By car
25 minutes
from Trinco
Take the Kinniya bridge road out of Trincomalee and stay on it. We're on Colombo Road at Soorangal 05, on your left. Park on the verge in front.
Colombo Road,
look for the flame.
Twenty-five minutes from Trincomalee across the bridge, on the left as you come into Kinniya. If the sign is lit, the griddle is running.
Address
Soorangal 05
Soorangal 05
Colombo Road
Kinniya, Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. Parking on the verge in front.
Kitchen hours
11 AM — 11 PM
Seven days a week. Last orders about twenty minutes before close.
Payment
Cash only
No card machine on site. There is an ATM on the main road, a few minutes away.
Seating
Indoor & outdoor
The yard fills first. Long tables can be pushed together for families — just ask.
Good to know
Halal · Family
All-you-can-eat spreads and bucket biryani for groups. Order an hour ahead for buckets.
Restaurant Mansoorah
Soorangal 05, Kinniya
Opening hours
Eleven to eleven,
Eleven to eleven,
every single day.
The pots go on before the doors open and the coals are lit by ten. If you're arriving after ten at night, call ahead — the grill sometimes winds down early on a quiet Monday.
Monday11:00 — 23:00
Tuesday11:00 — 23:00
Wednesday11:00 — 23:00
Thursday11:00 — 23:00
Friday11:00 — 23:00
Saturday11:00 — 23:00
Sunday11:00 — 23:00
Checking…
Reserve
Hold me a table.
We take bookings by phone and WhatsApp — there's no booking system, and there never has been. Fill this in and it opens WhatsApp with your details already written out. Someone will reply within the hour.
Takeaway & large orders
075 247 6077
Bucket biryani, catering and party orders. Give us at least an hour.
Straight to WhatsApp
Message us
Send a voice note if it's easier — most of our orders come in that way.
Weekends fill up
Friday and Saturday after 7 PM the yard is usually full. Call the same morning rather than the same hour, and we'll keep something for you.
Getting here
Three ways in.
Kinniya sits across the bay from Trincomalee. However you come, you'll end up on Colombo Road — we're on it.
25 minutes
Three-wheeler
Everyone
knows it
Say "Mansoorah, Soorangal" to any driver in Kinniya and you'll be there in a few minutes. It's a landmark on that stretch.
On foot
Follow
the sound
From the centre of Kinniya it's a short walk down Colombo Road. After dark, the lit sign and the griddle will tell you when you're close.
One last thing
Bring cash.
Bring people.
That's the entire dress code. The rest we'll handle.