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Dishoom to Open Another London Restaurant on the South Bank

Planning documents reveal that the popular Bombay-style chain intends to take over the former home of Las Iguanas next to Royal Festival Hall.

The queues at Dishoom are now as essential a London experience as a ride on the Tube. Diners often wait up to an hour at the King's Cross and Covent Garden branches for a taste of the restaurant's biryanis, bhel and bhaji. But if queues aren't your thing, the good news is that Dishoom is opening more and more outlets across the city.

The newest outlet is set to be on the South Bank. Soon, the Mumbai-inspired chain will take over the former home of Las Iguanas, next to the Royal Festival Hall, with a planning application to Lambeth Council showing it wants to make a few changes.

Dishoom's application includes a proposal to erect a verandah structure with a retractable roof and openable sides over an existing outdoor seating area, to make it 'sleeker' and allow year-round use. Planters will wrap around the area to give it a clear boundary. Dishoom is also seeking permission to install a glazed ramp linking the pavilion to the main restaurant.

If approved, the development is expected to cost up to £2m and be complete by 10 October this year. However, it's not yet clear when a new Dishoom could actually open for business.

The new outpost comes not long after Dishoom revealed it would open another branch at the Grade II-listed Hop Exchange in Borough. It will be its eighth London restaurant and 12th overall.

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