Dakhin

Dakhin An authentic South Indian cusine experience in the heart of Glasgow. The UK's first and only Indian restaurant serving 100% gluten-free and nut-free food.
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A highly acclaimed South Indian cuisine restaurant at Glasgow's Merchant City. We're talking about authentic recipes using fresh natural ingredients from award-winning chefs. Food worth talking about, and a warm dining experience to savour.

“Would be very hard to top this place for authentic South Indian cuisine.”That is what one guest said after dinner with ...
08/07/2026

“Would be very hard to top this place for authentic South Indian cuisine.”

That is what one guest said after dinner with us.

Lamb chops. Mildly spicy and full of flavour.

A vegetable korma that apparently earned “best ever” status.

Mamsam Biryani. A favourite at the table.

Good food, good service, Kingfisher on draught and a table that left happy.

This is what we care about.

Authentic South Indian cooking.

Everything from our kitchen is gluten-free and nut-free, as always.

Book your table at Dakhin.com.

07/07/2026

The £15 lunch thali.

Three curries. Rice. Bread. Raita. Dessert.

Vegetarian with paneer, vegetables and lentils.

Or chicken and lamb if you want meat.

All gluten free. All nut free.

All made the Dakhin way.

In South India, this is not a light bite.

This is lunch done properly.

03/07/2026

The Chaitini is creamy, spicy, and built to sit beside a masala dosa.

The Passionfruit Martini cuts through a Chettinad chicken.

The Margarita holds its own against anything from the Kerala end of the menu.

Our food is 100% gluten-free and nut-free. Our cocktails are made to match it.

Book through the link in our bio.

You call it gut health. We call it dinner.South Indian cooking was built this way long before anyone put it on a wellnes...
01/07/2026

You call it gut health. We call it dinner.

South Indian cooking was built this way long before anyone put it on a wellness list.

Lentils in the dal and the dosa batter. Fibre and plant protein, fermented for easier digestion.

Chickpeas ground into flour and folded through the curries. Slow-release energy, kind on the stomach.

Turmeric, cumin, black pepper, curry leaves. Not for show. Every spice earns its place, and the body knows it.

Coconut instead of cream. Lighter, and the reason you leave without the bloat.

None of this is a health menu. It is just how the food is made in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Fully gluten free, fully nut free, the way it has always been.

Book your table through the link in our bio.

29/06/2026

The three foot dosa.

A dosa is a fermented rice and lentil crepe, crisp at the edges, soft in the middle. South India has been making them for centuries. We make ours three feet long.

Choose your filling. Lamb, chicken, seafood, paneer, or spiced potato. Or take it classic with Mysore chutney.

Served with sambhar, thengai chutney and takali chutney. Naturally gluten free, the way it has always been made.

Bigger than the table.

Order one and find out.

Book your table at the link in our bio.

The people who know the regulars by name and the menu by heart. Who remember your allergies before you have ordered. Pro...
26/06/2026

The people who know the regulars by name and the menu by heart.

Who remember your allergies before you have ordered.

Proper South Indian cooking, made fresh, served by people who care that you get it right.

Tell us what you cannot eat.

We will make you something great.

Never tried South Indian food before?Forget what you know about a curry house. No naan. No tikka masala. This is the foo...
24/06/2026

Never tried South Indian food before?

Forget what you know about a curry house. No naan. No tikka masala.

This is the food of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where coconut, black pepper, curry leaves and tamarind do the work that wheat and cream do up north.

Every dish is 100% gluten free and nut free. Not a separate menu. The whole kitchen.

Here is where to start. Swipe through.

Dakhin. Glasgow's first South Indian restaurant. Since 2002.

Book your table at Dakhin.com.

23/06/2026

Things you will find in our kitchen.

Coconut, fresh off the block. Curry leaves. Black pepper, Cardomom, Mustard Seed. Tamarind. Rice and lentil batter, fermenting overnight for the dosas.

Things you will not.

No nuts. No wheat. No gluten. No shortcuts.

Not a separate menu. The whole kitchen.

Proper South Indian cooking. Glasgow, since 2002.

Book your table at Dakhin.com.

19/06/2026

Friday night. The best table in the house, and Manoj pouring a cold Kingfisher.

Start with a dosa. Then the Venchina Mamsam, slow-cooked and built on heat, with Thengai Annam and a proper sambhar alongside.

Finish with a Chaitini.

Authentic South Indian cooking. Fully gluten free, fully nut free. The way it is made in the south, not a curry house in sight.

Book your table now at https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/dakhin/reservations/create/search?client_id=b625f06273f8f375f0e5719a82e8eb4a16bdf07c3961769d962d52db990d88725fa406e866393d5edb07ad734cf302355143577729b6c2370b3387658272fd96&date=2026-05-01&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnC0Rej-G2MKqHCt9TJcnM3c07CzmGjJ8vzltwLpkYtTtDCQu4es7mo9SdSQ0_aem_2_bopLAKXx7yjPHxVB0EQw&utm_content=link_in_bio&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ig.

Glasgow Indian Restaurant Gluten-free Nut-free Merchant City

17/06/2026

We asked Glasgow a simple question. What does being a dad mean to you?

The answers were better than we expected.

This Father's Day, bring yours to Dakhin. Traditional South Indian cooking. Fully gluten-free. Fully nut-free. Twenty three years in the city.

Father's Day, Sunday.

Book now: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/dakhin/reservations/create/search?client_id=574405109063a3fae60e450f0b44c8571131328557902502897702436cbc11e7dad15b0fae30868d274e79614606caebc17dd4e54c708487bb37032203e499f2

Address

89 Candleriggs
Glasgow
G11

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 2pm
5pm - 10:30pm
Tuesday 12pm - 2pm
5pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday 12pm - 2pm
5pm - 10:30pm
Thursday 12pm - 2pm
5pm - 10:30pm
Friday 12pm - 2pm
5pm - 10:30pm
Saturday 1pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 1pm - 10:30pm

Telephone

+441415532585

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