ceylon inn

lovely local. we were delighted when ceylon inn opened down the road from us. the staff vary but thefoodis excellent. i love that the chef is willing to make my off menu favourites on request (obviously not when they are packed as they often are). have never been disappointed by thefoodand find the portions to be appropriate. great value for money. the decor makes the visit - just stunning.

well worth a visit. thefoodhere is excellent and service with a smile. thefoodis authentic and with a fantastic taste. make sure you book though as it does get busy.

disappointed. went to the ceylon inn graceville last night for a birthday dinner. the only good thing about the experience was the ambience - it is lovely! while the ambience is an important part of the dining out experience, for me, the most important part is the food, followed by the service. sadly, ceylon inn graceville did not perform well at all in both these categories.
we were part of a large group that attended last night. we ordered the tibetan chicken chasha and i requested that mine be made medium hot, instead of the mild option according to the menu. we were unaware of what the others had ordered as we were a bit late and they had already ordered. the meals took a long time to arrive, but i wasn't too concerned by that as i can understand that saturday nights are busy everywhere and the good company helped. when thefoodeventually arrived, i realised that two of the others had also ordered the tibetan chicken chasha. i asked the server which one was the medium hot one, only to be very curtly and rudely told that all of them were medium hot instead of mild, that he didn't take the order, he only made the meal according to whoever took the order. points to note - there is no need to be rude to your customers, nor is it professional to be whinging about the lack of communication in your restaurant - it gives a very bad impression. determined not to ruin my evening, i ignored the rude server and proceeded with my meal, only to be extremely disappointed with what i had been served. thefoodwas extremely mediocre, lacked seasoning and was missing something. certainly not one of my better indian meals and i do know my indian. we also felt cheated with the amount offoodserved. it was a very small serving for $18.50! one of our fellow diners had ordered a mild lamb dish, as they cannot handle heat at all. what they were served was a searingly hot dish, that even others who could handle the heat found too hot. the water was never topped up and nor were we asked how our meals were. in fact, except for taking our orders and serving us, there was no other contact from the staff, something that is very unusual for an indian restaurant, as all the other indian restaurants that we have been to; the service has been extremely friendly and courteous. we had to ask for the bill - again i can understand that they were very busy, but shouldn't they have adequate (and courteous) staff for a saturday night?
all in all, a very disappointing experience and i will certainly not be returning.

in all honestly, our waiters were lovely. however, the blandfoodwasn’t worth the digestive issues which followed after. might give a miss next time

highly recommended. organised a surprise birthday dinner for a close friend.

have to say that it was a positive experience all round. v helpful in taking care of our booking and assisting with all the small details, the manger looked after things for us very well, all the way through to taking care of the (rather large) birthday cake.

service andfoodon the evening were excellent. we ordered the fixed price banquet and there was more than enough to go around. quality was very good and the staff really went the extra yard to help out and make everything go smoothly.

would certainly recommend for these kinds of events, but given the quality of the fare, would recommend anyway!

we used to frequent the restaurant when it was in bulimba and we were so sadden to hear it go. we moved to the graceville area recently and found the ceylon inn by accident to our delighted surprise. thefoodis still amazing, the staff excellent and the decor retained its great ambience. our tastebuds are fulfilled again! 😋

this place is amazing! i went here last night with my boyfriend and definitely recommend to others! the staff were so friendly and overly accommodating, thefoodwas so delicious,"the best dahl i've ever had" a direct quote from my boyfriend. the restaurant is also beautiful i love the way it is decorated with beautiful lights, wall features and my boyfriend and i even sat in a swinging chair which was a fun experience in itself :) i felt like i was in such an authentic sri lankan restaurant! will definitely be back again, thankyou to the staff for giving us such a great experience!

i have been here before and there is no doubt that thefoodis usually fantastic. however, the other night i attended with friends and we all ordered. i watched as all ourfoodarrived together, which is excellent. except my dish which while coming out with the rest went to another table.

after 5 more minutes i raised some concerns and there ensued a commotion as it was realised myfoodhad gone to another table. after several servers told me 'one minute' and 'two minutes' several times, myfoodarrived 15 minutes after everyone else's.

it was cooked in a hurry and was not up to the standard that thefoodhere usually is. it was slightly burnt and very dry.

these things happen (but i thought not here). the most disappointing aspect of all was the complete lack of acknowledgement of the mistake or any apology. my dish was finally delivered by the manager who simply placed it hurriedly in front of me and disappeared. i expressed disaffection of the whole affair with the staff but was simply greeted with smiles but still no apology.

service is sometimes lacking in australian restaurants but l thought the ceylon inn might be above placing money in front of customer service.  

an apology for sending myfoodto the wrong table, for providing me with a sub standard rushed meal, for having me eat almost by myself as it took so long to come out - or even an acknowledgement by the manager that there was a mistake goes a long way to keeping customers coming back

i won't be back.

this indian restaurant has been around for 20 years or so in the same street. it has to be doing something right! you can always count on goodfoodand good service. a safe option...if nothing else.

good indian here. service is a bit up and down - had trainees before. some of the tables are a bit awkward to sit around just saying - bit of an awkward distance between back rest & table. thefoodis what matters though & it is good here. used to get the lamb kofta & pretty much all dishes are safe options. nothing ground-breaking though to warrant a higher rating but i would recommend. lots of the dishes have this iconic smokey flavour to them that i only seem to notice at this place which is nice

visited here on a monday evening with our interstate visitors. arrived at 7.40 pm and were told to leave at 9.10pm as the waiters taxi was coming. thefoodwas average but the service appalling. our visitors were horrified that we were told to leave even though we had a few mouthfuls of wine left. the waiter was rude and i will never go or recommend this local restaurant again. ps the toilets were filthy!!!!

this restaurant is extremely popular with locals.  we've been here a number of times and have had good experiences;foodhas been tasty!  request a seat away from doors/windows on cold nights as they are often left open.  if we're back in the area we'll be sure to come again.

this is an indian lankan place.foodquality and taste is average. the place has a nice ambience with all the cane furniture around. service was quite decent.

great place.. ceylon inn is a truly awesome restaurant. thefoodalways tastes amazing. i highly recommend the ceylon (their signature dish). we use to visit the one in toowong all of the time. the service was always very prompt with lots of friendly staff at toowong and this one seemed no different. the atmosphere is very nice in the restaurant; i don't think it is quite as good as the old ceylon inn in toowong, but still awesome.

recently dined here with a friend on a weeknight. we were pleased with the decor and atmosphere upon arrival.
it took about 10minutes before we were given menus and then another 15minutes before our order was taken.

we waited over an hour for ourfoodto arrive, and commented on the delay to our waitress when we noticed a couple who arrived after us at another table received their meal before us. she was not in any way apologetic and instead blamed their busy evening as well as other excuses.

we ordered pakoras (these were delicious), two curries (beef korma & a butter chicken) as well as a garlic naan. the naan was burnt and completely overpowered by garlic. both curries were average and lacked any real flavour. the beef was exceptionally tough.

when we left and asked how our meal was, we explained all of the above. we were given a bland apology and told that "yeah it's been a pretty bad night tonight" as an excuse. there was no effort made to help improve our opinion.

we definitely will not be dining here again.