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Zorawar Kalra — Founder & Managing Director, Massive Restaurants

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorawar_Kalra

Indian hospitality entrepreneur and one of the country's most decorated restaurateurs. Founded the original Farzi Café at Cyber Hub, Gurgaon in 2014 and grew the modern-Indian-bistro concept to twelve cities and two continents over the following decade. Son of the legendary Indian chef Jiggs Kalra, often called "the Czar of Indian cuisine". Co-founder of Massive Restaurants Pvt Ltd, the group also behind Made in Punjab, Pa Pa Ya and Dragonfly Experience. Brought the Dehradun rooftop to life in 2022 — Farzi's first hill-town location, set above 222, Dhakpatti, on Rajpur Road.

Chef Aman Bisht — Head Chef, Farzi Café Dehradun

Twelve-strong kitchen led by Chef Aman Bisht, formerly of Indian Accent and Bukhara. A Uttarakhand native, Aman moved home from Delhi in 2022 to open the Dehradun kitchen. His signatures — Galouti on a Stone, Dal Chawal Arancini, Awadhi Lamb Dum Biryani, Lal Maas Risotto — define the modern-Indian playbook the brand is known for.

Anjali Rawat — Bar Manager

Leads the bar programme. Built around Indian ingredients — saffron, curry leaf, jaggery, tamarind, mountain pine. Most-ordered cocktails: Saffron Sour, Curry Leaf Gimlet, Mussoorie Hill Highball.

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Farzi Café Dehradun is a modern Indian bistro and rooftop bar on Rajpur Road. Familiar Indian dishes — dal chawal, butter chicken, biryani — reimagined through Western technique, smoke and theatre. Six private cabanas, an onyx-lit bar, panoramic Mussoorie hill views.

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Farzi Café Dehradun opened in 2022 as the Himalayan outpost of India's most-awarded modern Indian bistro brand. The original Farzi Café was founded by hospitality entrepreneur Zorawar Kalra at Cyber Hub, Gurgaon in 2014; the brand now operates across twelve cities and two continents. The Dehradun location sits above 222, Dhakpatti on Rajpur Road — a rooftop with an open-air terrace, six curtained private cabanas under brass canopies, an onyx-lit bar and a covered indoor bistro with floor-to-ceiling glass walls. The kitchen, led by Chef Aman Bisht (formerly Indian Accent, Bukhara), reimagines familiar Indian classics through Western technique, smoke and theatre. The bar runs an Indian-ingredient-forward cocktail programme. Recognised by Condé Nast Traveller's Top 50, EazyDiner, Times Food Awards and the World Culinary Awards. Open daily 12 PM – 11:30 PM.