Kulcha Express Kulcha Express
An Amritsari kulcha thali spread with curries, samosas, fresh kulcha bread, raita and sides

Amritsar → London · Since 2017

The real taste of Amritsar.

Kulchas off the tandoor, chana that takes all day, fresh chaat and mithai — now in seven branches around London.

Award-winning · Asian Awards & Prestige 4.5★ · 6,000+ Google reviews
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By the numbers

Seven kitchens, one standard.

What we’ve built since the first shop opened in 2017.

7 Branches across England
70,000+ Meals donated in 2020
6,000+ Google reviews
4.5 Average rating

The Food

Built around the kulcha.

Breads off the tandoor. Gravies cooked for hours. Chaat made to order. Veg and non-veg.

Amritsari kulcha thali: a stuffed kulcha with chana masala, raita, onions and butter on a steel tray Signature
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Amritsari Kulcha Thali

A stuffed kulcha straight off the tandoor, brushed with butter, served with chana, raita, onion and pickle. The dish we’re named after — order it once and you’ll get it.

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Chana bhatura and chana puri trays with puffed fried bread, chana, onions and raita
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Chana Bhatura & Puri

Puffed, fried bhatura with a bowl of slow-cooked chana. A Punjabi breakfast that works at any hour.

Seven brass-rimmed bowls of curries including dal, paneer, chana and butter dishes
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The Curry Counter

Dal makhani, palak paneer, chana, butter dishes — gravies in brass katoris, veg and non-veg.

Street chaat spread with golgappe, green chutney and bowls of chaat
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Street Chaat

Golgappe, tikki, dahi and tamarind. Sharp, cold and crunchy — the street-food end of the menu.

The Sweet Counter

Mithai, made fresh.

Ladoo, barfi and jamun — boxed for weddings, festivals, or no reason at all.

Five from the counter ↓
Mixed sweet platter with assorted barfi, ladoo and pista squares

Mix Sweet Platter

A bit of everything — the easy choice when you can’t pick one.
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Plate of bright orange motichoor ladoo stacked in a pyramid

Motichoor Ladoo

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Stacked squares of pistachio-topped khoya barfi

Khoya Barfi

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Plate of golden boondi ladoo

Boondi Ladoo

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Coconut-rolled gulab jamun on a plate

Coconut Gulab Jamun

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Boxes and trays for any occasion — ask in branch, or see catering.

Since 2017

From one Heston shop to seven kitchens.

Eight years, the same obsession — cook Amritsari food the way it’s meant to taste, and feed people well.

The Kulcha Express shopfront with awning and street-food signage
Southall The Green · 2017
  1. 2017

    Where it began

    The first Kulcha Express opens in Heston, West London.

  2. 2018

    A second branch

    We grow our footprint across West London.

  3. 2020

    70,000+ meals

    Through the pandemic we feed NHS staff and families who needed it most.

  4. 2021

    Asian Awards

    Named Best Vegetarian Restaurant of the Year in London.

  5. 2022

    Prestige Awards

    Indian Restaurant Brand of the Year.

  6. 2025

    Seven kitchens

    Serving Amritsari food right across England.

Find Your Branch

Seven doors, one taste.

Dine in, take away or order ahead.

Catering & Events

Cooking for a crowd?

From a thirty-cover office lunch to a five-hundred-guest wedding — the same kitchens, scaled up. Veg, non-veg and pure-veg menus, with mithai trays to match.

  • Weddings
  • Corporate
  • Festivals
  • Private parties
  • Mithai trays