Damn good. All day.

All-day bar-café

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Cocktails!

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No matter the hour or shuffling mood at Permit Room – just come as you are.

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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

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.

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All-New All-Day Bar-Café

Permit Room Portobello

Curved proudly around a corner of London’s Portobello road. Tables crowd with good food, good drinks and good chat. Step inside.

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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 150,000 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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