Dishoom opens its first London branch south of the Thames – and its 11th in total – next week in the redeveloped Battersea Power Station complex. The new venue pays tribute to its location adjacent to the power station with a ‘retro-futuristic’ take on 1950s Bombay. The familiar Dishoom menu beginning with breakfast will be joined by […]
Dishoom is to open its latest branch next week – an all-day bar-café called Permit Room in Brighton, which officially launches on Wednesday 1 November, with a soft opening until then. It is the tenth branch of the chain which started out in London in 2010, but the first to be branded under a separate […]
Chef and writer Dipna Anand, from the dynasty behind Southall’s famous Indian restaurant Brilliant, is to open a 150-cover venue in Milton Keynes next month. Dipna Anand Kitchen & Bar is in the new Unity Place development, and will have its own in-house micro-brewery operated by TOAST Ale. The venture is in association with the […]
Plans have been drawn up for an Indian hospitality venue on the edge of Manchester that would be Europe’s largest restaurant, with the capacity to seat up to 1,500 guests over four floors. Royal Nawaab, the company behind the project, already operates a 500-cover restaurant and banqueting suite in the iconic Art Deco Hoover Building, […]
An ambitious Indian restaurant inspired by the coastal areas of the subcontinent’s southern states opens in Leeds this week. Ma-Hé, in the Marrion Centre in the city’s central Arena Quarter, is a debut restaurant from founders Manoj Varma, a spirits consultant with property interests in India, and Leeds-based lingerie entrepreneur Mason Asgha of Delta Connex. […]
Dynamic Hong Kong restaurateur Syed Asim Hussain is showcasing two of his restaurants in London this summer, the boldly named Ho Lee Fook and the New Punjab Club, as a prelude to opening a permanent London venue next year. The pair will occupy consecutive residences at Carousel, the rotating guest-chef venue in Fitzrovia, in July and […]
Empire Empire, a double tribute to the Indian disco scene of the 70s and the traditional cuisine of the Old Punjab, has opened in Notting Hill ahead of a formal launch next Thursday, 15 June. The restaurant, in All Saints’ Road, is a follow-up to the successful Gunpowder trio from Harneet Baweja (pictured), and features a […]
Kachori, a smart new Indian restaurant, opened this week at the Elephant Park development scheme in southeast London, with a kitchen run by highly rated Brinder Narula, a former head chef at Gymkhana and Benares. Named after the savoury or sweet-stuffed deep-fried batter balls sold as snacks in India, Kachori describes itself as a modern […]
A well-known modern Indian restaurant in Birmingham that closed down during the pandemic is to be resurrected – for the second time in five years. Deolali in Moseley will be brought back to life this time following a £1.15 million cash injection from a local property developer. The restaurant originally opened in 2005 in a converted […]
