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Opening Dishoom King's Cross

Our big shed had become a living breathing restaurant

NOT SO LONG AGO we were wondering to ourselves: “What might have happened if a young Irani had set up a café in a Godown (warehouse) behind Bombay’s Victoria Terminus, C. 1928?”

Soon after we began to ponder the question, we found ourselves traveling back and forth between Bombay and London, buried deep in archives, lost in obscure back streets, asking directions to forgotten old buildings and blowing the dust off old books.

Several months of building work followed. Many weeks of training new Dishoom-wallas. And eventually, we had the answer. Our big shed had become a living breathing restaurant.

This little stop-motion video documents some of that. Certainly, it made us smile!

Dishoom King’s Cross opened on 20th November.

We take reservations of all sizes before 6pm, and tables of 6 or more from 5:45pm. Of course, we accept walk-in guests at all times.

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Festive opening hours

New Year's Eve: Open late until 1am.

New Year's Day: Open as usual.

6th – 7th January: Closed for a knees-up with our team.

8th January: Open from 9am.