Annapoorna

This place is good, prices are very reasonable and the food is tasty. Agree with one of the other posters that it is spicy but that is expected with Sri Lankan food.
Four stars for the Crab curry, Chicken rolls, bite size samosas, spring rolls.
The other food is A-​OK and if you like spicy and Sri Lankan food, good place to go. Order ahead as it is often a wait but the food is always fresh and the staff is accommodating.

We do take-​outs from this place occasionally. Food is all right and the service is slow. I would say order beforehand via phone, if you want to avoid the wait time. The highlights are the mutton rolls and the vadas. OMG the vadas are the best I had in GTA (yup including the GuruLuxumi’s). I wish they carry some chutneys for dipping the vadas.

Exceptionally exceedingly super duper slow service. I called in an order and stood in a long line up for twenty minutes before I saw an attendant. There was no one manning the front counter!!! The lady was at the back getting an order for the customer. Then, she says hi to the next one in line and disappears for another ten minutes. She proceeds to do this for the next three people, disappearing for at least five minutes per person, until she called to the back for help, wherein a man came out and started helping out. It was faster but this guy then went and served some older guy to the side who was buying some short eats, who ended up buying a meal as well, while there’s ten other people in line. Ridiculous! The food wasn’t even that tasty. Had the mutton kothu roti. I asked for extremely spicy and it wasn’t spicy. I didn’t taste any distinct flavours or spices, it was just all amalgamated together. There was sufficient mutton in it, not too much, but average. If I had somewhere to go, I would have been way more irritated than I was. There was a television playing a beauty and the beast remake with a really pretty actress, so at least that was a distraction. Saw a couple of people leave. The only reason I gave this two stars is because of the proximity to my house and there are no other Sri Lankan places close to the area.

«Please.»
It’s a phrase you will hear every time someone walks up to the counter. It’s his way of saying, «Go ahead, tell me what you want.» Or he’s trying to tell you to hurry up and that’s his polite way of communicating it.
Sri Lankan food is stupid spicy, and may not be for everyone, but I am a huge, huge fan. Well, I should say I’m a huge fan of things like the Kothu Roti (Roti + egg, chicken, beef, etc. + spices all chopped up into a delicious dish). If you are uncertain about what to order, get the Egg Kothu Roti and some Mutton Rolls. You cannot go wrong with either of those menu items. Unless you cannot handle any kind of heat. The prices are really cheap (in my humble opinion). The average meal (or snack) shouldn’t set you back more than $ 4 – 7. Or at least that’s about all I’ve ever spent when I stop by. And the flavors are on point, adding to the overall satisfaction in knowing you didn’t spend a lot of money. The cutlets are not great though. I would avoid those things, because it’s mostly potato acting as filler, and very little meat to speak of.
Also, I’m not usually one to call others out about their reviews because «opinion,» or «freedom of speech,» or some such nonsense, but WTF to the other review for this place. There aren’t any actual complaints in the review, the pictures (and captions) show love for the mutton rolls, he admits that he pops in every once in a while (which means he doesn’t hate it). And despite all of this, Annapoorna still gets a «Meh»? Criminy… This is why people hate Unilocalers.

One of many go to places for Spicy Sri Lankan Cuisine. I ask for everything super spicy and boy do they ever accommodate me. I usually pop in just for the «short eats» but every once and a while I try something new. I find the service super slow but it is all worth the wait. Plenty of parking. It is take-​out only and be advised that there is no such thing as Air Conditioning in this or any other Sri take-​out joint I have ever visisted. lol. The extreme heat is all part of the Sri Lankan experience. I ordered a Chicken Biryani, veggie cutlets, and a couple mutton rolls. This was my first time ordering the Chicken Biryani. I found out that the Chicken in the Biryani was deep fried. ??? Interesting to say the least.