Trends · data through September 2026

Indian & South Asian in London

Iceflower tracks 472 stores from 393 Indian & South Asian chains in London. Saravana Bhavan grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dishoom and Spice Hut.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
393
Tracked stores
472
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Indian & South Asian chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Saravana Bhavan and Dishoom sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Saravana Bhavan logo Saravana Bhavan - +9.6%
2 D Dishoom logo Dishoom - +1.7%
3 S Spice Hut - -3.6%
4 T Taste of Raj ▲1 -4.6%
5 N Naan Staap logo Naan Staap ▲1 -15.4%
6 H Hoppers logo Hoppers ▲1 -49.7%
7 S Sambal Express ▼3 -83.7%
  • Dishoom
  • Charminar Restaurant
  • Hyderabad Darbar
  • Royal Nawaab
  • Saravana Bhavan
  • Taste of Lahore
  • Spice Hut
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

472 tracked store locations in London. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dishoom (6)
  • Charminar Restaurant (2)
  • Hyderabad Darbar (1)
  • Royal Nawaab (1)
  • Saravana Bhavan (3)
  • Taste of Lahore (8)
  • Spice Hut (16)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Spice Hut 16
  • 2 K Kebabish Original 10
  • 3 T Taste of Lahore 8
  • 4 N Naan Staap logo Naan Staap 7
  • 5 D Dishoom logo Dishoom 6
  • 6 S Sambal Express 4
  • 7 T Taste of Raj 4
  • 8 H Hoppers logo Hoppers 3
  • 9 B Bombay Chow 3
  • 10 S Saravana Bhavan logo Saravana Bhavan 3
  • 11 T The Kati Roll Company logo The Kati Roll Company 2
  • 12 T Taj Mahal 2
  • 13 S Saffron 2
  • 14 M Mowgli Street Food logo Mowgli Street Food 2
  • 15 C Colonel Saab logo Colonel Saab 2
  • 16 C Crispy Dosa 2
  • 17 R Royal Lahore 2
  • 18 L Lahore Kebab House 2
  • 19 M Madras Restaurant 2
  • 20 M Mumbai Local 2
  • 21 N Nanna Biryani 2
  • 22 C Chennai Srilalitha 2
  • 23 C Chatkhara 2
  • 24 T Taste of Punjab 2
  • 25 C Chennai Dosa 2
  • 26 G Gurkha's 2
  • 27 M Meera's Xpress 2
  • 28 S Shree Krishna Vada Pav logo Shree Krishna Vada Pav 2
  • 29 A Anjappar 2
  • 30 S Saravanaa Bhavan 2
  • 31 C Charminar Restaurant 2
  • 32 D Dawat Restaurant Norbury 1
  • 33 B Banglapara 1
  • 34 A Amar Gaon 1
  • 35 S Spice Khazana 1
  • 36 G Gurkha Club 1
  • 37 A Annapurna 1
  • 38 T The Crown of Bromley 1
  • 39 R Royal Kitchen 1
  • 40 M Mona Food Chaat House Green Street 1
  • 41 L Lahore Xpress 1
  • 42 H Hyderabadi Bawarchi 1
  • 43 H Hello Mumbai 1
  • 44 C Crispy Dosa Woodgreen 1
  • 45 B Biryani Junction 1
  • 46 R Royal Nawaab logo Royal Nawaab 1
  • 47 K Khyber Pass 1
  • 48 S Station 31 1
  • 49 B Biryani Kitchen 1
  • 50 S Scarlet Rasoi 1

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