, right on the A6, we invite you to come and experience a little taste of Sri Lanka.

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Our Menu

Parippu Vadai VG G

£4

A crispy and savoury deep fried fritter made from red split lentils and spices.

Vegetable Roti VG

£5

Marinated vegetable mixture wrapped and cooked in flatbread.

Jackfruit Cutlets VG

£5

Minced Jackfruit, combined with potatoes, shaped into a ball, breaded and fried.

Chicken Rolls

£5.5

Spicy minced chicken, potato and herbs made into crispy, crunchy golden breaded rolls.

Chicken Lollipops G

£6

Marinated in Sri Lanken spices, minced and deep fried

Lamb Patties

£6

Minced lamb, mixed with curry leaves, onions and potatoes cooked and wrapped in pastry.

Little Lanka Lamb Chops G

£7

Served with stir-fried chickpeas and Little Lanka hot sauce.

Little Lanka Fry Fish

£6

Golden breaded fried fish, served with mint and hot sauce.

Ceylon King Prawns G

£7.5

Marinated king prawns cooked with red onions, curry leaves and lemon juice.

Traditional Curries

Vegan Curries

Cooked in delicate flavours of cinnamon, curry leaves and mild spices, in a coconut milk based curry sauce. Served with Milk rice and vegetable cutlet.

Lentil Curry VG

£8

Potato & Green Bean Curry VG

£9

Beetroot Curry VG

£9

Pumpkin Curry VG

£9

Jackfruit Curry VG

£10

Aubergine / Egg Plant Curry VG

£10

Okra Curry VG

£10

Cashew Nut & Green Pea Curry VG

£11

Meat Curries

A selection of hearty curries, containing a mix of rustic flavours, roasted spices, fenugreek, curried leaves and cinnamon. Served with yellow rice, white potato curry & vegetable cutlet.

Ceylon Chicken Curry

£10

Chicken Pepper Curry

£10

Colombo Chicken Curry (On the bone)

£10

Lamb Curry

£11

Beef Curry

£12

Seafood Curries

An all-time Sri Lankan selection of coastal speciality curries, cooked in aromatic herbs and spices in a coconur based curry sauce. Served with Milk rice and vegetable cutlet. (Please note items may contain small fish bones).

Whitefish Mustard Curry

£13

Tuna Fish Curry

£13

King Prawn Curry

£14

#Hopper

A must try!

Sri Lankan street food speciality made with rice flour and coconut milk. This is a bowl shaped crispy crepe. Dipped in your curry will make you feel like you are currently in Sri Lanka

Plain Hopper

£2

Egg Hopper

£3

A Walk Along the Coast of Sri Lanka

Devilled Dishes

A true taste of Sri Lanka, a stir fried spicy dish with onion, leek, capsicum, tomatoes, cooked in garlic and ginger. Served with rice and chilli paste.

Mixed Veg Devil VG 1

£9

Paneer and Veg Devil V 1

£10

Chicken Devil 1

£11

Lamb Devil 1

£12

Mixed Seafood Devil 1

£14

Nasi Gorang Rice

Love rice? Love chicken? Love prawns? Love beef? Love lamb? Love fried egg? Then you will love Sri Lankans favourite Indonesian influenced all in one coastal dish, Nasi Gorang.

Mixed Nasi Gorang

£14

Glimpse at the Heart of Sri Lanka

Lamprice (Banana Leaf Wrapped)

One of Sri Lanka's most popular dishes. Consisting of yellow rice, Ceylon curry, caramelised onions, cutlet, aubergine mojo, tempered banana, potato, boiled fried egg, and then wrapped and baked in banana leaves.

Chicken Lamprice

£15

Jackfruit Lamprice VG

£14

Koththu

Relished Sri Lankan favourite, often found on street food markets. Made with shredded godamba roti, stir fried vegetables, egg, spices and curry leaves.

Vegetable Koththu VG

£9

Egg Koththu V

£10

Chicken Koththu

£11

Mutton Koththu

£12

String Hoppers

Sri Lankan rice pasta? Rice noodles? We call it string hoppers. Served with mouth-watering curry and everyone's favourite coconut sambal.

Vegetable String Hoppers VG

£12

Chicken String Hoppers

£13

Lamb String Hoppers

£13

Fish String Hoppers

£14

Badun

Marinated over 24 hours and cooked in a clay pot, giving a beautiful rustic flavour with a special blend of Ceylon spices. Served with egg noodles and caramelised onions and white potato curry.

Vegetable Badun VG

£10

Chicken Badun

£11

Lamb Badun

£12

Sides

Side Salad VG

£3

Caramelised Onions VG

£3

Coconut Sambal VG

£3

Sri Lankan Chutney VG

£3

Dry Fish Sambal

£3

Papadum Basket

£2

Breads & Rotis

Godamba Roti VG

£2

Egg Godamba Roti

£3

Garlic Godamba Roti VG

£3

Chilli Godamba Roti VG 1

£3

Pol Roti VG

£3

Hoppers

£2

Egg Hoppers

£3

Rice

Boiled Rice VG

£2

Coconut Milk Rice VG

£3

Yellow Rice VG

£2

Egg Fried Rice

£3

Lee's Special Chips

This is named after one of our most honourable customers, whom is a total legend and visited the restaurant three nights in a row and requested chips three times knowing that they were not on the menu.

Lee's Special Chips VG

£2

Hannah's Spicy Banana Chips VG

£3

There is a secret story behind Hannah's Banana Chips. One day this shall be revealed.

Little gem!

After a holiday to Sri Lanka with friends in January, we’ve been looking for an authentic Sri Lankan restaurant. This place is fabulous. The food is really good, beautifully presented and served by delightful staff. Would highly recommend and will definitely be returning.

sallyhols2017

November 24

Fantastic food !!!

Our first visit, but won’t be our last. The lovely helpful Innocent explained everything on the menu which helped our selections & the food was so good.

Suzanne B

November 23

Delicious

Lovely food, excellent service from our waiter, who explained all the dishes to us and gave us his recommendations. Especially loved the hopper with an egg! Never had Sri Lankan food before but will definitely be coming back.

lottieby

November 22

Proper Sri Lankan food

Amazing. Vibrant, delicious, exotic (and spicy) food. Unlike some "Sri Lankan" restaurants which feel obliged to serve the traditional Anglo-Indian tikkas and bhunas, this is real, authentic Sri Lankan food.

The fried jackfruit cutlets I had for a starter were just about the best thing I've eaten in a restaurant for quite some time. The lamprais (rice with a selection of curried stuff and pickles and relishes all baked in a banana leaf) was also excellent. A substantial portion, too.

Friendly, attentive staff. There's no 20 minute wait for the bill at the end nor do you feel harassed.

Great selection for vegetarians & vegans. Not the cheapest meal out but I assure you it's worth it.

JohnJohb

November 17

Great food and service

Authentic and appetising starters , mains and deserts. Friendly and professional service . A good variety of meat , fish and vegan dishes . Recommended .

downbeatbhikku

November 10

A rare treat

Tasty authentic Sri Lankan food which I have experienced here many times. Pleasant, smiling attentive staff. I recently tasted vegetarian Lamprais (pronounced as lumprise) which is a special preparation of rice made wrapped in a banana leaf with several curries which involves elaborate cooking. I enjoyed it very much.

pakshiya

November 10

Great Food

We discovered Little Lanka by accident, how lucky we were. We had never tried Sri Lankan food before and we were pleasantly surprised. The host was very informative, guiding us with our menu choices, the food was well presented, the food is not as heavily spiced as Indian food however all the dishes were well balanced.

Storyteller815105

November 09

Delicious food, an inventive menu and the friendliest staff

It's absolutely worth the trip just outside of Stockport city centre to visit Little Lanka, and actually it's very easy to reach by bus or train. The food is fresh, delicious, spicy (but not too spicy unless you like it hot - you'll usually be asked) and the staff are super friendly. It's essentially a restaurant-quality take on Sri Lankan street food. If it was in MCR city centre, it'd be packed every day - so go now while you can still get a table.

christinef8484

November 08

Lovely atmosphere and authentic Sri Lankan Food

We have been here several times and always come back for more! We come all the way from Liverpool for the food.
I love the hoppers and the curries in particular. The lamprice really tasty. Its all well presented, authentic and the portions are big. The sharing platters are very filling and freshly prepared - tasted just like you were in Sri Lanka!
The staff were very friendly and patient with our group despite being very busy.

Shehanie

November 08

Excellent Sri Lankan one of the few in NW

We were invited by a friend to this restaurant for lunch for her birthday. There were nearly 20 of us and we had a really good time. Being Sri Lankan most of us had visited this Sri Lankan restaurant before and liked the ambience and the food.

The waiter was helpful and recommended various dishes especially when ordering starters. Numerous items from the mains were ordered by different people and the food was tasty and well prepared. The portions were quite large and many of the invitees who could not finish their portions requested and took the remainder of their portions home. I had chicken Kotthu - a Sri lankan dish which was excellent - tasty and not very hot and spicy as I had easpecially requested. The restaurant also had lamb or chicken lamprais - a special dish originating in Holland and very popular in Sri Lanka from the time the Dutch occupied Sri Lanka. This was ordered and enjoyed by many - by the way most of the invitees were Sri Lankan.. I requested and took home a freshly prepared packet of chicken lamprais home for dinner as it is generally very tasty and well prepared according to the old Dutch formula.
All of us also had desserts - mostly Sri Lankan like curd and jaggery but also excellent vanilla and chocolate ice cream.
All in all a good time was had by all and we are sure to visit the restaurant again and again though it it is a bit far as most of us were from Liverpool, Ormskirk and Southport.

Placid Coorey- senior trip adviser reviewer

Placid C

November 08

Excellent food, excellent staff!

Fabulous staff and amazing food. Visited for the fourth time this month and I would sincerely recommend this place for any occasion.

Angela F

November 08

Shout from the rooftops...This place is exceptional!

I LOVE this place. That it’s taken me this long to write a glowing review having been half a dozen times in the last year is to my shame. The service is wonderful. Warm, friendly and knowledgeable. The food is delicious. Can’t recommend it highly enough!

tonyjamesboffey

November 08

Authentic Sri Lankan Food

Me and my friend went to this restaurant after reading its reviews. The service was very excellent and our water innocent helped us to choose the dishes. Lumprise was amzing. So authentic and tasty. We will definitely come back and highly recommend .

538kasunt

November 07

Excellent Service Delicious Food

After many recommendations from friends and family about this true authentic Sri lankan restaurant, i decided to go and try out for myself and friends. We were warmly greeted by a charming waiter. We were highly guided through the menu and decided to try lumprise, korthu and stringhoppers. They came out from the kitchen very nicely presented and when ate it tasted fresh and very delicious. I would highly recommend this restaurant. Big thanks to the chef and our waiter.

40sagai

November 07

First of hopefully many visits

Never eaten Sri Lankan food before so came for the monthly buffet to get a taste of different dishes. Lovely food and attentive staff. Highly recommended.

NellieWoo

October 27

Family Visit

Eight of the family including 4 children (7 - 12yrs) thought we would try this restaurant, never having tried a Sri Lankan establishment before. It was a Monday night in October.
We were welcomed by Innocent who proved to be a friendly, helpful and efficient person throughout our visit and an asset to the restaurant.
We tried a number of starters and mains assisted by Innocent in sharing and mixing the different dishes throughout the eight of us. Innocent gave clear information regarding the contents of the various dishes.
One of our party said that it was the best non-English restaurant she had ever been to.
The result was an excellent meal thoroughly enjoyed by all the party. We felt fully satisfied and would certainly want to come again.
Normally my Trip Advisor reviews do not reach 5 stars. This restaurant deserved it.
The bill came to £139.

David J

October 21

A piece of Sri Lanka! 🇱🇰

Fantastic food as with some of our party being Sri Lankan they said it was super. Very delicious and I hope your restaurant will go from strength to strength!

We all had Lamprice and it was excellent!

Thank you!

Doddol

October 13

Fabulous

Hadn’t booked restaurant full but made us a table for 2 at 9oclock on a Saturday night, nothing to much trouble talked us through the menu explaining all dishes big portions beautifully presented loved everything think of Chinese and Indian rolled into 1 and very reasonable can’t wait to go back also thinking of booking for Christmas Day it’s a yes from me

820heidig

October 13

Great food and service

We had a great evening staff very good and helpfull hes called innocent nothing too much trouble be going back soon thk you
Linda and ian

Ian T

October 12

Amazing

Absolutely loved the food and helpful explanations of the dishes thanks to our lovely waiter Innocent.
Service was great even getting me a fan when I was too hot.
Really enjoyed and fully recommend
Thank you 😊

Ldjb319

October 09

Friendly service, good food

First visit here. Was pleased with the number of vegan options on the menu.
Unfamiliar with the food, but the waiter was happy to give you advice.

Andrew T

October 07

Amazing food , friendly staff

I visited the restaurant tonight with some girl friends and was greeted by a lovely guy with a huge smile . Staff were really helpful explaining the menu and helping us pick our food. When the food arrived we were not disappointed. Everything looked and tasted gorgeous. I’ll defo be coming back

helengrayson

October 07

Beautiful food and Fabulous service

What a lovely evening. Our waiter explained the menu to us and shared his recommendations. We all enjoyed the food. I had the Koththu which was so tasty. Unfortunately we were in a rush as we were heading off to see Romesh Ranganathan at the O2 otherwise we would have stayed their longer and explored the menu further. These reviews don't give it justice. Get yourselves down and give it a try - you won't be disappointed.

fairyk85

October 06

Little Lanka, big spice!

Absolute gem of a restaurant on the A6. I've never eaten food from Sri Lanka before but I will again. Food filled with flavour, spice and generous portions. Lovely atmosphere inside the restaurant and our host and waiter was on hand to attend us when needed. Lovely to have his recommendations and give direction to first timers like we were.

adznoo21

September 30

Fabulous meal

Went here Friday night with a friend up from London, and we just fancied something a bit different to the usual curry, thai or Italian. Absolutley delicious food - I had chicken, rice, aubergine and alsorts of yummy things wrapped in a banana leaf, my friend nad Nasi Goreng - which I've had before in Indonesia and this was just as good if not better. Great service, friendly staff, good prices - and probably the best food I've had in a good few months, complex but well-balanced flavours, high quality ingredients, and very original. I really should come here more often.

Thepange

September 29

Little Lanka Restaurant238 South Wellington Road SouthStockportSK2 6NW

Little Lanka Restaurant
238 South Wellington Road South
Stockport
SK2 6NW