Our brand-new retrofuturistic home opposite Battersea Power Station is now open. The bold architecture of the power station speaks of the visions of a brave electric metropolis. Across the globe, in newly independent Bombay, architects, town planners and writers had grand dreams of their own. Dishoom Battersea is a tribute to these future-seekers.
Bombay, like Battersea, has hosted the dreams of an imagined future. The founding myth that sits behind the design of Dishoom Battersea is that of Choti Dishoom – a girl who lives in Bombay in 1953 and is transported (with the help of magical dice) to an imagined 2023, where she discovers she has superpowers.
We’ve loved creating Choti Dishoom and may one day continue her story. In the meantime, she has helped us – light-heartedly – bring past and future, Bombay and London, together for the retro-futurist design of Dishoom Battersea.
Kindly read on for her story – at least the beginning of it.
BEGIN YOUR DAY AT DISHOOM with breakfast, which might be a Bacon Naan Roll, a Kejriwal or a Big Bombay. Then lunch lightly on Roomali Rolls and Salad Plates, 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 an India Gimlet, a Permit Room Old-fashioned, or our very good Dishoom IPA?
Dishoom Battersea
42 Electric Boulevard
London
SW11 8BJ
Tel: 020 7420 9327