Indian

Indian restaurateur Gobind Chona's first London restaurant Gura Gura must have been a hit because he's getting ready to open his second quite close by. 

Oorja is opening on Shaftesbury Avenue (next to the McDonald's that's been there for an age) and it's being billed as a casual Indian restaurant based on Northern Indian cuisine. A taste of that menu includes:

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• Bibi

  Mayfair Indian from chef Chet Sharma 

• Kricket comes to Shoreditch (where they'll be serving breakfast)

  

  Kricket are on the expansion trail again, following up their recent Canary Wharf opening by coming to Shoreditch. 

  Taking over the space that was most recently Apothecary East, their latest opening will have the same Indian-inspired food as the

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• Chef Rohit Ghai is opening Vatavaran restaurant and cocktail bar in Knightsbridge

  

  7/11/24 - updated with menu details and a look inside

  Six months after 'vibe dining' destination Geode in Knightsbridge closed its doors, a restaurant team that's related are now trying again in the same space. Michelin-starred chef Rohit Ghai is opening Vatavaran on the same site (his other restaurants Kutir and Manthan are part of the Arrow Mayfair Group and Arrow Hospitality was the company who

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• Trying out Jugad - a healthy, modern take on Indian food in Camden Market

   

  Jugad sees healthy food company Foodhak opening a modern Indian restaurant in Camden Market, bringing in top names for the menu and cocktails. We went down for a look.  

• Tamila to open in Battersea, from the team behind The Tamil Prince

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Islington-based The Tamil Prince has made life a whole lot more tasty for North Londoners, and now it’s South London’s turn. That's right, we're bringing you the exclusive news of the opening of Tamila in Battersea.

  Launching on the former site

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• Bonoo are bringing their Indian tapas to Muswell Hill

  

  They're an award-winning Indian restaurant with legions of fans in Hampstead. Now Bonoo are expanding their North London empire with a move to Muswell Hill where they're about to open on Fortis Green. If you haven't been before, their concept is Indian tapas - so a series of small plates covering food from all over India.

  Two years ago the restaurant picked up the best chef in North London Award from the London Curry

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• Kricket is opening in Canary Wharf

  

  8/7/24 - Updated with an opening date

  It's been a while since we've seen the last Kricket restaurant opening, over in White City in 2018, but they're now getting ready to open some more.

  The first of these will be in Canary Wharf, opening in the North Dock area (close to the Elizabeth Line station there). If you're unfamiliar with Kricket, they describe themselves as "modern Indian

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• Jikoni

  Ravinder Bhogal's Marylebone restaurant.

• Popular Islington restaurant Delhi Grill is closing

  

  Fourteen years after opening their doors in Islington, popular Punjabi restaurant Delhi Grill announced this weekend that it was closing its doors for good.

  Posting on Instagram they said: "With a heavy heart we would like to announce the closing of our little dhaba. It has been an incredible journey and we couldn't have done it without the support from our loyal customers and our team. But it is now time to

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• Vivek Singh's Cinnamon Bazaar comes to Richmond

  

  Updated 15/2/24 with soft launch info

  Vivek Singh (also behind The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen) is bringing Cinnamon Bazaar south of the river as the restaurant gets ready to open in Richmond. 

  As with the first Cinnamon Bazaar in Covent Garden, they say the restaurant is "inspired by bazaars in antiquity and in the modern day." That translates into an all-day menu

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• Hotel Dalhousie sees the Tandoor Chop House team opening a new tandoor restaurant in Notting Hill

  

  The people behind Tandoor Chop House and Eggbreak are gearing up to open their next restaurant in Notting Hill with Hotel Dalhousie. 

  Just a restaurant and not a hotel, despite the name (it's named after the town in Northern India), Hotel Dalhouseie has taken over the old Chucs site on Westbourne Grove. There, they'll

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• Test Driving The Tamil Crown - a great Indian pub follow-up in Islington

   

  The Tamil Crown sees the same team behind The Tamil Prince reviving another classic Islington pub with an excellent Indian menu. 

• Chai Guys Bakehouse will serve up fusion pastries on Portobello Road

  

  Updated 9/11/23 with menu details and new opening date

  Over the past few years, Abhilash Jobanputra and Gabriel Unger have built up a loyal following for their Chai Guys stalls in places like Seven Dials Market, Covent Garden and Old Spitalfields Market. But this year marks the time when they switched it up as the pair are opening a bakery cafe in Notting Hill.

  Their bakehouse on Portobello Road,

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• Colonel Saab's second Indian restaurant is off Trafalgar Square

   

  They must be doing very well in Holborn, because the team behind Colonel Saab are about to unveil a second restaurant. 

  Opening about two years after they launched the first place, they've taken over the space that was Les Deux Salons near Trafalgar Square. That's been empty for a while, so it'll be good to see something back up and running in there. The

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