See the first images of new Bengali Jesmond restaurant due to open in early 2026

Designed as a fully realised experience rather than a conventional restaurant, the team behind Tantara say the look takes its cues from early-20th-century Calcutta - specifically the city’s distinctive cabin cafés.

These were intimate, enclosed dining spaces where writers, artists, families and thinkers gathered.

While rooted in the subcontinent, Tantara is not a typical Indian restaurant according to the team. The concept is centred on the regional cuisine of Bengal,to the eastern side of India.

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Shah Lalon Amin, co-founder of Tantara, said: “The cabin cafés of Calcutta were places where people stayed longer than planned. They were about conversation, comfort and familiarity. That idea sits at the heart of Tantara. We wanted to create something rooted in a specific place and culture - both in the food and in the way the space makes you feel.”

Fit-out work is now in its final stages at the Osborne Road site, where the space is being transformed ahead of Tantara’s opening in early 2026.