Hindoostane Coffee House

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Hindoostane Coffee House
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Plaque commemorating the coffee house
Hindoostane Coffee House
Restaurant information
Established1810 (1810)
Closed1812 (1812)
Food type Indian curry house
Location34, George Street, London, England
Coordinates 51°31′03″N0°09′23″W / 51.5174°N 0.1565°W / 51.5174; -0.1565

The Hindoostane Coffee House, opened at 34 George Street, London in 1810 as the Hindoostane Dinner and Hooka Smoking Club, [1] was an Indian restaurant, and the first of its kind in the British Isles. It was founded by Sake Dean Mahomed, a former captain in the British East India Company's Bengal Army. [1] [2] [3] It closed in 1833, when Mahomed became bankrupt. [1]

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Its location is marked by a City of Westminster plaque, erected in September 2005. [2]

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    1. 1 2 3 Hamid, Syed Ali (11 May 2022). "The London Curry Scene In The 1930s". The Friday Times . Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
    2. 1 2 "Curry house founder is honoured". BBC Online . 29 September 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
    3. ↑ "Curry factfile". British Food Standards Agency. 27 November 2003. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007.
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