The Chef Behind Dubai’s Three-Star Trèsind Studio Just Opened in Mayfair
Himanshu Saini and Passion F&B bring Trèsind to Hanover Street: tasting-menu Mayfair, not a clone of the Palm Jumeirah Studio that made Michelin history.
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Trèsind Mayfair is open at 13-14 Hanover Street, the UK debut of Dubai’s Passion F&B and of the Trèsind brand outside the Middle East and India. Group corporate chef Himanshu Saini oversees the food; London head chef Amit Bagyal, who trained in the Dubai kitchens, runs the room day to day. Suyash Nath, CEO of Passion F&B for the UK and US and son of founder Bhupender Nath, is steering the expansion. The restaurant’s own site lists Monday to Saturday evenings (Sunday closed), with last reservation at 11:30 p.m.; confirm seatings and the current menu before you book.
This is not Trèsind Studio transplanted to Mayfair. Studio, the 15-seat Palm Jumeirah room where Saini is chef-owner, became the first Indian restaurant to receive three Michelin stars in 2025. Passion F&B instead brought the original Trèsind name (French très plus Ind, “very Indian”), which opened in Dubai in 2014 and later in Mumbai as a tasting-menu-only chapter. Saini has told The National that each city should adapt rather than copy-paste: Dubai’s Trèsind mixes à la carte and tasting; Mumbai and Mayfair lean experience-first. Restaurant Online’s May interview with Saini and Nath framed the Hanover Street menu as the brand’s most high-end Trèsind tasting yet, built for a city that already holds a dense Indian fine-dining map.
What repeats across launch coverage is the same thesis plate: Khichdi of India, a rice-and-lentil base finished tableside with a spread of ingredients mapped to Indian states (saffron from Kashmir, ghee from Haryana, curry leaves from Tamil Nadu, and so on in the Restaurant Online walkthrough). Other Mayfair dishes named in press include duck artichoke “shawarma,” mushroom “chai,” tortellini with gorgonzola dolce over smoked chicken makhani, and a light pandan payesh dessert meant to sidestep heavy mithai expectations. The National’s July 1 interview prices the vegetarian and non-vegetarian tasting menus at £125 per person and describes a twelve-course format; earlier May launch notes described seven courses plus snacks. Treat course count as something to confirm on tresind.co.uk the week you go.
Saini’s path includes Indian Accent in New Delhi under Manish Mehrotra and a stage at Hiša Franko in Slovenia. In interviews he keeps returning to flavour over gadgetry, and to breaking the UK habit of reading Indian food as only hot, rich, and curry-house shaped. Nath has said publicly he hopes Mayfair becomes the first Trèsind to hold a Michelin star of its own; that is ambition on the record, not an award already in hand. For London diners, the practical next step is a reservation at Hanover Street and a clear eye on which Trèsind you are booking: Studio stays in Dubai, Saini has said, as a one-off.