It feels like a natural home for us,” he says. I was at university here, so we know the city really well. Kavi has a personal tie with Edinburgh, which played a large part in the decision to branch out northwards. It’s a world heritage site, obviously, it’s an academic city as well, and it just felt right for us. “It clearly has stories and relationships with Bombay, but Edinburgh also felt like a cultural city. Mother India’s Cafe, 3-5 Infirmary Street “We look for spaces which have stories that we can tell,” reveals Shamil.ĥ other recommended Indian restaurants in Edinburgh The Thakrar cousins’ reasons for opening the fifth incarnation of Dishoom more than 400 miles away from the others are also unconventional from a business perspective. The concept for Dishoom was inspired by Irani cafes in Bombay (Photo: Dishoom) Bombay’s Irani cafe culture “When we took our eye off the numbers and worried about the quality, the numbers improved.”Īll of the new chefs hired to work at Dishoom Edinburgh were sent down to London to train in one of the original restaurants for several months, and every single employee from the Edinburgh restaurant will be taken down to London for the Christmas party this year. It’s not idealistic nonsense, it actually worked for us.” So, when we took our eye off the numbers and worried about the quality, the numbers improved. “We made that realisation around 2012, and the business then started being much more popular. Of course, at some level it’s about being financially successful, but I think at a very important level, if you focus on awesome food and drink, awesome service and a happy team, the rest will follow,” says Shamil. “You often think that business is about profit, and it isn’t.
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In a world full of PR spin, it’s refreshing to hear what co-founders and cousins, Kavi and Shamil Thakrar, believe is the secret to their success. The sound when a bullet flies through the air, or someone lands a punch in an old Bollywood movie, equivalent to ‘kapow’ in Western films and comic books.
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