Dishoom Battersea brings the food and hospitality of Bombay to Electric Boulevard beside the restored Battersea Power Station. Open throughout the day, the café moves easily from breakfast and morning chai to lunch, dinner and evening drinks. Its generous format suits quick visits as well as long gatherings, while the familiar Dishoom welcome makes the large space feel inclusive and animated. This is a distinct branch with a character shaped specifically by the architecture and history of its Battersea surroundings.
The menu explores the food of Bombay through its cafés, grills, street stalls and home kitchens. Breakfast might bring spiced eggs, warm buns or a naan roll, while later meals can range from small plates and roomali rolls to grilled dishes, biryani and the deeply comforting house black daal. House chai provides a natural pause at any hour, and a full drinks selection gives evening visits their own rhythm. Vegetarian, vegan and halal friendly choices make the experience accessible to a broad range of diners.
The design imagines a conversation between newly independent Bombay in 1953 and the bold future once represented by Battersea Power Station. Its founding story follows a young girl called Choti Dishoom who is transported into an imagined future and discovers extraordinary powers. Portraits, plans, comic art and sweeping architectural forms carry that idea through the rooms, combining Bombay history with rich colour and a playful vision of modern life. The result is theatrical and detailed, yet still recognisable as a welcoming café rather than a themed attraction.
Hospitality remains central to the experience, whether guests arrive for an early breakfast, share a feast with friends or stop for drinks after exploring the riverside district. A lively downstairs area can accommodate larger celebrations, while the main café offers a mixture of intimate tables and sociable spaces. The combination of comforting food, imaginative surroundings and an open door spirit gives Dishoom Battersea broad appeal. It captures the energy of its landmark London setting while maintaining a deep affection for the everyday food culture of Bombay.
Address: 42 Electric Boulevard, Battersea Power Station, London SW11 8BJ, United Kingdom
Dishoom Battersea Menu
Fruits, Grains & Breads
Date & Banana Porridge
Organic porridge oats cooked with oat milk, banana and sweet Medjool dates. If you wish for more, you need only ask – this is a bottomless portion.
Cinnamon-Jaggery Pancakes
Most fluffy with toppings of soft vanilla cream, mixed berries and jaggery syrup spiced with chai-like warmth. Sticky, sweet, so good to eat.
Fruit & Yoghurt
Fresh seasonal fruits topped with creamy yoghurt infused with fresh vanilla pod. Choose from dairy yoghurt drizzled with starflower honey, or coconut yoghurt.
House Granola
A Dishoom recipe, handmade with toasted oats, seeds, cashews, almonds, pistachios and cinnamon. Served with fresh seasonal fruits and dairy vanilla yoghurt with starflower honey, or creamy coconut yoghurt.
Bun Maska Chai
The Irani café classic. Soft bun with butter inside, to be dipped happily into the hot chai. The simplest thing, eaten everywhere in Bombay.
Dishoom Naan Rolls
Bacon Naan Roll
Ramsay of Carluke’s smoked streaky bacon is matured in the traditional Ayrshire way and then smoked over applewood and beechwood chips. A Dishoom signature dish, and deserving of all its accolades.
Double Bacon Naan Roll
Twice the bacon. More power to you.
Sausage Naan Roll
Shropshire pork sausages, warmly spiced with cracked black pepper. Each sausage is finished by hand in the old-fashioned way.
New Veg. Sausage & Egg Naan Roll
Cleverly fermented crispy-smashed veggie sausage with best umami spicing, developed with Chef Neil Rankin. Runny-yolked eggs, for good measure.
Egg Naan Roll
Two fried Cornish free-range eggs with saffron-orange, runny yolks. Warm and most gratifying.
Wrestler’s Naan Roll
Named for Koolar & Co.’s wrestler-sized portions. Smoked streaky bacon, peppery pork sausages and runny-yolked egg. Grapple with it.
Bacon & Egg Naan Roll
Sausage & Egg Naan Roll
Cooked Breakfasts
Keema Per Eedu
A Parsi power breakfast: spicy chicken keema studded with delicate morsels of chicken liver, topped with two runny-yolked fried eggs and salli crisp-chips. Served with home-made buns.
Parsi Omelette
A crazy-paving three-egg omelette of chopped tomato, onion, coriander, green chilli and a little cheese. Served with grilled tomato and Fire Toast.
Akuri
An Irani café staple. Three eggs, spiced, scrambled and piled up richly alongside plump, home-made buns and served with grilled tomato.
Kejriwal
Two fried eggs on chilli cheese toast. A modern favourite of the Willingdon Club in Tardeo, reputedly named for the member who kept asking for the dish, since he was not allowed eggs at home. (Not to be confused with Arvind Kejriwal, leader of India’s Aam Aadmi – common man’s – political party.)
Chole Puri Halwa
Where to start? Chef’s favourite breakfast: chole (chickpeas), halwa (sweet semolina), pickles (which are pickles) and one giant, crackled, puffy puri. Satisfying morning, noon or night.
The Big Bombay
Your plate will be laden with abundant akuri, char-striped smoked streaky bacon from Ramsay of Carluke, peppery Shropshire pork sausages, masala beans, grilled field mushrooms, grilled tomato and buttered, home-made buns. Too good.
The Vegan Bombay
Bountiful vegan repast. Tofu akuri, crispy-smashed vegan sausages, vegan black pudding, grilled field mushrooms, masala beans, grilled tomato and home-made vegan buns.
Fresh Juice, Shots & Lassi
Fresh Orange Juice
Fresh Ruby-Red Grapefruit Juice
Ginger Shot
Fiery ginger-apple tonic. Put pep in your step.
Turmeric Shot
Harmonising, healing, mind and body pleasing blend of turmeric, ginger and apple.
Breakfast Lassi
A concoction of yoghurt, banana, mango and oats. Keep regular.
Chai & Coffee
House Chai
All things nice: warming comfort and satisfying spice. Made the traditional way, or with oat milk. All who have tried it, swear by it.
Chocolate Chai
A charming couplet of dark chocolate and spicy chai.
Breakfast Assam (Pot)
Assam is the most well-liked tea-leaf in India. Malty, brisk and bright.
Darjeeling Green Tea (Pot)
The finest tea grown organically on the rolling hills of the Darjeeling region. Gentle in fragrance, unmatched in prestige.
Fresh Mint Tea (Pot)
A spearmint steeper to cleanse the palate.
Ginger, Lemon & Honey Tea (Pot)
Fresh vigour and increased joie-de-vivre.
Guest Brew
Consult your server about our finest grade guest filter coffees – hot or iced.
Espresso: Single / Double
Arabica beans from a single forest estate on the misty hilltops of Chikmagalur in Karnataka – where Sufi mystic, Baba Budan, sowed the smuggled seeds of India’s first coffee in 1670. Mingled with Brazilian Minas. Smooth notes of milk chocolate, orange and jaggery.
Cappuccino / Caffelatte / Flat White
Arabica beans from a single forest estate on the misty hilltops of Chikmagalur in Karnataka – where Sufi mystic, Baba Budan, sowed the smuggled seeds of India’s first coffee in 1670. Mingled with Brazilian Minas. Smooth notes of milk chocolate, orange and jaggery.
Haldi Doodh
Turmeric, black pepper and jaggery frothed milk. Nani’s golden remedy.
Snack
Chote Papad With Mango Chutney
Poppadoms torn, then fried ’til crisp. Flecked with green chilli. Best dipped into home-made chutney, rich with two kinds of mango. Marries nicely with drinks.
Small Plates
Keema Pau
Perked-up Irani café classic: earthy, aromatic minced lamb, studded with peas, distinguished with subtle dill and warming lindi pepper. Arrayed with slices of toasted, buttered pau. Buy this now and convince yourself.
Chilli Chicken
Some Irani cafés now aim to please with Indo-Chinese fare. A plate of crispy garlic-ginger-soy-chilli-chicken is a modern café staple.
Vegetable Samosas
Crunchy Punjabi-style shortcrust pastry, pea and potato filling warmly spiced with cinnamon. Tamarind chutney for dipping.
Lamb Samosas
Gujarati filo (not Punjabi shortcrust) stuffed with minced lamb, onions and spices.
Okra Fries
Fine lady’s fingers for the fingers.
Chilli Cheese Toast
A nostalgia for Bombayites. Green chillies, capsicum and garlic in Cheddar melt on white sliced loaf.
Prawn Koliwada
Bombay’s Koli (fishermen) Wada (district) recipe: a bowl of delicate, crispy morsels – perfect for chutney-dipping.
Pau Bhaji
An old-time favourite with lovely qualities, pre-eminently nicer than any you have sampled before. Buttery-spicy, mashed vegetables and home-made buns on a Chowpatty tray. No food is more Bombay.
Dishoom House Chaat
Warm-cold, sweet-tangy, moreish. Golden-fried sweet potato covered with cool yoghurt, pomegranate, beetroot, radish and carrot. Tamarind drizzle and green chutney lift it nicely.
Bhel
Cold and crunchy, light and lovely. Puffed rice, peanuts and Bombay Mix tossed with fresh pomegranate, tomato, onion, lime, tamarind, mint.
Chilli Broccoli Salad
Toasted pistachios and shredded mint leaves with finest, greenest broccoli, fresh red chillies, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, dates and lime.
Malai Chicken Salad
Creamy charred chicken, leafy greens, sprouted beans, bulgur wheat, vegetable fiddlesticks, toasty coconut and tarty curry-leaf dressing. Brimming with zing.
Biryani & Rice
Lamb Biryani
Fall-apart leg of lamb bedded in a pot with buttery saffron rice, caramelised onions, rich stock and warming spices. Best with raita.
Chicken Berry Britannia
Tempting and flavourful pot of chicken, ginger, garlic, mint, coriander and rice cooked together in the Kacchi style. An homage to Britannia’s Chicken Berry Pulao, with cranberries.
Awadhi Jackfruit Biryani
Sturdy, savoury jackfruit and delicately flavoured rice, potted, sealed and cooked the traditional way. Adorned with barberries and sultanas.
Steamed Basmati Rice
It means “the fragrant one”.
Ruby Murray
Chicken Ruby
Tender chicken in a rich, silky makhani sauce. A good and proper curry redolent with spice and flavour.
Goan Monkfish Curry
Choicest monkfish and green beans simmered in creamy coconut, tamarind, tomatoes and kokum. Strewn with fragrant curry leaves. Most popular for its sublime balance of aromas. Think quality!
Mutton Pepper Fry
Finest mutton marinated in red chilli, ginger and garlic, then cooked with black peppercorns and whole spices. Robust, spicy and tender.
Mattar Paneer
A steadfast, humble and delicious vegetarian curry, beloved of Bombay families.
Veg. Side Dishes
Chilli Broccoli Salad (Half Portion)
Toasted pistachios and shredded mint leaves with finest, greenest broccoli, fresh red chillies, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, dates and lime.
Grilled Greens
Grilled mangetout and Tenderstem broccoli with lively Bengali mustard dressing. Greens for choosing – not refusing!
Chilli Butter-Bhutta
Corn-on-the-cob, brushed with butter and grilled over charcoal fire. Finished with chilli, salt and lime, Chowpatty style.
Kachumber
A messy to-do of cucumber, onion and tomato. A little lime lifts the whole affair.
Warm Aubergine Chutney
A rare embellishment of sweet and sour and spice. “Very chatpata” (or lip-smacking), says Chef, “not ordinary.” A little goes a long way.
Raita
Delicate minty yoghurt, cool as a cucumber.
Grills
Murgh Malai
Chicken thigh meat is steeped overnight in garlic, ginger, coriander stems and a little cream. Slightly pink when fully cooked.
Charred Lamb Chops
Two chops of generous proportions lie overnight in raw papaya, yoghurt and humble spices. Blackened on the grill and finished with a thrilling Kashmiri chilli sauce. A speciality of new standing.
Dishoom Chicken Tikka
A family recipe, using a marinade of sweet vinegar, not yoghurt. Laced with ginger, turmeric, garlic and green chilli.
Masala Prawns
Each one charred slightly at the edges, succulent and simple, nothing to bamboozle.
Sheekh Kabab
Minced lamb is marinated with green chilli, coriander and cumin, then grilled.
Makhmali Paneer
Such simplicity. Pillows of paneer, marinated, charred and spiced gently. A flourish of fried cashews and pomegranate. Makhmali means velvety.
Gunpowder Potatoes
The seduction is in the tumble. New potatoes are smoky-grilled, broken apart, tossed with butter, crushed aromatic seeds and green herbs.
Saffron Cauliflower
Glowing golden, hot from the grill. Soft, buttery magnificence with warm masala tingles.
At Lunch, and Later
Vada Pau
Much loved, humble, unifying Bombay street staple. Hot potato vada, crunchy titbits and chutneys, tucked inside a soft home-made bun. Sprinkle the red spicy masala to taste.
Bread
Plain Naan
Freshly baked in the tandoor.
Garlic Naan
With minced garlic and coriander sprinkle.
Cheese Naan
Cheddar is melted inside.
Masala Paratha
Wholewheat flaky-buttery bread. Fresh from the tandoor, with chaat masala and dried mint.
Roomali Roti
Soft handkerchief-thin bread, thrown, stretched and griddled to order on an upturned tawa.
Tandoori Roti
Wholewheat bread, delicately charred from the tandoor.
From Bombay With Love
Paneer Roomali Roll
Delicate handkerchief roll crisped and filled with grilled paneer, onion, peppers and green leaves. Mint chutney on the side.
Chicken Kathi Roll
Flaky paratha with a fine omelette layer, wrapped all-about an abundance of chicken tikka, fresh kachumber and zingy green chutney. A most-popular street food in Kolkata. Pleasingly sating.
Chole Puri Halwa
Where to start? Chole (chickpeas), halwa (sweet semolina), pickles (which are pickles) and one giant, crackled, puffy puri. Satisfying morning, noon or night.
Chef’s Battersea Special
Bhatti Chicken
A full-flavoured lesser-known version of Tandoori Chicken, made with father’s favourite spices. Succulent chicken, still on the bone, lingers in yoghurt richly spiced with distinctive carom, roasted cumin, fenugreek leaves and chilli. Charred over the flames of the bhatti (not a tandoor) for a crisp black hue. Accompanied by zesty heaps of green chutney and onion salad.
Side Orders
Masala beans
Grilled mushrooms
Two pork sausages
Two crispy-smashed vegan sausages
Four rashers of bacon
Fire Toast, butter and jam
Side Orders
Masala beans
Grilled mushrooms
Two crispy-smashed vegan sausages
Vegan Lassis
Vegan lassis
Kindly ask your server for details of our vegan lassis.
Breakfast
Oat Milk Chai
Warming comfort and satisfying spice. Made with oat milk.
The Vegan Bombay
Bountiful vegan repast. Tofu akuri, crispy-smashed vegan sausages, vegan black pudding, grilled field mushrooms, masala beans, grilled tomato and home-made vegan buns.
Vegan Akuri
A vegan version of the Irani café special. Spiced scrambled tofu piled up richly alongside plump, home-made vegan buns and grilled tomato.
Chole Puri
Where to start? Chef’s favourite breakfast: chole (chickpeas), pickles (which are pickles) and one giant, crackled, puffy puri. Satisfying morning, noon or night.
Vegan Sausage Naan Roll
A delicious crispy-smashed sausage developed with Chef Neil Rankin. Cleverly fermented vegetables and best sausage spices to enhance the umami.
Date & Banana Porridge
Organic porridge oats cooked with oat milk, banana and sweet Medjool dates. If you wish for more, you need only ask – this is a bottomless portion.
Fruit & Coconut Yoghurt
Fresh seasonal fruits topped with creamy coconut yoghurt infused with fresh vanilla pod, and served with toasted seeds.
House Granola
A Dishoom recipe, handmade with toasted oats, seeds, cashews, almonds, pistachios and cinnamon. Served with fresh seasonal fruits and creamy coconut yoghurt.
At Lunch, and Later
Chote Papad With Mango Chutney
Poppadoms torn, then fried ’til crisp. Flecked with green chilli. Best dipped into home-made chutney, rich with two kinds of mango. Marries nicely with drinks.
Vegetable Samosas
Crunchy Punjabi-style shortcrust pastry, pea and potato filling warmly spiced with cinnamon. Tamarind chutney for dipping.
Okra Fries
Fine lady’s fingers for the fingers.
Bhel
Cold and crunchy, light and lovely. Puffed rice, peanuts and Bombay Mix tossed with fresh pomegranate, tomato, onion, lime, tamarind, mint.
Vada Pau
Much loved, humble and unifying Bombay street staple. Hot potato vada, crunchy titbits and chutneys, tucked inside a soft home-made bun. Sprinkle the red spicy masala to taste.
Dishoom House Chaat
Warm-cold, sweet-tangy, moreish. Golden-fried sweet potato covered with cool oat yoghurt, pomegranate, beetroot, radish and carrot. Tamarind drizzle and green chutney lift it nicely.
And For Pudding
Kala Khatta Gola Ice
Fluffy ice-flakes steeped in kokum and jamun fruit syrup, blueberries, chilli, lime and black salt. To the uninitiated, the first spoonful may surprise. The second is captivating.
Basmati Kheer
Silky caramelised basmati rice pudding cooked nicely with vanilla-infused coconut milk, cardamom and cashews. Cooled and layered with blueberry compôte.
Chole Puri
Where to start? Chole (chickpeas), pickles (which are pickles) and one giant, crackled, puffy puri. Satisfying morning, noon or night.
Chole Chawal
An abiding favourite of Indian families everywhere, originally hailing from the Punjab. A hearty bowl of spiced chickpea curry served with basmati rice.
Gunpowder Potatoes
The seduction is in the tumble. New potatoes are smoky-grilled, broken apart, tossed with crushed aromatic seeds and green herbs.
Chilli Broccoli Salad
Toasted pistachios and shredded mint leaves with finest, greenest broccoli, fresh red chillies, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, dates and lime.
Grilled Greens
Grilled mangetout and Tenderstem broccoli with lively Bengali mustard dressing. Greens for choosing – not refusing!
Chilli No-Butter-Bhutta
Corn-on-the-cob, grilled over charcoal fire, then finished with chilli, salt and lime, Chowpatty style.
Kachumber
A messy to-do of cucumber, onion and tomato. A little lime lifts the whole affair.
Steamed Basmati Rice
It means “the fragrant one”.
Roomali Roti
Soft handkerchief-thin bread, thrown, stretched and griddled to order on an upturned tawa.
Tandoori Roti
Wholewheat bread, delicately charred from the tandoor.
Warm Aubergine Chutney
A rare embellishment of sweet and sour and spice. A little goes a long way.
Vegan Pau Bhaji
An old-time favourite with lovely qualities, pre-eminently nicer than any you have sampled before. Spicy, mashed vegetables and home-made vegan buns on a Chowpatty tray. No food is more Bombay.
Fleeting Mango Special
Alphonso Mango
Glistening gold, a bowl filled with soft orange cubes of the season’s splendour. Limited portions available, limited time! Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Puddings
Basmati Kheer
Silky caramelised basmati rice pudding cooked nicely with vanilla-infused coconut milk, cardamom and cashews. Cooled and layered with blueberry compôte.
Coconutty Fruit Crumble
A medley of pineapple, apple and raspberry, crowned with toasted coconut crumble and silken coconut ice cream. Flavour and texture come together in harmony.
Dishoom Chocolate Pudding
Melting-in-the-middle chocolate pudding served with a scoop of Kashmiri Chilli ice cream. You will not want to share.
Mango Kulfi
Satin-smooth, sweet real mango.
Pistachio Kulfi
Creamy, proper pistachio.
Malai Kulfi
The original with a hint of caramel.
Kala Khatta With Nice Cream
On a bed of almond mascarpone cream: fluffy ice-flakes steeped in kokum and jamun fruit syrup, blueberries, chilli, lime and black salt. To the uninitiated, the first spoonful may surprise. The second is captivating.
A Bowl Of Ice Cream
Cinnamon, Coconut or Kashmiri Chilli.
Baba's Coffee
Espresso: Single / Double
Arabica beans from a single forest estate on the misty hilltops of Chikmagalur in Karnataka – where Sufi mystic, Baba Budan, sowed the smuggled seeds of India’s first coffee in 1670. Mingled with Brazilian Minas. Smooth notes of milk chocolate, orange and jaggery.
Cappuccino, Caffelatte or Flat White
Arabica beans from a single forest estate on the misty hilltops of Chikmagalur in Karnataka – where Sufi mystic, Baba Budan, sowed the smuggled seeds of India’s first coffee in 1670. Mingled with Brazilian Minas. Smooth notes of milk chocolate, orange and jaggery.
Guest Brew
Consult your server about our finest grade guest filter coffees – hot or iced.
CHAI
House Chai
All things nice: warming comfort and satisfying spice. Made the traditional way, or with oat milk. All who have tried it, swear by it.
Chocolate Chai
A charming couplet of dark chocolate and spicy chai.
Breakfast Assam (Pot)
Assam is the most well-liked tea-leaf in India. Malty, brisk and bright.
Darjeeling Green Tea (Pot)
The finest tea grown organically on the rolling hills of the Darjeeling region. Gentle in fragrance, unmatched in prestige.
Fresh Mint Tea (Pot)
A spearmint steeper to cleanse the palate.
Ginger, Lemon & Honey Tea (Pot)
Fresh vigour and increased joie-de-vivre.
Hot Doodh
Haldi Doodh
Turmeric, black pepper and jaggery frothed milk. Nani’s golden remedy.
Dessert Cocktails
Baba’s Sesame Espresso Martini (Up)
Baba’s espresso meets Finlandia Vodka, with molasses bitters, chai syrup, white sesame tincture and a smattering of black sesame.
Naughty Chocolate Chai
The charming couplet goes a little madcap with Slane Irish Whiskey.
New Permit Room Old-Fashioned (Peg)
With coconut-washed Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Pedro Ximénez Sherry and Medjool-date liqueur, this newly-fashioned old hat is light, strong and smooth. “High-class Bombay in a glass” – so they say.
Sours & Fancies
India Gimlet (Up)
London Dry Gin shaken with Rose’s lime and celery bitters, finished with fresh dill. The gimlet is an old-established drink devised for sailors to avoid scurvy – you too can benefit.
Dishoom Margarita (Up)
Tequila El Jimador and lime juice shaken with clarified tamarind and subtle spice. Magic dust on one half of the rim. Admire the subtleties of mango. And switch the tequila with The Lost Explorer Mezcal Espadín, for that smoky feeling.
1948 Sour (Up)
Sincerely dry sour of Amrut and Nikka Days whiskies, with Dishoom Plum Liqueur and eggless (aquafaba) foam. Historians: Amrut distillery was founded in the year between India’s Independence and Bombay’s Prohibition. Vegans: enjoy.
Baba’s Sesame Espresso Martini (Up)
Baba’s espresso meets Finlandia Vodka, with molasses bitters, chai syrup, white sesame tincture and a smattering of black sesame.
Sunny's Star-Tini (Up)
Sparkling wine atop fresh passion fruit liqueur, lashed with vanilla bitters and laced with Finlandia Vodka. An otherwise well-known cock-tail affair, here up-dated.
Slings, Coolers & Fizzes
Bombay Bellini (Flute)
A tipple for any time of day or night, such is its allure. Beneath deep foam is sparkling wine with juicy mango and guava syrup. A hint of kokum, India’s ancient cooling fruit.
Pink Shiso Spritz (Tall)
Tanqueray’s Rangpur Lime Distilled Gin on ice with sparkling wine, shiso cordial, white balsamic syrup, soda and a ruffle of shiso leaf. Tall, pale pink, light and less inebriating than most.
Blushing Colada (Tall)
Classic ice-crush of coconut cream and pineapple juice dances with dragon fruit and pawpaw. Blushing pink, with a warm heart of Takamaka Seychelles Rum Blanc. Adorned with crimson dragon fruit.
Kohinoor Mojito (Tall)
Be not fooled by innocent appearances! Crystal-clear muddle of Takamaka Seychelles Rum Blanc, dry white vermouth, soda and house-made mojito cordial. A bushel of fresh mint pleases noses.
Fresh Nimbu Soda
Light lemon drink to quench the thirst. Made with fresh juice, salt, sugar and soda.
Watermelon Sharbat
Watermelon is muddled with spearmint and lime, then thrown over cubes of ice.
Passion Fruit Sharbat
Long and sparkling, with the fresh tang of passion fruit, lime and coriander, finished with a generous splash of soda.
Kala Khatta Sharbat
Kokum fruit juice, chilli, citrus and salt, stirred all together for some time and left to rest before being strained over cubed ice.
Pegs, Punches, Etc., Etc.
Summerhouse Negroni (Peg)
Heady holiday of Beefeater Dry Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, Manzanilla dry sherry, apricot liqueur and Calvados. In a wistful moment, some will recall northern India’s hilltop apples.
Thandai Mai-Tai (Peg)
Clarified yet creamy, cooling blend of Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva Rum, almond milk, black pepper and cardamom bitters – not to mention fragrant Thandai syrup. Adorned with fresh cardamom leaf.
New Permit Room Old-Fashioned (Peg)
With coconut-washed Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Pedro Ximénez Sherry and Medjool-date liqueur, this newly-fashioned old hat is light, strong and smooth. “High-class Bombay in a glass” – so they say.
Pistachio Kulfi Cream (Tall)
Delicate green with oat cream, pistachio butter and aromatic gin from Stranger & Sons’ Third Eye Distillery in Goa. A comforting drink one can sink into, much like a pale sofa.
Liberty Punch
For a bold new nation, a jubilant libation: H by Hine VSOP Cognac, Earl Grey, lime, cinnamon and black cardamom. Hitherto made only for gatherings of four or more people, but today also procurable in individual glasses. Do not hesitate to enquire.
Teetotal Tipples
Absent of any alcohol.
Sober Summer Negroni (Rocks)
Green apple and apricot, no-alcohol gin, no-alcohol vermouth, no-alcohol bitter syrup. Dishoom hand-made them all, singing no, no, no. Dressed with crisp desiccated apple, yes.
Marine Drive Spritz (Up)
Glittering like the lights around the bay, this easy-breezy sunset tonic is lengthened with citrussy Crossip non-alcoholic spirit, Cabernet Rosé grape juice and soda.
MR Xavier’s Mule (Tall)
All feist and fizz. Chai-charged cold brew lashed with ginger beer and orange cordial. Lion’s mane, zinc and turmeric for vital energy.
Balaram Street Iced CB-Tea (Mug)
Light on the tongue. Darjeeling, jasmine and grapefruit-mango fizz laced with CBD. Nibble your mango and go carefully in Balaram Street!
Expert Instructress’s Matcha Sour (Up)
Sharp-sweet coupette of matcha, lime and moringa with velvety kefir-yoghurt top. Soft and strong, like the Instructress herself.
Teetotal Espresso Martini (Up)
An elegant glass of Baba’s espresso with complex black cardamom, cinnamon syrup and a warm, gingery kick. Enhances sobriety.
Crystal All-Clear Mojito (Tall)
Transparent and innocent: house-made mojito cordial of mint, cardamom and lime, mixed with soda and non-alcoholic aperitivo. Bejewelled with a crisp lime wheel and a posy of fragrant mint.
No-Hafta Colada
Frozen pineapple-coconut classic – with lime juice, syrup of pitaya (dragon fruit) and papaya two ways (purée and garnish). Plenty of shimmy, but no rummy.
Sharbats Etc.
Watermelon Sharbat
Watermelon is muddled with spearmint and lime, then thrown over cubes of ice.
Passion Fruit Sharbat
Long and sparkling, with the fresh tang of passion fruit, lime and coriander, finished with a generous splash of soda.
Kala Khatta Sharbat
Kokum fruit juice, chilli, citrus and salt, stirred all together for some time and left to rest before being strained over cubed ice.
Fresh Nimbu Soda
Light lemon drink to quench the thirst. Made with fresh juice, salt, sugar and soda.
Sparkling Wine
Bella Storia: Spumante, NV, Veneto
Insist on having a ‘beautiful history’ (bella storia)! Old-established family co-operative grows organic Garganega grapes to make this refreshing aperitivo akin to Prosecco. Extra dry.
La Cantina Pizzolato: Prosecco Doc, NV, Veneto
A high-class organic extra-dry Prosecco made with hand-picked Glera grapes, no added sulphites. Pale straw hue, toasted apple notes, fresh clean palate. Unhesitatingly perfect in all respects.
Gaston Chiquet: Champagne Tradition Premier Cru, NV, Champagne
Hand-harvested Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes, grown by the Chiquet family in Champagne since 1746. Golden hue, fine long-lasting mousse, rounded red fruits, floral nuances, zesty racy freshness… Pre-eminent.
Selbach-Oster: ‘Funkelwürtz Zero’, NV, Mosel Valley
Alcohol-free organic sparkling wine of Muscat Blanc and Rivaner grapes, with the giddy name of ‘Funky Sausage’ (one must ask the Selbach family for precise meaning). Light, balanced, German.
Rosé Wine
Les Jardins Fleuris: Rosé, 2024, Languedoc-Roussillon
Pale peachy blossom colour. A happy nose, pleasant and full of promise. Slightly saline on the palate. Southern French charm at moderate terms.
Domaine Pinchinat: Rosé, 2025, Provence
Cool altitudes and herbal fields are at play in this unendingly drinkable delight. Organic, balanced, refreshing and elegant beyond compare. All who are drinking it are swearing by it.
White Wine
Pasos De La Capula: Viura, 2025, Castille
White Rioja’s most important grape, Viura, gives rise to this very light, refreshing snifter. Pairs pleasingly with coconut curry, etc., etc., etc.
Les Jardins Fleuris: Blanc, 2024, Languedoc-Roussillon
Aromas of white flowers and a pithy citrus finish. With Vermentino and Colombard grapes in harmony, you can be satisfied. Dry.
Prima Alta: Pinot Grigio, 2024, Veneto
The coolness of the Dolomites is sure to marry well with your spicy food. Classic and refreshing. One could not quarrel with a detail.
Rumblefish Vinho Verde: From Our Friends At St. John, NV
Grapes spritzed in sea mists are behind this lively sip. Green apple and lime sherbet tickle cheeks, tame spice, refresh palates. More mellow in alcohol than most (10.5% ABV).
Quinto Arrio: Tempranillo Blanco, 2024, Rioja
Off-dry attack, ripe orchard-fruit palate, a textured pithy finish. Organic, modern and complex, changing characterfully as you drink. Make hay: Tempranillo Blanco is astoundingly rare to find.
Bob ‘Short For Kate’: Sauvignon Blanc, 2024, Marlborough
Melon, citrus, then white blossom. Organic and vegan. The loopy name has a story: winemaker Ben’s sister Kate (aka ‘Bob’) was a woman of honesty and joie-de-vivre. A richly expressive character.
Red Wine
Pasos De La Capula: Tempranillo, 2025, Castille
Brambles and dusty incense, with white pepper, but markedly soft and light. Lower alcohol than others in this line. Affable and quaffable.
Roc D’Opale: Grenache-Merlot, 2025, Languedoc-Roussillon
Hedgerow fruit, plum and cocoa, with soft tannins. Garnet-red to behold. Fresh and agreeable with or without food.
Dominio De Punctum: Syrah, 2024, Castille
There is no mistaking the full-bodied, rich and powerful character. And yet there is velvet. Organic, biodynamic, obtainable for vegans and other persons.
Vinecol Quinde: Malbec Reserve, 2025, Mendoza
Enticing rose-garden bouquet. Delectation of plum, liquorice, spice and very red fruit. A paragon of mellowness and refreshment. Earnestly, the more you are having of it, the more you are desiring of it. Organic and vegan also.
Ca’ Vittoria: Appassimento, 2024, Puglia
Sappy woodfire, leather, tar and spice give way to mellow cocoa and liquorice in this rich Vino Passito made with partially air-dried Primitivo and Negroamaro grapes. Darkly divine with House Black Daal.
Orange Wine
Dominio De Punctum: Pomelado Skin-Contact White, 2024, Castille
Sauvignon Blanc with structure and rich amber colour thanks to 14 days hob-nobbing with grape-skins. Subtleties of bruised apple, mango and cinnamon – a boon to curry and buttery dishes. Organic, biodynamic and vegan.
Beers & Cider
Kingfisher
This mild and malty easy-drinking lager is India’s choicest favourite. 4.5% 330ml / 650ml
Dishoom India Pale Ale
Delectable IPA with fruity citrus notes and a clean bitterness. Bold and vigorous in character. 5.0% 330ml
Road Soda New England Pale Ale
Mondo explores tropical territory. From Mosaic and Simcoe hops, plenty of oats and late-dry-hopping pours forth juicy hazy golden goodness. 4.8% 330ml
Export India Porter
Inspired by timeworn porter recipes that washed up in India, made modern by Kernel Brewery. Indulge in notes of chocolate, coffee, tobacco and leather. 6.0% 330ml
Harbour Beach Party Pale Ale (Can)
Bitter marmalade on toast with subtle aroma of warm mangoes, washed down with bright citrus. Long-lasting hops. Zesty, vegan and refreshingly sippable, morning to night. 3.4%, 330ml
Pineapple & Pepper Crumble Sour (Can)
An UnBarred x Permit Room collaboration – exceedingly drinkable, slightly tart. Prized pineapple perked up with a twist of cracked black pepper and vanilla spice. Enriched with a little buttery-biscuit crumble. 5.5% 440ml
Peacock Cider
Crafted by skilled workmanship in Herefordshire. Very mellow fruitfulness, best cider apples, kissed by the maturing sun. Pairs well with feisty food. 4.8% 500ml
Collider Unwind Session Ipa (Can)
Reborn John Barleycorn trips gently on lion’s mane mushroom and calming ashwagandha. Malty, citrussy and alcohol-low, an effervescent brew for clear beer-like good moods. 0.5%, 330ml
Kingfisher Zero
Same-same but different. The sober sister to India’s favourite. 330ml / 0.0%
ON BEER IPA
The golden key to wet-your-whistle soberly. Bold hops and best botanicals mingle in this crisp and mighty modern miracle. Senses remain intact, minds are happily mellowed. 330ml <0.5%
Snacks
Chakna
Fried lentils, spices, nuts and sev.
Café Crisps
Sprinkled with magic masala and served with lime.
Lassis
Mango & Fennel Lassi
First-class yoghurt-drink with mango and a sprinkling of fennel seeds.
Rose & Cardamom Lassi
Sweet and subtle as a perfumed love-letter.
Salted Lassi
Creamy yoghurt, salted and gently spiced with crushed cumin.
CBD Bhang Lassi
The traditional Holi drink. Ours is with ginger, shredded mint and hints of spice – but with cheerful dashes of CBD botanical bitters in place of the traditional half oz. of reliable supply. Let minds be calmed and not altered.
Raspberry Super-Lassi
Sweet-berry creamy concoction with tangy kefir. Select vitamins, tremella mushroom and a drop of aloe vera bring inner and outer glow. We make or unmake our lives every day.
Beyond Breakfast Lassi
Yoghurt, banana, mango, oats and generous plant protein (20g). Whether you are upar hathi (broad like elephant) or agarbatti (skinny like incense), you must enjoy life. Keep regular.
Bottle Soda
Thums Up
Bombay’s favourite cola, in bottles nicely worn from recycling. Indian import, mostly available. 300ml
Limca
Fizzy lemon drink. “Contains no fruit”. Indian import, mostly available. 300ml
Pallonji's Raspberry Soda
“Parsi is raspberry and raspberry is Parsi!” according to Mr. Kohinoor. 300ml
Still Or Sparkling Water
Devon spring water bottled in recycled glass by Frank Water, a charity that donates all profits to safe water projects in India and Nepal. 750ml
Fresh Juice & Shots
Green Fire-Not-Fire Juice
Pear, apple and lime mingle sweetly with cucumber, best leafy greens. And chilli. Choice vitamins and Ayurvedic roots & shoots for swifter healing than a trip to the bone-setters. Chilli may be fire or not fire, such is life.
Fresh Orange Juice
Fresh Ruby-Red Grapefruit Juice
Ashwagandha Mango Shot
Chilli-powered mango for the horse-like strength of lady-wrestler Hamida Banu. Defeat stress, noggin fog, low urges and the like.
Ginger Shot
Fiery ginger-apple tonic. Put pep in your step.
Turmeric Shot
Harmonising, healing, mind and body pleasing blend of turmeric, ginger and apple.
Tart Fruit Shot
Compromised constitution? Swallow this ube-berry-ade made with cider-vinegar. Repeat as necessary.
Spirulina Blue Shot
If you are hiccuping, someone is thinking of you. Sip this queen of cucumber elixirs for buoyant health in the belly and elsewhere.
BOOST YOUR HOTDRINK WITH A CURATIVE SHOT
Each one is a remedy-giver for complete mind and body restoration.
CLARITY-BOOSTING LION’S MANE
To enhance your health motor, rev-up your choice of Hotdrink (coffee, chai, etc., etc., etc.) with a curative shot, a remedy-giver for complete mind and body restoration.
Radiance-boosting Tremella
To enhance your health motor, rev-up your choice of Hotdrink (coffee, chai, etc., etc., etc.) with a curative shot, a remedy-giver for complete mind and body restoration.
Immunity-boosting Chaga
To enhance your health motor, rev-up your choice of Hotdrink (coffee, chai, etc., etc., etc.) with a curative shot, a remedy-giver for complete mind and body restoration.
Healing Waters
GRASS & CO. LIQUID FOCUS
Acclaimed tart-sweet lemon-elderflower fizzy drink with lion’s mane and ginseng for marvels of the mind. 250ml
G-SPOT LIFT
Lightly sparkled apple-raspberry water, sparked with Sarawak pepper. Wild mushrooms and best B-vitamins chivvy up your chakras with neither caffeine nor sugar. 250ml
VITAMIN WELL RECOVER
Still elderflower-peach water for balancing humours after exercise and excess. Enigmatic magnesium allays exhaustion. 500ml
Agua De Madre Water Kefir
Sparkling balance of sharp pink grapefruit, lime and salt, brimming with health benefits first discovered on the prickly pear cactus in Mexico. Embrace your digestive inmates!