# dishoom 💥

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2025-11-25
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2025/11/25/dishoom/
- Categories: essay
- Tags: eating, food, restaurants

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> If I told you a “Harvard MBA grad turned Bain consultant launched a successful business that gained traction by gamifying the payment experience”, what industry would you guess? Fintech? EdTech? Mobile gaming? Sports gambling? Stock trading? Dating app? A dating app that connects sports gamblers with stock traders? How about Indian fine dining? There’s no way you guessed that. Stop it. But that is the exact business co-founded by Harvard MBA and ex-Bain consultant Shamil Thakrar.

*Source:* [Dishoom's $400m Restaurant Playbook - by Trungphan2](https://www.readtrung.com/p/dishooms-400m-restaurant-playbook)

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<p>an incredible lede to a wonderful story about an entrepreneurial success. it's a bummer that i've still not been able to try dishoom in London. However, I am definitely not going to waste the opportunity to visit NYC for this experience. </p>
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