Colombo Kitchen Putney is a Sri Lankan restaurant at 240 Upper Richmond Road. Led by head chef Sylvia Perera, it presents family recipes and traditional cooking techniques in a modern, vibrant setting arranged across several levels.
A live hopper and kottu bar brings part of the cooking into the dining room. Hoppers provide crisp, bowl shaped accompaniments for curries and sambols, while chopped kottu combines flatbread with vegetables, spices and other ingredients on the hot plate.
The wider menu explores Sri Lanka through aromatic curries, rice dishes, seafood and vegetable preparations. The restaurant's lamprais, a composed rice meal with accompaniments wrapped for cooking, is available on weekends and reflects the kitchen's commitment to distinctive regional traditions.
Signature cocktails are designed to accompany the food, and the restaurant can host private events in its upper and lower dining areas, including a balcony and patio. The visible cooking, confident spices and warm service make the Putney branch an engaging introduction to Sri Lankan dining.
Address: 240 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 6TG, England
Colombo Kitchen Putney Menu
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3 Vadai
Spiced, donut shaped fritters served with creamy coconut sambal
3 Cutlets – Fish | Jackfruit
Spicy breaded croquettes
2 Pattis – Fish | Jackfruit
Spicy empanada with fish / jackfruit filling encased in a flaky, buttery crust
2 Rolls – Mutton | Jackfruit
Fried savoury crepe rolls with a spicy, juicy meat or vegetable filling
2 Rolls – Prawn
Fried savoury crepe rolls with a spicy, juicy meat or vegetable filling
Sharing Platter (Veg / Non-veg)
2 of each vadai, cutlets, rolls, pattis
Crispy Fried Okra
Served with chilli sauce
Crispy Curry Puff – Chicken | Vegetable
Flaky and crispy pastry with savoury curry filling
2 Roti Tacos with Devilled Prawns | Devilled Chicken | Devilled Paneer
Unique fusion tacos made from flaky handmade roti with a devilled filling
Karapincha Corn Ribs
Corn tossed in signature spices
Live Hoppers
Served with sambals
Plain Hopper
Crispy bowl-shaped pancakes made from fermented rice flour and coconut milk
Egg Hopper
Plain hopper with a runny egg cooked in the middle
Milk Hopper
Plain hopper with coconut milk
Live Kottu
Add cheese for £1
Seafood Kottu
Chicken or Mutton Kottu
Paneer and Aubergine Kottu with / without Egg
Fish & Seafood
Hot Butter Prawn | Squid
A beer battered prawns or squid tossed in a spicy butter sauce
Negombo King Prawn Curry
A chef’s special inspired by her home town, perfectly cooked prawns in a mildly spiced fragrant, creamy coconut curry
Clay Pot King Fish Curry
Fresh king fish delicately cooked in a creamy coconut sauce, served on a banana leaf
King Crab Curry
Whole king crab cooked in a reduced spicy sauce
Devilled Prawns
King prawns cooked with chilli and Sri Lankan spices
Fried King Fish
Fried king fish marinated in Sri Lankan spices
Salt and Pepper Squid
Deep fried squid seasoned with salt, pepper & chilli
Blackened Fish Ambul Thiyal
A traditional fish curry cooked in distinct spices
Meat
All gluten free
Ceylon Chicken Curry
Perfectly cooked chicken in a sauce made with an onion base and homemade curry powder
Mutton Curry
Tender pieces of mutton in a delicious and fragrant curry made with unique Sri Lankan spices
Pepper Pork
Pork pieces stir-fried with peppers, onions and spices
Devilled Chicken | Mutton | Pork
A spicy stir fry with chillies and peppers
Negombo Black Pork Curry
A traditional curry made with Negombo dark roast curry powder
Vegetables
All gluten free
Lentil Coconut Curry
A mild and fragrant dish of lentils cooked in coconut milk
Sylvia's Aubergine Moju
Pickled aubergine with peppers and onions with a slight sweetness
Creamy Cashew Curry
Cashew cooked in a fragrant coconut curry
Nanda's Jackfruit Curry
Perfectly cooked jackfruit in a lightly spiced creamy curry
Devilled Potatoes
A mix of spicy tempered chilli, onions and potatoes
Potatoes with Spinach
Stir fry potatoes with spinach, onions and chilli
Stir-fry Beans
Mildly spiced fresh crunchy beans tossed with onions and peppers
Devilled Chilli Paneer
Fried paneer tossed with onions and chilli
Rice & Roti
Steamed Basmati Rice
Saffron Rice (High Grade Saffron)
Vegetarian Fried Rice with Egg
Chicken | Mutton | Vegetable Biriyani with Raita and Egg
2 Coconut Roti with Lunumiris
Handmade Paratha Roti (layered roti) | Gothamba Roti
Fresh Crab Fried Rice
Fresh Seafood Fried Rice
Sides & Salads
All vegan and gluten free
Coconut Sambal
Seeni Sambal
Poppadom with Mango Chutney
Pineapple, Cucumber and Tomato Salad
Papaya and Mango Salad
Lamprais
Saturday and Sunday only. A Sri Lankan Dutch Burger delicacy consisting of a selection of delicious rice and curries wrapped and baked in banana leaves.
Mutton | Chicken Lamprais
Fragrant basmati rice cooked in chicken broth served with a choice of mutton, chicken or fish, aubergine moju, ash plantain curry, spicy prawn sambal, devilled cashew, fried onion sambal, fish cutlet and fried egg wrapped in a banana leaf.
Fish Lamprais
Fragrant basmati rice cooked in chicken broth served with a choice of mutton, chicken or fish, aubergine moju, ash plantain curry, spicy prawn sambal, devilled cashew, fried onion sambal, fish cutlet and fried egg wrapped in a banana leaf.
Vegetarian Lamprais [Pre-order vegan]
Fragrant basmati rice served with mango curry, devilled paneer, aubergine moju, ash plantain curry, devilled cashew, pineapple curry, vegetarian cutlet, stir fried beans, fried onion sambal wrapped in a banana leaf.