As first reported by the Liverpool Echo, the group has submitted a licensing application to open a site at Exchange Court on Dale Street.
General manager and floor manager job roles have now appeared on the company’s website confirming the opening.
The descriptions read: “We’re thrilled to be opening our brand-new Permit Room in Liverpool, and we’re on the lookout for a brilliant opening GM to lead the team!
“We are proud to be recognised as one of the best places to work in Hospitality. Looking after people is at the core of what we do, and we work hard to make life at Dishoom the best it can be.”
Permit Room is positioned as being a more drinks-led counterpoint to Dishoom’s core restaurant brand, and takes its influence from the ‘permit rooms, beer bars and drinking holes’ of 1960s and 1970s Bombay.
It opened its first site in Brighton in late 2023.
This was followed by locations in Cambridge and Oxford in 2024, and a London site in Notting Hill that opened earlier this year.
Speaking to Restaurant late last year, Dishoom CEO Brian Trollip described Permit Room as being a more guest-led experience when compared to the group’s concept.
“We are restaurateurs at heart and enjoy the fact that food is the heart of permit rooms in Bombay,” he said.
“Permit Room is different to Dishoom, it is a really fun all-day eating and drinking space – there is definitely a Dishoom feel to it, but it is a distinct experience.
“It’s a relaxed all-day space whereas Dishoom is quite curated – every single part of your journey is managed, whereas Permit Room is much more guest led. You can pop in and use it as you want at any point of the day.”
News of the Liverpool opening comes at a significant time for Dishoom.
The group, which operates 11 restaurants under its core brand, announced an agreement to bring outside investment into the business for the first time last month under a partnership with global consumer focused investment firm L Catterton.
The deal will pave the way for Dishoom to explore growth in other regions, including the US, where it is set to open a new location in 2026.
In its recently published financial results for 2024, Dishoom saw turnover increase to £137.1m from £116.8m the previous year.
Growth was attributed to the underlying like-for-like performance of the group’s established restaurants combined with the impact of new openings.
The group reported a pre-tax profit of £10.1m for the period, up from £7.4m the previous year, while adjusted EBITDA rose from £13.3m to £18.6m.