The "prolific restaurant" the Dishroom just opened a new location, the establishment's "first new London venue in five years." Much like their previous openings, co-founders Shamil and Kavi Thakrar enlisted the architecture studio, Macaulay Sinclair, for the interior design.
Dishroom Canary Wharf is visually stunning with its warm color palette and subtly opulent features. Shamil Thakrar explains that "when [ Kavi and him] create a Dishroom, [they] always start with a story" and this time is no different. For this new space, the co-founders and architecture studio agreed to imagine an Iranian cafe near the Bombay Stock Exchange in India. The time period is the 1970s, adding a retro feel. The owner of this fictional Iranian cafe is a "financial fraudster." Accordingly, this gave the architects the opportunity to experiment with an aesthetic that "has a rich history of financial intrigue."
Warm Persian-Inspired Restaurants
Macaulay Sinclair's Take on the Dishroom Follows a Story
Trend Themes
1. Warm Persian-inspired Restaurants - The trend of designing restaurants with a warm, retro, and opulent look.
2. Story-based Interior Design - The trend of designing interiors of restaurants based on a specific story.
3. Cultural Mashup Decor - The trend of experimenting with design elements from different cultures and time periods to achieve a unique look for a restaurant.
Industry Implications
1. Restaurant - Opportunity for restaurant owners to collaborate with interior designers to create a distinctive and immersive experience for customers.
2. Architecture and Interior Design - Opportunity for architects and interior designers to create unique storytelling and immersive designs in restaurant industry.
3. Hospitality - Opportunity for companies in the hospitality industry to leverage storytelling and unique cultural elements into their design of hotel and resort properties.