DHUNKI
The bar at Dhunki
Est. 2019  ·  Bar & Kitchen

Dhunki

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Continental plates, a considered bar, and a room that hums until late.

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Bar & Kitchen Open Daily · 12PM–12AM Circular Road, Lalpur
Continental Fine Dining◆ Craft Cocktails◆ 300 Labels Deep◆ Circular Road, Lalpur◆ Noon Till Midnight◆ Private Hire◆
A plate set down at a candlelit table
A cook finishing a dish in the Dhunki kitchen
01 The Room

A quiet obsession, served warm.

Dhunki takes its name from a word for a tune that lodges itself in you and refuses to leave. That is the whole brief. One room, low light, forty covers, and a kitchen that cooks the classics of the continent with a memory of somewhere warmer.

Nothing here is in a hurry. The stock has been on since morning, the ice is cut to order, and the last table is never rushed. Come for dinner; stay because the room keeps humming.

2019
Established
40
Covers
300+
Labels
7
Course Menu
03 The Bar

Fourteen seats. No wrong order.

Our bar is its own room within the room — clarified, fat-washed, fermented and stirred down. Sit at the counter and let it lead.

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04 The List

Everything worth pouring.

Cocktails built to a house style, a cellar that leans old world, and a short list of things with no alcohol in them at all.

12
pours on the list

Built here, and on the list until the room says otherwise.

Nocturne
01 ◆

Rocks

Burnt orange twist

Whisky 24%

Nocturne

950

Bourbon, burnt orange, cacao bitters, smoked oak

Smoky Bittersweet Oak
Gilded Hour
02

Nick & Nora

Cardamom pod

Rum 22%

Gilded Hour

1,050

Aged rum, amontillado, demerara, cardamom

Nutty Warm Spiced
Velvet Ash
03

Coupe

Blackberry, pepper dust

Tequila & Mezcal 21%

Velvet Ash

980

Mezcal, blackberry, dried citrus, black pepper

Smoky Fruity Sharp
Midnight Bloom
04 ◆

Coupe

Mint crown

Gin 20%

Midnight Bloom

920

Gin, chamomile, apricot stone, garden mint

Floral Delicate Herbal

Made properly, measured to the gram, and never reinvented.

Negroni
01

Rocks

Orange peel

Gin 24%

Negroni

850

Equal parts, stirred, stone cold

Bitter Botanical
Old Fashioned
02

Rocks

Lemon oil

Whisky 32%

Old Fashioned

1,150

Single malt, demerara, aromatic bitters

Rich Sweet Deep

Three hundred labels deep, and leaning old world.

Barolo, Piedmont
01 ◆

Burgundy glass

Wine 14%

Barolo, Piedmont

1,650

Nebbiolo, 2016 — tar, rose, long finish

Tannic Floral Aged
Sancerre, Loire
02

White wine glass

Wine 13%

Sancerre, Loire

1,250

Sauvignon Blanc, 2021 — flint and citrus

Mineral Bright

Cold, local where we can, and poured with a proper head.

House Lager
01

Stange

Beer 5%

House Lager

450

Crisp, unfiltered, brewed for the room

Clean Crisp
Beer Strong
02

Tulip

Beer 8%

Beer Strong

550

Citra and Mosaic, soft bitt premiumerness

Juicy Hoppy

Given the same attention as everything else on this list.

Garden Spritz
01 ◆

Copa

Cucumber ribbon

No alcohol

Garden Spritz

620

Seedlip Garden, elderflower, soda, cucumber

Fresh Green
Smoked Cola
02

Highball

Charred lime

No alcohol

Smoked Cola

580

House cola, burnt cinnamon, lime, bitters

Spiced Deep

Fourteen seats at the counter, and no wrong order. Walk in, or hold one.

06 Said of Us
A room that knows exactly what it is — and never once raises its voice to prove it.
The City Review

The bar programme alone justifies the trip across town.

Table & Glass

Continental cooking with a memory of somewhere warmer.

The Evening Edit

We came for one drink. We left at closing. Twice.

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07 Private Hire

Book the bar. Or the whole room.

Birthdays, launches, long lunches that become dinners. Tell us the shape of the evening and we will build the rest — menu, pairing, playlist, and a bartender who stays as late as you do.

The Cellar

The Cellar

Seats 12 · Chef's table

The Mezzanine

The Mezzanine

Seats 24 · Semi-private

The Terrace

The Terrace

Seats 40 · Open air

Exclusive

Full Buyout

70 seated · 120 standing

The room, the bar, the terrace and the team. Yours from 6pm.

Tell us
the evening.

Send an enquiry and our events lead replies within one working day with availability, menus and a quote.

Minimum spend
On request
Notice
7 days
Events desk
+91 75209 47777

Three questions, ninety seconds, and it lands on our events desk.

  1. 01 Pick the shape of the evening — a table, or the whole room.
  2. 02 Choose a date, a time and how many of you there are.
  3. 03 Leave us a note about the occasion. We take it from there.
08 Visit

Find us after dark.

Hours

Every day of the week

12PM – 12AM

Lunch, dinner and late drinks — noon until midnight, seven days a week.

Address

6th Floor, Pranami Height
Circular Road, Lalpur
Ranchi
+91 75209 47777 hello@dhunki.example Get directions

Reservations

Tables open 30 days ahead, at midnight.

Parties of 7 or more, please use the private hire enquiry. Walk-ins are always welcome at the bar.

Or call +91 75209 47777