Speciality Restaurants was incorporated as Speciality Restaurants on December 1, 1999 as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956. It is a fine dining operator in India, with 69 restaurants and 13 confectionaries as of February 29, 2012, featuring certain well recognized brands in the Indian restaurant industry. The company focuses on providing the guests an affordable fine dining experience with quality food and service in a modern ambience. The company’s restaurants consist of different restaurant concepts and are located across India, particularly in the western region. Its flagship brand is Mainland China which serves Chinese cuisine in a standalone fine dining setting. Chinese cuisine is the most popular foreign cuisine in India according to the India Retail Report 2009. As of February 29, 2012, its Mainland China brand encompassed 36 restaurants across India as well as one in Bangladesh.

The company’s Mainland China restaurants contributed 53.27%, 57.03%, 60.28% and 61.13% to its total revenues from food and beverages in fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011 and the nine months ended December 31, 2011, respectively. Its other core brand -- Oh! Calcutta -- encompassed seven restaurants across India as well as one in Bangladesh as of February 29, 2012 and features a range of cuisines from the east Indian city of Kolkata, including Bengali, Nawabi, British and Continental cuisines served in a fine dining setting. The company’s other restaurant brands are Sigree, Flame & Grill, Haka, Just Biryani, KIBBEH, Kix, Machaan, Shack, as well as a confectionary brand, Sweet Bengal.

The company’s Founder and Promoter, Anjan Chatterjee, and his spouse, Suchhanda Chatterjee, other Promoter, hold in aggregate, 80.92% of the outstanding equity shares prior to the public offering. Its Founder and Promoter, is also the Managing Director of the company as well as the vice president of the National Restaurants Association of India (“NRAI”). In addition, it has two investors: SAIF, a private equity investor and Glix Securities, a corporate investor. The company increased the number of company owned and operated restaurants from 30 as of March 31, 2008 to 45 as of March 31, 2011 and further to 49 as of February 29, 2012. 

Its major brands include

• Mainland China
• Oh! Calcutta
• Sigree
• Machaan
• Sweet Bengal
• Flame & Grill
• Kibbbeh
• Hakka

Awards/ Achievements

• 2002 Mainland China, Hyderabad won the coveted H & FS award for Best Oriental Restaurant
• 2003 Mainland China, Kolkata won the coveted The Telegraph Good Food Award 
• 2003 Oh! Calcutta, Kolkata won the coveted The Telegraph Good Food Award 
• 2004 Oh! Calcutta, Kolkata won the prestigious Times Good Food Award for Best Bengali Restaurant
• 2004 Oh! Calcutta, Mumbai won the prestigious Times Good Food Award for Best Bengali Restaurant 
• 2005 Oh! Calcutta, Mumbai won the prestigious Times Good Food Award for Best Bengali Restaurant
• 2006 Sigree, Pune won the prestigious Times Good Food Award for best North Indian food.
• 2006 Mainland China, Pune won the Times Good Food Award for best Chinese Restaurant
• 2006 Oh! Calcutta, Delhi won the Times Good Food Award for Best Bengali Restautant
• 2007 Oh! Calcutta, Mumbai won the prestigious Times Good Food Award for Best Bengali Restaurant.
• 2008 Mainland China won ´The Golden Spoon Award, 2008´ for being ´The Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year­ Dine in Restaurant of Indian Origin´
• 2009 Times Good Food Award for the Best Chinese Restaurant 2009 Mainland China , Chennai 
• 2009 Top Rated Bengali Restaurant by Burrp 2009 Oh! Calcutta Express, Mumbai 
• 2009 Mainland China, Bangalore won the coveted H & FS award for Best Oriental Restaurant 
• 2010 BURRP” CERTIFIED to Oh! Calcutta, Delhi
• 2010 HT CITY CRYSTALS to Oh! Calcutta, Delhi
• 2010 Times Food Award for Best Bengali Restaurant to Oh! Calcutta, Pune
• 2010 Burrp! Award for Top Rated Chinese Restaurant to Mainland China, Pune
• 2010 Times Food Award for Best Chinese Restaurant to Mainland China, Pune
• 2010 Burrp! Award for Most Popular Casual Dining Restaurant to Sigree, Pune
• 2010 Times food award for Best North Indian Restaurant to Sigree, Pune 
• 2010 Times food award for Best Chinese restaurant to Mainland China, Chennai
• 2010 Times food award for Best Bengali restaurant standalone to OH! Calcutta, Kolkata
• 2010 Times food award for Best north Indian restaurant standalone to Sigree, Kolkata
• 2011 Safari India award to Mainland China, Delhi
• 2011 Times Food Award to Mainland China, Chandigarh
• 2011 Times Food Award to Oh! Calcutta, Pune
• 2011 Times Food Awardfor Best Bengali Restaurant to Oh! Calcutta, Pune
• 2011 Times Food Award for Best Chinese restaurant to Mainland China, Pune
• 2011 Times Food Award for Best North Indian Restaurant to Sigree, Pune
• 2011 Times food award for Best Chinese restaurant to Mainland China, Chennai
• 2011 The Telegraph food guide for Best Bengali restaurant to Oh! Calcutta, Kolkata
• 2011 Miele food guide award for best 450 restaurants in Asia to Oh! Calcutta, Kolkata
• 2011 Times food award for Best Bengali restaurant standalone to Oh! Calcutta, Kolkata
• 2011-2012 THE MIELE GUIDE award to Oh! Calcutta, Delhi
• 2011-2012 NDTV GOOD TIMES award to Oh! Calcutta, Delhi
• 2012 Telegraph Food Guide Award 2012 (Mainland China Kolkata - Excellence for Oriental Restaurant)
• 2012 Telegraph Food Guide Award 2012 (Oh! Calcutta Kolkata - Excellence for Bengali Restaurant)
• 2012 Telegraph Food Guide Award 2012 (Sigree Kolkata- Excellence for Mughlai Restaurant)
• 2012 Mainland China won ‘Most Admired Food Retailer of the Year 2012 Dine-In International Cuisine Mainland China’ 
• 2012 Mainland China won ‘Most Admired Food Service Retail Personality of the Year 2012'