Opened in 2019, with a distinctive design identity, Paradise quickly established itself as a place to get standout Sri Lankan food (and somewhere that never held back on the spice), earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand to boot. Founder Dom Fernando has recently overhauled both the interiors and the menu, evolving Paradise into a more progressive Sri Lankan restaurant. The space has been refined into something more sophisticated whilst still retaining that signature brutalist aesthetic, with the bar has making way for a central counter and workstation where guests can sit and drinks can be prepared. There’s an a la carte offering running at lunchtimes with two six-course set menus on offer in the evenings – Land + Sea and Veg + Plant. It’s a fantastic menu, with the snacks – Kimbula Banis, crispy doughy cheesy spicy sweet cubes of green chilli custard, date & lime chutney and Corra Linn and Mas Roll, a thin pastry case filled with dry-aged steak tartare, heady with curry leaf and finished with smoked charcoal oil – being highlights, along with pollock in a rich coconut and langoustine broth, and desserts of white chocolate & mango mini Magnums and ghee and cinnamon breudeur.