Six Years of
Culinary Passion

Born from a Dream of Spice and Memory

In the summer of 2018, Chef Arjun Mehta and his partner Priya Nair set out to answer a question that had haunted them for years: why did India's extraordinary culinary heritage rarely receive the fine-dining platform it deserved?

They opened Spice Route in a converted colonial bungalow on Indiranagar's 100 Feet Road — just 42 covers, a single open kitchen, and a menu that changed with the Indian seasons. The response was immediate and overwhelming.

Today, six years and half a million meals later, Spice Route stands as a living argument that Indian food belongs at the summit of world cuisine — not in spite of its roots, but because of them.