All-day bar-café
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Cocktails!
No matter the hour or shuffling mood at Permit Room – just come as you are.
Local DJs are on the decks, spinning worn vinyls and favourite grooves.
Festive Spread, packed with seriously nice (and naughty) dishes.
A salute to the Permit Rooms of Bombay
Permit Room is an all-day bar-café serving up delicious breakfasts, seriously good bar snacks, moreish curries, and plates for sharing (all with a selection of signature Dishoom delights). There’s also a knock-out line-up of cocktails to wash it all down with. It’s our tribute to the way Bombay kicks back and cuts loose – a salute to the city’s permit rooms, beer bars and drinking holes.
In 1949, liquor was banned in Bombay. Enterprising Aunties deftly served drinks from their front rooms, a boiled egg vendor stationed outside as a sign for those who knew. By the 1970s, the law was loosened up: permit holders (having obtained their liquor permits ‘for the preservation or maintenance of health’ no less) could buy alcohol. Permit rooms were officially born.
For the Goodness of One’s Health
This Novemeber
Shop, eat, drink, craft and shimmy at Dishoom Loves Market – an all-new celebration of the best South Asian talent. Market stalls. Craft workshops. All-out after-hours events. Find us each day with cravable cocktails, best Bombay street food and rare vinyl. Tickets are limited. Get booking. 21st – 23rd & 28th – 30th Nov | 347 Old Street, London.
Explore market
Flood tables with festive spirit
Xmas Feasting
Friends, family, colleagues: tuck into an Xmas feast like no other. At the centre: Turkey Raan, slow-cooked ’til falling apart. Flood plates with bottomless gravy. All-new merrily spiced Chilli Sprouts. Cranberry-stuffed and green-chilli-smacked naan. End with unlimited serves of Mince Pie Pudding full of Bun Maska, custard, spice and all things nice.
Pick your menu – Non-Veg., Veg. or Vegan. Your server will take care of the perfect spread for your table.
Damn good, all day
Food & Drink
Moreish curries, seriously good bar snacks, plates for sharing (and a handful of best Dishoom favourites). Breakfasts too. Wash it down with sharp, twisted, boozy cocktails (they pack a punch). Cold beers and special collabs, if that’s your thing. No matter the hour or shuffling mood at Permit Room – just come as you are.
The countdown is coming
Party With Us
Come knock your socks off at our flipping-glorious NYE Party: free fizz on arrival, four-course feast of favourites, live DJs spinning ’til late.
Food, drink, music, art!
What's on
Weekly DJ Nights
If you’re at Permit Room, be prepared to shimmy. We host different local resident DJs on the decks at each Permit Room every Thursday (and Saturdays at portobello), spinning everything from funk, punk and hip-hop, to Bollywood, disco and soul. Come for a bite, beer, boogie.
Where:All Permit Room locations
When:Thursdays (and Saturdays at Portobello)
Time:7.30pm onwards
Recipes, music, art and neighbourhood things
The Record
Charity
A Meal for a Meal
For each meal you eat at Permit Room, we donate a meal to a child. We’ve now donated over 500,000 meals. We work with two charities – Magic Breakfast in the UK and the Akshaya Patra Foundation in India – who provide nourishing, free meals to children who would otherwise go hungry. We couldn’t have done this without you!
People, Community, Planet
Understanding our impact
We’ve thought a lot about our impact on the world. We've taken time to understand our carbon footprint and taken steps to reduce it. We look after our team and are seen as a great place to work. Now, we’re pleased as punch to be a B Corp.
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