Dishoom reveals opening date of Birmingham site

09 July 2020

Indian restaurant chain Dishoom has revealed the opening date of its Paradise Birmingham venue which was postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.

The restaurant, the team’s eighth Bombay café, was due to open on April 1 in a 7,606 sq ft space at the front of One Chamberlain Square, overlooking the new public spaces and Congreve Street.
However, due to the coronavirus epidemic, both the opening party on March 31 and the official opening had to be put back.

Now, Dishoom has confirmed the doors to Dishoom Birmingham will open next week.

The café will welcome guests for the restaurant’s rescheduled soft launch from Saturday 18th July to Wednesday 5th August, before opening officially on Thursday 6th August.

The restaurant pays loving homage to the old Irani cafés that were once part of the fabric of life in Bombay, and the design weaves together threads of Bombay’s heritage with a narrative inspired by Birmingham. Each Dishoom restaurant has a story –akin to a founding myth –deeply rooted in Bombay history, which informs all aspect of the café’s design. Inspired by Birmingham’s history as the “city of a thousand trades”, Dishoom Birmingham explores the unique parallels with the trades and markets of Bombay and the importance of the city’s commercial past.

Executive Chef Naved Nasir’s menu of Bombay comfort food will be served from breakfast-time until late. Dishes cooked in Hindu, Muslim, Irani and Parsi traditions will all jostle for space on the table. From Bombay breakfasts to street food staples; hearty dishes of biryani to the curries of Mohammed Ali Road, and the famous grills of Colaba, the Dishoom menu brings together the food of all Bombay. Dishoom’s award-winning cocktails, teetotal tipples, chai, coolers and more will be served from the restaurant’s Permit Room bar. For every meal served at Dishoom Birmingham, the team will donate a meal to one of their long-term charity partners, Magic Breakfast and Akshaya Patra, two excellent charities that provide free, nutritious meals to children who might otherwise go hungry.

Birmingham patrons will also be able to avail themselves of the brand-new Chef’s Special, created by Chef Naved especially for the city. The Mutton Chaap Korma sees marinated chops of mutton lavished with a rich, nourishing sauce, best mopped up with the accompanying khamiri roti. A classical Indian korma in the style of Bhendi Bazaar’s Noor Mohammadi.