Redsnapper

4 Reviews on “Redsnapper”

• Dayan Silva

  The place is located in a convenient location close to many offices. Nothing remarkable in terms of the ambience.The food was average but the portions were meager yet the prices were exorbitant. The bad rating is due to the inferior level of service. We ordered the dinner on takeaway. But was provided with something different. Only noticed this when we unpacked the food. Called the place and the phone was answered by the manager himself. But the person was quite ignorant on the fact that their staff had made the mistake. It is advisable that you thoroughly check the bill and verify what you ordered was provided.

  April 27, 2017, 2:35 am

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• Chanaka Karunaratne

  Atmosphere is really good,eye catching colours.staff is really friendly.Tried the buffet, regardless of the minimum amount of choices food was tasty.better of if checked in as early as possible because after some deserts are over Will be replaced by some others rather than redoing the early once.

  May 12, 2016, 2:35 am

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• Subashi Baghya

  Red Snapper is a cosy restaurant with a classic work of architecture situated just before RnR. If u sit near d window, would somewhat reminisce u of Italy or Rome 😉 More of a romantic setting. The staff is pleasant but abit lethargic as they took a long time to serve the meal. Talking of food, it’s fairly typical and way above regular rates. Given the choice is extremely narrow. We ordered Penny Prawn Chilly Pasta and a rice with a few kebabs plus a gravy. I guess the pasta tasted better than d rice bcz anyone knows how to cook a proper pasta nowadays! But the rice tasted pretty terrible tbh. Kebabs were ok-ish. The restaurant’s magnetism was solely the outlook of it. Not the kind of place you’d ‘plan’ & visit for a 2nd time or suggest to another. I’d say a radical upgrading is compulsory on d menu, & d Zomato menu here has to be updated 😉

  February 14, 2016, 2:35 am

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• Jeevantha Jayatilleke

  Stale meat, old not-so-onion bread, and entertainingly bad service.So today my cousin and I had this awesome idea about trying out the new joint called Red Snapper as it’s closer to our office. When we walked in, the restaurant was deserted and we had to wait for 5 minutes until the personnel emerged from the kitchen. My cousin wanted to leave, but I – the always want to try new places me – egged him to be patient, and this is how our lunch turned out to be.We got starters; crab cakes and prawns which were edible, and went on to order the mains and that’s when it got entertaining! My cousin, who’s a fellow food lover, ordered a fajita and I, being a lover of northern cuisine, ordered a Jaffna crab curry with rice and onion bread. The crab and the rice arrived, and I had to ask for the ‘onion bread’, which turned out to be an old roast bread (our famous ‘roast paan’! I love roast paan, but this was old) heated in an oven and cut into slices (by the way, when did we start calling our old-school roast paan “onion bread”??)! As I was dressed in office attire, I asked for a napkin, which I was refused! A restaurant in the heart of Colombo rudely refuses to give napkins out to customers; especially when they’re eating crab (newfound respect for the ‘Ministry of Crab’ for giving out those neat little bibs without a fuss!). When I asked for it again, the heated up restaurant manager produced a smelly partially-wet table mat.The crab was not Jaffna style at all! it was bland and flavourless, and cold in some places, especially the joints! That’s not all, I had to give up on my meal for the love of my own health when the meat started tasting old as if it has started going bad! And what a meal that was; plain rice, flavourless crab curry, and old bread.I was upset! My meal was spoiled by substandard food and my mood was spoiled by a not-so-accommodating manager! Then I really tested the man’s patience by telling him what I thought about his food and asking for a finger bowl (oh did I mention that they also don’t give out crab crackers? I didn’t? Well, they don’t!). This agitated man, I’m guessing out of passion for his low-class food, went all Amy’s-Baking-Company on me and confronted me and threatened me with physical violence (thankfully I got my fingerbowl)!With my art of patience and avoidance, we managed to pay the bill and walk out of there avoiding any confrontation with this unstable bull in a China shop. Bottom line? Bad meat, old not-so-onion bread, and unfriendly (to the next level!) service. If you’re a person that loves your health – physical and mental – I would recommended that you avoid this restaurant like stale crab meat (pun intended). There are plenty of restaurants around the Dutch Hospital shopping precinct – all of which I have tried – where you get decent food (not to mention decent managers!). Better luck next time! To all fellow food lovers, Bon Appétit 🙂

  December 2, 2015, 2:35 am

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