[2] It was founded in 2010 by co-founders Shamil and Kavi Thakrar, along with Amar and Adarsh Radia, who both left the business in 2017.

As of January 2025, there are 10 Dishoom restaurants, with locations in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.

[9] In 2019, Dishoom published a cookbook with recipes for many of their popular dishes and cocktails, while also taking the reader on a tour of south Bombay.

They work with the charities Akshaya Patra[27] (India) and Magic Breakfast[28] (UK), founded by Carmel McConnell.

"Collectively, Magic Breakfast and Akshaya Patra serve 21.8 million children in England, Scotland and India."