Bollywood comes to Dundee today (20^th March) when leading Indian film director Nileish Malhotra pays a flying visit to celebrate the city centre opening of Bollywood, the new restaurant concept conceived by well-known local entrepreneur Tony Hussain.

Located at 31 Albert Square, on the site of the former Pizza Express, Bollywood is a 175 seat buffet restaurant that introduces organic Indian food to the city.

Bollywood’s lush and extravagant interior, featuring a rich red carpet with velvet on the walls and bright red lea ...

Following the immediate success of Bollywood, the new restaurant which opened in Dundee only last month, the entrepreneur who conceived the concept has brought forward his expansion plans and is now actively seeking a working partner to drive the growth of the Bollywood brand throughout Scotland.

Dundee-based SHK Property and Investments has invested more than £1 million under a unique partnership agreement with Gastro Taverns, the bar and restaurant group formed by managing director Julian Mobbs last August.

Under the terms of the agreement between the two companies, SHK will now develop its licensed trade property portfolio alongside Gastro Taverns’ expansion of its assortment of restaurants and bars.

The first deal struck between SHK and Gastro Taverns, concluded in just eight weeks, has seen SHK purchase two bar/restaurants, one in Aberdeen and one in Kirkcaldy, which have then been leased to Gastro Taverns for redevelopment.

Mr Hussain said, “Although both restaurants are already commercially successful operations, I am convinced that Gastro Taverns ...