Zani's Restaurant & Cafe

Really lovely and welcoming owner. They make some of my Sri Lankan childhood favorites. The hoppers are lovely and come with a really nice sweet onion (seeni sambol) and hot chili sauce. Fantastic kottu roti (Sri Lankan Street food). I wish they were in Baltimore!

Caution 🚨Worst food I’ve ever eaten. Website says “authentic Sri Lankan restaurant” but the only authentic thing there was the chili paste. Kothu, fried rice, lamprise all of it was terrible. Honestly, nothing had the real Sri Lankan flavor or any flavor at all. If you actually love Sri Lankan food, don’t waste your time or money here. Stay away.

This review is in hopes they improve their business and not a way to trash them. The owners are incredibly kind. Couple of my complaints: Before I got there, I made sure they were open on Google, even though when I called them, there was no answer. Once I got there, I saw the sign said closed. Luckily I decided to call once more and the owner said they were indeed open and when I went back, the sign had been flipped to open. That's an annoyance and would leave open to losing customers. The biggest complaint is the amount of time it took to receive the food. When I went in, he said it should take 30 minutes to make it all. This was fine. At the moment, I waited over an hour and a half for 3 dishes. I ordered the fish rolls ahead of time as an appetizer, which itself took about 20-30 minu

Never in my life have I had this happen. I ordered the veggie combo with 5 items. When I get my order, it only had 4 items and very scarce portions. I called the restaurant. I was told that because I had discounts on DoorDash and the restaurant only received half of the money, they only gave me half of the food. They said they didn’t add the discount to DoorDash. Well, neither did I! Very unprofessional. They will never get my business again.

Yesterday I got hoppers and Lunumiris. Excellent food. 👍 Thank you very much to the Chef Mr. kuda who cooked the food. And today I got pork curry cooked by cook Mr. Micheal. It’s very tasty 😋 and good customer service.