During our four days in Sigiriya, we ate in several of the small restaurants in the village.
Our favourite was the Wijiasiri Family Restaurant, owned and operated by two sisters, and their various husbands, sons, daughters and brothers. We met at least three generations of the family, and everyone was really friendly, always smiling, and keen to help.
The restaurant itself was not flash. It was really just a small shack with a dirt floor, and an awning to keep off the sun. We were there in the dry season, and it all worked well, but we wondered if it would be as pleasant in the wet.
Building aside, the food at Wijiasiri was fresh and tasty. The Sri Lankans have a thing for cutting up their food. We liked the vegetarian kottu mee (literally, cut noodles)...
...and the kottu roti (literally, cut roti).
Wijiasiri offered a range of drinks. We ate here a couple of times, having a selection of freshly squeezed juices and fresh green coconuts.
Each meal set us back approximately LKR 1,200. This was about the going rate for a meal in Sigiriya, but we were clearly paying tourist prices: between four to five times what we paid for local meals in Colombo and Dambulla.
But, we had to eat, and all the restaurants in Sigiriya seemed to be much the same in terms of price - and it was only around USD 4 per person per meal.
We liked Wijiasiri Family Restaurant. We ate here twice, and we would go back if we visited Sigiriya again.
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