Tamil Prince group targets South London expansion with new pub ambitions
Leeson, who founded the business with chef Prince Durairaj, says the operator currently runs the Tamil Prince and Tamil Crown, along with three Tamila restaurant sites. The group has averaged about one new site a year and now hopes to add another pub within two years, possibly in South London. There are no external investors; expansion is funded from the profits of existing sites and must be justified by trading performance. The pair began with a Hackney Wick takeaway, then moved into pubs after persuading a landlord to take on the whole Islington site, which opened as the Tamil Prince in 2021. The Tamil Crown, with a first-floor dining room and Victorian layout, sits alongside the Tamil Prince and both sites aim to blend a traditional pub feel with South Indian cooking, while keeping each venue distinct. The Tamil Crown is currently ranked 34th in the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list. A Christmas menu is planned across the pubs, drawing on the Crown’s Sunday roast concept while emphasising Tamil Nadu flavours, with dishes such as samosas, prawns, saffron chicken and paneer, and centrepieces like spatchcock chicken and lamb shoulder, plus sides including spiced carrots and sprouts, gunpowder potatoes, masala gravy and roti. Source: The Morning Advertiser
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