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26 May 2025 | By Sathrukanan

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Indian Restaurant Industry | What’s On Your Menu?



The Indian restaurant industry is worth Rs.75,000 crores and is growing at an annual rate of 7%. The industry is highly fragmented with 1.5 million eating outlets, of which a little more than 3,000 outlets form the organized segment. However, the organized segment is rapidly growing at an annual rate of 16%. Quick service segment is the clear winner in the eating out market with a growth rate of 21%.



Organized Segment is expected to reach Rs.22,000  crore by 2017, driven by:




  • Rising disposable income

  • Nuclear family structure

  • Increasing working population

  • Rapid urbanization and consumerism

    Brands By Segments



  • Quick Service Restaurants (QSR): Domino's, KFC, McDonalds

  • Casual dining restaurants: Pizza Hut, Yo! China, Sagar Ratna

  • Cafes: Cafe Coffee Day, Barista Lavazza, Costa Coffee

  • Fine Dining Restaurants: Mainland China, Sahib Sindh Sultan, Copper Chimney

  • Pubs, bars, clubs, lounges: Hard Rock Cafe, Xtreme Sports Bar, TGIF


  • Key Private Equity (PE) & Venture Capital (VC) Firms which have invested in the Restaurant Industry



  • NSR: Coffee day (360cr), Adiga’s (200cr), Ohri’s (200cr)

  • India Equity Partners : Sagar Ratna (180cr)

  • SAIF Partners: Specialty Rest. (120cr), Ammi’s Biryani (40cr)

  • Everstone Capital: Pind Balluchi  (110cr)

  • ICICI Venture: Devyani Intrnl–Pizza Hut, KFC, Costa (250cr)

  • Aditya Birla PE: Olive Bar (54cr)

  • Premji Invest:  JSM Corp-HRC, Shiro, CPK (130cr)

  • TVS Capital: Om Pizza (50cr), Indian Cookery-Yellow Chili

  • Helion Venture: Mast Kalandar (33cr), Booster Juice (16cr)

  • Sequoia Capital: Faaso’s (28cr)

  • VenturEast: Goli Vadapav (26cr)

  • IncuCapital: Steammo (40lakhs)

  • Matrix India: Yo! China (27cr)

  • Accel Partners : Kaati Zone


  • For a 30-40% stake, a typical PE investment is Rs.150-200 crores and a typical VC investment is Rs.20-30 crores. Funds are used for brand building, to open new outlets, standardize, and to expand to other geographic locations.