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In 2019, a Fortune 500 company hosting their annual conference in Lisbon made one request to their event coordinator: "We want food that nobody has experienced before." They chose India Gate Lisboa. By the end of the evening, three different guests had asked for the catering contact card. We have been catering corporate events in Lisbon for over 20 years — from intimate boardroom dinners to celebrations for 400+ guests. Trusted by Hyatt Regency, Sana Group, Kuoni Tumlare and

In our kitchen on Rua da Padaria, there is a spice box that has travelled from Gujarat to Lisbon. It belonged to the family of our founder Hemant Devani, and it has been the starting point of every dish we have served since 2005. Inside it — cumin, cardamom, coriander, turmeric, and a blend of garam masala that no recipe book has ever captured correctly. That box is why we cook the way we do. Not from a manual. Not from a trend. From memory, from family, from 20 years of feed

Lisbon has no shortage of good restaurants. But finding a place where the food carries a genuine story — where the chef learned a recipe not from culinary school but from their grandmother's kitchen — that is harder to find. India Gate Lisboa has been that place since 2005. Founded by Hemant and Anita Devani, our restaurant began as a simple idea: to share the real taste of India with Lisbon. Not adapted. Not softened for Western palates. Authentic — in the way that only 20 y