Choti:Papa, will you play with me?
Papa:After I clean up, dear.
Choti:Papa! Papa, it's your turn!
Welcome to DishoomBattersea

Bombay, like Battersea, has hosted the dreams of an imagined future: in the grand visions of newly-independent Bombay; in the bold architecture of Battersea Power Station – each home to a brave, electric metropolis.

Dishoom Battersea is a tribute to the future-seekers behind these two areas. The story that sits behind the retro-futuristic design is that of a young girl in Bombay who is transported from 1953 to an imagined 2023, where she discovers superpowers. Open all day, every day, serving Bombay comfort food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening tipples. All are welcome.

Food and Drink atDishoom Battersea

Begin your day at Dishoom with breakfast, which might be a Bacon Naan Roll, Akuri or The Big Bombay. Then, lunch lightly on a Paneer Roomali Roll and fancy Salads or linger with a feast. Refresh your afternoon with a drop of Chai and a small plate or two. Dine early or dine late. Or just join us for a tipple – perhaps a New Permit Room Old-Fashioned, an old classic. Reimagined.

Battersea Specials

BHATTICHICKEN

A full-flavoured lesser-known version of Tandoori Chicken (bhatti referring to the fire it is roasted over). Succulent chicken, still on the bone, marinated with fragrant fennel and whole lindi peppers, tempered with earthy stone flower for a smoky-tipped aroma and distinctive black hue. Served beside vibrant heaps of green chutney and onion salad.

CHOTI’SPUNCH

Rose & Cardamom Lassi, old-established favourite, is laced with dry spiced rum and rosé vermouth. Clear, strong, sweet. Convince yourself. Created in honour of the potent punch of our comic heroine, Choti Dishoom, a young girl from 1953 Bombay who finds herself in an imagined 2023.

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Reservations
at Battersea

Dishoom is mostly a walk-in café. All are welcome, any time, no reservations needed. However, if you'd like to make a reservation, groups of any size may book during the day. After 6pm, we accept bookings for groups of six or more.

Group Bookings
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The past and future, Bombay and London, are together here in these walls. Across the globe, in newly-independent Bombay, architects, town planners and writers had grand dreams of their own. Their portraits and plans hang optimistically amidst the electric, retro-future design. A picture of a world they dreamed of.

Indrajal Comics was a popular comic book series in India, published by Bennet, Coleman & Co, the publisher of The Times of India, from 1964 to 1990

A retro-futuristic couple's silhouette portrait

This cover features a Hindi-language edition of a Superman issue published by Star Publication India Book House

Habib Rahman (1915-1995) was an influential Indian architect celebrated for his pioneering work in the Bahaus style

Perin Jamshedji Mistri (1913 – 1989), born into a prominent Parsi family made an indelible mark on Bombay's skyline and architectural landscape over almost fifty years

Perin Jamshedji Mistri's designs for the Cable Corporation of Bombay

Bombay via London

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Dishoom Battersea

42 Electric Boulevard

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SW11 8BJ

Battersea has been a place where the future was imagined.

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