Trends · data through September 2026

Indian & South Asian in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 2,038 stores from 1,632 Indian & South Asian chains in the United Kingdom. Namaste grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Crispy Dosa and Shalimar.

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
1,632
Tracked stores
2,038
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. Namaste and Crispy Dosa sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Namaste ▲5 +16.5%
2 C Crispy Dosa ▲2 +14.8%
3 S Shalimar ▲7 +14.6%
4 S Saravana Bhavan logo Saravana Bhavan ▲3 +13.5%
5 T Taj Mahal ▲5 +8.7%
6 T Tandoori Hut ▲3 +8.1%
7 S Spice ▲4 +6.7%
8 T The Raj ▲5 +6.3%
9 S Saravanaa Bhavan - +3.9%
10 S Spice Hut ▲1 +3.0%
11 W Watan ▲1 +2.6%
12 T Taste Of India ▲2 +0.6%
13 R Rishi's Indian Aroma logo Rishi's Indian Aroma ▲5 -0.9%
14 T The Viceroy - -6.9%
15 T Taste of Raj ▲2 -7.2%
  • Cardamon at the Bridge
  • Dishoom
  • Royal Nawaab
  • Charminar Restaurant
  • Hyderabad Darbar
  • Mowgli Street Food
  • Saravana Bhavan
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,038 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cardamon at the Bridge (1)
  • Dishoom (11)
  • Royal Nawaab (3)
  • Charminar Restaurant (2)
  • Hyderabad Darbar (1)
  • Mowgli Street Food (24)
  • Saravana Bhavan (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Mowgli Street Food logo Mowgli Street Food 24
  • 2 S Spice Hut 24
  • 3 K Kebabish Original 20
  • 4 T Taste of Lahore 12
  • 5 D Dishoom logo Dishoom 11
  • 6 A Akbar's 10
  • 7 T Taste Of India 9
  • 8 T Taj Mahal 8
  • 9 T The Raj 8
  • 10 T Taste of Raj 8
  • 11 S Shree Krishna Vada Pav logo Shree Krishna Vada Pav 8
  • 12 C Crispy Dosa 8
  • 13 N Naan Staap logo Naan Staap 8
  • 14 S Spice Lounge 7
  • 15 C Cinnamon 7
  • 16 S Spice 6
  • 17 I Indian Ocean 6
  • 18 W Watan 6
  • 19 C Chennai Dosa 6
  • 20 K Kulcha Express 5
  • 21 S Saffron 5
  • 22 S Spice of India 5
  • 23 T tamatanga logo tamatanga 4
  • 24 M MyLahore logo MyLahore 4
  • 25 P Permit Room 4
  • 26 B Bombay Chow 4
  • 27 N Nawaab 4
  • 28 S Saravana Bhavan logo Saravana Bhavan 4
  • 29 N Namaste 4
  • 30 H Hoppers logo Hoppers 3
  • 31 P Paratha Box logo Paratha Box 3
  • 32 S Shalimar 3
  • 33 L Little Lahore 3
  • 34 R Rishi's Indian Aroma logo Rishi's Indian Aroma 3
  • 35 R Royal Kitchen 3
  • 36 R Royal Spice 3
  • 37 R Royal Nawaab logo Royal Nawaab 3
  • 38 T The Viceroy 3
  • 39 T The Spice Lounge 3
  • 40 S Saravanaa Bhavan 3
  • 41 S Spice Tandoori 3
  • 42 D Dhamaka 3
  • 43 D Desi Dhaba 3
  • 44 T Taste of Punjab 3
  • 45 B Biryani Hub 3
  • 46 T Tandoori Hut 3
  • 47 T Tipu Sultan 3
  • 48 S Shere Khan 3
  • 49 A Anjappar 2
  • 50 R Royal Lahore 2

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