From Bombay with love

Dishoom cafés and Permit Rooms

Every Dishoom begins with a story, a founding myth, deeply rooted in Bombay history or culture. It creates a distinct personality for each café, as unique as it is (or will be).

And for a taste of Bombay’s colourful drinking history – bottoms up, Bombay style at the Permit Room: an all-day bar-café in Brighton, Cambridge and Oxford (coming soon).

Dishoom Battersea

Dishoom Battersea is a tribute to the future-seekers behind these two areas. The story that sits behind the retro-futuristic design is that of a young girl in Bombay who is transported from 1953 to an imagined 2023, where she discovers superpowers. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

42 Electric Boulevard, London, SW11 8BJ

Nearest Tube Station: Battersea Power Station, Northern Line

8am to 12am

Dishoom Canary Wharf

Nestled in a little corner of Wood Wharf, our most fine and gorgeous Dishoom Canary Wharf brings to life the glittering-shimmering, big-business, metropolitan scene of '70s Bombay. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

13 Water Street, London, E14 5GX

Nearest Tube Station: Canary Wharf, Jubilee Line (Montgomery Street exit)

8am to 12am

Dishoom Carnaby

Dishoom Carnaby - and its accompanying vinyl 'Slip Disc' - shares this little-known intersection of time, place and culture. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

22 Kingly Street, London, W1B 5QP

Nearest Tube Station: Oxford Circus

8am to 12am

Dishoom Covent Garden

The thrill and amazement of the Talkies era is captured within 'New' Dishoom Covent Garden. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

12 Upper St. Martin's Lane, London, WC2H 9FB

Nearest Tube Station: Covent Garden, Leicester Square

8am to 12am

Dishoom 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.

4 Derry Street, London, W8 5SE

Nearest Tube Station: High Street Kensington

8am to 11pm

Dishoom King's Cross

You are within a former railway transit shed. To Londoners this would be a warehouse, but to Bombayites, it is a godown. For over 100 years this building passed goods between Britain and the rest of the world. Between London and Bombay. Dishoom King's Cross found a home in an old Victorian industrial building and tells the story of Indian Independence through its design and artwork. All are welcome.

5 Stable Street, London, N1C 4AB

Nearest Tube Station: King's Cross St. Pancras

8am to 12am

Dishoom Shoreditch

Wedged comfortably into Boundary Street, Dishoom Shoreditch - with its old Irani café charm - now calls East London home. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

7 Boundary Street, London, E2 7JE

Nearest Overground Station: Shoreditch High Street

8am to 12am

Dishoom Birmingham

Freedom through trade. Bombay, like Birmingham, is a city of a thousand trades. Through its markets and manufacturers, craftsmen and commerce, India forged a proud new identity built on the principle of Swadeshi (self-reliance), and gained its independence.

One Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX

Nearest Train Station: Birmingham New Street, Birmingham Snow Hill

8am to 12am

Dishoom Edinburgh

At Dishoom Edinburgh, we pay tribute to Geddes' big-hearted character, his visionary thinking and his humanist ideals. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

3a St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2BD

Nearest Bus Stop: South St David Street (Stop PL)

8am to 12am

Dishoom Manchester

Circling crows caw and the smell of spice, jasmine and dust mix outside the Lodge Rising Star of Western India. Founded in Bombay in 1843, the first Indian Masonic Lodge had Manockjee Cursetjee as the pioneering first member. Today, the Lodge meets in Bombay's Freemasons' Hall, where Bro. Cursetjee's portrait hangs on the wall, watchfully. Through Dishoom Manchester - itself built within a former Freemasons' Hall - we hope to share a glimpse of Freemasonry in Bombay.

32 Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3BT

Nearest Train Station: Salford Central

8am to 12am

Permit Room Brighton

Nestled into Brighton’s bustling lanes, an all-day bar-café, a tribute to the way that Bombay cuts loose. A neighbourhood crowd drops by. There’s an abundance of drinking food: Snacks, Chaats, Salads, Curries (and Dishoom faves). Local beers and DJs too. Finish up with an ice cream sandwich - a special Bombay-Brighton treat.

32 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HL

Nearest Train Station: Brighton Station

9am to 12am

Permit Room Cambridge

Arched into the cobbled lane of Trinity Street, behind a mustard yellow door, an all-day bar-café cuts loose. Crowds of regulars turn up, drink, snack, kick back, relax, decide to stay for a meal. Permit Room Cambridge, step inside. The vibe never dims.

17 Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TB

Nearest Train Station: Cambridge Railway Station

9am to 12am

Permit Room Oxford

Wedged newly into one of Oxford’s oldest streets, an all-day bar-café tucks into a colourful stream of drinking food. Brunch, lunch, dinner, late: our menu is made to be washed down with cold beers and crackingly-good cocktails. Both expertly crafted. On the decks, local DJs fill the air with rootsy beats and neighbourhood revelry. Swing by. A quick drink, light bite, or long, leisurely night - Permit Room is open to all.

North Bailey House, New Inn Hall Street, OX1 2RP

Nearest Train Station: Oxford Railway Station

8am to 12am

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