Award-winning Indian restaurant reveals date of first Glasgow opening
This will be Dishoom's second Scottish location, with the chain previously opening a site on St Andrews Square in Edinburgh in 2017.
It was previously estimated that the restaurant would create around 30 to 40 full-time equivalent jobs.
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For every meal ordered, a meal will be donated to a child who might otherwise go without – through partnerships with Magic Breakfast in the UK and The Akshaya Patra Foundation in India as part of Dishoom's Meal for a Meal initiative.
To date, more than 20 million meals have been given through Dishoom's 10 other UK cafes in Edinburgh, London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Each Dishoom restaurant uses a specific moment from Bombay's history or culture to inspire the design. In Glasgow, the look is rooted in a fictional narrative centred around Miss X, a former covert agent from Bombay, who now runs a bustling Irani cafe at the bottom of the Glasgow Stock Exchange.
Reservations will be available for breakfast and lunch, and for groups of six or more at dinner, and walk-ins are welcome at any time, according to management.
Chef Arun Tilak, Dishoom's executive chef, said: 'Bringing Dishoom to Glasgow has long been a dream of ours. The team has worked hard to create a space and a menu that feels authentic to Bombay while celebrating the character of Glasgow and the heritage of its South Asian community.
"We cannot wait to welcome our first guests through the door for shared stories and leisurely feasts.
'Every Dishoom tells a Bombay story which comes to life when people sit, eat and share together. That sense of warmth and welcome is at the heart of what we do, and we're so looking forward to seeing it in Glasgow.
"We invite people to make this cafe their own – whether they're grabbing breakfast before work or settling in for a big evening feast with friends and family.'
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