‘Ruk
Ocean View’: New dining experience in Moratuwa
By Sanath Weerasuriya
Restaurants come up like mushrooms
nowadays. Especially the Chinese joins are at almost
every street corner and this goes with every city, town
and village.
Moratuwa, the pioneering City, with
the touch of music, cricket and of course furniture
has recently ended the search for a good place to dine.
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Front view of "Ruk Ocean
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‘Ruk Ocean View’ restaurant
in Moratuwa is a filling a long felt need in the city.
Located in new Galle Road at Egoda
Uyana, Ruk is a family restaurant, caters to the needs
and wants of the clientele of top diners.
'This is my dream come true. I always
wanted to start a family restaurant in Moratuwa, since
we do not have any fine dining restaurants in Moratuwa;
I think 'Ruk Ocean View' manages fill the vacuum' said
Sunil Dharmaratne, the proprietor of the place.
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Manager Upali Liyanage |
It comprises big main restaurant are,
two private dining rooms with separate entrance and
verandah area.
The restaurant can accommodate up
to 200 pax.
'Western, Chinese and Eastern cuisine
are our specialties and we are geared to cater to fine
ding guests' said Upali Liyanage, the manager of the
restaurant.
‘Ruk Ocean View’, which
started its operation just three months ago, is already
a popular place for small seminars and conferences.
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Main Restaurant |
'We hosted a couple of conferences
of Lions Club and Rotary. We are fully equipped to handle
this type of conferences seminars and workshops' he
said.
'Authentic Szechuan style Chinese
dishes, seafood specialties, bar-b-que items, hot and
cold dishes are some of the favourites of the place'
he added.
Apart from fine dining, the restaurant
is a popular place for lunch too.
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A private dining room |
'Our executive lunch is quite popular
among the Companies in and around Moratuwa. Also people,
travelling to south stop here for lunch.' Upali said.
The restaurant is a major attraction
during the weekends. Live music and twice a month DJ
music for dancing (for special functions), makes this
place cut above the rest.
'Since lately, we promote takeaway,
during lunch and dinner. This is really picking up and
we want introduce road side BBQ for dinner' he said.
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