Dishoom (restaurant)

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| name = Dishoom

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| image_caption = Interior of Dishoom in King's Cross, London

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| foundation = 2010

| location = London, England, UK

| num_locations = 10 Dishoom Restaurants, 3 Dishoom Permit Room Restaurants

| area_served = Kensington, Covent Garden, Shoreditch, Canary Wharf, Manchester, King's Cross, Edinburgh, Carnaby, Birmingham, Battersea.

| key_people = Shamil Thakrar,{{cite news|last1=Drew|first1=William|title=Business Profile: Dishoom|url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2012/10/15/Dishoom|access-date=2 January 2018|agency=Big Hospitality|publisher=Restaurant|date=15 October 2012}} Kavi Thakrar, Naved Nasir

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| homepage = [https://www.dishoom.com www.dishoom.com]

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Dishoom is a British chain of Indian restaurants.{{Cite web |last=Kelby |first=Rosamund |title=Dishoom in Covent Garden: "After a decade of service, this Bombay-style cafe still lives up to the hype" Restaurant review |url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/09/06/dishoom-in-covent-garden-after-a-decade-of-service-this-bombay-style-cafe-still-lives-up-to-the-hype-restaurant-review/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |publisher=The Upcoming |date=6 September 2021}} It was founded in 2010 by co-founders Shamil and Kavi Thakrar, along with Amar and Adarsh Radia, who both left the business in 2017. It was designed to match the Irani cafés popular in Mumbai in the 1960s.{{Cite web |title=Dishoom: Restaurants in Covent Garden, London |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/dishoom |access-date=2022-02-03 |publisher=Time Out London |date=4 February 2014}}

Described by some as Indian street food, the restaurant describes its offering as Bombay comfort food with an evolving menu.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Test Driving Dishoom Canary Wharf - the Bombay cafe serves up another winner |url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/Gastroblog/Test-drive/dishoom-canary-wharf-restaurant-review-indian-street-food |access-date=2024-01-21 |publisher=Hot Dinners}} The menu includes breakfast naan breads.{{Cite news |last=Featherstone |first=Emma |date=2016-06-17 |title=Dishoom's co-founder on our love affair with Indian food |url=https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2016/jun/17/dishoom-cofounder-love-affair-indian-food |access-date=2023-05-08 |publisher=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}} The Dishoom restaurant opened 2010 in Covent Garden London. In 2023, the brand opened its first spin-off concept, Permit Room, in Brighton;{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=Latest opening: Permit Room |url=https://www.restaurantonline.co.uk/Article/2023/11/21/Permit-Room-Brighton-Indian-restaurant-from-the-team-behind-Dishoom/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=restaurantonline.co.uk |language=en}} locations in Oxford and Cambridge followed in 2024, and a London location is planned for 2025.{{Cite web |title=Dishoom’s Permit Room to open in London’s Notting Hill |url=https://www.thecaterer.com/news/dishoom-permit-room-opening-london-notting-hill |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=The Caterer |language=En}} Dishoom runs a total of 13 restaurants and employs 1,800 people.{{Cite web |date=16 February 2025 |author=Mina Holland |title=Putting Mumbai on the menu: Dishoom’s founders in the city that inspired them |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/16/mumbai-food-trip-dishoom-restuarant-founders |access-date=2025-02-18 |publisher=The Guardian}}

Cookbook

In 2019, Dishoom published a cookbook with recipes for many of their popular dishes and cocktails, while also taking the reader on a tour of south Bombay.{{cite book |author-last1=Thakrar |author-first1=Shamil |author-last2=Thakrar |author-first2=Kavi |author-last3=Nasir |author-first3=Naved |title=Dishoom: From Bombay with Love |date=5 September 2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781408890677}}

Awards

Best hospitality company to work for in the UK by Glassdoor, 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.restaurantonline.co.uk/Article/2023/01/12/dishoom-named-best-hospitality-company-to-work-for-second-successive-year/ |title=Dishoom named best hospitality company to work for second successive year |access-date=29 January 2025}}
Best hospitality company to work for in the UK by Glassdoor, 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.restaurantonline.co.uk/Article/2022/01/12/Dishoom-named-best-hospitality-company-to-work-for-in-2022/ |title=Dishoom named best hospitality company to work for in 2022 |access-date=29 January 2025}}
Ranked #4, Times Best Places to Work For in the UK, 2021{{Cite web|last=bighospitality.co.uk|title=Dishoom named the fourth best large company to work for in UK|url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2021/05/24/Dishoom-named-the-fourth-best-large-company-to-work-for-in-UK|access-date=2022-02-04|publisher=bighospitality.co.uk|date=24 May 2021}}
Ranked #12, Best Places to Work for in the UK, 2021{{Cite web|last=Winchester|first=Levi|date=2022-01-12|title=Nando's and Google named in 50 best places to work in the UK - see full list|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/nandos-google-named-50-best-25925428|access-date=2022-02-03|publisher=Mirror}}
Best Restaurant Scotland, British Curry Awards, 2021{{Cite web|date=2021-11-30|title=Dishoom wins at 'Curry Oscars'|url=https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/dishoom-wins-best-restaurant-scotland/|access-date=2022-02-03|publisher=Scotsman Food and Drink}}
Employer of the year, R200 Restaurant Awards 2021{{Cite web|last=bighospitality.co.uk|title=Eataly leads R200 Restaurant Awards winners|url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2021/11/09/Eataly-leads-R200-Restaurant-Awards-winners|access-date=2022-02-03|publisher=bighospitality.co.uk|date=9 November 2021}}
Ranked #19, Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.b.co.uk/the-lists/mid-companies/|title=The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for 2019|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822230453/https://www.b.co.uk/the-lists/mid-companies/|url-status=dead}}
Best Overall Operator – under 20 sites – Restaurant Magazine R200, 2017{{cite web|title=Blacklock named Best New Scaleable Concept at R200 Awards|date=7 December 2017 |url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2017/12/07/Blacklock-named-Best-New-Scaleable-Concept-at-R200-Awards|access-date=2 January 2018}}
Most Admired Brand – CGA, Peach Heroes and Icon Awards, 2018{{Cite web|url=http://www.cga.co.uk/2018/10/18/cga-reveals-shortlists-for-2018-hero-icon-awards/|title=CGA reveals shortlists for 2018 Hero & Icon Awards|access-date=2019-01-31}}
Restaurateur of the Year (Group) – The Catey's, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/532012/cateys-2018-restaurateur-of-the-year-group-kavi-and-shamil-thakrar|title=Cateys 2018: Restaurateur of the Year – Group – Kavi and Shamil Thakrar|access-date=2019-01-31|date=8 July 2018}}
Diversity in Business – Edinburgh Business Award, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/business/best-business-in-edinburgh-revealed-at-business-awards-1-4686327|title=Best business in Edinburgh revealed at Business Awards|access-date=2019-01-31}}
Best Breakfast Destination – The Scottish Food Awards, 2017{{cite web|title=The Results THE SCOTTISH FOOD AWARDS 2017 Awards for Places|url=http://scottishfoodawards.com/categories|website=Scottish Food Awards|access-date=2 January 2018}}
Best Small Group – Good Food Guide UK, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2016/08/25/Good-Food-Guide-2017-names-UK-s-top-50-restaurants|title=UK's best restaurants in the Good Food Guide UK|date=24 August 2016 |access-date=2019-01-31}}
Best Restaurant in the UK – Yelp! reviewers 2015{{cite web|title=Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in the UK for 2015!|url=https://www.yelpblog.com/2015/02/yelps-top-100-places-to-eat-in-the-uk-for-2015|website=Yelp|access-date=2 January 2018|date=16 February 2015}} & 2016{{cite web|title=The Yelp Top 100 – UK Eateries|url=https://www.yelpblog.com/2016/02/the-yelp-top-100-uk-eateries|website=Yelp|access-date=2 January 2018|date=10 February 2016}}
Best Casual Dining, British Curry Awards – winner, 2014 & 2016{{cite web|title=Award Winners 2016|url=http://britishcurryaward.co.uk/index.php/award-winners-2016/|website=British Curry Awards|access-date=2 January 2018}}

Charity

For every meal Dishoom serves, it donates "a meal to a child who would otherwise go hungry". They work with the charities Akshaya Patra{{cite web|url=https://akshayapatra.org.uk/ |title=Akshaya Patra: Unlimited food for education |access-date=29 January 2025}} (India) and Magic Breakfast{{cite web|url=https://www.magicbreakfast.com/ |title=Magic Breakfast: Fuel for learning |access-date=29 January 2025}} (UK), founded by Carmel McConnell. "Collectively, Magic Breakfast and Akshaya Patra serve 21.8 million children in England, Scotland and India." As of January 2025, Dishoom claims to have donated over 20 million meals.{{cite web|url=https://www.dishoom.com/charity/ |title=Charity |access-date=29 January 2025}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.dishoom.com}}

Category:Anglo-Indian cuisine

Category:Asian restaurants in London

Category:Indian restaurants in the United Kingdom

Category:Restaurants established in 2010

Category:2010 establishments in England