Colombo Express in Croydon

Coconut chutney is bad and it’s different colour than white coconut chutney

There is no one. I went and got some food.

Parotta was not cooked properly / chicken curry has full of chilli powder only and worst taste / we threw the food in the bin as we couldn’t eat this food 🤦‍♂️

No one understands English, and they never review the notes to understand what customers need.

Great tasting food and always hot

The Biriyani was really good! Amazing!

Everything is good and we liked it👍

Never order chicken Dum Biriyani this Shop , they make Briyani worse then a masala rice without any taste. I had a bad experience today . What a shame ?

Usually they are ok with curry packing, this time they didn’t close the lid with cling film first, all started to leaking

I’ve ordered from these guys all week.today the food came cold and horrible. I called the restaurant and the guy who picked up was very rude and said I’ll call you back and get to still receive the call. The curry was freezing cold mutton rolls not even like warm! Very disappointed

Your just eat menu says for 25 string hooper with Sambol and lentil, but they don’t put Sambol and lentil. Only string hooper

I wanted to order the set meal that I had ordered from them on just eat before but they just hung up the phone on me without any clarification as to why they won’t do my order. Food is good, service is dead

Breakfast is good. Especially Sambar, they got the best in this area. Don’t get confused with their new dish Chicken with borne. They mean its bone 😂

Fish curry was full of fish head bones

Food is good however, getting very cheeky, often sending replacements, today I got chicken mangai instead of chicken liver ordered, which I dont eat, not pleased at all. Once I ordered 2 Mothagams, they send one split into two.

never arrived been waiting more than 2 to 3 hours.

We went to buy food from Colombo express no one in the counter then one lady came no welcomed the people and not a good customer service even her explanation is so bad not a good service

Mutton Koththu, mothagam, chicken liver yummy!

Worst experience from this store i keep getting delivered the wrong items

We bought breakfast and the idli was not cooked inside but the worst thing was the sambar. They used old curry to make this sambar. Vegetables are very old and dry. Drumstick is like dry wood. Very dissatisfied with people. Please serve good food. Don't try to turn your trash into cash.

All ways missing items- Colombo Express, if they can’t read the bill plz remove from just eat. Thanks plz..

He left the food at the doorstep and left. This is not acceptable.

Food was nice and warm. Delivery time not bad.

The delivery guy was very kind and the food was very tasty.

Item was missing so where is my refund

Butter cake was nice. The seafood biryani had hardly 2 small shrimps and few tiny squid pieces.

Lovely food and good services. Friendly people. Cheap per person. All Lunch munch dinner

They have saved spoiled mutton kotthu.cant eat at all.sand in that koththu

Last time this fry fish came in a big bowl box . With extras chili onion salad on side . This time quantity is less .. any way don’t compromise in quality and quantity. Thanks . Even I really request for onion chilli’s slice .. may be u need to read out order to chefs or packing person .

Great food, great prices. Always happy to serve customers. Always welcomed with a smile.

The most authentic Sri Lankan food I've had in the UK. I get the chicken and mutton kothu rotti and dhaal curry. Tastes exactly the same as when I had it many times in Sri Lanka.

The delivery person was really nice, he delivered with care. Thank you.

This time food was packed very safely

The meal was delivered COLD as it seemed like it was sitting on a shelf all weekend!!! Chicken??? More bone than Chicken!!!

My order was too late, I want my refund

Sauces over flowing through lid string hooper is very hard not soft as usual

Tasty food but quite cold unfortunately

The food was delicious but they only sent me 1 mutton roll when I had ordered 2.

I would rate delivery as zero stars if I could. The delivery of this was appalling this was a reorder as the first order I placed disappeared and then cancelled without any reason even though restaurant confirmed handed the meal to the driver.. the driver ran off with it so deliberately cancelled order so cant hold him accountable and it was expensive order. After 1hour only solution was to place another order and other restaurants closed by that time risking being double charged and had to wait nearly another load of time

Fried rice and nethalu anchovy fry is awesome Chicken curry is ok ok . Mutton curry still to try yet .

I ordered string hoppers and rolls. The string hoppers were very cold and not fresh. I think they made it yesterday or the day before. The rolls were hot and good. It has happened many times. Whenever we asked, then they said it was fresh, but it was not. I'm very disappointed

Food delivered to wrong address. Instructions provided & also did not call to see has they found the address or any issue

biryani was good size however the chicken was mostly bones that was quite dry and the spices like cardamon and cloves were overpowering, i had to constantly move the food around because of so many seeded spices. the samosa and rolls were nicer. 3/5

The food is very tasty but curries were very very oily.

Delivery driver delivered to the front door of the block of flats not to my actual door

The rice n curry was so tasty… overall the food is awsome

We have ordered 200 string hoppers and 30 mothakam today. Quality was great and food were ready on time as per request.

Driver left the food outside front door tied and hanging in the fence

Food was good and delivered on time. Quantity was very much sufficient. Actually it was faster than I expected. Happy with my order.

Food was very tasty. I'm definitely ordering again!

Don’t buy roast chicken kotthu it’s just chicken and roti only🤮

Best mutton rolls in Croydon. Tasty crispy/crunchy and hot. Great value and tasty chicken biryani. Will order from Colombo express takeaway again with no reservations. Keep up your high standards 👏

Really bad and cold food , will never eat or order again

Good takeaway but please put drinks on the menu there is no water or soft drinks on just eat

Ordered two vegetable patties but got two mutton rolls or vegetable rolls which I am not sure

The food was cold and smell. The roll and cutlet were good.

Most curries received were cold. Spinach curry cold, chicken curry cold, mixed vegetable curry were cold! White rice cold! Only the chicken biryani and veg fried rice was warm and tasted fresh and nice

It is really good! Way better food than Dishoom

Delicious and spicy, couldn't feel my face after! Great value too, just note the veggie sides are served cold, but I think it's more like a deli there...

The takeaway restaurant is one of the best Sri Lankan dishes I have eaten so far. The workers are always friendly and helpful. The place is remarkably clean. My food is always served quickly. If you are looking for flavoured spicy/mild food that is served in a reasonable time this place is definitely to check out.

This place is terrible. Don’t order anything from this place!!!!.This is the second time I ordered something vegetarian and they have provided me with meat instead. First she said it’s vegetarian seeni sambal but it was fish. Today she gave me mutton rolls instead of vegetarian rolls. Do not trust them. TERRIBLE SERVICE!!!! They don’t understand Tamil or English. What kind of place is this?!?! DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. No apology. NOTHING. What a disgrace!!!!

Bad customer service. I got some chicken fried rice and it wasn't good.

Honestly best Tamil shop on this road. Good variety taste of food and staff is really friendly.

Shop has improved a lot. Been going here for a while. Not too pricey and nice fresh food.

Thali was very nice and delivery was quick. Mutton biriyani was also very good.

I bought dosa sambal but inside of the sambal idiyappam mixed they serving dirty food few times I had bad food from this shop

The food quality is OK here. Although I will agree that the quantity of mutton in the mutton rolls are lacking. Our grievance is with the customer service. We placed an order in December for 35 people well in advance for 6pm and on collection we waited nearly an hour as the food wasn't ready. They also assured us their Veg Kothu idappam was vegan and it had Paneer in it. This weekend gone we had the same experience of calling up and ordering in advance, and when we got there they sad someone else had collected our order so waited 30 mins again for them to prepare!

With a name like that, who would of thought it was Sri Lankan food. Their food is fantastic especially the spinach vada which taste amazing. Also tried the sweet dessert Watalappam.

Small take away place with food prepared on the day. I see bad reviews about it, but I have been there multiple times and never had any problems with freshness of food. Never got biryani though, so cant comment. But medu vada is always fresh and nice. Good mixture of flavours. Service is ok for a small take away place.

Authentic Sri Lankan food and friendly service! definitely recommend😋😋

Mutton rolls didnt had any mutton at all. Chicken dum biryani was the special of the day , but was nothing special and tasted old. Very dissapointing since the new owners took over.

the patty’s were out of date and smelt really bad and the mutton rolls had no mutton.

Rude owner who likes to mimic people down the phone like a child

Not enough food and such a high price. Not worth the money spent

Very Very bad. They call dum briyani. That's nothing different. It's like chicken briyani. And nothing special.

Usually, we buy string hoppers there. They were fresh and taste. But, I got bad experience today. They gave us the fridge one string hoppers for the fresh one. We are really disappointed as we have children. We won't go there anymore.

Value for price. Very tasty food.

The food was very tasty. I loved it. I will come back again!

only sell spoiled food. add up food next day

very bad food more than 10 days old

Amazing Sri Lankan food highly recommended. I'm there virtually every week

very good food and friendly staff . would recommend.

Very good food clean & hygiene good costumer service

True authentic Indian food. Fried rice however could taste better. Briyani is spot on and lovely.

Quick and great customer service. friendly staff