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Hours
Sun
12:30 - 21:00
Mon
12:30 - 22:00
Tue
12:30 - 22:00
Wed
12:30 - 22:00
Thu
12:30 - 22:00
Fri
12:30 - 23:00
Sat
12:30 - 23:00
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PRICE RANGE
£3.00 – £25.00
CUISINES
Asian, Sri Lankan
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
meals, features
Menu
Aubergine moju
(pickled aubergine with coconut toddy vinegar)
£4.00
Seeni sambal
(caramelised onions)
£3.00
Raitha
£2.50
Coconut sambal
£3.00
Plain yogurt
£2.00
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About
Virundhu restaurant combines a relaxed atmosphere with excellent food using only the freshest spices and ingredients available. Our newly renovated dimly-lit eatery adds a touch of warmth to the furnishings, creating a comfortable surrounding bringing a reminiscence of the cultural ties of Sri Lanka. From kothu roti, lampries, devil dishes, Jaffna dosa, stringhoppers,puttu, biriyani, we have them all here.
PRICE RANGE
£3.00 – £25.00
CUISINES
Asian, Sri Lankan
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Street Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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elizabeth c
1 contribution
Jul 2020 • none
Attractive surroundings, nice aromas and obvious popularity drew us in. We didn't regret it. Delicious starter of huge juicy prawns. Then the Lampries, served very imaginatively (wrapped in a banana leaf and then brown paper). Not been to Sri Lanka, but have good memories of the food when travelling in southern India. The tastes at Virundhu's seemed very authentic.
Pleasant, smiling service too.
Thank you, we hope to return.
Written 12 July 2020
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VIRUNDHU
Thank you for your valuable feedback, great to hear you have enjoyed our authentic food. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Written 13 July 2020
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Elizabeth C
London14 contributions
May 2020 • none
Attractive surroundings, nice aromas and obvious popularity drew us in. We didn't regret it. Delicious starter of huge juicy prawns. Then the Lampries, served very imaginatively (wrapped in a banana leaf and then brown paper). Not been to Sri Lanka, but have good memories of the food when travelling in southern India. The tastes at Virundhu's seemed very authentic.
Pleasant, smiling service too.
Thank you, we hope to return.
Written 12 July 2020
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VIRUNDHU
Thank you for your valuable feedback, great to hear you have enjoyed our authentic food. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Written 13 July 2020
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RavHale1
113 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
The restaurant and staff are lovely, the restaurant has great decor. The food is great and has a good balance of spices and has a good gluten free option.We went in as my tastecard said it was accepted here however, the owners said it doesn't anymore and that the branch in Eastcote only do tastecard now. This was a bit dissapointing as it was still on the app. Between 7 of us we actually didn't order a lot, so just mains and drinks really (non-alcoholic), and the bill was fairly pricey. Food was good, but i'd think twice for value for money.
Written 17 February 2020
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Businesstravelsadrag
London165 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
Three of us went in the evening, taking advantage of the Eat out to Help Out. We had poppadoms and mogo chips while we were waiting, a starter and main course each.
The mogo chips were nice, but it was a very small portion, especially at £5 and the basket of poppadoms was two of them, or £1.75 per poppadom. Veggie starters were reasonably priced, but the meat and fish ones were pricey. We had cauliflower 65, some spicy chicken wings and some vegetable rolls. All were tasty, although the chicken wings and cauliflower were a bit greasy.
For mains we had a Lampries, a mutton dosa and a chicken kotthu. The Lampries was huge. The dosa came as three pancakes, with the mutton in a small bowl. The dosa itself was a little too thick, weren't crispy and personally I found it too buttery, but the mutton was delicious, if very hot The kotthu was good and quite a big portion and spicy but not too hot. Overall the food was reasonably good, although I'd avoid the dosa if I went again. The lampries was too big to eat even for someone with a big appetite - maybe it's meant for sharing but the menu doesn't say that.
With a 4 beers the bill came to nearly £100 before the discount, which was frankly far too much for the food we had.
Written 7 August 2020
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Abi
1 contribution
Aug 2020 • family
very disappointed with the staff that had served us, as we reserved the seats they had not told any information about how long we could stay. Furthermore, they have treated unfair with us by lying about they didn’t have any puddings which was told by the girl, however the owner had said there were puddings. i’m very disappointed with the service overall as the staffs had an attitude towards us. They had also provided us with double charge on the receipt which we had identified and then got it changed by the owner. The owner was the only individual who had an welcoming attitude and was honest with everything and had changed our receipt. I really want to put a complain against the girl who had lied purposely. The food we had ordered, were not as great. for example the chicken briyani, the rice was not cooked and was kinda hard to munch. moreover the chicken kothu was dried, the rolls did not even have mutton as much, chicken 65 just tasted like fried chicken.
Overall, my family and I do not recommend this restaurant due to the staff, the service and the food doesn’t taste great.
Written 18 August 2020
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RJ5
High Wycombe240 contributions
Aug 2020 • friends
Dined in with friends. Staff who called Dion was friendly and guided us to go through government guideline due to Covid protection and seated us comfortably to our chosen table.
He was attentive while taking order. Foods arrived promptly and was delicious except the egg hopper which was too thick but kindly replaced. Slightly overpriced but we expected for the area. Minus are definitely not happy with service charge at 12.5% which was nearly £10 added to the bill. If it was compulsory then we should have been informed while taking our orders according to the rule and as soon as we paid the bill no one seemed to care about us when we left saying thank you or see you soon which could have been a additional personal touch of customer service we were expected.
Written 18 August 2020
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Gary P
London4 contributions
Aug 2021 • couples
Decorators painting &drilling in restaurant on a Saturday at 3pm. Sat down complained but was told owners insisted on them opening and serving while working.
This has to be a against the health regulations( paint fumes, dust and the workers had no masks). There was a dehumidifier in the entrance to the restaurant.
It completely put us off so we asked for our ordered food to be packed up so could take it away. As we had travelled 25 mins to this restaurant the food was cold when we got home and veg dishes were really oiley( okra and Aubergine). Total waist of money , ruined experience and will never go to this restaurant again. Paid £45 for this miserable experience!
Written 21 August 2021
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HRV
Ruislip356 contributions
Aug 2020 • couples
We went to Virundhu last night for the first time and we definitely over ordered as we weren't sure of portions. We got the vegetable rolls and mutton rolls, you get two in each portion. These were OK, the breadcrumb around the filling was a change to the usual pastry. Fish cutlets we ordered were 3 quite large balls that tasted nice. We then got a mutton curry on the bone, and aubergine and chickpea curry. Both of these were very rich and portions were not that big. We weren't told about the spice levels so we suffered a little on this. To accompany we tried the string hoppers, a parotha and some rice which were all OK. The best thing we ordered was the egg hopper, kind of like a crepe with a seasoned runny egg in the middle. All in all nice experience and service was good. We were scanned for temperature, had menus on our phones and sanitiser so they were trying hard with all Covid precautions.
Written 11 August 2020
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Jessicathadani
19 contributions
Aug 2020 • family
My husband and me visited here yesterday along with our son and our little dog. We are able to sit outside with our dog and were comfortable. I have to commend the food and the depth In flavours. We ate the best mutton roll we have ever tasted at any Sri Lankan restaurant around . I also loved the fact that they don’t hold back on spice and the favours are extremely authentic. Having said that, We asked for the chicken curry to be mild on spice for our son and they were able to accommodate that for us. The service was great , friendly and accommodating. Absolutely feel that they have achieved what they were going for , fresh, authentic and refined Sri lankan cuisine. Well done . Will definitely be visiting/ordering again.
Written 6 August 2020
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Hughie T
1 contribution
May 2022 • none
My wife and l have been going there for years and have always enjoyed the service and the excellent food they serve. However, we went there on Friday for drinks and dinner and our experience was far different this time!
We arrived at 9.30pm and ordered our meal and a bottle of prosecco. lt all arrived timely and, as usual, the food was excellent.
However, at 10.15, additional lights came on, so it was no longer dimly lit, and the waiter came over to us and said that they are closing in 15 minutes' time. We were just finishing off our food at the time. The waiter then gave us the bill which included their service charge.
The bill came up to £70.67 and we asked to be charged £35 on each card. This was because we didn't fancy paying all of the service charge as they seemed too eager to get us out, with the additional lights being switched on, plus the service charge seemed very high. We were then charged £70.67 and NOT £70 as requested!
Then at around 10.20, they left the entrance door wide open which let in a lot of cold air! The combination of the additional lights being turned on and the entrance door being left open was a big hint that we needed to get out and get out fast!
At 10.25, the waiter came over to us and said that they were closing in 5 minutes. We had already finished our food but still had our drinks to finish. We then hurriedly drank our drinks and left at just after 10.30.
Whilst the food was good, we didn't appreciate that we were not charged what we asked to be charged. Whilst it was only 67p more, it wasn't the money that was the issue but it was the principle of the matter that we had the issue with! Furthermore, opening the entrance door and leaving it wide open was inappropriate and we didn't appreciate being made to feel so cold!
Normally, restaurants allow you to finish your food and drinks and just leave when you're done, even if it's past their closing time. However, this was NOT the case at this restaurant! They were quick to take our money and get us out!
We were not informed that they were closing at 10.30 and had we been told that, we would have expected them to allow us to finish our dinner and drinks in a timely manner and not rush us to get out at 10.30 on the dot! As they were so concerned about people "outstaying their welcome", they could have simply put up a "Closed" sign up at 9pm or earlier!
On this occasion, we certainly did NOT experience the good customer service we had been accustomed to in the past. It was clear to us that the focus was NOT on the customer experience but was more on getting as much money out of us as possible, and then being quick to get us out!
Overall, we were disgusted with how we were treated and have now decided NOT to eat there again!!
Written 8 May 2022
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VIRUNDHU
Hi
Sorry to hear this has happened to yourself and Priya, our sincere apologies for your evening to be rushed, this should not have happened. I will be bringing this in our next meeting with the members who were working on the Thursday evening. We would love to see you guys back and not let this experience prevent you from coming back.
Regards Ravi
Written 10 May 2022
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Phil 55
Watford1 contribution
Mar 2021 • none
Ordered a takeaway for the family as part of my birthday celebration.
Extremely impressed by the consistently high quality of the food which was also very well packaged and presented.
The chicken Lampries served in a banana leaf was sumptuous
I mentioned it was my birthday when ordering and they kindly included a small desert with a nice personalised birthday message
Written 14 March 2021
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Tasha James
Beaconsfield2 contributions
Oct 2020 • family
This is our third visit to Virundhu, authentic food and great service, just gets better. The Gobi 65 was just perfectly flavoured can’t believe cauliflower can taste this great. We had the sweet coconut milk hoppers for dessert, they were delicious. Taking Covid precautions very seriously with temperature checks and hand sanitiser stations at entrance. It’s now one of our favourite Srilankan restaurants.
Written 6 October 2020
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VIRUNDHU
Thank you for your feedback, look forward to seeing you again.
Written 8 October 2020
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Hara
3 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
No connection for the name and restaurants service the terrible place I have been for Srilankan and south Indian food it have no authentic connection for it's native food.
Bad points
Staff was less friendly and bit pushy.
Service was very poor
Very highly priced
Small potions,
Don't forget you have to pay service charge for their terrible service as well.
Hygine they had five star rating but there was flys around our food all time.
I wouldn't recommend anybody wanted try real virundhu.
Written 11 August 2020
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Travelleoo7
4 contributions
Oct 2020 • none
I recently visited Virundhu the staff are not hospitable, very rude. The owner is very defensive and never listens to the guest as you could see from the reply to the any constructive comment. I took my friends to this restaurant felt very embarrassed from the moment we arrived the way we were treated. The food is average nothing stands out. For the service they provide the service charge they charge is ridiculous.first learn the basic of hospitality before you reply to guest comment
Hope you will change the attitude towards your guest
Written 12 October 2020
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VIRUNDHU
Thank u for your feedback again. Due to the current government guidelines we were unable to accommodate your group of 12 with limited tables and social distancing in place. Please book in advance next time to avoid disappointment. Once you actually dine with us I look forward to hearing your review about our food and service.
Written 22 October 2020
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EnKay
Harrow22 contributions
Jun 2023 • couples
We visited Virundhu for Lunch on Sunday 25th June 2023 (impromptu decision since Lahore next door wasn’t open). We ordered Fish cakes, Jackfruit curry and Aubergine chickpeas curry with Paratha & plain appam.
We were thoroughly disappointed.
Here is why.
1. Only 1 of 4 draught beers on the menu was available. Several food items were unavailable too example Lamb chops.
2. The curries arrived room temperature - when we complained server’s attitude was quite callous, his words were 'I am not responsible, but I apologise'. No effort was made to offer to replace or heat up the curries; Fish cakes were OK.
3. The Jackfruit curry was made from chewy pieces of jackfruit from a tin, rather than fresh one. The chilli sauce with fishcakes was from a bottle not made in kitchen. Aubergine curry and breads were OK. So, if you are looking for authentic Sri Lankan food with homemade flavour, look elsewhere.
4. The young lady server started clearing up the table even while we were still eating – just been in the restaurant for 30min or so. And the whole restaurant was empty except for 3 tables so not sure what was the rush.
5. Towards the end we were told we should order any final orders well in advance since kitchen is busy – with what? 3 tables 😊
Frankly the restaurant seems to be run like a hobby at least for Sunday lunch, missing items from the menu, cold food made from tinned ingredients and callous attitude of the servers.
Written 26 June 2023
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