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A Kashmiri spread laid out on a carpet: a brass samovar, dried red Kashmiri chillies, cinnamon bark, walnuts, a cup of kahwa, tabak maaz ribs and a copper pan of gushtaba in white gravy.

Sarol Gholti · Chamba · Himachal Pradesh

Chamba's first
Kashmiri wazwan.

The copper trami. Seven courses in their proper order. A waza's slow fire, carried over the Pir Panjal to a table in Sarol Gholti, beside a full non-vegetarian North Indian kitchen.

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First in Chamba

No wazwan house had opened in this town before ours.

Cooked by a waza

Trained in the Kashmiri tradition, not adapted to it.

10 am to 10 pm

Wednesday to Monday. Closed on Tuesdays.

An engraved silver plate of rice topped with fried fish and tomato, set on a woven mat beside a carved copper lidded pot, a bowl of green chutney and painted Kashmiri papier-mâché beads.

Our Story

A mezban is the one who hosts.

The word carries an obligation. A mezban is not the person who owns the room. It is the person answerable for whether everyone at the table has eaten well. In Kashmir that obligation has a shape: a copper platter, four guests seated around it, and a sequence of courses that nobody hurries.

Chamba has never had a house that served it. Wazwan travelled here the way most things travel through these hills: in stories, at somebody's wedding, remembered rather than eaten. We thought the town deserved the real sequence, cooked properly, on a weekday, without needing an invitation.

So Mezban opened in Sarol Gholti with a waza's kitchen at its centre and a North Indian non-vegetarian menu running alongside it, because not every table wants a trami, and every table should still eat well.

Be our guest

The Wazwan

Four guests. One platter.
Seven courses, in order.

A wazwan is not a buffet and not a thali. A boy brings the tash-t-naari, an ewer and basin, and you wash your hands at the table. Then the trami arrives: a single copper platter, mounded with rice, already carrying the first meats. From there the courses come out one at a time, and you do not choose them. The order is the meal.

    When the Gushtaba arrives, the meal is over.

    It is the last course by custom, not by accident. To leave before it is served, or to serve it early, is a discourtesy on both sides of the table.

    Book a full trami

    The Menu

    Wazwan, and everything straight off the flame.

    The art of hosting, served hot. Every guest who sits at our table leaves as family.

    All meats are halal. Dishes marked Please ask us are priced at the restaurant, so do check with us or ring +91 85804 02865. Kashmiri Wazwan dishes are pre-order only, cooked the old way in small batches, so please order a little in advance.

    An overhead spread of North Indian dishes in black bowls: biryani, butter chicken, chicken tikka on naan, samosas, pakoras, raita and chutneys.

    Not every table wants a trami.
    Every table should still eat well.

    The Room

    Come and see it
    for yourself.

    Checkerboard marble, a raised floor-seating platform laid with Kashmiri carpets, and a sign on the Sarol Gholti road you cannot miss after dark.

    A raised floor-seating platform with orange banquettes, patterned cushions and Kashmiri carpets, lit by rope-hung filament lamps, beside a black and white checkerboard marble floor.
    Floor seating, laid with carpets and cushions
    The main dining hall: blush upholstered chairs around marble-topped tables on a black and white checkerboard floor, under a panelled ceiling.
    The main hall
    Mezban's lit pink signboard at night above the entrance, reading Kashmiri Wazwan and Multi-Cuisine Restaurant, Sarol Gholti, Chamba.
    The door on the Sarol Gholti road, after dark
    Invitation card for Mezban's grand opening ceremony on Sunday 30 August 2026 at 4 PM, at Sarol Gholti, Chamba, opposite Naryal Palace.
    Grand opening · Sunday 30 August, 4 PM

    Events & Private Dining

    Host it the way
    it was meant to be hosted.

    A wazwan was built for a crowd. We cook it for weddings, mehndis, birthdays and company lunches, either in the restaurant or brought to your venue anywhere around Chamba. Tell us the headcount and the date and we will send back a menu and a figure.

    Enquire About an Event

    Wedding Trami

    The full sequence served four-to-a-platter, the way a Kashmiri wedding serves it.

    20 to 200 guests · 7 days' notice

    Private Room

    A closed table for family dinners, birthdays and anniversaries.

    Up to 25 guests · 48 hours' notice

    Corporate Lunch

    Fixed-menu service that runs to time, for offices and site teams.

    10 to 60 guests · 48 hours' notice

    Off-Site Catering

    Our waza and our copper, cooked at your venue in and around Chamba.

    By arrangement

    Reservations

    Keep a table
    in your name.

    Send the details and we will confirm by phone. For a full trami, or for parties above eight, please give us a day's notice so the waza can start early.

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    Find Us

    On the road through
    Sarol Gholti.

    Address

    Mezban - Multi Cuisine & Kashmiri Wazwan Restaurant
    Opp. Naryal Palace, Gholti
    Sarol, Chamba
    Himachal Pradesh 176310

    Hours

    Wednesday to Monday
    10:00 to 22:00
    Tuesday
    Closed
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