AN award-winning Sri Lankan restaurant is extending the discount it offered during Eat Out to Help Out last summer.

The Coconut Tree in Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth will again offer half price food from Monday to Wednesday when it reopens on May 17.

And the offer will last until the end of January next year.

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Brand Director Anna Garrod said: "We’ve been inundated with requests to book tables so we are thrilled to share our reopening news and can’t wait to bring our Sri Lankan hospitality back to table service once more.

"As a result of the government’s Eat Out to Help Out offer last year, we saw a real surge in bookings. It gave us a new audience who saw it as an opportunity to try new things.

"With indoor dining back on the cards, we want to introduce even more people to our unique dishes and laid back, island vibe."