Bombay, 1949

It is a close and heavy monsoon night on Marine Lines.

Despite the weather, there is a jostling of people outside the Bombay Roxy.

The heavy doors to the club swing open and closed. Hot jazz spills out into the street.

The club didn’t always have this pull or indeed its current reputation.

The man behind this reinvention is the charismatic Cyrus Irani.

His name was once synonymous with Bombay’s racketeers. The Bombay Roxy, might just be his redemption.

Welcome toDishoom Kensington

Art deco extravagance and quick tempo’d Jazz roared through the city in 1940s Bombay. Swarms of high society were pulled in by sell-out bands, “hot” new music spilled out onto the street. Inside Dishoom Kensington, the golden age of Bombay Jazz is both remembered and reimagined. In the voluptuous curves and chandeliers. In the glitz, glimmer and shine. All are welcome.

Dishoom KensingtonFood & Drink

Begin your day at Dishoom with breakfast, which might be a Bacon Naan Roll, Akuri or Parsi Omelette. Then, lunch lightly on a Paneer Roomali Roll and fancy Salads, or linger with a feast. Refresh your afternoon with a drop of Chai and a small plate or two. Dine early or dine late. Or just join us for a tipple – perhaps an India Gimlet or a Bombay Bellini, to add pep to your quick-swing-step.

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Kensington Specials

NALLI NIHARI BIRYANI

Nihari – a famously hearty and robust dish – is synonymous with celebration. Made into a biryani, it is doubly so. Tender shank of lamb is layered with rice and caramelised onions then sealed beneath a pastry blanket. Enriched further with kaleji (chicken liver) raita and nihari gravy. Best when shared.

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CYRUS IRANI

Classic margarita takes a charismatic turn, named for a wayward character who sought redemption. Lime juice and turmeric-honey lassi syrup, shaken hard and strained finely into a sours glass with your choice of Tequila el Jimador or 100% Espadín Mezcal.

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Every Thursday & Friday evening

The Marine Liners

House band at Dishoom Kensington

Live music is back at Dishoom Kensington.
You’re warmly invited to come along on
Thursdays and Fridays to party heartily over one too many tipples and a toothsome feast. There is much fun to be had.

Reservations at Kensington

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Dishoom is mostly a walk-in café. All are welcome, any time, no reservations needed. However, if you'd like to make a reservation, groups of any size may book during the day. After 6pm, we accept bookings for groups of six or more.

Welcome to Bombay Roxy: one of the most exciting Jazz clubs in the city. The heavy doors swing open and close – inside, weave through the crowd. Moving as quickly as the black and white keys on the piano are the gentlemens’ legs on the dance floor. Look up: you are in the midst of Bombay’s thriving Jazz scene, relics of which hang loudly on the walls.

Mickey Correa playing at the Taj on the night of Independence

Poster for Dishoom Kensington's one-off immersive production

Mickey Correa on Colaba Causeway

Luis Armstrong, Jewel Brown and Eddie Shu at the Shanmukhananda Hall, Bombay in 1964

Vikash Khai as Cyrus Irani in 'Night at the Bombay Roxy'

Before the opening of ANDAAZ, the first picture screened at Liberty

Chris Perry and Lorna Cordeiro

Sophie Khan Levy as Ursula Vaz in 'Night at the Bombay Roxy'

The pianist Olga Craen, the Goan wife of Jules Craen, was an accomplished musician in her own right

Chic Chocolate playing at the Taj Hotel

Bombay via London

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Dishoom Kensington
4 Derry Street
London
W8 5SE

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'Night at the Bombay Roxy' was a rich, immersive Indian noir one-off live production inspired by the glamorous art Deco world of 1940s Bombay and the story of the charismatic and wayward Cyrus Irani...

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