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Pink Elephant
4.4 on Google · 855+ reviewsOpen daily 8.30am – midnight

Seafood, curry & cocktails in Unawatuna

Pink Elephant is an all-day restaurant, bar and takeaway a few minutes from Unawatuna Beach, near Galle. Whole red snapper, crab, Sri Lankan curries, falafel and fresh-fruit cocktails, every day from 8.30am until midnight.

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The open-sided dining room at Pink Elephant in the evening, with woven lanterns, timber roof beams and diners at wooden tables
Two whole crabs with chips, lime wedges and garlic sauce on a blue-patterned plate

8.30amuntil midnight, daily

Google rating
4.4
Google rating
Google reviews
855+
Google reviews
days a week
7
days a week
open, morning to midnight
8.30–12
open, morning to midnight

Eat & drink

One kitchen, all day long

Breakfast, long lunches, rice and curry, whole fish and a bar that stays open late. Here's what we do.

All of it

From the kitchen

Plates our guests keep coming back for

  • A folded pancake with sliced banana and a chocolate drizzle

    Banana & chocolate pancake

    A thin folded pancake with sliced banana and a chocolate drizzle.

  • Whole red snapper with chips, lime and a dipping sauce on a white platter

    Whole red snapper

    Whole fried snapper with chips, lime and a house dipping sauce. A guest favourite.

  • Thinly sliced raw tuna fanned around a mound of avocado on a white plate

    Tuna with avocado

    Fine slices of raw tuna fanned around crushed avocado.

  • Creamy seafood curry with white rice, poppadoms and a small bowl of chutney

    Seafood curry

    Creamy coconut seafood curry with white rice, poppadoms and chutney.

  • Falafel platter with flatbread, yoghurt dip, grilled vegetables and fresh salad

    Falafel platter

    Crisp falafel with warm flatbread, yoghurt dip, grilled vegetables and salad.

  • Watermelon, avocado and feta salad with a herb dressing and folded flatbreads

    Watermelon, avocado & feta

    Chunks of watermelon, avocado and feta with a herb dressing and flatbreads.

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The lounge corner at Pink Elephant with a white daybed, pink cushions and tropical plants

Why Pink Elephant

Easy to find, hard to leave

Look for the round dark-wood sign over Yaddehimulla Rd. Inside, it's cool, green and relaxed, with a kitchen that's cooking from breakfast to late.

  • Seafood, cooked whole

    Red snapper, crab and tuna served whole or seared, with chips, rice or salad.

  • A garden dining room

    An open timber roof, woven lanterns, pink cushions and plants everywhere you look.

  • Breakfast to late

    One kitchen from 8.30am to midnight: pancakes in the morning, curry at lunch, cocktails at night.

  • A proper bar

    Arrack Attack, frozen mango daiquiris and watermelon cocktails, plus fresh coolers.

Guest reviews

Rated 4.4 by 855+ Google reviewers

More reviews
  • “One of my favorite restaurants in Unawatuna.”
    Надежда Г.Google
  • “This is our second trip to Unawatuna and Pink elephant has become one of our regular haunts. It is consistently great.”
    safnam2021Tripadvisor
  • “We had seafood curry and chicken curry. We liked everything.”
    Svetlana B.Google
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Find us

Behind the bay in Unawatuna

Yaddehimulla Rd, Unawatuna, Galle, Sri Lanka. Open every day, 8.30am – midnight.

Easy to reach from

  • Unawatuna Beacha few minutes on foot
  • Galle Fortabout 6 km, 15–20 min by tuk-tuk
  • Dalawella & Thalpea short ride east along the coast
  • Rumassala & Jungle Beachjust over the headland
  • Habaraduwa & Koggalaan easy drive for dinner
Get directions Contact & hours

Hungry yet?

Open every day, 8.30am – midnight, on Yaddehimulla Rd in Unawatuna. Walk in, call ahead, or order takeaway on WhatsApp.

Order takeaway Call +94 76 489 1400