


What is ‘it’ exactly? It’s that warm feeling where you know you’re experiencing something authentic and genuine and that you’re in for a completely unique dining adventure. People from all walks of life shared tables, rubbed shoulders and broke bread together.Īs soon as you walk through the front door of any one of their eight restaurants, you just get it.

What made Irani cafés so special? According to Dishoom, they broke down barriers by bringing people together over food and drink and were the first places in Bombay where people of any culture, class or religion could take cool refuge from the street with a cup of chai, a simple snack or a hearty meal. In their prime in the 60s, there were almost four hundred Irani cafés but now, fewer than thirty remain. UK restaurant chain Dishoom pays homage to the Irani cafés and traditional cuisine of Bombay.
