The Garlic restaurant is a cozy little place in Hikkaduwa Beach, conveniently located on the main road. This restaurant serves up fresh seafood dishes, at incredible prices. You have to definitely visit if you're in Hikkaduwa Beach!

Absolute terrible experience, as soon as we walked into the establishment it was a dark and gloomy shelter, with sketchy staff serving us the wrong food. At the time the food didn’t seem bad but the aftermath was giving my friend a stomach ulcer and we had to end up cancelling our trip to Galle due to this incident. Absolute shame don’t even think about going.

We were hesitating visiting this place because of mixed reviews. Finally, we decided to go and give a try to their Sri Lankan Rice & Curry. It was fantastic. A bit more pricey than in other places in Hikkaduwa, yes, but portions are generous and you'll and up full with a happy stomach. We regret not coming here before! The oysters with orange sauce were nice too. Special mention to the cocktails. The arrack cocktail is YUM! Check out our YouTube Channel: Lifetime Travelmates

The service was very bad brought us our ordered bottle of water and no glasses we had to ask him to bring us 3 glasses. Then the food came way too late after waiting 40 min at least we asked him where our food is. They brought us one instead of 2 pineapple salads which by the way consisted only of pineapples we complained to them since we in beforehand asked them what it consists of they said its with salad leaves and cucumber tomatoes etc. Then they brought it back with some tomatoes.

The staff are arrogant, the food is not gourmet as it sounds. Don't visit this place!

(Translated by Google) Merzotnoe impression. We have already put up with a little outrageous careless attitude of Sri Lankans to the visitors of their institutions. But these guys were still able to surprise. By tea brought to us was a dirty cup. The waiter replaced. The apogee was the dinner someone toothpick found in a dish with pasta. It is better not even to think where this may say the food was on our plate. How to respond to this incident waiter? Of course, he clicked his tongue and was very upset. And brought the score for this dish, as if nothing had happened. And the prices are above average along the coast. Rejoice in the price Garlic, apparently, those who do not know the average prices. (Original) Мерзотное впечатление. Мы уже немного смирились с возмутительно небрежным отношением ланкийцев к посетителям их заведений. Но эти ребята все же смогли удивить. Под чай нам принесли откровенно грязные чашки. Официант заменил. Апогеем ужина стала чья-то зубочистка, найденная в тарелке с вермишелью. Лучше даже и не думать, откуда эта с позволения сказать еда оказалась на нашей тарелке. Как отреагировал на этот инцидент официант? Разумеется, он поцокал языком и очень расстроился. И принёс за это блюдо счёт, как ни в чём не бывало. И цены здесь выше средних по побережью. Радуются ценам в Garlic, видимо, те, кто ещё не знает средних цен.

(Translated by Google) We came to this cafe purposefully, having read good reviews and did not regret it! Fast service, large portions and most importantly delicious! Pleasant atmosphere, reasonable prices, for three you can sit for 6000 rupees. I liked the wall where visitors can write, interesting! (Original) Пришли в это кафе целенаправлено, почитав хорошие отзывы и не пожалели! Быстрое обслуживание, большие порции и главное вкусно! Приятная атмосфера, цены приемлемые, на троих можно посидеть на 6000 рупий. Понравилась стена, где посетители могут писать, интересно!

The food is really good, the service is really nice and fast. We also liked the ambience, nice music and high up street view. We had the battered calamari, avocado salad and carbonara with garlic bread. It was a lot of food for 2 people! We ate everything. Thank you! 😁 (Make sure to order the garlic sauce with the calamari)

(Translated by Google) We ate twice in this restaurant, both times I really liked the food. Delicious beef steaks, chicken soup, chicken curry and shrimp curry. The service is good, but as elsewhere in the tropics, it takes 30-40 minutes to wait for food. The staff is polite. Prices are average. There is a restaurant near the road, so it is noisy during the day, there is no sea view. (Original) Кушали два раза в этом ресторане, еда оба раза очень понравилась. Вкусные стейки из говядины, суп куриный, чикен карри и карри с креветками. Обслуживание хорошее, но как и везде в тропиках,ждать еду приходится 30-40 минут. Персонал вежливый. Цены средние. Находится ресторан рядом с дорогой, поэтому днем шумновато, нет вида на море.

(Translated by Google) The restaurant meets the country requirements. Everything is simple. Very simple. The food is delicious. The prices are reasonable. Serve quickly wishes are considered. (Original) Ресторанчик соотвествует стране. Всё просто. Очень просто. Еда вкусная. Цены приемлимые. Обслуживают быстро пожелания учитывают.

Best of the Best) very delicious! Good prices! Best service!

(Translated by Google) Tuna salad consisted only of onions and a bit of tuna, most of which still had the fishbones in it. An extra bread ordered (2 slices of toast), which came 15 minutes after the salad. Portion was very small and cost 1000 RP with bread. Staff not really friendly, so no recommendation. (Original) Thunfischsalat bestand nur aus Zwiebeln und ein bisschen Thunfisch, der größtenteils noch die Gräten drin hatte. Dazu ein extra brot bestellt (2 Scheiben Toast), das 15 min nach dem Salat kam. Portion war sehr klein und kostete mit Brot 1000 RP. Personal auch nicht wirklich freundlich, daher keinerlei Empfehlung.

Very tasty food, excellent price list, attentive and loyal, the best place that we found bypassing several interesting and popular. It's cool here! I recommend it !

(Translated by Google) The restaurant liked both the interior and the prices) about the prices, they pleasantly surprised. The seafood assortment is very good. The portions are large, one dish is enough for two👍 (Original) Ресторан понравился, как интерьером, так и ценами) о ценах, они приятно удивили. Ассортимент морепродуктов очень хороший. Порции большие, одного блюда хватает на двоих👍

Horrible experience . The staff had very little knowledge of what they were serving .. most importantly this place is RACIST & the staff is a bunch of disrespectful people . Don’t visit this place

It is a great place! Food is tasty, I would even say delicious, service is also at a high level!

(Translated by Google) Delicious. Promptly bring food. With an almost complete landing, they got their rice with hazel and choppy in 20 minutes. (Original) Вкусно. Оперативно приносят еду. При почти полной посадке в заведение получили свой рис с кари и чопси за 20 минут.

Amazing place with delicious food. Best grilled prawns and calamari in town. And on the top of that - it's very cheap and affordable. Would definitely recommend!

(Translated by Google) Pleasant restaurant, we sat on the open upper floor. Food too good, large portions, one meal is enough for two. (Original) Příjemná restaurace, sedeli jsme v otevřeném hornim patře. Jídlo moc dobré, porce veliké, jedno jídlo stačí i pro dva.

(Translated by Google) Good two-story cafe. Fast food delivery. Delicious. Decent servings. The prices are moderate. Juices did not like, neither mango nor pineapple, a very unexpressed taste. Average check for two 2500-3000 (Original) Хорошее двухэтажное кафе. Быстрая подача блюд. Вкусно. Приличные порции. Цены умеренные. Соки не понравились, ни манго, ни ананасовый, очень невыраженный вкус. Средний чек на двоих 2500-3000

(Translated by Google) Delicious (Original) Вкусно

(Translated by Google) Good rest, average prices (Original) Хороший рест, цены средние

(Translated by Google) Worst Lassi of the ones I've tried on the island. Fairly affordable prices, a large selection, but out of our company of 6 people, nobody was tasty. (Original) Худшие Ласси, из тех, что я пробовал на острове. Достаточно демократичные цены, большой выбор, но из нашей компании в 6 человек никому не было вкусно.

(Translated by Google) Service is good for Sri Lanka. The food is too greasy for me. Hawaiian shrimp salad just drowned in mayonnaise. Fried potatoes are more like home-made chips, but that's ok) (Original) Сервис - хороший для Шри Ланки. Еда слишком жирная для меня. Салат гавайский с креветками просто утоплен в майонезе. Жареная картошка больше похожа на домашние чипсы, но это ок)

Great food...great hospitality...great atmosphere...thier seafood platters are seafood lovers paradise

Here is the thing.. I ate 2 times in the same week in this restaurant, the first time i had one of the greatest experience with such a delicious fish plate and starters! It was perfectly cooked with delicious garlic sauce!. So it was 5 stars 🌟 experience! BUT !!! The second time was one of the worst if not the worst fish plate ever ! I orderd the same plate of the same fish but this time The fish wasn't good cleaned from inside and they kept some of its organs ! I couldn't eat it so i ordered a new fish! But it was even worse the smell of the fish was really bad i couldn't even eat one piece! And both were over cooked and without any sauce over. I couldn't know the reason maybe there was another chef in that day!. And one thing the waiters there are super kind and behaved and fast !👍👍

Nice food, friendly staff and cosy atmosphere.

Ok, I know Sri Lanka is experiencing serious difficulties, but we waited over 90 minutes to get chips and soup, so we paid what we had been served and left. Don’t go.

Perfect restaurant close to the turtle beach. You are sittingh high above the road where you can watch the traffic on the road. Everything is very tasty.Best BBQ shrimps. The only place you get passion fruit mojito. Super prices And bonus very attentive service. I warmly recommend.

don't take the squid. cooks do not clean them well and therefore they are bitter

Portions are very small. Juices as in all Sri Lanka with a lot of water. Why? Everywhere in Hikkaduwa dish looks like in the very poor bar in Europe. Those chips .... better choose any other restaurant. But others wont be better as well.

One of the best restaurant in Hikkaduwa. Delicious food, friendly service & food for the reasonable price.

Just had a brilliant meal at the garlic, our waiter Ileesha was a great guy and spent a lot of time talking with us and we all enjoyed the conversations. The food there was also very nice, I had a Sri Lankan special curry which was very good. I would reccomend calling in for a meal

Very tasty food, ( grilled prowns, chicken and Tom Yum soup) amazing drinks and famous services. Thank you for spend good time. See you.

Nice place! Good food, cold beer)) personnel shares good vibes - awesome people! Especially liked live music! 👍🏼👍🏼

Herkullista ruokaa. Ruoka-annokset olivat suuret ja henkilökunta ystävällistä.

The calmari were not bad but they were tought. The salad was really good ! ;) The worst think i would say is that if you are not speak in russia, you will receive less... We receive just a little tomate and garlic souce and at the same moment russian poeple receive whole bottle.... good to read what they are doing in the ukraine specially with children and woman before you jurdge people based on the language. So if you are from Europe and you dont want to be treat worst than russian people than it is not good place. Good is the treat everyone equal.

We had a lovely evening at the Garlic, our our first night in Sri Lanka. There was live music and the grilled fish and chondhu (wrong spelling) we're delicious.

(Translated by Google) Great restaurant! Delicious!!! (Original) Отличный ресторан! Очень вкусно!!!

Service was really fast and good, but the food - a complete disappointment. Place called garlic, but they didn't have enough garlic in prawns, which were not grilled properly and tasted raw.

Food was great. A bit pricey, but great!

Amazing fish dinner here. You can pick your own fish so you know it is fresh. We picked one that was enough for two for a very reasonable price and came with salad and chips. The fish was cooked to perfection. Highly recommended!

Amazing place with delicious food. Best grilled prawns and calamari in town. And on the top of that - it's very cheap and affordable. Would definitely recommend!

Food was okay, lobster was alright, small portions, raw oysters tasted pretty bad (not really their fault) and the food was overpriced, I had to ask for the beer I ordered 3 times. I’m never coming here again, maybe their other food was better but I wasn’t too pleased for what I paid.

I visited The Garlic tonight as I needed some dinner and take care of a few emails on my computer. Ended up ordering two dishes plus dessert. Really good food, tasty, fresh and fast service. Wifi avaialable

Bad experience despite quite good and cheap food. Our friends ordered full tuna, but got salads (despite that we repeated 3 times what ordered), after they got some fish (not tuna), but only one. After waiter replied that we ordered only one full. Also he was very angry, mad, started to shake (litteraly all his body) and showed lot of disrecpet. It was sad. Personally ordered Jumbo grilled prawns with chips and salad. Was quite OK, taste was good, but maybe needed an extra prawn to be full belly.

During our holiday in Sri Lanka this restaurant served easily the best tasting food of them all. It felt like here the chef understood the basics of proper seasoning of food which was great. I had to go all the way to the kitchen to thank him after the meal. :)

(Translated by Google) The best restaurant in town! We honestly tried every day to try food in different restaurants, but remained disappointed and came here every evening to eat tasty food! The staff is very good-natured and the food is just super tasty! I remember with tears of joy in the eyes of the shrimp from Sri Lanka! (Original) Лучший ресторан с городе ! Мы честно старались каждый день пробовать еду в разных ресторанах, но оставались разочарованными и каждый вечер приходили сюда чтобы вкусно поесть ! Персонал очень добродушный и еда просто супер вкусная ! Вспоминаю со слезами радости на глазах креветки со Шри Ланки !

(Translated by Google) Very cozy, atmospheric cafe! Fast service, the food is delicious, the portions are huge! Recommend (Original) Очень уютное , атмосферное кафе ! Быстрое обслуживание , еда вкусная, порции огромные ! Рекомендую

Prices are okay, food also ok. In my opinion not that special but decent. Better visit local food restaurants for vegetable rotti's, kottu and rice'n curry.

(Translated by Google) Great restaurant, delicious food, especially seafood and live music (Original) Отличное заведение, очень вкусная кухня, особенно морепродукты и живая музыка

Very tasty! Polite and competent staff. Cozy cafe, acceptable prices. We are glad that here was eating. Thank you!

(Translated by Google) Tasty, always fresh and better to go there in the evening. In the afternoon, you can wait a long time for the order. One of my favorite places in Hikkaduw👍 (Original) Вкусно, всегда свежее и лучше туда идти вечером. Днём можно долго ждать заказ. Одно из любимых мест в Хиккадуве👍

(Translated by Google) They can throw in reserve and ruin the planned evening. As a bonus on top, no apologies or attention. (Original) Могут кинуть с резервом и испортить запланированный вечер. Как бонус сверху ни извинений ни внимания.

(Translated by Google) Delicious and not expensive (Original) Вкусно и не дорого

(Translated by Google) All the rules, only a cockroach in a napkin😱 (Original) Все норм, только таракан в салфетке😱

(Translated by Google) The average bill corresponds to the average institution. Tasty, there are always a lot of people (which is an indicator). Relaxed atmosphere, in general we liked it. (Original) Средний чек соответсвует среднему заведению. Вкусно , всегда много народу (что есть показателем ). Непринужденная обстановка , в общем нам понравилось .

(Translated by Google) Ordinary food as elsewhere, nothing gastronomic, nearby there are more delicious establishments, prices are normal, service is 4 (Original) Обычная еда как и везде, ничего гастрономического, рядом есть заведения вкуснее, цены норм, обслуживание на 4

(Translated by Google) Delicious Crab Soup (Original) Вкусный крабовый суп

Eccellent rice&curry, lovely athmosphete and first-class service. Highly recommended!

(Translated by Google) The food is delicious, orders are delivered quite quickly, but the location is right on the road and very noisy and gas-filled. (Original) Еда вкусная, заказы приносят довольно быстро, но расположение прям у дороги и очень шумно и загазовано.

(Translated by Google) Nice restaurant with a nice design (Original) Хороший ресторан с приятным дизайном

(Translated by Google) Good food for great prices :) we had a fish we chose, was well made and 2 people ate (Original) Dobré jídlo za fajn ceny :) dali jsme si rybu, kterou jsme si vybrali, byla dobře udělaná a z jedné porce jsme se najedli 2 lidé

(Translated by Google) Delicious food, staff friendly, ordered a small coffee and got a huge pot ... toilets .... well (Original) Essen lecker, Personal freundlich, habe einen smal Kaffee bestellt und bekam eine riesen Kanne...Toiletten ....naja

Tasty food. Got chicken cream soup it was not actually cream soup but it was tasty. Chicken BBQ was nice souse is awesome. Butter fish was tasty but to much salt, portion is huge two people can eat it. Gin was locks but it was ok. Bob Marley did a nice flow but is not guys work.

(Translated by Google) Very good food (Original) Очень неплохие блюда

(Translated by Google) Everything is very delicious (Original) Все очень вкусно

(Translated by Google) The restaurant liked both the interior and the prices) about the prices, they pleasantly surprised. The seafood assortment is very good. The portions are large, one dish is enough for two👍 (Original) Ресторан понравился, как интерьером, так и ценами) о ценах, они приятно удивили. Ассортимент морепродуктов очень хороший. Порции большие, одного блюда хватает на двоих👍