Herali in Aylesbury Vale

Just excellent. A nice wide ranging menu. The parotta is one of the best breads I've ever had. Spicy meant spicy on the curries. Service friendly. Atmosphere relaxed. Simply excellent - I will return many times

We went there last night for the second time and we're not disappointed. We had devilled prawns and pork black curry and everything tasted excellent. We will be back!

We ordered Nasi Goreng and Herali special fried rice, both were full of too much sauce, the rice was very glutinous because of too much sauce. Should slowdown with the ketchup soy sauce and all the Asian sauces that’s been used! Was very much disappointed. Wouldn’t recommend Nasi Goreng or Speail fried rice.

I recently dined at Herali, a Sri Lankan restaurant in Aylesbury, and unfortunately, my experience left much to be desired. As someone who enjoys exploring different cuisines, I was excited to try the offerings at this establishment. However, the meal fell flat, leaving me disappointed. To start, I ordered the SPECIAL chicken kottu , which came highly recommended by the staff. When it arrived at the table, I was surprised by how dry the chicken leg was. It looked promising at first glance, with appealing colours and a generous portion. However, upon my first bite, I was met with an unexpected texture. The chicken was overcooked and lacked any juiciness. Instead of being infused with the rich spices typically associated with Sri Lankan cuisine, it felt as if it had been left under a heat lamp for far too long. The dryness made it difficult to enjoy the dish, and I found myself reaching for water more often than I would have liked. Especially considering that the whole difference between a "normal" chicken rice Kottu was the chicken leg (and 3 pounds extra). Accompanying the chicken was a serving of rice, which, unfortunately, was equally underwhelming. It was bland and tasteless, lacking the fragrant spices and seasoning that can elevate a simple rice dish into something special. Instead of complementing the curry, it felt like an afterthought, contributing little to the overall meal. I expected the rice to be a vehicle for the accompanying flavours, but it simply served as a filler, leaving me longing for something more satisfying. The atmosphere of the restaurant was pleasant, and the staff were friendly and attentive, which I appreciated. However, the quality of the food is what ultimately matters, and in this case, it simply did not meet expectations. I believe that a restaurant’s reputation relies heavily on the quality of its dishes, and sadly, Herali missed the mark on this occasion. My daughter got the Mutton Kottu that was tasteless, too. I ordered a appetisers two mutton rolls that were tasty, and my eye got some rice noodles that were, to be fully honest, the best dishes between the three of us. We ended eating my daughter Mutton rice and all my eye noodles and got my rice as Takeaway. In conclusion, my visit to Herali was disappointing. The dry chicken leg and tasteless rice overshadow any positive aspects of the dining experience. I had hoped for a flavorful adventure into Sri Lankan cuisine but instead left feeling unsatisfied. I would recommend exploring other dining options in Aylesbury that truly capture the essence of Sri Lankan flavours, as Herali did not deliver on this front. There were just 3 tables to serve, but while we saw the waitresses coming and going from the kitchen, we did not get a lot of attention. The drinks were given to us after the appetisers and the dishes arrived (and I could have done with some water at the beginning!!). After asking the bill to the waitress, we had to wait several minutes, and way too long compared to the number of people that were in the restaurant. My daughter said it was "OK," but I don't see myself trying again this place. There are several better restaurants in aylesbury.

What a great and cozy place in Aylesbury town centre! Delicious food and very authentic!! Loved the experience.

The food was bland and dry and the dragon chicken was so rubbery. Plastic boxes were used which is not safe for hot food.

My family and I dined at Herali earlier in the year for a wedding menu tasting. We had high hopes after a recommendation from a family friend. We were served sharing plates of starters then the rice and curry buffet in small portions. We all loved the food and was so relieved to have finally found our wedding caterer. Their Sri Lankan food was by far the most authentic from the many caterers we trialled. The service was excellent. The whole place had a family oriented vibe. We could see just how much love and attention is given to serving their customers. We also loved the instrumental background music of old school Sri Lankan classics! After the wedding menu tasting, we enjoyed some roti and fish curry - very tasty! One thing to note is it is a bit chilly inside the restaurant so wrap up warm to really enjoy your time.

The bread and the rice were good. The deviled beef was okay, tomato sauce was nice. I was looking forward to the Mutton Curry but it was just an awful watery hot mess. The meat wasn't tender, it was chewy bland and the sauce was very runny and lacked any hearty substance. I paid nearly £40 and all we've had was a bit of sauce and some bread. Won't be ordering again.

Just had a takeaway from here and it wasn't great. The bread and the rice were probably the best bit. The mutton curry was awful. The meat was very tough and gravy was just a watery hot mess. Devil beef was good apart from the beef itself. Please learn to velvet the meat.

Really impressed food was delicious 😋 will definitely be ordering again

So impressed. Food is of top quality, cooked fresh and to order. I wish I took more pictures, but here’s the mutton kotthu roti and milk hoppers. The short eats were my favourite though. This seriously rivals my FILs home cooked SL dishes :-) staff are very pleasant and efficient. We will be back

it was really good however one roll with missing, they were so good so missing one was sad. soooo good tho mmm delishous

Great food and a very friendly service. Went to collect an order on Friday and there was a great atmosphere in the restaurant. Staff were smiley, friendly and efficient. I ordered the chicken kottu after my neighbour had recommended. Very impressed. Will be back next time! Thank you

Ordered online for collection in 30 mins. Showed up to collect at 30 mins and informed that they had only just noticed the order and it would take another 30 mins. Ended up having to go away and return. Got the food home and they had made it extra hot and inedible. Avoid this place, there are plenty better!

Black Pork curry and String hoppers were the best.

Amazing food, delicious and unique. The service is top noch and the atmosphere is wonderful. I will definitely visit again.

Quality of meat preparation poor- was very tough & not fresh. Too much salt in meat. Standard has gone down.

Been here many times last year, used to love it. Latest trip was very disappointing. Kotu roti was still great, but dragon chicken was tough as leather and definitely not fresh, and the prawn dish was just a few frozen prawns in a watery tasteless yellow soup. Quality and quantity has gone downhill. Service is still excellent however.

I have lived in the UK for 39yrs and tried a number of Sri Lankan restaurants throughout the UK, including all the main London restaurants. I visited Herali with my wife and young family 2 weeks ago. The Kottu roti (chicken& cheese and mixed seafood ) were the BEST I have had in the UK. Words can not describe the freshness and taste🙏. It was amazing. Perfect alongside a cool Lion beer!🍺 Thank you for bringing this restaurant to our doors for all the enjoy 🙏

Really nice food, I must remember to order from here more often.

Food tasted good however very expensive for the amount you got. Service on the other hand was atrocious. We waited 45 minutes for our starters despite being the only ones in there. Had to keep asking for our drinks which we ordered and no meat dishes came with rice which they failed to tell us when ordering. When booking the table, was asked if it was for a special occasion as it was a birthday we said yes, however nothing was offered or done for the birthday boy.

Food was delicious and on time.

Great food, great service, but need some improvement in ambiance. Need for homely vibes.

Excellent flavor and variety. Recommended. Delivery logistics need improvement

Food was delicious and necto great!

I love Thailicious with Just eat service;)

Authentic Srilankan food. Highly recommended

One of the finest dishes ( Sri lankan) meals worth it and delicious and perfect service very well all oveer.

Curry was horrible , portion way too less for price

Very good Sri Lankan food. If you a veggie.. the Jackfruit curry is a must. Plenty of choice for the meat eaters. The staff were very pleasant and helpful. In fact, it was that good we ordered a takeaway for the next day.

It was very salty and not upto my expectations. Very disappointed

Excellent little restaurant, good food, really interesting dishes and outstanding service. Great value. Loved it, especially the kitty which seemed to magically expand on the plate!

I’ve dined in Herali once and I’ve received takeaway orders also; the food is AMAZING. Very authentic, great portion sizes; service was fantastic when I dined in, and delivery was very quick and easy when I ordered. Please go to this restaurant and give it a try if you like real food; all of the items in the menu are very well made. Easily one of the best, if not the best place to eat in Aylesbury!

Authentic Sri Lankan restaurant. Great tasty food.

We have been dining at Herali ever since they opened, and each time the quality of the food has become better. Service is always top-notch and we always look forward to visiting Herali anytime we are in Aylesbury.

The food was exceptional and priced relatively well. My husband is Sri Lankan, and he was thrilled to see so many different types of Sri Lankan dishes in one place (esp on his plate) haha. By far the best asian food that I have had in the UK! The service was good, people were friendly. It was a calm and welcoming environment, and we can't wait to go back ❤️

rice was not cooked well and not tasty. I have order the same before couple of times and I had ate in there restaurant as well. this time I was really disappointed with the food. even the diet coke is tasting bad, I have checked the expiry.. it near expiry. very disappointed

Authentic curry taste . Definitely recommend for asian taste buds.

Advertised a discount on their website for booked tables but refused to honour the offer on the night. Do not book here!!!!!!

Good food. One place to have tasty srilankan food.

The food was nice and the delivery guy went extra and beyond my expectations to call me and double check the address. Herali reception guy was very kind to sort out my order too. Thank you

Really great food, quick service and friendly staff. Recommended

Food was amazing!! Service was good, feel like the ambience could be a tad nicer and the restaurant was quite cold but overall really impressed with the food.

We really enjoyed the kottu. It was truly delicious, great portion sizes too 😋 we will be back soon.

We just loved the food. We had an amazing starter and main. There was so much on the main, we couldn't eat it all. They kindly offered to pack it up for us to take home. Very clean inside and the staff were warm, welcoming and polite.

Always enjoy eating at Herali. Delicious authentic Sri Lankan cuisine, reminds me of home. Thoroughly recommend 👍

I have eaten here before, on both occasions, the food was excellent, the staff were very friendly and helpfu explaining the dishes and making sure we received exactly what we wanted.l

Very disappointing. I ordered the chef's Chickeb Kotu special. It was awful. I havn't experienced this type of 'street food' before. The veg, rice& chicken was a mush pressed into a bowl shape. With a fried egg plonked on top. There was no separated tastes, it all tasted bland with some heated spice added...... As well as a black - read cremated - piece of chicken which was so tough I couldn't cut into! I did point this out to the waitress who smiled and disappeared! We left nearly all the meal. One came to talk to us, they simply didn't care. We did pay the bill, because I was embarrassed for the waitress, thinking about this I wish I hadn't . We waited quite a long time, over half an hour. I wouldn't have minded if it was worth it , but no. I gave one star because the coke was at least cold.

We have been to a lot of Sri Lankan restaurants and hand on heart, I would say this is one of the very best when it comes to the authencitic taste of Sri Lankan food. We tried their Fish Cutlets, Mutton Rolls, Special Kotthu, Chicken Biryani, then Sweet Hoppers and Watalappam, and honestly the food is out of this world 💕

Excellent environment, friendly service, great menu choices and really yummy food

Great food, great service. Friendly atmosphere

Chicken devil has to be improved and the kottu hopper wasn't fresh 😐😐

We have dined here several times. The food is authentic and excellent. They have recently increased the menu choices.

The food was delivered on time and the food was delicious 😋

First time at this place. The food is good

Reaaaaaaaalllly good food. I want to go more and try everything on the menu. Would definitely recommend it!

Food was delivered on time. The food was freshly prepared and tasted delicious. I'll definitely order it again

It’s a quite place to dine in. We can enjoy our food with listening to Sri Lankan songs in the background. Great service though

The food was delivered on time. The food was freshly prepared and delicious 😋. I'll definitely order it again.

First time trying Herali and will definitely order for them again. The food was amazing, everything we ordered was really good!

My food was left downstairs near the flat door . It wasn’t delivered to my door . Also I ordered fish rolls but delivered fish patties instead .

Wow! This is an awesome place to eat. The service was great and the food was exceptional. Not expensive either. Definitely going back very soon, just a shame we didn’t come here to dine earlier. Highly highly recommended, it will not disappoint

As Sri Lankans living in Aylesbury, we have known Herali from it's beginnings and have taken out food from there, it was our first sit down meal there last night. We ordered a mix of different dishes and we wanted the curries at the top of the spice spectrum as hot as possible. We ordered, two set of Hoppers, with mutton, one Egg Koththu and a Polos curry (young jack fruit) with plain rice and and one devilled king prrawn and devilled pork. We wiped them between the three of us. The food especially the Egg Koththu, the mutton and polos curry with the hoppers were my highlights. I recommend the food highly purely because it's delicious it's that simple. Just try the hoppers and Koththu. You will keep coming back. We will go there OR order the same again very soon. Thanks Herali for the lovely food service and the calm peaceful atmosphere. Ps: What I forgot to write above was that on the way out we picked 5 Fish buns on sale at the counter. I'd give them a try. Also if you want something that you can ONLY get from a Sri Lankan restaurant or take away, ask them for a "Lamprais" - pronounced as in "Lump-rye". It's a heady mix of rice cooked in ghee along with fried ash plantains, baked chicken leg, fish cutlet, boiled egg, fried onion pickle, fried aubergine curry and scraped coconut ground with chillies etc. Herali do it well. This is not solicited. I have no connection to them except my Sri Lankan background and my brain telling me there is delicious Sri Lankan food at Herali. Hope you go there and enjoy a meal.

Really good to see independant restaurants opening in town and serving good food also. I had mutton curry with paratha and it was so good! I would definitely go back and have something different next time.

Outstanding and exceptionally delicious food!

Really enjoyed our evening here, the staff were so accommodating and everything from the food to the service was amazing. It's family run and you can taste the love in the food - we tried every starter and all but one of the mains and everyone loved their meals. The portions are very generous too! We'll definitely be going back to complete the menu! Can't recommend enough 🥰

Highly recommend. My first time having Sri Lankan Street food and I was not disappointed. Food was lovely, Customer service spot on, Lovelly and kind owners and chefs, Food is great value and not over priced, definitely going to eat here again. My only comment would be for me, Turn off the English radio station and set the scene with some Sri Lankan music, but that's just my own opinion, I like to immerse myself into that particular culture when I eat.

Visited this restaurant for the first time in November 2022, then visited for the second time yesterday. I must say, the taste and quality of food has improved dramatically. We ordered kottu roti, nasi goreng and fried rice. Good food to suit Sri Lankan taste buds. I hope quality and taste remains the same in the future too. Keep up the good work and all the best!..

Being born and raised in Sri Lanka, I am very critical when it comes to Sri Lankan restaurants and food. Today I walked in to Herali with 2 of my friends that never had a Sri Lankan food. I have to say the lamprais, kottu, fish patties, pollos rolls and the mackerel bun blew us away. I felt like I was back home eating my nan's food. I fell in love with the food I ordered for my dinner as well Hats off to the chef and I think she/he should be so so proud of themselves. And I hope this restaurant thrives and continues to stay in business for ever.

One of the best Sri Lankan food in town . We always use them and great customer service.

Excellent food. Really authentic flavours. 5*

Wow... Authentic Sri Lankan food. I feel like I am in back home. I had a chicken lamprais, it was amazing. All the best!!!

Wonderful experience eating here; service was top quality and the food was even better with a lot of tasty options , highly recommend

Delicious food and great service 👍

Was in a very quiet and easy-access location. It is only a couple of minutes walk from a few public car parks. The staff was very friendly. You may book a table by calling if it is a Friday or Saturday as it is not a big place. Food is very tasty, you can choose spicy level mild, medium or hot. Prices are very reasonable. But advice from my experience, do not to dare to try hoppers. They are terrible. As we know well how good hoppers are, we can comment on the hoppers we had. This is not real hoppers, it is kind of bread hoppers 😃. Not properly cooked either. We were kind of disappointed as the chef decided to send that to the table knowing it was not of good quality. Anyway, still this place deserves to have 5 starts.

Absolutely amazing every time! Fantastic food, great prices and friendly service.

Had a lovely Paneer curry on Friday, lovely staff

This is our go to place to celebrate our Sri Lankan heritage. Wether it’s Awurudu, New Year, our birthdays or whenever we miss home, we pay this place a visit. Their food totally can take you back to the warm memories of Sri Lanka and you’ll be comforted at once. What we felt is that they have carefully chosen the delicacies they want to focus on and does a really good, quality job on them. So far they have maintained consistent quality and taste. Our fav is their Kottu. I don’t think any other place can beat their Kottu. We’ve also tried their fried rice and hoppers. Equally good. Reasonable prices. It’s a family run business and everyone is very friendly. Tiny space so better to reserve a table before you go. Wheelchair accessible.

Really nice authentic food with great flavour, but service was a bit slow and the seafood was a bit tough, which is why it's not a 5 star review. Great portion sizes though! I had the seafood kottu which was good but wish I had the egg kottu instead as the seafood was a bit tough. Seafood kottu is pictured in this review My boyfriend and the mutton curry hopper which he really enjoyed with no complaints.

Delicious food will definitely recommend

Love this place. The chicken kottu us amazing. Such good value for money as well.

Food was not upto the mark and very expensive for the quantity and price! I will not recommend.

Great food. Super friendly. Love this place

Great food and friendly staff. Went with a large group and everyone is keen to go again. Recommended.

As always the food was top quality and delivered on time and still hot.

The food and service is consistently excellent here. Nothing is ever too much trouble. The food is delicious, authentic, fresh, and very good value.

Looking for a quick meal pre theatre along with wife and 15 year old we dropped into Herali and decided that with it's stripped back approach it was either going to be terrible or terrific. I'm glad to report it was terrific. We had Hoppers and Kottu and everything was just delicious - soothing and perfect spice level for me ( medium hot but you can choose lower or higher)). Service was prompt and polite and we will definitely be back and try Jack Fruit Curry. A fantastic find. Great value too. Really very highly recommended

Had a good experience and even my kids enjoyed food

Excellent food, great staff, well worth a visit.

Delicious food and great service!!

Very nice Sri Lankan restaurant with lovely food and friendly staff. Hoppers are available only from Wednesday to Friday and only for dine in.

Delivery was on time, however the driver delivered the food without a delivery bag. He didn't follow the rules, which is not really fair on the people who order. I would not know even if he had my food in the delivery bag from the time he picked it up from the restaurant all the way to my adress.

Fantastic food we really enjoyed the various dishes

Beautiful food always well cooked & so fresh ! Perfect size portions & spiced mild / medium / hot to suit all tastes. Give them a try ! 👍

Staff are always so lovely, and the food is superb. Wonderfully authentic flavour.

On time and delicious. It's so tasty

Herali advised me that the food was collected 45 minutes before the driver registered the collection. Non delivery expect full refund

Prawn rice! U joking right? I had 3 prawns in my rice!! Very disappointing

Great meal today for my wife’s birthday! Kids loved the food too! (But advise to go mild for them ;))

This food was bland, not tasty and left us with dodgy tummies. Would not recommend this place!