Hopper Hut

The last few times I’ve been here I’ve gotten very sick and finding out they have had a few yellow card health violations is not surprising at all.
I should note that I’m no stranger to this kind of food, I’m didn’t just have a bad time because I’m not used to the spice. There was absolutely something wrong with the food I had the last two times.

Dropped by at lunchtime to satisfy a craving for hoppers and idly. Ordered the Hopper combo of 2 plain, 1 (coconut) milk and 1 egg, served with a heaping bowl of coconut sambol. Although it was fresh and delicious, after a few bites, I ordered an extra veg curry to balance out the flavours and add some heat. Now I was in Heaven! Just wishing my dear daughter could finish work early and join me. :-)
The idly were not listed on the menu as side dishes, only as a main order. In hindsight, I should have ordered them, had a taste and brought them home. I ended up driving over to Babu Catering to buy some and I was underwhelmed by their lack of tartness.
Oh well, there’s always tomorrow…

Last time we had Sri Lankan food was several years ago at Colombo and Unawatuna, Sri Lanka. So over the weekend, we decided to try it in Toronto.
The place is pretty clean, the server was excellent and very polite (just like what you can expect from a good Sri Lanka restaurant). We had egg hopper, friend shrimp and stuffed roti with beef. The food was good. Especially the shrimp was tangy delicious. Though the menu said fried shrimp, but it was not crispy fried, it was stir-​fried with a tangy spicy sauce… it was really good. The hopper was freshly made and everything was good.
We really need to go there several more time to try the rest of the dishes :-p

This place was recommended by a Sri Lankan friend of mine and I’ve been back several times since. They have a good variety of short eats. I highly recommend their mutton rolls. If you want to get a taste of this and that, try one of their lampries. Their hoppers are light and fluffy. Excellent value for money.

This place is pretty good, they make appams fresh to order. The servers are attentive and nice. I just wish the portioning of the curries were a bit bigger. Also, the restaurant can get a little quiet, so maybe some music could hype up the ambience. Overall, pretty good place for a taste of Indian/​Sri Lankan food.

Get the crab curry and milk hoppers. Total perfection. Kotthu has also been a solid 4.5 stars when I’ve gotten it. It’s a Sri Lankan restaurant so depending on who’s working there that day you may have to be assertive in terms of asking for service, but I feel like, when you’re back home at a restaurant sometimes it takes two hours for the food to come out, so whatever. The falooda was bright green and from a mix the time I tried, but everything else has been on point. This place is a classic of Lankan food in Scarbs. I believe it when folks say there are newer, better places, but I end up coming here because I live in west end Toronto and it’s the closest Scarbororugh spot to get to. Don’t come here if you want mild food (ha!) or if you want to order a North Indian style dish.

I can’t wait to come back again and enjoy their food.

Don’t but anything from the display counter. Bought some snacks such as mutton roll’s and fish buns. They were definitely old and most likely left over stuff from previous day. Only the made to order products are OK to buy. Learned my lesson today.

After reading reviews here, I went with a lamprais (a beef version). The beef was tender and moderately well spiced. The eggplant, dal, and potatoes were all serviceable (I ignored the fish cutlet and dried fish since I’m not a big fan of seafood). But what really made the dish for me were the pickles as they were beautifully spicy and crunchy and gave the dish that kick that it needed. The rice was a just a touch mushy though. But I enjoyed my meal and for only $ 9.00, I left the place completely stuffed.

This my first foray into trying these dishes from this region. Knowing this regions repute for hot dishes I was looking forward to this visit. My DC didn’t want to stray too far off the beaten path so ordered a biryani. I wanted to try their claim to fame dishes so ordered Kothu Roti with Chicken and Lamprais with chicken as well (should have gone with shrimp)
The take out was busy but we had to wait a bit to find out that there is sizable dinning area in the back. Ah well you live you learn.
On to the main event.
Biryani was OK not what I expect from this dish. Spiced well though and the mild version had a kick. The chicken served with it was dry as well.
Kothu Roti. I didn’t like this dish. Hot but the bread felt kind of stale (not sure its supposed to be this way) and meat was dry as well. Hmm maybe now that I have a reference point I will know what to compare it with if I try it elsewhere.
Lamprais. This was good and well worth the visit. I had the spicy version and this is a generous portion. The meat cooked in with the rice was moist (owing the this method of cooking). Nice heat with a complex combo of spices. I liked the dried fish as well (though some people will refrain for it). This was a lot of food for 2 people and I ended up taking some home.
4 Stars based on Lamprais (very reasonably priced (as I don’t think I will order other items in the future if I am back to this place.
A hidden em in this faceless plaza.

So many delicious vegetarian short eats. I absolutely love this place. I lived in Sri Lanka for four months, and eating their food makes me so happy.
I’ve only ever gotten take out. I load up on stuffed roti and fried delicious things and bring them back for my friends and family. I also make sure to get lots of plain roti (comes with pol sambol) and red lentil curry.
A magical delicious place which is worth the drive from Buffalo.

Unless u want to spend the next day in washroom. .
Go here… everything is old. .except for Hoppers. …other than that… do not try anything else on the menu…

3.5 stars.
Had the mutton lamprais. It was good but kinda stingy on the meat. Will come again though to try some other dishes.

Great Sri Lankan food. Got the fish lamprais and the string hoppers (with mutton curry).
Fish lamprais was great. Good combination of ingredients including the fish curry, mini fish (no idea what the correct name is), eggplant, some kind of pickle, potato, etc. Only complaint is I don’t think that there was any seeni sambol (common ingredient of lamprais). Also the rice: meat ratio was higher than what I like (lots of comments mention the big size, but really a lot of it consists of rice).
String hoppers were also good. In addition to the mutton curry, comes with sambol and potato. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the mutton curry (quite a few pieces of fat), so I probably won’t get this dish again.
I will definitely return for the lamprais though.
Accepts credit card
Lots of free parking

Everyone seemed to take out but we decided to be the only ones to dine in. Waitress was attentive and polite, lamprey was extremely spicy but I was expecting it beforehand. First time trying hoppers and I really enjoyed them!

Hoppers here are much better than Kottu, since they are a little «stingy» on the meat. So get the hoppers only!!:) they are well made, and I give them a ⁵⁄₅.
Overall, this place is a bit dated, but its Legit for good Sri Lankan food.
They also have a nice selection of «short eats» as we natives call! haha!
Definitely recommended if your new to Sri Lankan food, although if your in the Toronto area, there are places now even better than this ol’place!
Nevertheless, be adventurous and try some Sri Lankan Food.

Had to see what all the hype was about. I had no idea what I was getting into though. Most people recommend lampries so I thought I would give it a try. I didn’t know what it was gonna look like but when it arrived it came wrapped in banana leaves. It was huge like the size of a big mac when they came in the box packaging (sorry, best size comparison I could come up with at the moment). After unwrapping the leaves it revealed the deadly contents inside. There are just so many different ingredients inside (1 boiled egg, shrimps, 2 different leafy veggies, little dried up fish, rice and some kind of hot sauce just to name the ingredients I recognized — there were other things in it which I can’t even describe what it is) The first few bites were bearable but as I kept on eating it felt like nuclear bombs were going off inside my mouth. It was that hot. I was tearing up, my nose running non-​stop and my face turned a bright red. Not a pleasant feeling but its all part of the experience. I came with my sister and she ordered a roti type dish which was stuffed with goat meat and hot sauce of course. My sister used a knife and fork to eat this and when she cut into the roti and reddish, orange liquid started leaking out. It was the freakin hot sauce!!! Nuclear level type hot sauce once again. She took a few bites and she couldn’t continue any further. It was just too hot for her. So I had to finish it off myself as I hate wasting food. I was so disoriented by the hot sauce that I forgot to take a picture of the roti dish. Do I even dare to go back and order it again just to get a picture?
Even though the dishes were very spicy hot, the taste of the food was spot on. So I just kept shoving the food down my throat. It just tasted too good. After a while I think my tongue got use to the hotness OR it was just numb and had no feeling. I myself couldn’t finish the 2 meals and this is rare. But good thing the lampries came in a nice portable package of banana leaves so I continued the madness for dinner. A must try in my books as it is definitely a different dining experience and if you like things hot then this is the place for you.

The quality of this food is poor.
It used to be great back in the day. It has lost its touch.
I ordered sambol (a coconut dish to compliment the larger dishes) and there were flecks of actual coconut shell… the curries taste of mostly cinnamon — wrong spice to have overpowering the curry.
I would not eat here, also for the lack of cleanliness.
There are so many better places nowadays in the GTA to get good Sri Lankan food.

I have never had a hopper or a lampries before visiting this place and even before I arrived, I was very intrigued. Tucked away in a rear unit in a building across the parking lot of Highland farms, this little joint was everything I had expected it to be.
We ordered some hoppers with onion sambal and a mutton lampries to share between the two of us. I must say, the hoppers (egg & plain) were very tasty and I liked the mildly chewy texture and the sweetness. I would have been a happy camper just eating the hoppers by themselves without the sambal.
The mutton lampries, on the other hand, was like being smacked in the face. In a good way, that is. I am not the one to shy away from heat but this was seriously spicy. My poor husband who does not fare too well with spicy food had tough time with the level of heat in this dish. He downed almost a whole glass of mango lassi (which was excellent) by the end of our meal and was still sweating. This dish was packed with a boiled egg, chutney, pickles, little salty fried anchovies, rice… etc and was so substantial that we had to bring the leftover home and have it for another meal.
The lady who took our order was very helpful when informed that it was our first visit to the restaurant and helped us with the menu. All in all, our foray into Sri Lankan cuisine was a good one and we would return to try their less spicy curries soon.

I really like hoppers (Appam) and this is my go to place in Toronto to satisfy my cravings and appetite. I got milk, egg hoppers when i was there and they served it with coconut sambal (Grated coconut with chilli and spice). Hoppers and sambal is a very traditional Sri Lankan dish that I have had the good fortune of enjoying very many times. However, the sambal served here did not really hit the note right. Something was missing — which was unfortunate.
For appetizer, we got fish pattis (A dish made with fish curry similar to empanadas) and it was hot and spicy. We asked for hot sauce and they gave us an almost empty maggi chilli sauce, which did not seem so professional. The combination was great so no complaints.
Finally to finish off the meal, we ordered tea and I felt that tea had way too much milk than tea. Again, another classic item did not hit the note. Even with all these small misses, i was still a happy camper! Prices are reasonable and food was served quick. (I’m always hungry when i order food so appreciate getting food quick) :) Great meal. Go to hopper hut to get some of the authentic Sri Lankan foods. One caution though, if you are not used to hot/​spicy food, please make it a point to ask your server to make it mild.