Dishoom

12 Upper St Martin’s Lane Covent Garden London WC2H 9FB
5 Stable Street Kings’s Cross London N1C 4AB
7 Boundary Street Shoreditch London E2 7JE
42 Electric Boulevard Battersea London SW11 8BJ
13 Water Street Canary Wharf London E14 5GX
22 Kingly Street Carnaby London W1B 5QP
4 Derry Street Kensington London W8 5SE

Growing chain of reinvented Irani Bombay cafes with whirring ceiling fans, sepia photographs, vintage artefacts, art deco flourishes, plus reference to the city’s Parsi theatre and firm heritage.

Open all day from 08:00 (09:00 weekends), often with lengthy queues eager for the bacon naan rolls and plate of kejriwal – fried eggs on chilli cheese toast.

Popular street-food snacks are murgh malai, pineapple tikka and spicy lamb chops, biryanis black dhal and masala fish, griddled in a banana leaf and served with coconut chaas.

For puds there are a cooling mess of fresh cream, crushed meringue and strawberries perfumed with rose syrup and gulkhand.

https://www.dishoom.com/