Popular with other people
Ceylon Chicken Curry (Boneless)
£11.50Masala Dosa
£8.60Chicken Kothu
£12.00Cheese Dosa
£8.60Laya Biriyani - Chicken Biriyani
£9.90Chicken Devil
£11.00Mutton Kothu
£13.50Vegetable Kothu
£9.15Laya Biriyani - Mutton Briyani
£10.20Ceylon Fish Curry
£13.90
Breakfast and Brunch Menu
Served all day our food is locally sourced wherever possible and subject to availability. All our eggs are free-range from carter's farm and our meat comes from appleyards butchers in st. Leonards.
Buck Rarebit
Finished with a soft poached egg.£7.95
Biriyani
Laya Biriyani - Chicken Biriyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It's a one-pot wonder of slow-cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy.£9.90Laya Biriyani - Vegetable Briyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It’s a one-pot wonder of slow cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy. Vegetarian.£8.70Laya Biriyani - Mutton Briyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It’s a one-pot wonder of slow cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy.£10.20Laya Biriyani - Laya Special Briyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It’s a one-pot wonder of slow cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy. Chicken, mutton, prawn.£11.50
Starters / snacks
Mutton Rolls - 2pcs
Boneless pieces of mutton cooked with potato and seasoned with jaffna spices (curry powder, curry leaves, ginger and garlic), rolled in filo pastry and lightly coated with breadcrumbs. Served with a side salad.£6.80Fish Cutlets - 2 pcs
The most popular sri lankan "Short eat", crispy croquettes with spicy mackerel and potato fillings.£5.10Plain Hoppers (Appam) and Coconut Sambol
Also known as ‘appam’ an iconic food of Srilanka. Made with fermented rice flour and coconut milk which is cooked in a small bowl-shaped wok called ‘appa chatti’. (resembles a pancake). Spicy, Vegetarian.£4.50Egg Hoppers
£5.10
Fried Rice
Laya’s Special Fried Rice
£14.10PopularChicken Fried Rice
£9.10Chicken Fried Rice
Let us know about the level of hot.£9.10PopularPlain Rice
£3.50Veg Fried rice
Vegetarian.£7.95Egg Fried Rice
£8.10Mutton Fried Rice
£11.90
Devil Dishes
Stir fried Srilankan spices, onions, red and green pepper, green chillies and Laya special devil sauce.
Mutton Devil
£12.00Chicken Devil
£11.00Prawn Devil
£15.00
Kothu Dishes
Kothu roti meaning ‘chopped roti’ is a popular street food that has its origins in batticaloa, eastern province of srilanka. Kothu is made using chopped paratha tossed with scrambled eggs, onions, chillies, spices.
Chicken Kothu
£12.00Mutton Kothu
£13.50Vegetable Kothu
Vegetarian.£9.15
Dosa
Very popular “Tamil” origin griddled pancake made of fermented rice and lentils.Served with variety of chutneys (white, red) and vegetable sambar.
Masala Dosa
Vegetarian.£8.60PopularGhee Dosa
£6.50Cheese Dosa
£8.60Chicken Masala Dosa
£11.10Plain Dosa
Vegetarian.£6.10Onion Dosa
Vegetarian.£7.90Mutton Masala Dosa
£12.20Egg Dosa
£7.60
Laya's Rice Bowls
Jaffna Bowl
RICE, AUBERGINE & CHICKPEA CURRY PARIPPU (dhal) BONJI(BEANS) PAPADAM£10.90Colombo Bowl
RICE, CHICKEN CURRY, PARIPPU (DHAL), POTATO , PAPADAM£11.90PopularKandy Bowl
RICE, COCONUT SAMBOL, PARIPPU (dhal), VENDAKKAI(okra), POTATO, PAPADAM£13.00VeganTrinco Bowl
RICE, FISH CURRY, BONJI(beans) CURRY, PARIPPU(dhal), PAPADAM£13.90
Vegetarian Curries
Aubergine and Chickpeas Curry
Curry made with baked aubergines cooked in a tamarind-based sauce and our homemade curry powder. Vegetarian.£8.00Vendakkai Poriyal (Okra)
£9.00Potato Curry
A delicious lightly spiced and stir-fried potatoes along with onions, fennels and curry leaves. Vegetarian.£6.90PopularParippu
Mysore dhal cooked in a beautiful blend of spices then a few spoons of coconut milk is added to create a rich stew. Vegetarian.£6.00Bonji (Beans) Curry
£9.00
Meat and Seafood Curries
Ceylon Chicken Curry (Boneless)
This dish is made using chicken breast pieces cooked with roasted and ground coriander, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, curry leaves and dried red chillies.£11.50Ceylon Fish Curry
£13.90Ceylon Mutton Curry
£13.50
Side Dishes
Coconut Sambol
£3.00Papadam Baskets with Mango Chutney
Vegetarian.£3.00paratha (flat bread)
£4.20Plain Rice
£3.50Raita
£2.10Seeni sambol (Caramelised Onions)
Vegetarian.£3.00Mango Chutney
Vegetarian.£2.10
Cold Drinks
San Pelligrino 330ml
£2.95Ginger Beer 400ml Can
£3.85Coca Cola 330ml Can
£2.15Diet Coke 330ml Can
£2.15Water 330ml Bottle
£2.75
Hot Drinks
Flat White 235ml
£3.00Americano 340ml
£3.00Cappuccino 340ml
£3.00Espresso 80ml
£2.25Double Espresso 150ml
£2.45Mocha 340ml
£3.30Latte 340ml
£3.00Hot Chocolate 340ml
£3.50
