Manju's

06/09/2026

Kheer

Cardamom & saffron rice pudding.
Fresh figs.
Salted pistachios.
Tonka bean gelato.
Edible flowers on top.

03/09/2026

Thank you Giulia Crouch for the amazing write up for Waitrose food magazine

30/08/2026

https://youtu.be/t3deHxM1rEE?is=p2acTJdFF0GSFxWC

I visited the oldest chef in Great Britain! Manju is nearly 90 year...

26/08/2026

We’re in this month’s Waitrose Food Magazine!
🙏🙏
❤️❤️

23/08/2026

Paneer Shashlik — smoked marinated paneer, char-grilled with peppers and onions, finished with cool mint yogurt.
Served sizzling straight to your table!

22/08/2026

NO DI*****DS

It’s been long acknowledged that a successful business is built on creating successful team with a commonly shared culture. At Manju’s this is our aim - a team with a shared culture.
This is the thinking behind this book.

We have looked at this area in great detail and taken as a role model The All Blacks Rugby team - the team with the highest winning record in all team sports - ever. They have their equivalent of the Book of Culture in which they write down their basic beliefs. The one that resonates with us is the one “No Dickheads” and we are adopting it. Which means...
Even if someone is really competent if they don’t behave in a way that accords with our culture - they won’t be on the team. Culture trumps competence in our book. You can train to competence but if behaviours clash with culture this is toxic and not acceptable.

If persistent training and mentoring doesn’t improve competence then employees will be removed from the team.
If customers abuse our food, our approach or our staff - i.e. behave as ‘dickheads’ - they will be invited to leave.
There are enough good customers available to build a good business without bothering with the ‘dickheads’.
We look to staff to stand up and be counted - be accountable - especially when a mistake occurs rather then, like a ‘dickhead’ trying to blame others.

21/08/2026

WE PUT MEANING AND PURPOSE BEFORE PROFIT!

The first imperative of a business is to make sufficient profit to remain in business and to fund growth. We know, however, that today other factors play a huge part in a business’s success - Meaning and Purpose.
We believe that if we get these right and communicate them properly they will resonate with our customers and that profit will flow from the business they give us. This means…
We will remember at all times that our purpose is to tell people about Gujarati food and redefine people’s perception of Indian food.
We will take no short cuts - no drive to reduce costs if the consequences of this are to move us away from our traditional recipes - even if this means we have
to reflect this in our prices.

We will remain genuine and true to our Gujarati origins and traditions.
We will continue our work in the community with schools and clubs to allow people to sample and learn about our food and our traditions.
We will publish and sell a recipe book on Gujarati cooking and recipes.

Culture is the way you think, act and interact.

20/08/2026

More from Manju’s Book Of Culture!

At Manju’s we honour the traditions and origins of traditional Gujarati food and cooking. We are totally committed to plant based Vegetarian cuisine and will never serve meat or fish.
We are a family based business and will follow the preparation and cooking principles laid down and handed down through the generations, by our
Mother Manju, afterwhom the business is named.
Our recipes will respect both the planet and the environment, seeking to serve local and seasonal product.
We will not ‘westernize’ our approach. We will remain genuine. We will cook and serve in traditional Gujarati ways.

There’s no road map for what we are doing - “Redefining Indian Food”.
We will make mistakes on the way - and learn from them. This is part of the growth programme - mistakes are part of the growing and learning process. They’re
OK as long as we learn from them.
We’re committed to growth - and growth can be challenging - but grow we must. Standing still in our industry is not an option.
The minute we stop trying to improve we’ll start to slide backwards, so staff, at all levels, need to be in their own growth cycle.
At Manju’s we don’t stand on what we have achieved - we are constantly seeking growth.

Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game.
It is the game!

19/08/2026

The next extract from Manju’s Book of Culture!

We will succeed by “Redefining Indian Food”
This is the outcome of the work we have done on “Positioning” - the single word, concept or idea that we seek to own in the minds of our customers and prospects - ‘Refining Indian Food’.
This is not a one-off project. Others will see what we are doing and will copy.
It’s up to us to keep improving because what may seem “Exceptional” today will be “Commonplace” tomorrow.
It’s the start of a journey - The Manju’s Journey - to growth, both commercial and personal, to overcome challenges and to opportunity.
It’s going to be fun - and it’s going to be one helluva ride!

Culture beats strategy everytime.

18/08/2026

Manju’s Book Of Culture!

Imagine Manju's as a much larger business than it is now, possibly with a number of restaurants. Imagine this phrase
"Redefining India Food" as a large banner behind which all our staff - many more than we have now - march. Think of it as a large heavy banner needing a number of poles to hold it upright and people to hold these poles.
This is the thinking behind creating the Manju's book of Beliefs and Behaviours.
A Culture is created by Beliefs driving Behaviours so we choose to call it the Manju's Book of Culture as we know that the culture of a business is what sets it apart from its competition.
The Hospitality and Restaurant Industry, in which we exist, is brutally competitive and business failures are all too common. To exist and to grow we must be distinctive, separate from the faceless chains which dominate our High Streets. We need a culture of our own.
This booklet sets out our Beliefs, the Behaviours that flow from these Beliefs and the Culture this creates.