Mowgli Street Food to welcome customers in Brighton

Mowgli Street Food will be opening its doors in Dukes Lane, Brighton, where it will be changing the way locals and tourists alike eat a curry.

With the menu said to be “a million miles away from the curry stereotype”, a spokeswoman for Mowgli said: “These dishes convey the truth that real Indian food is extremely healthy, often vegan and always packed with fresh flavour.”

Mowgli's award winning menu has served foodies for nine years. (Image: Mowgli)

The restaurant was founded in 2014 by Nisha Katona MBE, who had been a barrister for 20 years. She gave up her career to pursue her passion for food, opening her first restaurant in Liverpool.

Since then, the restaurant has expanded to 18 other sites. Nisha said: “I choose my cities according to requests on social media.”

She said: “We are so excited to have found that perfect Mowgli home on Dukes Lane.

“The building is very Mowgli. We will bring our signature twinkle, trees, and swings to create for you an Indian home from home.”

The finishing touches are still being added to the Brighton site, to create the intricately-detailed and eye-catching interior.

The restaurant is famed for its swinging seats, and will take over the site of the former Oasis store.

Mowgli Glasgow (Image: Mowgli)

Nisha told The Argus in 2021: “Brighton has always been high on our wish list for Mowgli.

"It is exactly our kind of town with our kind of people; bohemian brave foodies."

Mowgli is said to be about the way Indians eat in their home kitchens and lunchtime street stalls. She said: “We hope diners will love Mowgli's passion for healthy, fresh Indian food. The menu is entirely comprised of dishes from my family’s recipes.”

Nisha was recognised in 2019 with an MBE for services to the food industry, and is a food writer featured in many publications.

Mowgli will open its Brighton branch on Friday, February 24.

The restaurant donates up to £500,000 each year to charities, which they say enriches the lives of their teams, and gives back to the communities they belong in.

Nisha said: “To make Brighton truly our home, we will adopt Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice as our house charity to whom we will dedicate our time and resources"