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“WE HAVE OFFERS AND ARE EXPLORING while making sure it is a well-orchestrated ballet in the
INDIAN ACCENT IN MULTIPLE WORLD front of the house with consistent quality checks at the
back of the house.
CITIES, BUT AS YOU KNOW FROM OUR
TRACK RECORD IT TAKES US A LONG Reflecting the city’s rich history, the restaurant pays
TIME AND A SPECTACULAR OPPORTUNITY homage to Mumbai’s art deco movement. What was the
idea/inspiration behind recreating the iconic style of
TO TAKE THE LEAP. YOU WILL BE THE the 1920s and 1930s with a contemporary twist?
FIRST TO KNOW WHEN WE DO SO.” My wife Rashmi and I have always loved art deco, and
beginning with our first restaurant Chor Bizarre, which is
in the art deco Hotel Broadway, that my grandfather had
competition they need to be up for and I think the team has built, we have always longed to design a restaurant as a
picked up the gauntlet quite well. homage to this movement.
What better city to do so than Mumbai which is second
What is it about the restaurant that makes guests feel only to Miami in the number of art deco buildings. Our
like home? brief to our designers was to take the essence of this
My mantra has always been to tell our team that we are not movement but still keep a contemporary thread. Russell
in the business of hospitality. At this price point, we are in Sage Studios, our Design Director Rohini Kapur and our
the business of pampering – and that is what we like to do Director Development Vikas Bhasin all did a great job to
by recognising guests and anticipating their needs – all the make it happen.

Indian Accent, New Delhi.

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