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An award-winning Plymouth restaurant has closed after trading for just four years. The Sri Lankan curry house The Cinnamon Garden, at Bretonside, shut after its landlord evicted it and the business' owners now play to open a takeaway.
The premises, and a flat upstairs, have been vacated and emptied after they were repossessed. It is not yet known what the landlord intends to do with the property and whether it will remain a restaurant.
A statement on Cinnamon Garden's Facebook page said: "We regret to inform you that Cinnamon Garden is now permanently closed. We are opening a takeaway only service in PL1 around mid July. We are terribly sorry and would like to thank our regular customers and everyone who has visited."
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One regular diner at the restaurant told PlymouthLive it was a shame to see the restaurant close.. The person said: "I really miss my favourite South Indian and Sri Lankan dishes."
Torquay-based West Country Bailiffs was employed by the landlord to take possession of the building, on the corner of Vauxhall Street and Bretonside, earlier this month. On June 7 the building tenants moved out and removed furniture and restaurant equipment
Jon Spinks, managing director of West Country Bailiffs, said: “That property is now closed. It was repossessed by the landlord for forfeiture of the commercial lease.
“We carried out an eviction, there was residential space over it, the whole property was forfeited and the people removed. It’s now up to the landlord to decide what to do with it, whether to keep it as a restaurant or change the lease.”
The Cinnamon Garden only opened in 2020 but quickly became a success, being named as one of the best curry houses in England at the National Curry Awards 2023. It was one of 16 curry houses given honours at a ceremony at the House of Lords, in Westminster, London.
It was opened by 27-year old Ganesh Sivasothy, with his parents and brother also involved. They came to Plymouth in 2013 to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka
Before the Cinnamon House occupied the Bretonside premises they were home to another award-winning Asian restaurant: the Jaipur Palace. It traded from the location for 17 years until 2020 and collected multiple honours including the British Curry Award in 2006 and 2008 and the Asian Curry Award 2011.
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