About Kottu Hut
Our
Story
Our Story
FromaVillage
Kitchento Bristol
Charlie grew up in a kitchen that never stopped. His grandmother's place in Marawila, a small village in Sri Lanka, where the rice pot was always on and there was always room for one more plate. She cooked for the whole village. Weddings, festivals, regular Tuesday evenings. Charlie grew up watching, tasting, learning.
He and his wife Anu moved to Bristol in 2011 and started making the same food from their home kitchen. It was supposed to be a bit of extra income. But the curries sold out, then the kottu sold out, then people from Cheltenham and Gloucestershire started driving over. Community events turned into food festivals. A catering trailer turned into queues down the street in London and Birmingham.
Kottu Hut is where those recipes live now. The same food, the same spices, the same way of cooking. We just have a proper kitchen and somewhere for you to sit down and enjoy it.
What Drives Us
WhatWe StandFor
Family Recipes
Every curry, every sambol, every spice blend goes back to Charlie's grandmother in Marawila. She cooked for an entire village in Sri Lanka. We're cooking for Bristol the same way she cooked for them.
Home-Style Cooking
Community First
Sri Lankan Roots
Family Recipes
Every curry, every sambol, every spice blend goes back to Charlie's grandmother in Marawila. She cooked for an entire village in Sri Lanka. We're cooking for Bristol the same way she cooked for them.
Home-Style Cooking
Community First
Sri Lankan Roots
The Journey
Our Timeline
Home Cooking in Bristol
Charlie and Anu packed up from London and moved to Bristol. The kitchen at home became the kitchen for everyone. Same recipes his grandmother made in Marawila, same spices, same way of doing things. People kept coming back.
Home Cooking in Bristol
Charlie and Anu packed up from London and moved to Bristol. The kitchen at home became the kitchen for everyone. Same recipes his grandmother made in Marawila, same spices, same way of doing things. People kept coming back.
First Catering Trailer
We got our first trailer and took the food on the road. Food festivals, events, car parks in London and Birmingham with queues stretching down the street. The smell of kottu on the griddle did the marketing for us.
First Catering Trailer
We got our first trailer and took the food on the road. Food festivals, events, car parks in London and Birmingham with queues stretching down the street. The smell of kottu on the griddle did the marketing for us.
Kottu Hut Opens
After ten years of pop-ups, events and feeding half the South West from a trailer, we opened Kottu Hut in Bristol. A proper restaurant. Somewhere people could sit down and eat the food the way it was meant to be eaten.
Kottu Hut Opens
After ten years of pop-ups, events and feeding half the South West from a trailer, we opened Kottu Hut in Bristol. A proper restaurant. Somewhere people could sit down and eat the food the way it was meant to be eaten.
Second Shop in Bristol
Opened a second spot in Bristol for Sri Lankan shorteats and street food. Takeaway rolls, cutlets, patties, all the snacks you'd queue for on the streets of Colombo. Quick, fresh, and gone before you know it.
Second Shop in Bristol
Opened a second spot in Bristol for Sri Lankan shorteats and street food. Takeaway rolls, cutlets, patties, all the snacks you'd queue for on the streets of Colombo. Quick, fresh, and gone before you know it.
Fancy a Table?
ComeTryIt Yourself
You can hear the kottu being chopped from the door. Rice and curry done the way it should be, hoppers on weekends, and the kind of meal you'll want to come back for. Book a table and see for yourself.