In 2018, chef Arjun Malhotra returned from training under Heston Blumenthal with a singular ambition: to cook the food his grandmother made in Lucknow, elevated by everything he'd learned about technique, fire, and precision.
The result is Saffron & Smoke — a kitchen where clay pots share space with water baths, where the tandoor burns through every service, and where every dish tells the story of a spice route stretching centuries into the past.
Our menu changes with the seasons and the harvest. Our hospitality never does.
Our dining room seats just 48 guests by design — intimate, unhurried, entirely yours for the evening. The chef's table is available for parties of four or more.