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Brass plate with egg hopper, coconut sambol, and curry on a wooden table with warm tungsten lighting
Michelin Bib Gourmand · London

The island,served.

Sri Lankan hoppers, karis, and lamprais — eaten the way they were meant to be: with your hands, at a shared table.

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The Menu

Every dish tells a
story of the island.

Hover each card to see the transformation — from raw ingredient to finished plate. Tap on mobile.

Raw rice batter in clay bowl with cracked egg and whole spices on wooden surface
Raw

Fermented rice batter, free-range egg

Egg Hopper
Flip
Golden egg hopper in brass bowl with lace-thin crispy edges and runny yolk centre
Signature

Egg Hopper

Fermented rice & coconut crêpe, runny yolk, caramelised onion, toasted coconut, pol sambol

£7
Raw pork belly with whole black peppercorns, ginger root and garlic cloves on dark surface
Raw

Free-range pork belly, whole black peppercorns

Black Pork Kari
Flip
Black pork kari in clay pot with dark rich sauce and fresh curry leaves on top
Kari

Black Pork Kari

Dark, rich pork slow-cooked in black pepper, ginger, garlic and roasted coconut

£14
Fresh banana leaf with raw rice, whole spices, and curry paste ready for wrapping
Raw

Banana leaf, raw rice, fresh spices

Lamprais
Flip
Lamprais parcel sealed in banana leaf on brass plate, steam rising as it is opened
Heritage

Lamprais

Rice, three curries, blachan and seeni sambol — sealed and steamed in banana leaf

£18
Raw king prawns with fresh red chillis, whole garlic and butter on marble surface
Raw

Wild king prawns, fresh kochchi chilli

Hot Butter Devilled Shrimp
Flip
Sizzling devilled shrimp in iron pan with red chilli sauce and crispy onions
Short Eats

Hot Butter Devilled Shrimp

King prawns, kochchi chilli, capsicum, white onion, butter — served sizzling

£13
Fresh whole crab with turmeric powder, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves on stone surface
Raw

Fresh Cornish crab, turmeric, fenugreek

Crab Curry Omelette
Flip
Golden crab curry omelette folded on brass plate with thread parotta alongside
Chef's Special

Crab Curry Omelette

Madurai-inspired crab curry wrapped in a golden omelette, served with flaky thread parotta

£16
Freshly cracked coconut half with dried Maldive fish, red chilli and onion on wooden board
Raw

Freshly cracked coconut, Maldive fish

Pol Sambol
Flip
Pol sambol in small clay bowl with vivid red chilli flecks and fresh coconut shreds
Accompaniment

Pol Sambol

Freshly grated coconut, dried Maldive fish, kochchi, red onion — the soul of every Sri Lankan table

£4

Menu changes with the season and the tide. Naturally gluten-free friendly. Allergy-trained staff.

Hands mixing rice and curry together on banana leaf, turmeric staining fingers, intimate close-up
"Rice and curry was never meant for cutlery."

Mix it with your fingers. Let the dal stain your palm. This is how it is eaten in Kandy, in Jaffna, in every home on the island.

Warm kitchen in Sri Lanka with clay pots simmering on open fire, curry leaves and coconut milk
2015
Opened on Frith Street, Soho. Michelin Bib Gourmand, 2016.
4 London locations

Our Story

Inspired by the
village toddy shops
of Sri Lanka.

Hopper began on Frith Street in Soho in 2015 — a small, loud room that smelled of coconut oil and black pepper. The idea was simple: cook Sri Lankan and South Indian street food the way it tastes in the roadside stalls of Colombo and Jaffna, not the way a Western kitchen imagines it.

The menu is built around the hopper — a bowl-shaped crêpe of fermented rice and coconut milk that you crack open at the table. Everything else exists to eat with it, on it, or beside it. Karis, pol sambol, seeni sambol, lamprais sealed in banana leaf. Real food, eaten with your hands.

Feeding the Future: Since 2022, we have raised over £350,000 for preschool children and families in Sri Lanka's poorest districts, in partnership with Hemas Outreach Foundation.

Michelin Bib GourmandSoho · Marylebone · King's Cross · ShoreditchNaturally Gluten-Free Friendly
Clay pot being unsealed with steam rising, coconut milk curry visible inside, warm kitchen light
"The seal breaks. Steam rises. The room changes."

Coconut milk simmered for three hours. Curry leaves crackled in smoking coconut oil. You can smell it from the street.

Shared Feasts

Food that was made
to be argued over.

For office celebrations, birthdays, and anyone who wants the full spread. Shared platters, passed around, eaten messily.

Panoramic spread of Sri Lankan rice and curry banquet with six clay pots, brass plates and banana leaf on long wooden table
Sharing Feast
Serves 4–6

For the whole table

The Rice & Curry Banquet

Six karis, two sambols, pol roti, papadum, and a pot of red rice — spread across the table and eaten together

Stack of golden hoppers in brass bowls with small clay pots of kari sauce alongside
Group Special
Serves 2–4

Endless hoppers

Hopper Night

Plain, egg, and string hoppers served continuously with a rotating selection of three karis

Shared platter of Sri Lankan short eats including devilled shrimp, roti and varuval on long brass tray
Office Celebration
Serves 3–5

Something to argue over

Short Eats Spread

Hot butter devilled shrimp, duck roti, bone marrow varuval, mutton roll — the whole short eats list, shared

Multiple banana leaf lamprais parcels on wooden table ready to be opened by diners
Heritage Menu
Per person

The amma experience

Lamprais for the Table

Individual banana leaf parcels, each sealed and steamed — cracked open at the table

Groups of 8+: call us directly for bespoke feast menus and private dining enquiries.

Hands tearing roti, flaky layers separating, dipping into red kari sauce on brass plate
"Tear it. Dip it. Don't be polite."

The roti is made fresh each service. The kari is dark with pepper and time. The right way to eat this involves getting sauce on your wrist.

Reserve Your Table

By the time you reach
this form, you're hungry.

Four locations across London. Walk-ins welcome when space permits, but the restaurant is small and intimate — we strongly recommend booking.

Soho49 Frith Street, W1D 4SG

The original. Since 2015.

MaryleboneCrawford Street, W1H

Quieter. Good for dates.

King's CrossStable Street, N1C

Walk-ins most evenings.

ShoreditchCurtain Road, EC2A

Sri Lanka meets South India.

Reservations confirmed by email within 1 hour. Groups of 8+: call us directly.