A LI YAA – Kuala Lumpur

We celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary at Aliyaa, as we both adore Sri Lankan food.For starters, we enjoyed their traditional rasam and Lankan Crab Cakes. I loved the rasam, while my husband couldn't get enough of the Crab Cakes.For our main course, we ordered Mutton Paal Poriyal, Okra Tempered, Crab Meat Curry, Pol Roti, and String Hoppers. Their Crab Meat Curry and Mutton Paal Poriyal were the highlights—bursting with flavor and absolutely delicious. Their Roti and String Hoppers were also freshly made.For dessert, my husband had their Brandy Appam, while I opted for the Sweet Appam. A delightful end to our fantastic dinner.

Lovely place to entertain and enjoy Sri Lankan cuisine with family & friends. Food was delicious and presented in a very refined manner. Service staff made one feel very welcome and comfortable. Kudos to the team.

Came here with high expectations of a mind blowing experience for sri Lankan food.When we arrived the place was half full and we were seated at the last table near the toilet which in my honest view the worst table ever! Seriously WHO wants to sit beside a toilet door? You should just remove that table as it ruins the good first impression for guest. The lighting was so dark and dim and because they using spotlights it makes the place feels warm. The print on the menu is so ridiculously small and hard to read especially in the dark lighting. Waiter took 20 minutes to take our order and hardly explained much of the dishes we asked. He just gives short answers when i ask him about how some dish differs with each cooking style. The food took almost 45 minutes to come.We ordered mutton bone in varuval which was tough. Beetroot curry was ok. Crab meat jaffna style was alright as the crabs were sweet and moist. Dishes were kind of cold. Gotukola salad was too sour Masala tea was so bland and flat it wasn't even fragrant with spices or ginger at all . Drinks nothing to shout about.Most dishes came out a little bit cold. Overall paid rm400 + but my guest left looking a bit underwhelmed and didn't talk much good things about the food or the place. Service just not so efficient. Maybe better to spend the money elsewhere. Such a shame though.

Overrated. Average home cooking Sri Lankan food marketed as high class food. Disappointing. I've eaten better. Their chicken curry was hard and set despite being in a curry. My friend complained and they gracefully suggested replacing it for us. We turned their offer down and later they took the dish off the bill. Their Gotu Kola salad was up to standard and I enjoyed the Bittergourd curry because it was bitter enough. In general their food was average.

I was thoroughly impressed with the restaurant. The service was exceptional, and the meals were top-notch. The food was absolutely delicious. Overall, everything we ordered was excellent, and it was definitely one of the best dining experiences I've had. I would definitely consider returning with my friends and family