Vivek Singh’s Cinnamon Kitchen closes in Oxford

Vivek Singh’s Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford, which is located on the top of the Westgate Centre, has closed its doors to customers.

The news comes as another Oxford restaurant, Oli's Thai, is set to close in 2022. 

READ MORE: Oxford restaurant Oli's Thai to close doors in 2022

The Indian restaurant opened in 2017 but is now listed on both Google and Open Table as ‘permanently closed’, with its lights turned off and the outside closed up.

Its listing has also been removed from the locations section of the Cinnamon Kitchen website.  

Vivek Singh at Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford

The restaurant was Singh’s first restaurant outside of London, following the success of his flagship restaurant The Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen, Cinnamon Soho and Cinnamon Bazaar.

Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford was described on Singh’s website as a ‘relaxed all-day dining concept’, with menus that ‘carry the same ethos of innovation and creativity as its sister restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen in the City’.

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TripAdvisor reviews for showed that it received generally positive responses from people living in the city, with most of the reviews rating it as five stars meaning ‘excellent’.

Singh is one of the UK’s best-known chefs and a regular face on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and MasterChef. He is known for his innovative take on Indian cuisine and has published multiple cookbooks.

The exact reason for the closure is currently unknown.

Cinnamon Kitchen have been approached for comment.

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