Dishoom Leeds Lunch: What’s on the Menu and What Do You Get for £15?

If you’re looking for lunch in Leeds city centre, Dishoom on Vicar Lane offers a couple of tempting ways to work your way through some of its best-known dishes without having to navigate the entire all-day menu.

Available on weekdays, Dishoom Leeds has two lunchtime sharing menus starting from £15 per person. Both are designed for two people and bring together dishes inspired by the cafés, grills, street stalls and family kitchens of Bombay.

There’s a lighter £15 option built around salads and grills, or a more substantial £18 lunch that includes a small plate, grill, pulao and Dishoom’s signature House Black Daal.

So, what exactly do you get for your money?

The £15 Swift Vitality Lunch at Dishoom Leeds

The most affordable of the two options is the Swift Vitality menu, priced at £15 per person and designed for two diners to share.

For £30 between two, you can choose one salad and two grills, making this the lighter of the two lunchtime options.

Choices include dishes such as Dishoom’s Chilli Broccoli Salad and Murgh Malai.

The latter sees chicken marinated overnight with garlic, ginger, coriander and cream, creating a milder, richer alternative to some of the restaurant’s more spice-forward dishes.

The format also makes this a useful option if you fancy trying several things rather than ordering an individual main course each.

What Do You Get on the £18 Lunch Menu?

For bigger appetites, the Prompt Replenishment menu is priced at £18 per person, again based on two people sharing.

This time, you get one small plate, one grill and one pulao, along with Dishoom’s signature House Black Daal.

The daal is one of the dishes most closely associated with Dishoom. Made with black lentils and cooked slowly over 24 hours, it has a rich, creamy consistency and is a longstanding fixture on the restaurant’s menus.

At £36 for two people, the Prompt Replenishment option gives you a broader selection of dishes than the £15 menu and is likely to suit anyone looking for a more substantial sit-down lunch.

When Is the Dishoom Leeds Lunch Menu Available?

Both lunchtime menus are available at Dishoom Leeds Monday to Friday between 12pm and 5pm.

That relatively generous five-hour window means they work for everything from an early lunch to a late afternoon meal, particularly if you’re spending the day shopping or working in Leeds city centre.

The menus are specifically designed as sharing spreads for two people, so bear that in mind if you’re planning to visit alone or as part of a larger group.

Where Is Dishoom Leeds?

Dishoom Leeds is located on Vicar Lane in Leeds city centre, within easy walking distance of Victoria Leeds and the city’s main shopping areas.

The Leeds restaurant brings Dishoom’s distinctive take on the old Irani cafés of Bombay to Yorkshire, combining Indian food with interiors and hospitality inspired by the cafés that were once an important part of Bombay life.

Alongside the weekday lunch menus, Dishoom Leeds serves an all-day menu featuring many of the dishes for which the restaurant group has become known, as well as drinks and Leeds-specific additions.

Is the Dishoom Leeds Lunch Menu Worth Considering?

At £15 per person for the Swift Vitality menu, the lunchtime offering provides one of the more affordable ways to try Dishoom Leeds, particularly if there are two of you and you’re happy to share.

The £18 Prompt Replenishment menu costs only £3 more per person but adds a small plate, pulao and the House Black Daal into the mix, making it the more substantial of the two options.

Which one makes sense will largely depend on your appetite. The £15 menu looks better suited to a lighter lunch built around salads and grilled dishes, while the £18 option offers more of the comfort-food experience Dishoom is known for.

Either way, if Dishoom has been sitting on your Leeds restaurant list, its weekday lunch menus offer a relatively affordable place to start.

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