Top 10 Husband-Wife Team Run Restaurants in Ahmedabad
Restaurant business requires teamwork to make it a success so couples here are getting together to run eateries together rather successfully
26 Nov, 2018 by Sonal Kellogg
Gujaratis are known for their entrepreneur skills and business acumen and women are as skilled as men in setting up and running businesses. Also, many women in Gujarat have used their business acumen with their natural knowledge of food to good use by joining their husbands to successfully run restaurants which provide a nice ambience with a customer connect which is much better than other restaurants.
Here we feature the different restaurants which are being run and operated by couples which include vegetarian, non-vegetarian, cafes, fast food joints and even gaming cafes. These restaurants bring the female touch of attention to detail and creativity along with sound business practice to each venture. These couples show team effort in the best way, through demonstrating it on a daily basis. Couples pool in their individual talent and together they manage to bring out the best in each other with great ideas and that is what makes these places a success. We have selected for you the top ten eateries which are run by a husband-wife team in Ahmedabad.
List of husband-wife run restaurants and cafes in Ahmedabad:
This popular Indian fast-food and street-food café and restaurant has two outlets, one on Prahlad Nagar Road and one on Sindhu Bhawan Road.
It is run by Bhumika Shajwani and Suneel Shajwani. Bhumika designed the interiors of Kailash Parbat and takes care of the finances while Suneel looks after the food and the day-to-day running of the place. The chaat and various other Indian snacks are very popular here.
Price for 2: Rs 700
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This vegetarian multi-cuisine restaurant is run by Archana and Deepak Bhuwania jointly. This restaurant is located behind Rajpath Club on S G Highway.
Both Archana and Deepak run the place together sharing in the operations. They mingle with the guests and provide a very welcoming atmosphere for customers in Deeana. There is also one more outlet of Deeana in Chandkheda area.
Price for 2: Rs 1000
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A gaming café, here you can play video games while enjoying vegetarian fast-food and other multi-cuisine options. Located on Vijay Char Rasta on the first floor, this place has nice cold beverages and lots of video games. It is run by Jwal and Isha Thakkar jointly.
Price for 2: Rs 750
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Capsicum is part of the Whistling Meadows Resort on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on S G Highway, close to Nirma University. It is a vegetarian restaurant which serves a huge buffet on weekends which is very popular. It also has a swimming pool where people can spend time taking a dip before a meal.
It is run by Rupal and Rahul Ghiya.
Price for 2: Rs 800
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This newly opened café is located on Campus Corner Complex at St Xavier’s Cross Roads close to half a dozen colleges so needless to say it is very popular with the college-going crowd of the area. This is a vegetarian café which makes its own breads, pizza bases and panini etc in-house. They make lovely snacks which are reasonably priced.
It is run by Bhavik and Bhumi Mehta.
Price for 2: Rs 800
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Theokaphe is a bakery cum café located behind The Grand Bhagwati Hotel on S G Highway. It is run by Urja Patel and Mihir Patel. The chef of this café is Mihir while Urja is a biotechnologist specializing in nutrition. Together they run Theokaphe, a vegetarian joint and are also involved in extensive catering.
Price for 2: Rs 800
Located on IIM Road, this non-vegetarian eclectic place serves sandwiches and innovative creations. It is run by the husband and wife team of Himanshu and Takshashila Desai. This is one of the first places to provide an interesting non-vegetarian eating experience with books one can read while eating. As the name suggests, it has an amazing variety of sandwiches, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian ones.
Price for 2: Rs 800 INR
One of the most successful non-vegetarian bakeries cafes in town which has grown from its humble beginnings to a chain of cafes, Upper Crust is a couple of years short of completing 30 years since its inception.
This popular joint is run by Lester and Monisha D’Souza. Lester is a bakery chef and Monisha overseas the financial part of the business.
Price for 2: Rs 1000
This is a new concept in Ahmedabad and the only such restaurant in the city. It is a couples only restaurant where only a heterosexual couple is allowed to have a meal. All the meals are specially curated set menus which one can choose from starting from Rs 1500 per couple. This is a vegetarian place designed for couples to have a romantic and pleasing time while enjoying a meal.
It is managed by Suril and Chaitali Udeshi.
Price for 2: Rs 800
Located on S G Highway, Soho Il Forno mainly serves Italian food. It is known for its New York style pizzas. It also serves amazing chicken wings and Chicago style deep dish pizza. This place is run by Darshan and Mosam Rawal who have returned from New York to start a business here in Ahmedabad.
Price for 2: Rs 1200
Written By
A published author working on her second book, Sonal worked for many years as a journalist in The Indian Express, The Asian Age and DNA Newspaper where she regularly reviewed restaurants and wrote about food. She worked in Nairobi as a general manager of a group of restaurants in another era. She loves experimenting with food but is also known for her Biryanis and Kababs and even her baking skills. She likes travelling to little known places and if she finds quaint eateries it just makes the trip more fun. Currently based in Ahmedabad, she is happy with the growing awareness of gourmet food in the city.
