Indian Cuisine

Opening of the month: Brigadiers

04-Jul-2018 By Joe Lutrario

The Sethi family’s latest opening is its biggest yet: a multifaceted restaurant inspired by Indian army mess taverns with a focus on beer, whisky, live sport and pool.

The Weekender Interview: Will Bowlby

29-Jun-2018 By Joe Lutrario

Will Bowlby is the co-founder of two (soon to be three) strong modern Indian restaurant group Kricket. His cooking CV includes Le Café Anglais and the Cinnamon Kitchen.

The Sethis plan string of curry houses under Motu brand

27-Feb-2018 By Joe Lutrario

The company behind Michelin-starred Indian restaurants Gymkhana and Trishna is planning to open a string of curry houses in Zone 1 and Zone 2 under its Motu delivery brand.

JKS Restaurants reveals further details of Brigadiers

26-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

JKS Restaurants has revealed further details of Brigadiers, its upcoming Indian barbecue restaurant and 'drinking tavern' opening at London’s Bloomberg Arcade.

Chef Dipna Anand to open first solo restaurant

19-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

Chef Dipna Anand is to launch her first solo restaurant, Dip in Brilliant, in London’s Chelsea this week.

Latest opening: Hankies, Marble Arch

07-Feb-2018 By Georgia Bronte

The second site for the brand, Hankies Marble Arch is a stylish West End restaurant inspired by the classic hand spun roti.

Kricket to launch delivery concept with White Rabbit Fund

29-Jan-2018 By Finn Scott-Delany & Sophie Witts

Indian restaurant group Kricket is to launch its first delivery-only concept in London with the backing of White Rabbit Fund.

Vivek Singh talks expansion, new wave Indians and the plight of the curry house

18-Jan-2018 By Joe Lutrario

One of the most influential figures in Indian cuisine is overseeing the rollout of two modern Indian restaurant brands. Will Vivek Singh be the one to finally create a truly nationwide Indian restaurant group?

Masala in Marble Arch: Hankies is opening a second site

17-Jan-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Indian street food restaurant Hankies is opening a second site this month, in Marble Arch’s Montcalm Hotel.

The big restaurant openings to watch in 2018 [updated]

22-Dec-2017 By Stefan Chomka

It's going to be a busy first few months of 2018 in the restaurant sector. Here's a rundown of the key openings for the first half of the year.

Latest opening: Indian Accent

20-Dec-2017 By Georgia Bronte

The much-anticipated London outpost of the award-winning fine dining Indian restaurant in New Delhi and New York has just opened in Mayfair. And it doesn't disappoint.

London's iteration of award winning restaurant Indian Accent is now open

14-Dec-2017 By Georgia Bronte

The London outpost of award winning New Delhi restaurant Indian Accent opened today, on the former site of Chor Bizarre in Mayfair.

The Bundobust boys on beer, bhajis and backers

06-Dec-2017 By Joe Lutrario

With sites in Leeds and Manchester, Gujarati street food and craft beer specialist Bundobust is hotly tipped to expand nationwide. Not bad for a vegetarian Indian restaurant that doesn’t sell curry

Rohit Khattar: "The dishes we will serve are different to that of any other Indian restaurant in the UK"

10-Nov-2017 By Joe Lutrario

There’s no denying Manish Mehrotra’s big name status or culinary talent, but will Indian Accent find its voice in the capital’s competitive subcontinental fine-dining market?

New wave restaurants driving growth in Indian sector

08-Nov-2017 By Joe Lutrario

New wave Indian restaurants are having a transformational effect on the Indian restaurant sector with branded restaurants in the space predicted to grow by 20% this year, new MCA research has shown.

Currying favour: SpiceBox hunt for a permanent home after raising £450k

23-Oct-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Vegan street-food brand SpiceBox is looking for its first permanent restaurant after receiving nearly £500k in funding.

Latest opening: Gul & Sepoy

11-Oct-2017 By Georgia Bronte

The team behind Gunpowder and Madame D's open their third Spitalfields based Indian restaurant

Kerb Camden Market to relaunch early next month

28-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

KERB’s street food market on Camden Lock will re-open on 7 October following a three-week rebuild.

Eating out openings reach ‘new peak’ but boom will be short-lived

28-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

The number of food and beverage (F&B) outlets opening across Britain reached a new peak in the last year, according to a report by the Local Data Company (LDC).

Gujarati group Sakonis to open second restaurant

23-Aug-2017 By Georgia Bronte

North London-based Indian restaurant group Sakonis has chosen Pinner’s Hatch End area for its second site.

Asma Khan: "Indian restaurants need to open their doors to more female chefs"

28-Jul-2017 By Sophie Witts

Self-taught chef Asma Khan has been winning plaudits for her London supper clubs for years and opened her first permanent restaurant, Darjeeling Express, in Soho’s Kingly Court earlier this month. 

On a roll: Why Rola Wala has its sights on expansion

05-Jul-2017 By Finn Scott-Delany

London-based Indian street food player Rola Wala shocked customers when it chose Leeds for its first permanent site. But now it’s back in the Big Smoke with a Shoreditch restaurant opening this month.

Old World Hospitality to bring Indian Accent to London

05-Jul-2017 By Joe Lutrario

Old World Hospitality is to replace its Chor Bizarre restaurant on Albemarle Street, Mayfair, with a UK outpost of Indian Accent, the highly rated top-end restaurant brand helmed by chef Manish Mehrotra.

Table for Two: Harneet Baweja

09-Jun-2017 By Joe Lutrario

The team behind smash hit Spitalfields Indian restaurant Gunpowder has opened a second venue called Madame D in the top room of a nearby pub

‘Healthy’ Indian Rola Wala to open permanent Spitalfields site

09-Jun-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Indian-style streetfood group Rola Wala – whose name means ‘man who rolls’ ‒ is to open a permanent venue in London’s Spitalfields this July.

Vivek Singh to host top chefs in Cinnamon Club guest dinners

16-May-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Vivek Singh, executive chef at The Cinnamon Collection, is to team up with Mark Hix, José Pizarro, Adam Handling, and Aggi Sverrisson in a series of one-off collaborative dinners.

Kricket to close original POP Brixton site as it seeks a permanent location

12-May-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Indian restaurant group Kricket is to close its original 20-seat pop-up in a Brixton shipping container to focus on finding a permanent home in the same area.

WATCH: Restaurant Eats Out: New Wave Indian

10-Apr-2017 By Joe Lutrario

In Restaurant magazine’s third Eats Out event, we explored London’s burgeoning new wave Indian scene, including Tandoor Chophouse, Talli Joe, and Hoppers

Brighton's The Chilli Pickle set to expand across the south

04-Apr-2017 By Joe Lutrario

Renowned Brighton Indian restaurant The Chilli Pickle has launched a equity crowdfunding campaign in a bid to open four new restaurants in the south of England.

Posh kebab chain Döner Haüs to launch in Sunderland

13-Mar-2017 By Sophie Witts

'Posh' kebabs may be a growing trend in the London dining scene, but the gourmet doner has yet to make its mark outside the capital.

FEATURE

Small plates, cocktails and hardly any curry: meet the next wave of Indian restaurants

16-Feb-2017 By Joe Lutrario

The next generation of chefs and restaurateurs are ditching basic curry and carbs to focus on high-impact Indian dishes that use British ingredients

Bundobust opens Manchester restaurant

13-Dec-2016 By Emma Eversham

Leeds-based Indian street food and craft beer restaurant Bundobust is to open a site in Manchester this week. 

SMALL TALK

Indian chef-restaurateur Vineet Bhatia on his tasting-menu-only VBL venture

09-Dec-2016 By Joe Lutrario

The Mumbai-born chef-restaurateur has opened VBL restaurant within the converted Chelsea townhouse that once housed his Michelin-starred Rasoi after reacquiring the lease. By going tasting menu-only, he is hoping to reassert his position as the UK’s most...

Sethi family to launch first Deliveroo-only restaurant

07-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

The siblings behind Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Gymkhana are set to reinvent the takeaway by launching the first Deliveroo-only brand.

Benares launches street food-inspired small plates menu

20-Sep-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Benares has become the latest high-profile site to offer a new street food-influenced menu.

£1m Indian restaurant to open in Hull

15-Jul-2016 By Sophie Witts

A £1m Indian restaurant with a top London chef is to open in Hull’s Fruit Market later this year.

SMALL TALK

Camellia Panjabi of MW Eat on relocating Chutney Mary and Masala Zone plans

17-Jul-2015 By Joe Lutrario

Based in Mumbai but currently in the UK to oversee the relocation of venerable Indian fine-dining restaurant Chutney Mary, Camellia Panjabi is part of the trio of family members behind Indian restaurant group MW Eat and has also penned the world’s best-selling...

Roti Chai owner to launch Chai Ki this month

16-Jun-2015 By Emma Eversham

Rohit Chugh, the owner of Indian street food concept Roti Chai, will fully launch his second concept - Chai Ki - in Canary Wharf this month. 

Indian restaurant Praza by Pushkar to open in Birmingham

02-Dec-2014 By Melodie Michel

Indian fine dining restaurant Pushkar has announced the launch of a sister venue called Praza by Pushkar in Birmingham in the New Year.

Kitchenette opens London restaurant

04-Nov-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Food business 'incubator’ Kitchenette has launched a restaurant in Ladbroke Grove which will act as a host for a series of pop-ups.

Re-vamped Zaika returns to Kensington

22-Oct-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Indian restaurant Zaika will return to its former London site on Kensington High Street this November after the closure of One Kensington.

Atul Kochhar will open Sindhu at Compleat Angler

15-Oct-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Details have been released for Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar’s new Indian restaurant Sindhu, which will open at the Macdonald Compleat Angler Hotel in Marlow. 

Carom completes express refurb

21-Aug-2014 By Melodie Michel

Soho Indian restaurant Carom is putting the focus on small plate in its newly-refurbished Wardour Street venue.

The Indian Platform opens second site in Scotland

13-Aug-2014 By Lauren Houghton

The first Indian Platform restaurant opened four months ago in Glasgow’s West End, now the second site has opened in Newton Mearns, with the founders planning to expand the chain further still. 

Restaurant Magazine: Exclusive interview with Gymkhana chef-patron Karam Sethi

03-Jul-2014 By Joe Lutrario

Goat’s brains, absinthe lassi and venison biryani — how Karam Sethi’s Mayfair restaurant, the 2014 National Restaurant of the Year, became an overnight smash.

East Indian inspired coffee and cocktail bar to open in Tooting

29-May-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Brothers Nicholas and Alastair Heathcote are launching East Indian themed coffee and cocktail bar the Imperial Durbar, which will open in London’s Tooting on 9 June. 

Amani launches new Indian restaurant in Chelsea Harbour

20-Mar-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Surrey-based Indian restaurant group Amani has expanded to London with the opening of its third site last week. 

Mastara Chef: Apprenticeship scheme aims to tackle ethnic skills shortage

10-Jan-2014 By Luke Nicholls

With immigration rules closing the door on all but the most senior chefs hoping to join the UK restaurant industry, there’s a crisis simmering in the kitchens of the nation’s curry houses. A recently launched initiative from the Asian Restaurants Skills...

Alfred Prasad: Pearls of Wisdom

11-Oct-2013 By Joe Lutrario

The Michelin-starred chef behind Mayfair’s Tamarind and the recently relaunched Imli Street discusses India’s railway cuisine, training Western chefs, and his efforts to bring his high-end brand of Indian cooking to the US.

Going mobile: Restaurants realise pop-up potential

04-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

As numerous restaurateurs would testify, the pop-up restaurant has fast-become the new weapon in securing a permanent site. But could we now be seeing a reversal of the trend, with established brands spinning off their own temporary concepts?