Tap & Tandoor

What Tap & Tandoor does

Tap & Tandoor is an independent UK hospitality company operating a chain of five Indian gastro pubs across England: Solihull (founded June 2018), Peterborough (2019), Southampton (2022), Portsmouth (January 2024), and Bournemouth (2024). The company combines British pub culture — craft beer, cocktails, live sports, quiz nights, and entertainment such as darts and shuffleboard — with authentic Indian cuisine, including tandoor-cooked grills, homestyle curries, signature Indian-inspired cocktails, and Indian-style Sunday lunch. The business serves a broad consumer base of walk-in diners, families, couples, group bookers, corporate event clients, and takeaway customers, and offers private dining spaces of up to 40 guests at Bournemouth and Portsmouth. Pricing is transaction-based across dine-in covers, a £40-per-person bottomless brunch available seven days a week, unit-priced Sunday lunch mains at £17.95-£19.95, group entertainment bookings, and gift vouchers; the company also operates a visit-based Reward Club loyalty programme via a mobile app on iOS and Android.

The underlying technology stack is conventional hospitality tooling: Shopify powers the order.tapandtandoor.co.uk e-commerce and ordering platform and the gift voucher storefront, Lightspeed handles point-of-sale and venue ordering, Favourite Table manages table reservations, and FANZO streams live sports to venue screens. Payment processing supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Diners Club, Discover, Maestro, and Union Pay. The brand consistently positions itself as the first Indian gastro pub in each of its markets and maintains an average of 4.6-4.7 stars across Google review profiles (with review counts of 318-1,431 per site) and FSA hygiene ratings of 5/5 at four of five locations. The business is privately held with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or institutional investors, and is run as an independent hospitality operation with site-level invested management.

Name

Tap & Tandoor

Legal name

Tap and Tandoor

Website

https://tapandtandoor.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tap & Tandoor is an independent UK hospitality operator running five Indian gastro pubs across England, combining craft beer, cocktails, tandoor-fired Indian cuisine, and live entertainment for casual diners, families, group bookings, and private event clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indian Gastro Pub / Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (THAFAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (CRANACAB)

Keywords

• Indian gastro pub
• Craft beer pub
• Tandoor restaurant
• Private dining hire
• Bottomless brunch

Headquarters

HQ city

Solihull

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food and Beverage Sales: Core revenue stream from food and drink sales across 5 restaurant locations. Includes Indian gastro pub cuisine, craft beers, cocktails, and specialty drinks. No automatic service charge is added, with tips earned rather than assumed.
2. Delivery and Collection: Online ordering system for takeaway and delivery from all 5 locations, using their own order.tapandtandoor.co.uk platform.
3. Private Dining and Event Hire: Revenue from private dining bookings, corporate events, venue hire, and catering services. Rooms available in Bournemouth (up to 40 guests), Portsmouth (up to 40 guests), and Solihull (Room 1: up to 8, Room 2: up to 20).
4. Gift Vouchers: Sale of gift vouchers for use across all locations.
5. Reward Club Subscriptions: Loyalty program offering credits after multiple visits: £10 credit after 3 visits, £15 after 6 visits, £20 after 9 visits. Credits redeemable for Sunday lunch, bottomless brunch, and regular menu items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tap & Tandoor operates an Indian gastro pub chain across five UK locations, combining authentic Indian cuisine (tandoor-cooked mixed grills, homestyle curries) with British pub culture (locally-sourced craft beer, cocktails, live sports). The core offering is dine-in food and beverage service, supplemented by Sunday Lunch, Bottomless Brunch, private event hire, online collection and delivery, and a loyalty reward club accessible via mobile app.

Product overview

Tap & Tandoor is an independent Indian gastro pub chain operating 5 UK locations (Solihull, Peterborough, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth) as a unified hospitality brand. The core offering combines craft beer culture with authentic Indian cuisine featuring tandoor-cooked grills, homestyle curries, and Indian-inspired cocktails. Key products include the core gastro pub dining experience, Sunday Lunch service, and Bottomless Brunch (£40/person, 90 min). Entertainment offerings vary by location: Live Sports (all venues), Quiz Nights (Mon, Southampton/Peterborough/Bournemouth), and Darts & Shuffleboard (Bournemouth only). Additional services encompass Private Dining (up to 40 guests), Collection & Delivery via Shopify, Gift Vouchers, Tap's Reward Club loyalty app, Food Catering, and seasonal Christmas Party Menus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Indian Gastro Pub Dining Core dine-in offering across five UK locations combining authentic Indian cuisine (tandoor-cooked mixed grills, homestyle curries) with British pub culture, craft beer, and Indian-inspired cocktails. Open from midday seven days a week.
• Sunday Lunch Indian-style Sunday roast served at all five locations every Sunday 12pm-3pm, featuring tandoori mains (Lamb Shank £19.95, Tandoori Chicken £17.95, Paneer Tikka vegetarian option) with Lacha Paratha, seasonal vegetables, and gunpowder potatoes. Pre-booking required by Saturday 5pm.
• Bottomless Brunch All-inclusive brunch experience priced at £40 per person for 90 minutes of free-flowing beer, wine, prosecco, cocktails, and soft drinks, plus any two dishes from the Small Plates, Tandoor, or Sides menus. Available 7 days a week 12pm-3pm with minimum 2 people.
• Private Dining and Event Hire Private event hosting for corporate events, birthdays, baby showers, hen/stag parties, and celebrations with dedicated spaces. Bournemouth and Portsmouth accommodate up to 40 guests; Solihull offers rooms for up to 8 and 20 guests.
• Live Sports Viewing Live sports streaming on big screens powered by FANZO, featuring football, rugby, and cricket across all five UK locations.
• Monday Quiz Nights Weekly Monday evening quiz nights hosted in Southampton, Peterborough, and Bournemouth locations.
• Darts and Shuffleboard (Bournemouth) Interactive entertainment at Bournemouth venue featuring electronic darts lanes and shuffleboard tables for groups of up to 8 players, with full food and drinks table service.
• Gift Vouchers Digital and physical gift vouchers available for purchase, valid toward food and drinks at all five locations.
• Tap's Reward Club Loyalty programme via mobile app (iOS and Android) offering tiered credits: £10 credit on signup, £10 after 3 visits, £15 after 6 visits, £20 after 9 visits. Credits redeemable for Sunday lunch, bottomless brunch, and regular menu items.
• Collection and Delivery Takeaway and delivery service available from all five locations via the dedicated online ordering platform at order.tapandtandoor.co.uk, powered by Shopify.
• Food Catering Off-site catering service bringing Tap & Tandoor's menu to public events, festivals, offices, and private celebrations.
• Christmas Party Menu Seasonal festive menu available November-December across all locations featuring traditional Christmas dishes with Indian flavours. Prices vary by location (e.g., Solihull £35 meat/£33 vegetarian, Portsmouth £37.50). Requires £10 per person deposit.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Local Breweries (Per City)coreOthersTap & Tandoor works with local breweries in every city they're in. The tap list in Southampton differs from Peterborough or Portsmouth because different breweries serve each location. Portsmouth features local South Coast breweries including Staggeringly Good. This is described as a core principle rather than a formal partnership arrangement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pho: UK casual Vietnamese restaurant chain. Comparable themed-cuisine multi-site casual dining model with similar UK regional roll-out cadence and target demographic.
• Honest Burgers: Independent UK casual dining burger chain with regional expansion. Comparable independent multi-site UK casual dining operator at similar scale, though with different cuisine focus.
• Mowgli Street Food: Multi-site UK Indian street food and curry chain serving small plates and craft beer. Overlaps directly with Tap & Tandoor's Indian gastro pub daypart and small-plates menu approach.
• Turtle Bay: UK Caribbean-themed restaurant and bar chain with bottomless brunch, cocktails and a strong multi-site casual dining model. Comparable bar-led casual dining structure and regional roll-out cadence.
• Bundobust: UK restaurant group combining Indian street food with craft beer across multiple UK cities. Closest direct comparable to Tap & Tandoor's Indian + craft beer gastro pub concept, with a similar multi-site independent positioning.
• The Real Greek: UK Mediterranean restaurant group combining themed cuisine with bar and brunch service. Comparable casual dining + bar + brunch structure across a multi-site UK estate.
• Franco Manca: UK sourdough pizza chain with strong regional presence and independent-to-grown positioning. Comparable independent multi-site UK casual dining operator profile.
• Loungers: UK-listed operator of Lounge and Cosy Club bars/restaurants in secondary high street and suburban locations. Closely comparable multi-site UK casual bar-and-food model with similar venue footprints.

Broad incumbents

• Wagamama: Major UK pan-Asian casual dining chain with broad national footprint. Comparable Asian-cuisine casual dining format and daypart programming, though at significantly larger scale.
• Dishoom: Established UK Indian restaurant group with multiple London and regional sites. Overlaps on Indian cuisine and daypart-led restaurant economics, but operates at higher price point and larger format.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tapandtandoor
• Facebookfacebook.com/tapandtandoor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tap-&-tandoor
• Instagraminstagram.com/tapandtandoor

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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