An exciting hybrid restaurant and street food venue is set to open in time for Christmas in a Nottinghamshire town.
360 Indian Restaurant Bar and Grill, on Main Street, Calverton, will be unveiled in December. The new venture is a collaboration between award-winning Nottingham restaurant 4550 Miles From Delhi owner Bobby Singh and the Ghuman family – owners of the award-winning Octavian Group of companies.
The owners have big plans for 360 Indian Restaurant. When it opens in December, it will boast a modern interior with a bar menu alongside Indian street food – as well as a more formal restaurant area and event space that will accommodate up to 150 guests.
The venue will also play host to live music and DJs on specially curated nights.
The restaurant will be managed and run by Bobby Singh and sisters Monica and Ruby Ghuman, who will be mentored by their father, successful entrepreneur Sukhi Ghuman.
Ruby Ghuman said: “We really felt this part of Nottinghamshire needed an Indian restaurant/bar concept. I have been saying to my dad that we have to travel to Birmingham, Leicester or Derby to find an Indian that is more relaxed, a hybrid between a pub and a restaurant. I also wanted to add music to make Sundays and some evenings more fun.
“360 Indian Restaurant will be completely different from its more traditional counterparts. This allows people to not have to trek all the way into town to experience something unique and beyond the norm. We can’t wait to get started and welcome our first guests.”
Bobby Singh added: “I love 4550 and the fact that it has been going strong in Nottingham for over 20 years, but I wanted to create the start of a hybrid concept of informal/formal dining that can grow aggressively in the UK – this is why I chose the Ghumans as my partners – they know how to scale aggressively.
“I have many recipes that can form part of a hybrid eatery, to complement our current formal dish menu. I also have noticed way more vegetarians, so I have catered for a balanced menu, whereas traditional UK Indian food menus have had a meat bias.
“Some of the dishes are so unique that I am sure the customers will love them – the Indurrito being one (which is basically an Indian Burrito) and the Caramelised Mixed Grill, which is a much more flavoursome Mixed Grill.”
Bobby has been in the Indian food industry for the past 16 years and spent three months last year studying the art of India’s speciality chefs in the Punjab region of North-West India and chefs in the Diplomatic Sector of New Delhi.
Sukhi Ghuman said: “I have known Bobby for 13 years and have been a regular customer of 4550 Miles From Delhi since 2004. This new concept will mean people can come in, have a drink and street food in the bar, or they can have the complete formal sit-in dining experience – the aim being to grow this concept around the UK.”
The restaurant will be open 7 days a week from lunchtime to 11 pm and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.
360 will be officially opened by former Premier League and England international footballer Emile Heskey on Thursday, 12th December.
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