The Nine Arch Bridge curving through the green hills of Ella, Sri Lanka

Ella · Sri Lanka · Since 2024

A table in the hills of Ella

Sri Lankan classics, Italian pizza and pasta, Indian curries and the day’s seafood, served under a hand-woven bamboo roof.

Open daily 7:30 – 22:00No service charge

The Nine Arch Bridge, Ella

01 — The restaurant

Sri Lankan rice and curry beside Italian pizza and pasta, Indian kurma, tacos, poke bowls and the day’s seafood. One menu, one roof of woven bamboo, and no service charge.

Step under a vaulted roof of bamboo and thatch, lit by hand-woven lanterns. Take a long table in the hall or a stool on the open terrace, and tell us how you like your spice.

If you have allergies or need something gluten-free, tell your waiter. The kitchen will look after you.

The bamboo-vaulted dining hall at Chingu Restaurant in Ella, lit by hanging woven lanterns
The dining hall, after dark
80+Dishes on the menu
0%Service charge
22:00Open until, every day
Terraced tea hills around Ella, Sri Lanka

Ella, Sri Lanka

Come hungry from the Nine Arch Bridge

Walk Ella’s most famous viaduct, wander the tea hills, then come and find a table.

02 — From the kitchen

One menu,
many tables

Share a few starters, split a pizza, or settle in with a proper rice and curry. Choose a category to go straight to the menu.

Photography is illustrative.

Guests sharing a meal at a high table on the thatched terrace at Chingu Restaurant, Ella
Evenings on the terrace

04 — The terrace

Pull up a stool,
stay a while

Under the thatch, with string lights overhead and Ella humming below, the terrace is made for slow dinners and long conversations.

Scan the code on your table and send each round to your waiter from your own phone.

05 — Visit

Find your table

Opening hours

Every day7:30 AM – 10:00 PM

No service charge on any bill.

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Ella, Sri Lanka

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Get in touch

  • Ask our team in the restaurant, or order straight from your table.
Order from your table