Hoppers Soho

Sri Lankan & South Indian Restaurant in Soho

Address: 49 Frith Street, London W1D 4SG
Phone: +44 20 3011 1021
Hours: Sun: 12:00-21:00; Mon-Thu: 12:00-15:00 & 17:30-22:00 (Thu eve to 22:45); Fri-Sat: 12:00-22:45

Indian

Menu prices: £3.50–£26 · £ · Median main: £9.50 · 40/40 with a published price

Sri Lankan and South Indian hoppers, dosas, toddy-shop inspired curries and arrack cocktails. Boldly spiced street food in a bustling, intimate Soho room - dishes are best enjoyed shared.

Snacks

• Banana Chips — £4.00

  Crisp banana chips to kick off the meal
• Curry Leaf Peanuts — £4.00

  Roasted peanuts with curry leaf

Short Eats

• Chickpea + Cucumber Salad — £7.50

  With fresh mango, coconut and kale on a creamy coriander and sesame dressing
• Devilled Paneer — £10.50

  Paneer stir-fried with onions and chillies in a Sri Lankan devilled sauce
• Mutton Rolls + Chilli Ketchup — £10.00

  Crunchy Sri Lankan rolls filled with curried mutton and potatoes
• Chilli Garlic Broccoli — £9.50

  Light batter fried broccoli in a chilli and garlic sauce
• Hot Butter Squid — £12.50

  Crispy squid stir-fried in a fiery garlic-chilli butter with banana peppers
• Beef Rib Fry — £14.00

  Kerala-style stir-fried boneless beef short rib chunks with pickled onions
• Bone Marrow Varuval — £13.50

  Roasted bone marrow curry served with a flaky roti
• Yoghurt Vadai — £9.50

  Savoury lentil vadai soaked in yoghurt, topped with tamarind and gram crisps
• Chettinadu Chicken Chukka — £10.00

  Fried boneless chicken in mild Chettinadu coconut sauce

Rice + Kothu Roti

• Chicken Buriani — £23.00

  Sri Lankan buriani of layered basmati rice and aromatic chicken curry
• Vegetable Kothu Roti — £11.00

  Chopped roti with mushroom curry, greens and onions
• Mushroom + Lentil Buriani — £21.00

  Layered basmati rice with mushroom, lentil and cashew curry
• Lamb Shoulder Buriani — £26.00

  Layered basmati rice with boneless lamb curry
• Lamb Kothu Roti — £13.00

  Chopped roti with lamb curry, eggs, greens and onions

Karis

• Charred Hispi Cabbage — £13.50

  In a mild coconut curry topped with samphire sambol
• Kerala Fish Kari — £17.00

  Sea bass in a Kerala-style mustard and coconut curry
• Upcountry Brinjal Kari — £12.00

  Aubergine from Sri Lanka's hill country stewed in a mustard and coconut curry
• Lankan Chicken Kari — £14.50

  Classic red chicken curry with homemade Sri Lankan curry powder, pandan and lemongrass
• Drumstick Sambhar — £6.00

  Lentils with drumsticks and pearl onions
• Jaffna Pumpkin Kari — £12.00

  Jaffna spiced roasted pumpkin curry
• Black Pork Kari — £16.00

  Negombo favourite pork belly curry with roasted coconut and raw rice, finished with goraka
• Potato Fry — £4.50

  Spiced mashed potatoes
• Steamed Idli — £6.50

  Two savoury rice and lentil cakes
• Sweet Potato Dhal Kari — £12.00

  Creamy red lentil curry with sweet potato
• Jaggery Lamb Kari — £17.00

  Rich slow-cooked South Indian lamb curry balanced with jaggery and tamarind
• Kiri Hodi — £4.50

  Mild coconut curry with pandan and lemongrass

Extras

• Beet, Cabbage + Kale Mallung — £4.00

  Lightly cooked Sri Lankan salad
• Curry Leaf + Mustard Raita — £4.00

  Cooling tempered yoghurt

Hoppers + Dosas

• Hopper — £6.50

  Traditional Sri Lankan bowl-shaped pancake from fermented rice and coconut batter
• Egg Hopper — £7.50

  Hopper with a runny egg in the centre
• Dosa — £6.50

  Crisp South Indian crepe from fermented rice and lentil batter
• Chilli Cheese Dosa — £8.00

  Dosa filled with fresh green chillies, podi powder and melted cheese
• Steamed String Hoppers — £6.50

  Three hand-pressed rice flour noodle discs
• Roti — £3.75

  Flaky South Indian layered bread
• Rice Pilau — £5.00

  Fragrant basmati pilau rice
• House Sambols — £3.50

  Coconut and caramelised onion, pair with hoppers
• House Chutneys — £3.50

  Coconut and tomato, pair with dosas
• Brinjal Moju — £4.00

  Sweet and sour aubergine pickle