A RESTAURANT inspired by the Iranian cafes of 1960s Bombay is to create 100 jobs In Edinburgh when it opens at 3a St Andrews Square later this year.

Dishoom Edinburgh will be the chain’s first venue outside London.

The three-storey restaurant, housed in a 1920s-era Grade-A listed building originally built as a warehouse for Forsyth’s department store, will have an open kitchen on the ground floor, a first floor café and dining room with views across St Andrew Square, and a basement cocktail bar.

The menu will feature small plates, grills, biryanis, salad plates, rolls and curries.

The 100 jobs created for Edinburgh will include openings for chefs, front of house, management and bar team.

Dishoom’s ‘head babu’ Kavi Thakrar, who attended Edinburgh University and has always maintained an affinity with the city, said: “We’re so excited to be opening in Edinburgh – a beautiful city that was my home for several years. And we’re delighted that by doing so, we’re creating 100 new opportunities for people to develop great careers in hospitality.”

Opened in the last century by Zoroastrian immigrants from Iran, there were almost four hundred Iranian cafés in Bombay, which is now known as Mumbai, at their peak in the 1960s. Now, fewer than thirty remain.