The Story of Saffron Soho

Saffron Soho is the Old Compton Street Indian restaurant formerly known as Maharaja Soho, now part of Ayman's Restaurant Group. The food, the late hours and the welcome are the same; the name reflects a wider family of restaurants across central London.

A Soho fixture

For years this room on Old Compton Street has fed Soho late into the night — theatre-goers, hospitality workers finishing shifts, and locals who know the kitchen is still on when others have closed.

Part of a family

Ayman's Restaurant Group runs sister restaurants including Maharaja Charing Cross, Maharaja Leicester Square, Shah Tandoor Euston and Taj Mahal Kings Cross. Saffron Soho carries that experience into one of London's busiest corners.

What we stand for

Warm, generous, accessible Indian food, made well and served at any hour. Not a concept, not fine dining — real Indian cooking, open later than anyone else in Soho.