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Hindoostane Coffee House
Plaque reads: Site of Hindoostane Coffee House – 1810 – London's first Indian restaurant – Owned by Sake Dean Mahomed 1759–1851
Plaque commemorating the coffee house
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Established 1810 (1810)
Closed 1811 (1811)
Food type Indian curry house
Street address George Street
City London
Country England
Coordinates 51°31′03″N 0°09′23″W / 51.5174°N 0.1565°W / 51.5174; -0.1565

The Hindoostane Coffee House was the first Indian restaurant on the British Isles. It was opened by Sake Dean Mahomed, a former captain in the British East India Company's Bombay Army, in George Street, London in 1810. It closed a year later for lack of business.

Its location is marked by a City of Westminster plaque, erected in September 2005.

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