Edinburgh Cocktail Week has confirmed that 100 bars across the city will take part in the two-week event from Monday 11 – Sunday 24 October 2021.
Confirmed new bars include House of Gods, Rooftop 51, NQ64, Dishoom, Voyage of Buck (pictured), Juniper, The Barologist, Keller Taproom, Malmaison St Andrew Square, The Printing Press, Mother Superior, Three Marys, Yotel, The Bonnington, Ghillie Dhu, Hemingways, CC Blooms, The Black Fox, St Bernard’s and Mayvn will all be taking part for the first time this year.
Reappearing are Tigerlily, Harvey Nichols, The Refinery, Cold Town House, Le Monde, Black Ivy, Candy Bar, Copper Blossom, Lioness of Leith, SkyBar, The Raeburn, The Basement and Tonic.
There’s also a Cocktail Village at Festival Square with brands such as Hendrick’s Gin, Roku Gin, and House of Suntory, with the full line up to be announced in September.
London-based independent restaurant group Dishoom has opened its first Bombay-style bar and restaurant in Scotland with the launch of Dishoom Edinburgh at 3a St Andrew Square.
Housed in a 1920s-era listed building, the three-storey restaurant boasts an open kitchen restaurant on the ground floor, a first-floor café and dining room, and basement cocktail bar, The Permit Room.
The menu devised by Executive Chef Naved Nasir focuses on authentic Bombay comfort food, served as small plates, grills, biryanis, salad plates, rolls and curries. Both the restaurant’s menu and unique design are inspired by the original Irani cafés of Bombay.
Dishoom co-founder Kavi Thakrar said, “We’re so excited to have opened in Edinburgh – a beautiful city that was my home for several years while I was at university.”
Dishoom first launched in Covent Garden in 2010 and there are now four branches across London.
A top London independent restaurant group is expanding to Scotland with the launch of Bombay-inspired Dishoom Edinburgh, in St Andrew Square later this year.
The new venture is Dishoom’s first outside of London and will create 100 jobs, including openings for chefs, front of house, management and bar team.
Housed in a 1920s-era listed building at 3a St Andrew Square, the three-storey restaurant will have an open kitchen on the ground floor, a first-floor café and dining room, and basement cocktail bar called The Permit Room.
The menu devised by Executive Chef Naved Nasir will focus on authentic Bombay comfort food, served as small plates, grills, biryanis, salad plates, rolls and curries.
As a graduate of Edinburgh University, co-founder Kavi Thakrar is thrilled to bring Dishoom to the capital. He said, “We’re so excited to be opening in Edinburgh – a beautiful city that was my home for several years while I was at university. And we’re delighted that by doing so, we’re creating 100 new opportunities for people to develop great careers in hospitality.”
Both the restaurant’s menu and unique design are inspired by the original Irani cafés of Bombay. Opened early last century by Zoroastrian immigrants from Iran, there were almost four hundred cafés at their peak in the 1960s but less than thirty remain today.
Dishoom first launched in Covent Garden in 2010 and there are now four branches across London.