Amaravathi Restaurant opens:

'Restaurant industry envisages growth'

Sanjeevi JAYASURIYA

The country's restaurant industry could envisage a positive growth as there is a peaceful environment that helps the economic activities to expand. People are moving freely and would patronize restaurants more frequently, said Amaravathi Restaurant Director, Ravichandran Regi Fernando.

"With the expected increase in the tourist arrivals, specialized restaurants would be a main attraction where business could be enhanced. We need to upgrade our services to cater to the growing needs of our clientele. There is potential for high quality and standard restaurants. Not only the locals, but the foreigners, mainly Indians, could be our target segment," he said. Amaravathi Restaurant, which offers authentic Indian cuisine is poised to attract high-end customers with its array of North Indian, South Indian, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala foods, he said.

"The Restaurant is a popular choice of many Sri Lankans as well as Indian customers and would continue to be a leading Indian food outlet in the country. There is a growing demand for our food as most of our customers prefer the Indian taste in our food," he said.

Amaravathi Restaurant would focus on expansion and will open a branch at Nugegoda in the near future to facilitate the increasing customer needs. We would identify main locations to set up few more branches in time to come," he said.