Whole crabs -- sometimes up to 2kg -- cooked in a rich, fiery Sri Lankan curry gravy. Colombo's prime coastal location makes this one of its great seafood specialties; order garlic bread on the side to soak up the gravy.
In the Old Dutch Hospital complex, this restaurant has appeared on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list multiple times. Reservations are essential -- their own slogan, and they mean it.
A tiny hole-in-the-wall in Pettah market, despite the name not actually a hotel. Some of the best crab curry in Colombo at a fraction of Ministry of Crab's prices -- a genuine local-favorite alternative for a similar quality dish at far lower cost.
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