Karapincha Cheltenham in Cheltenham - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Amazing food and service. The food was so unique and the taste individual to each one. The service was very good too!!

Excellent experience. Really tasty food and great service. The pork and cashew curries and roti’s were outstanding.

Very tasty meal and generous portions

Lovely food, friendly staff with very good service. Price is also very cheap that made my jaw drop when I saw the bill.

Delicious freshly cooked meals packed with flavour in a clean restaurant with brilliant service. What more could you want? Plenty of veggie and vegan dishes too.

Absolutely loved this place. Everything was cooked fresh and so delicious. I'm definitely recommending and look forward to coming back.

Stunning food, the chef was helpful and very friendly. Absolutely recommend this restaurant to anyone.

Delicious food! We had the dahl, goat curry, and veggie kothu. The flavors were unexpected and complex, a different take on the dishes we knew and a lovely new dish in the kothu. Highly recommend this restaurant!

Excellent food very delicious thank you!

Good food, adequate service, 40 pounds for dinner for 3 people

Very friendly greeting on arrival Could select where we wanted to sit. Menu gave enough choice even though it is small. Recommend the cuttlefish starter and prawn curry for a main course. The service was not intrusive and very efficient. The restaurant and wash room are very clean. We went on a Groupon deal which was very good value. The only very small issue is the dessert choice was strawberries or vanilla ice cream which was a small choice. Highly recommend this restaurant.

The food was really good, there was a lot of it so we took some home. The waitress was young and inexperienced but did her very best. It's a dificult one to say if we would go again, the food prices are reasonable but the drink prices are very expensive.

Fantastic delious food. Being married to a Sri Kankan and missing the wonderful taste of Sri Lanka. I now have a place to come. Great service.

We enjoyed a fabulous 3 course Sri Lankian meal at Karapincha Restaurant Cheltenham with family. The cusine was very tasty, well presented and the service was excellent - definitely worthy of a visit.

Amazing food! Highly recommend. We will see definitely be going back.

Lovely meal, lovely service. We really enjoyed the coconut roti, the dahl, chicken curry, cuttlefish, devilled pork and the goat curry. We were all incredibly full at the end!

Outstanding food!! Great portions, hot, unbelievably tasty, one of the best takeaways of my Life!! Thank you for making my birthday so enjoyable 😋

4 stars as massive wait between courses,decent food though!

Brilliant food, authentically Sri Lankan. Highly recommended

Bought a Groupon voucher to try something different from a restaurant that looks a little uninviting from the outside. Well, what an absolute gem. Warm welcome from waitress who was busy looking after the whole restaurant with just one other Family run and absolutely delicious. Menu slightly reduced for Groupon, but plenty to choose. Amazing starters and mains of chicken Kottu & black pork curry. Only ice cream dessert but to be honest, portion are large, and took everything not eaten, home with us, for others to try. They now want to go,so just bought another voucher. Slow service,but just what we wanted. Not rushed. Everything at a good pace. Can't wait to go back.

Lovely tasty food and generous portions.

Great food - absolutely delicious with friendly efficient service. Definitely recommend.

The food was okay, it didn't feel very typical but it wasn't bad. It wasn't excellent. Very slow and clueless service.

We used a Groupon voucher here which provides you with a starter,main and dessert. There was plenty of food. We especially enjoyed the vegetable rolls for a starter, the Cashew curry for a main and strawberry ice-cream for dessert. We also tried two drinks as shown which were really different.

Greeted warmly by our waitress. Tables are well spaced and set nicely. Food was authentic and delicious. A lovely experience from start to finish.

I love this place, go-to dining in Cheltenham. If I have a first choice or default, it's here :)

Great food and lovely place to eat.

The food was excellent; really authentic, fresh and flavoursome. There was also plenty of it! The staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly and went above and beyond. We visited as a family of five (and have all spent time in Sri Lanka) and we were very impressed. By going in a larger group, we were able to order a selection of dishes and each enjoy a little of everything…delicious ☺️ I don’t have good pics of the food, to be honest, as it looked and smelt so good that we all fell on it before I thought about photographs 😆

Food full of oily. Rubbish food

Please do not be put off that the restaurant looks quite empty - it’s comfortable and clean. Wow what a delicious meal! We love Sri Lanka and the food. Well, the chickpeas and chicken starter were just amazing. Then we had cashew curry and black pork and couldn’t fault the food at all. We had to ask for takeaway boxes, as there was too much for us. Would highly recommend and will definitely go again. Please try it!

Great Food, our 1st visit, and not disappointed. Right next to Weatherspoon's so a cheap pre drink too. Some of the drinks are expensive but £28 for a top quality Cremant bubbly was a bargain. Cuttlefish starter & goat curry excellent. Shame they don't do coffee after the meal but a minor gripe. See you again (Thursday) :-)

Really tasty food! And lovely service - would recommend.

Excellent experience dining at Karapincha! 4 of us visited on a Sunday evening and enjoyed the friendly staff, prompt service and fantastic food. Highly recommend the cuttlefish starter and lamb curry as a main. As it happens I did have a voucher for a discount, but happily would have paid full price. Fully intend to return in the future to sample the tapas menu. Thank you very much!!

Delicious food, very friendly staff. Had the beetroot recommended and it was really good. A brilliant place to go.

5 stars, brilliant food and excellent service, thanks again!

Our first time eating here and the food was amazing! So fresh and really good portions. We are definitely going back.

In Cheltenham for my daughters graduation. Arrived early for our 7pm reservation but that wasn’t a problem. Given a choice of tables which was nice. Menus delivered very quickly and drinks order taken. Bit of a wait before our food order was taken. Food was delivered promptly and we were amazed at the quality. Chick peas were exceptional as was the deep fried cuttlefish. For mains we had the pork curry and the prawn curry with rice and roti. The curries were exceptional and the rotis great. Service throughout was friendly and attentive. We would highly recommend a visit

It was a Wednesday and so it was quiet. The waitress advised us that there were two items unavailable, which was absolutely fine. She was very attentive and swiftly brought our drinks and took our food order. The food was absolutely delicious. Aromatic with a kick of spice in some dishes. They cater for the British taste buds but you can request the dish to be spicier. We thoroughly enjoyed every single dish. The food was cooked beautifully and it was fresh. We had a lovely evening. Thank you!

Delicious food. Had the black pork, goat and okra curries, coconut sambal with pol roti and tumeric rice. Every dish was superb. We had the beef rolls and fish cakes for starters and they were great too especially the fish cakes. Definitely recommend the goat curry, it was really superb. Definitely coming back here.

Really friendly welcome, fresh flavoured food, well balanced goat curry and Cuttlefish was delicious. good service . Atmosphere was good , wrap up as I found it a little cold. I shall definitely be visiting again 🌸

Superb tasty and ontime delivery. Thank you Karapincha 🤗

Absolutely delish at a reasonable price

Nice meal as always. Would be good to have a couple more vegan options like a pineapple curry or something but it's always great. The Dhal Parippu is awesome. I often order when I'm feeling a bit under the weather and feel it sorts me out :D

First visit to this new restaurant last evening. I was unusually by myself so a bit unsure where to eat in Cheltenham. Was going to a performance at the Everyman Theatre so was looking in that vicinity. Came across Karapincha which had a few people already there at 6.30 but plenty of tables and the Black Pork curry on their outside menu caught my eye. I was made very welcome and offered a variety of tables. My lager, curry and rice came quite quickly and were delicious - my only disappointment was that I couldn't quite finish it all! Very nice waitress and whilst not a romantic atmosphere, it was perfectly pleasant. I shall be recommending to friends and taking my husband next time!

The menu is a little limited, with one dish unavailable and only ice cream for dessert, when I went. The staff seem kind but a little unsure. I would have preferred some light music as the atmosphere was a bit empty.

Excellent food, good value and great, friendly and efficient service.

this sri lankan restaurant is the no.1 to go, good food, friendly staff

Great food, shared fish cutlets, cuttlefish and spring rolls to start. Goat curry for main. Friendly service, shame they didn't have any mutton rolls left. Def recommend

The food was very good. Selja, our waitress was awesome....personable and friendly. The restaurant was very clean and had some excellent photos of Sri Lanka posted on the walls. It was a very nice evening out.

fodd and service was excellent .Good portion size .

Wonderful visit on a late Sunday evening. Superb food and even better service by the 2 members of staff. Black pork was tremendous as was the prawn curry.

I have visited several times, most recently with a group of 21. We pre ordered egg hoppers and ordered the rest of our meals on arrival. The standard of food was as great for the large group as it was for couples. With only a small team of staff, I thought that they coped fantastically well with such a large group. Food, as always, was delicious and reasonably priced.

Amazing food in great portions too.

Such delicious curry and amazing service! My partner and I were feeling very hungry in Cheltenham at 10pm and even though they were close to closing, they were very welcoming and cooked us amazing food very quickly! Would recommend for anyone after delicious authentic Sri Lankan food!

Second time visiting this excellent Sri Lankan restaurant in central Cheltenham. Impeccable friendly service and advice on menu choices. Great food at a very reasonable price in the current trading environment. Would highly recommend.

You will not find a better curry! This is top class food that you would find in Sri Lanka. Not just cooked fresh at some point. But on the day. And it’s fantastic value for money. The photo is of a very special lobster curry. £22! Wow.

We came across this restaurant on a weekend trip to Cheltenham and thoroughly enjoyed our meal here. The portions were generous, the food was appealing and flavoursome, the atmosphere calm, the service friendly and attentive, the price reasonable and the toilet spotless, which is always reassuring. So interesting to talk to the waitress and learn more about Sri Lanka from the photographs on display.

We had a fantastic meal, service was excellent. Thank you very much

What a find!! Had an overnight stay in Cheltenham and found this gem of an independent restaurant. Food was incredible, service brilliant and the owners just delightful. Highly recommended

We walked in pretty late on a Saturday night and were greeted by a lovely host. The food was absolutely fantastic and reminded me of home in South India. Would highly recommend, especially if you've never tried Sri Lankan food. Great value for money, and massive portions!

Absolutely delicious! Taste explosion, sadly no pol sambol but the flavours of my chicken curry and divine lentils made up for it. Absolute firm favourite now!!

Outstanding food as always. Love it!

We had a wonderful time in this restaurant. All home cooked traditional food. The waitress was very helpful. They 'tweaked' my meal to suit my taste. Can't wait to go again!

Food was just luke warm. Didn't taste like a curry. Was very disappointed

Service excellent, food fabulous,! Try the Devil’s Chicken as a starter, it was very tasty, chicken and Prawn curries loverly. 10% discount given on the bill Monday to Thursday and was a pleasant surprise. We live in York, this restaurant in our city would be full every night, yet it was quiet. Very nice clean and spacious venue. Great for post work get togethers and Birthday party’s. Get booked in, have fun!

Never delivered but logged it as delivered

So yummy okra curry was 10/10 and the battered cuttlefish my friend got looked great. Good vegan options

Absolutely amazing food at great prices. Honestly amazed there wasn't more custom. Would like nothing more than to live near enough for this to be a regular. If I'm ever back in town, I'll be back.

Delicious food. Will order again. Yummy. Good spicing of each dish.

Our first visit and experience of Sri Lankan cuisine. The food was so tasty, starters quite spicey, and very generous portions! We had the cuttlefish and devilled pork for starters and the goat curry and prawn curry with yellow rice, coconut Sambal and coconut roti for main. We were so full that we asked to take the left overs home! The cocktails were also delicious. Very reasonable priced. The hosts were attentive and welcoming. All in all a lovely night! We will be back!

Food didn't arrive. Restaurant refused to deal with it and gave me the number for the just eat customer services, which is the number for the call centre that deals with restaurants and not online customers. They restaurant hung up. Terrible service having ordered and also eaten in many times before. Won't be going back again.

Had the chicken khottu and curried goat with rice and rotti. Was one the most amazing meals I've had! So fresh and tasty. Service was amazing, lovely chatty and caring staff. Just wish their sign was more visible and not so tucked away so more people would go there. Definitely deserve the custom!

Ordered a takeaway through deliveroo from here. The delivery came 1.5 hours late and every time we phoned the restaurant the lady who answered put the phone down on us. The order finally arrived and 2 items were missing. Reported on deliveroo and it said ‘not eligible for refund’ so called the restaurant and the same woman answered and she would not acknowledge the missing items. Before we could explain properly she once again out the phone down on me! Average food and terrible service. The 2 curries that did arrive were drowned in exactly the same sauce. Would not order from here again.

Food arrived on time but not hot. Barely warm

Wow! What a hinden gem! Food that excite the taste buds, go check it out you will not be disappointed, this restaurant is well worth a visit, excellent recommendations, every dish we tried had it's own place for taste. Very reasonably price. Good atmosphere, Good for friends and family meals, Coconut Vodka not to be missed!!

Second visit to Karapincha. Didn't disappoint. Lovely food - cutlets and mutton kottu. Very generous portions.

Great! Driver on perfect time. Polite, quick and friendly. Food absolutely delicious - thanks

Born to a Singhalese parent and having been many times to Sri Lanka, I feel lucky to have stumbled upon Karapincha (local name for curry leaves), on a short stay in the area. The food was excellent, given the fact that it can never be just like home without the home grown base ingredients. Cheltenham is lucky to have a bona fide Singhalese chef serving the city. Keep up the fantastic service!

Wow! What a hinden gem! Food that excite the taste buds, go check it out you will not be disappointed, this restaurant is well worth a visit, excellent recommendations, every dish we tried had it's own place for taste. Very reasonably price. Good atmosphere, Good for friends and family meals, Coconut Vodka not to be missed!!

Nice food - The service could be quicker though.

Lovely food. Friendly staff. Good prices. A bit cold and could do with some soft furnishing to soften the space. Music was good and not intrusive. We had Chicken Kothu, okra curry and tandoori chicken. Okra a bit spicy for me but good. Tandoori fairly...

Great food, surprised it was so quiet.

Delicious authentic Sri Lankan food, and a very calm ambience. People don’t usually go to restaurants that don’t have a crowd - which is why we were initially reluctant to visit, but I’m so glad we did. We had some goat curry, black pork, plain roti and wood apple nectar and loved it all! Very generous portions and reasonable prices, and a very kind waiter 🥰 will definitely be back! Thank you for the amazing service and delicious food!

A really fine experience; gorgeous surroundings, friendly service, real plants…the food was absolutely delicious also…fresh, clean, and above all magnificently tasty. Kudos ✨💜✨

It said 20-35 minutes when I ordered, the delivery window kept going back saying waiting for the delivery driver. So not the restaurant’s fault. finally arrived 2 hours after I ordered it. Far too late. Not happy.

Great alternative to a basic UK style curry. Not greasy. Dishes are well made. Also enjoyed eating in.

This came highly recommended by word-of-mouth. We had expectations and the chef didn't disappoint. I would say this is a hidden gem as it wasn't so busy when we were there.

Excellent food, really happy with this really tasty I would certainly order again

Venue is nice, but the food is ok

Excellent Food, really glad we found it. We will definitely be ordering from there again. Really good sized portions and very well balanced dishes at very good prices. Well done Karapincha, very much looking forward to the next time.

I had black pork with nan bread and carrot salad. This dish was very nice and spicy. Comfort food. Staff are very warm and welcoming 🙏 I had a very nice lunch indeed.

This was the second time I visited the place , the first time wasn’t very impressed and didn’t have an opportunity to review but this time my experience was made special - had popped in late afternoon around 3 pm along with my brother and was very hungry since we missed our breakfast. The person who served us was I believe both doing front of the house service and helping out in the kitchen was kind enough to get us some good quality food (wish had taken the pics) , he served us buffet plate with rice , dhal, 2 veggies and chicken & black pork gravy it was after a long time felt like I had good Sri Lankan home food , was so full couldn’t walk. For starters the mutton rolls were also excellent. Thank you and will definitely visit again. This is the third time I have been here and the food is in one word awesome and the service is great , fresh and tasty food

Little hidden gem! Every time I walk past this place it looks quite empty which is not a good sign but I always wanted to give it a go. And yes please! The food was really good, we’ve ordered a few things to try and it was all delicious. We also ordered what we thought not enough for two people but we’re so wrong! You can easily share one main and one portion of rice between two people 🙌🏻 Sri Lankan style chicken curry - very good, and you get 4 pieces of chicken thighs. Coconut sambol - first time trying it and it was surprisingly very good! Perfect side dish to your rice and curry. Coconut roti - 10/10. Mutton Kottu - as I liked everything about this dish, the lamb in this one was not great, it was chewy and hard. Wasn’t prepared very well so I needed to take the pieces of it out - but the rest was delicious. Next time I’ll just take the veggie option. As the food is really good I hope this place gets a bit more traffic in. But when it comes to interior it definitely needs to work on it as it’s not very welcoming in my opinion.

Incredibly enjoyable dining, wallet left intact – now that’s what I call a good evening! The black pork curry really stood at here, and the veg rolls weren’t far behind. Great setting too – spacious and not too loud. Would definitely go back!

Food over an hour late, when arrived was cold. Abysmal food and service.

We had a lovely meal here, vegetarian, freshly cooked and really very delicious! Highly recommended, we will come again for sure!!

Maravilloso servicio, sabor, localización. Los cócteles son riquísimos, el vino alemán sabroso y la comida muy jugosa y muy bien cocinada. Lo recomiendo 100%

Popped in with a friend for lunch. I visited Sri Lanka earlier this year and had some delicious food while there and was hoping for little helping of holiday food nostalgia and this did not disappoint. The food was freshly cooked and absolutely gorgeous. I...

14 friends out for a Birthday meal. No one had been before so didn’t know what to expect. Amazingly fresh and tasty Sri Lankan food in a really bright and modern restaurant, so much better than the other Sri Lankan in Cheltenham. Everyone raved about...

The restaurant was quiet when we got there, which we thought was a bad sign… we were proven wrong when we tasted the food! We ordered black pork and cuttlefish curry, yellow rice, roti and sambol - all of them delicious! We are definitely coming back