Fate, served warm
Indian · Arabic · Halal

The spice route, served in Edinburgh.

Slow charcoal mandi, coastal Kerala curries and Arabian grills, from a new family kitchen on Melville Place.

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✦ 100% Halal kitchen ✦ Mandi & Alfaham ✦ Malabar coastal curries ✦ Dum biriyani ✦ 13A–14 Melville Place
Kismath
kismat · fate
the meeting of two coastlines
Our story

Where the Malabar coast meets the castle city.

Kismath is our first restaurant, built around recipes carried from the backwaters of Kerala and the mandi houses of the Gulf. We brought them north to a sandstone corner of New Town, where the light turns the same amber as our charcoal.

A Malabar fish molly beside a Yemeni mandi, and Edinburgh's long evenings made for a long, slow feast.

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Explore the kitchen

Four ways to feast.

Arabic Specials
Mandi · Alfaham
Arabic Specials

Slow charcoal mandi trays, alfaham grills and Yemeni classics.

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 South Indian
Malabar coast
South Indian

Coastal Kerala curries, appam, idiyappam and dum biriyani.

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 Tandoori
Charcoal grill
Tandoori

Clay-oven kebabs, tikka and breads, straight from the coals.

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 House Specials
Chef's picks
House Specials

The dishes we're known for — the ones worth the journey.

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Chef's signatures

Dishes worth the journey.

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Signature

Alfaham Mandi

£10.99

Charcoal grilled alfaham chicken served over Arabian mandi rice.

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Signature

Chicken Mandi

£9.99

Arabic mandi is a traditional dish that originated from Yemen, consisting mainly of meat and rice.

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Signature

Kappayum Konjum

£14.99

Steamed tapioca served with spicy Kerala prawn curry.

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A table on Melville Place.

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