Dishoom is a small Bombay (
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
)-inspired restaurant group with locations throughout the UK.
Evoking the
Irani café
Irani cafés are Iranian-style cafés in the Indian subcontinent. They were originally opened by Zoroastrian Irani immigrants to British India in the 19th century, fleeing Safavid persecution or looking for better economic prospects. In India, M ...
s which were popular across Bombay in the 1960s, Dishoom was founded in 2010 by co-founders Shamil and Kavi Thakrar as well as Amar and Adarsh Radia (who both left the business in 2017). The first Dishoom café opened in Covent Garden in 2010. It was a notice of a gap in the market between high-end expensive restaurants and curry houses that first got them thinking. Then a mutual love for Irani Cafe’s and authentic home-made Indian food that sparked the idea for the Dishoom restaurant concept. As of November 2022, there are nine Dishoom restaurants open around the United Kingdom, with locations in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.
In 2020 Dishoom expanded their offering, introducing the Dishoom online store to sit alongside their restaurants. Selling meal kits, preserves, signature cocktails and gifts, the Dishoom Store allows customers to order popular dishes from Dishoom restaurants to cook at home.
Menu
The menu includes breakfast naan breads.
Awards
* Ranked #4, Times Best Places to Work For in the UK, 2021
* Ranked #12, Best Places to Work for in the UK, 2021
* Best Restaurant Scotland, British Curry Awards, 2021
* Employer of the year, R200 Restaurant Awards 2021
* Ranked #19, Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for, 2017
*Best Overall Operator – under 20 sites – ''Restaurant Magazine'' R200, 2017
*Most Admired Brand – CGA, Peach Heroes and Icon Awards, 2018
*Restaurateur of the Year (Group) – The Catey's, 2018
*Diversity in Business – Edinburgh Business Award, 2018
* Best Breakfast Destination – The Scottish Food Awards, 2017
* Best Small Group – Good Food Guide UK, 2017
*Best Restaurant in the UK – Yelp! reviewers 2015
& 2016
* Best Casual Dining, British Curry Awards – winner, 2014 & 2016
References
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Anglo-Indian cuisine
Asian restaurants in London
Indian restaurants in the United Kingdom
Restaurants established in 2010
2010 establishments in England
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