Early last year, the man behind Gura Gura, restaurateur Gobind Chona, opened Oorja on Shaftesbury Avenue. Based on Northern Indian food and a more casual affair than his other place, it must be doing very well because he's opened a second Oorja in Marylebone.
This second Oorja has taken over the space that was once Xier and, more recently, Santo Remedio, so it's a site that's proved a little tricky to get right. But there's nothing quite like Oorja nearby, so this could be the restaurant to turn that space around.
The menus in Marylebone will be the same
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