![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is an accessible all-day dining space over two floors with a distinct identity and excellent Indian food offering with the odd Anglo twist (eg bacon naan roll). The trio sensibly enlisted the expertise of a number of more experienced restaurant names – Robbie Bargh’s Gorgeous Group on the drinks side and consultant chefs Karen Anand and Stephen Parkins-Knight to help with menu development. Space between upmarket Indian restaurants and high-street curry houses. Directly inspired by the Irani cafés of Bombay, the site on Upper St Martin’s Lane operates in the under-populated Sure, labour costs and food costs have to be under control, but it’s actually a business about people and food, which they can’t really teach.”ĭespite the inexperience of the founders, who also include brothers Adarsh and Amar Radia, Dishoom captured the imagination of “In fact, unlearning some of that finance and consulting and business school stuff has been really important. “You have to focus on making the experience brilliant. We were all new to restaurants when we opened , so all the learning had to be fast and up a steep curve. “Focusing too much on the numbers and the P&Ls just doesn’t work,” says the 41-year-old. Co-founder Thakrar, who has an MBA from Harvard under his belt, is similarly un-stereotypical: a blend of creative vision, humility, erudition and evident business acumen. The Indian-themed Dishoom, which is shortly to open its second site, is a restaurant loaded with romance, nostalgia, design personality and menu surprises. So you might expect Dishoom, their fledgling restaurant business, to be either a ruthlessly efficient numbers-driven operation, and/or a complete disaster. His business partners have backgrounds in banking and accountancy, as well as the technology sector. Shamil Thakrar used to work for Bain & Co, the internationalmanagement consultancy giant that boasts Mitt Romney as its former CEO. Visit National Restaurant Awards websiteĭo management consultants, bankers and accountants make good restaurateurs? Don’t answer that.Follow National Restaurant Awards on social. ![]()
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