Nalli Nihari
Fall-off-the-bone lamb shank slow-cooked in a velvety Nihari sauce with roasted spices, ginger and herbs, prepared in traditional Banaras style.
An old city · A long meal
A long meal
in the Banarasi
tradition.
A modern Indian dining room rooted in the city on the Ganga — the food of the ghats and gullies, served the way it has been for generations.
01 · The name
The city on the Ganga.
Banaras is another name for Varanasi — one of the world's oldest living cities, set along the sacred banks of the Ganges. As Mark Twain once wrote, it is "older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend."
A city where every alley whispers stories and every flame carries centuries of ritual. Here, food is not just a meal — it is an experience.
We took the name because it sets that expectation. What you find at this table is rooted in that tradition — the soul of one old city, brought to yours.
02 · From the kitchen
A short list, cooked long.
The menu moves from the tandoor to the fire — chaats and small plates to open, slow-built gravies, biryanis sealed and opened at the table. Four anchors below; the rest of the room is on the page that follows.
Butter Chicken
Tandoori chicken thigh fillet in a buttery sauce of tomatoes and smoky fenugreek.
Saag Lamb
A North Indian specialty featuring tender lamb cooked with pureed spinach, onions and warming spices for a hearty, flavourful curry.
Paneer Lababdar
Paneer delicately folded into a robust lababdar gravy of roasted tomatoes, onions, butter and cream, enhanced with hand-ground spices for a balanced richness and subtle smokiness.
03 · The room
Long tables. The tandoor at your back. The evening already underway.
The room holds itself still. A single tandoor at the back of the kitchen that you can hear before you can see. The room is built for two-hour dinners — for the meal to find its own rhythm rather than be hurried along.
The food of the ghats does not hurry. We have built a room that learns from it. — from the kitchenStep inside the room →
04 · Where & when
Find us before the kitchen lights up.
Find us at 5/38 Weedon Cl, Belconnen. Reserve online and the kitchen will hold a table for the evening you have in mind.
Kitchen hours
- Mon — Tue5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Wed — Thu11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm - Fri — Sat11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm - Sunday11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Lunch & dinner service
Reservations
Reserve a table, or WhatsApp the kitchen for anything that needs a conversation. Walk-ins always have a table.
05 · The last word
Reservations welcome.
Walk-ins always have a table.
Pick a date online — a table can be held in a few clicks. For anything that needs a conversation, the kitchen is on WhatsApp.