Diwali is about light, generosity and being together, and London has plenty of ways to mark it this year. We’ve rounded up some of the best tasting menus, sharing feasts, events and sweet treats in London this Diwali.

Diwali 2026: Menus

1. For a Michelin-Starred Meal: Trishna

What: Diwali at Trishna comes as a five-course menu from executive chef Sajeev Nair, and it’s all about indulgence. The menu (veggie also available), is priced at £120 per person and runs from 2nd to 8th November.

Eat and Drink: A seafood paniyaram arrives with Oscietra caviar, followed by grouse cooked with single malt and a half lobster tail in lemon butter. Pudding is a gulab jamun tiramisu, topped with Mysore pak crumble and a filter coffee granita. Delicious.

Where: 15-17 Blandford St, London W1U 3DG

2. For Indian BBQ: Brigadiers

What: Brigadiers’ Diwali feast is a set menu with a fair amount of choice. The menu is priced at £105 per person, 5th to 14th November, or £100 per person for the vegetarian feast. Anyone gathering a crowd can take over a private dining room and pre-order beer towers and big-batch cocktails, from picante margaritas to negronis, so the first round is sorted before anyone’s got their coat off.

Eat and Drink: Starters come in the form of Dorset crab samosa, Konkani scallops with crispy chorizo and the restaurant’s original BBQ butter chicken wings. Mains are a venison shank korma, cod kalimirch tikka with malai korma, or a dum guinea fowl biryani, each arriving with dal makhani, aloo baingan masala and a pine nut and onion pilau. Pudding is a choice between saffron kulfi and kala jamun brulée, the restaurant’s riff on the classic sweet.

Where: 1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR

3. For a Diwali Thali: Taj London

What: At Taj London’s in-house restaurant, TH@51, Diwali comes as a thali (£59 per person), a meal designed to be shared. Running until 8th November, choose between a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian version, with the menu drawing on flavours from across India.

Eat and Drink: The vegetarian thali has crispy okra and a potato dish focused on Kashmiri red chilli, while the non-vegetarian version brings spiced Amritsari fish, a red chilli-heavy lamb bhuna gosht and a butter chicken-style murgh butter masala. Both finish on saffron rasmalai and gulab jamun.

Where: Suites and Residences, Taj 51, 51 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AF

4. For a Set Menu: KOKUM

What: Sanjay Gour, the former Gymkhana head chef, is behind KOKUM in East Dulwich, and its Diwali menu is a limited-edition feast made for sharing (£45 per person).

Eat and Drink: The menu brings together some of KOKUM’s favourites alongside more creative dishes including crispy spinach and kale chaat, paneer tikka angara, pani puri, and Achari chicken tikka, all to start. Mains include KOKUM’s butter chicken, the dal makhani, and two other curries for the table to feast on, served with a selection of rice and breads, followed by mango and cardamom shrikhand for dessert.

Where: 58-60 E Dulwich Rd, London SE22 9AX

5. For a Five-Course Menu: Babur

What: Babur, a Forest Hill institution for 41 years, is marking Diwali with a five-course tasting menu (£64.95 per person) of modern Indian dishes from head chef Jiwan Lal.

Eat and Drink: The menu begins with Delhi-style ram laddu chaat, crisp moong dal fritters with radish, mint chutney and tamarind, paired with a German Riesling. Malvani fish tikka follows, with chargrilled wild salmon, smoked coconut chutney and an Alsace Pinot Blanc. Mains are chicken anarkali in a saffron, almond and cashew gravy, alongside paneer kofta in a creamy spinach sauce. Pudding is khoya gujiya, a flaky pastry filled with reduced milk and nuts, with saffron yoghurt ice cream, a familiar Diwali sweet with a Babur twist.

Where: 119 Brockley Rise, Forest Hill, London SE23 1JP

6. For a Sharing Feast: Cinnamon Bazaar

What: Vivek Singh’s Covent Garden restaurant, inspired by the marketplaces of India, is marking Diwali with an eight-course feast, served from  19th October to 14th November.

Eat and Drink: On the line-up: tandoori chicken thighs, shrimp malai curry with coconut and cardamom, and spiced lamb mince with spinach and fenugreek leaf, finishing with almond and rose kulfi. There’s a Diwali-inspired cocktail thrown in too. For £39 per person, that’s an absolute steal.

Where: 28 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7JS

7. For a Tasting Menu: Trèsind Mayfair

What: After arriving in London, Trèsind is marking its first Diwali here with a festive tasting menu. It reworks the flavours India associates with celebration, gathering and abundance, and is available from 3rd to 7th November, for lunch and dinner (£115 per person).

Eat and Drink: The experience begins with arugula pani puri filled with preserved pear and feta cream, followed by a beetroot chop with potato, mustard and papaya chutney. Trèsind’s signature mushroom ‘chai’ follows, pairing king oyster mushroom with a crisp za’atar cannolo. Specially for the Diwali menu is a reimagined jalebi chaat, offering a playful nod to one of India’s most recognisable festive sweets. The dish brings together jalebi with avocado, strawberry and pomelo, finished with cooling yoghurt ice cream, reflecting Trèsind’s approach of taking familiar Indian flavours and presenting them in unexpected new ways.

Where: 13-14 Hanover Street, Mayfair, W1S 1YH

Diwali 2026: Events

8. For a Supper Club: The Exchange

What: Twelve of London’s South Asian supper club chefs are sharing one kitchen for a one-off, twelve-course Diwali feast, hosted by Priya Bowry of Maji Drinks and Vegetarian Brown Girls. All ticket profits go to the Nour Foundation to support people in Gaza.

Eat and Drink: Each chef brings their own take on South Asian flavours, so the menu moves quickly. Expect pani puri with pomegranate, a tomato carpaccio with burrata and chilli masala oil served with papad, and a pumpkin, charred corn and tomato kofta with pickled elderberries. It ends on a malai maska, a buttery cardamom cake with rose mascarpone and toasted katifi crunch. At the heart of the evening is Nour Elnono, a Palestinian chef and founder of the Nour Foundation, who will cook the main course. Born and raised in Gaza, Nour’s food and presence draws a direct connection between every plate to the people the money reaches.

Where: The Exchange, 1-13 Fernhead Rd, London W9 3EU

Tickets here

9. For a Programme of Events: Dishoom and Permit Room

What: Dishoom and Permit Room are running their biggest Diwali programme yet, and there’s a lot going on.

Eat and Drink: The main event is a house party at newly opened Dishoom Borough on 5th November, 7pm to 11pm (£25), with DJs, mehendi, a photo booth and food stations across both floors. Borough also hosts workshops from 6th to 8th November: chai and conversation with co-founder Kavi Thakrar (£5, all proceeds to Seeds of Peace), zine-making (£35, over 18s) and a family storytelling and card-making morning for children aged 4 to 9 (£7.50). Beyond London, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery hosts an evening of music and storytelling curated by BBC Asian Network on 2nd November (£35), and Permit Room takes over Brighton’s Royal Pavilion on 12th November (£85.90 tickets, 15% off for members).

Where: See the full list of events here

Diwali 2026: Sweet Treats

10. For Sharing Sweets: Cutter and Squidge

What: Cutter & Squidge has a 2026 Diwali collection that is egg-free and centres on South Asian sweets and desserts.  The range runs from celebration cakes to boxes of bite-sized treats and hampers, and it’s available to pre-order now for delivery.

Eat and Drink: The new addition for 2026 is the Ladoo Truffle Box, a take on the Diwali favourite made with egg-free brownie truffles in flavours including passionfruit and coconut, and raspberry, pistachio and rose. For the table, there’s the Diwali gulab jamun cake, an almond and cardamom sponge with saffron and rose buttercream and mango ganache, and a pistachio and strawberry rasmalai cake.

Where: Order here

11. For Personalised Biscuits: Baked by Steph

What: Diwali is about light, family and far too many sweets, and Baked by Steph has the goods ready if you can’t spend it with the people you love. The East London bakery, best known for its hand-iced cookies, is selling a Diwali diya cookie, delivered to doorsteps across the UK.

Eat and Drink: The diya is hand-iced on a buttery vanilla biscuit base, handmade in the bakery’s kitchen. You can add a message of up to three words, and the cookies are available for a limited time from 20th October.

Where: Order here

12. For a Collaboration Dessert: Fatt Pundit 

What: Fatt Pundit, the Indo-Chinese restaurant, has teamed up with its Covent Garden neighbour Floozie Cookies on The Double Date, a Diwali dessert available until 8th November.

Eat and Drink: The Double Date features a warm, chewy cookie made with fresh dates, soft brown sugar and a hit of strong black coffee, served with a mountain of date and pomegranate molasses soft serve. Perfect for the colder season, reminiscent of the warm, caramel-y flavours of sticky toffee pudding with an Indo-Chinese twist.

Where: Locations here