Small Plates & Chaats

How every table starts. Built to share, arriving as they are ready rather than all at once.

Small Plates & Chaats menu items and prices

Ember-Grilled Oysters ★	Cox's Bazar oysters over charcoal, kasundi butter, burnt lime and a scatter of fried shallot. Allergens: Molluscs, mustard, dairy	৳890
Beguni Fritters	Aubergine in a gram-flour batter, tamarind and date chutney, green chilli salt. Allergens: None	৳420
Herb Khichuri Arancini	Last night's bhuna khichuri rolled, crumbed and fried, with a coriander and green-chilli emulsion. Allergens: Gluten, dairy, egg	৳520
Sea Bass Crudo, Kasundi	Bay of Bengal sea bass sliced thin, mustard kasundi, cucumber, mustard-oil pearls and puffed rice. Allergens: Fish, mustard	৳780

From the Clay Oven

Charcoal at 400°C and a tandoor that has not gone cold since 2014.

From the Clay Oven menu items and prices

Tandoori Chicken Skewers ★	Overnight yoghurt and Kashmiri chilli marinade, finished with smoked butter and a squeeze of lemon. Allergens: Dairy	৳980
The Ember Mixed Grill ★	Lamb chop, beef seekh, chicken tikka, tandoori prawn and grilled vegetables on one board, with three chutneys. Allergens: Crustaceans, dairy, mustard	৳2,450
Charred Hilsa, Shorshe ★	Chandpur hilsa wrapped in banana leaf and laid on the coals, mustard gravy poured at the table. Allergens: Fish, mustard	৳1,650
Clay-Oven Bread Basket	Butter naan, roghni, sheermal and a garlic kulcha, brought out hot as each one comes off the wall. Allergens: Gluten, dairy, sesame	৳320

Rice & Biryani

Sealed in clay, opened at your table. Allow forty minutes - it is worth the wait.

Rice & Biryani menu items and prices

Kacchi Biryani, Mutton ★	Raw marinated mutton and chinigura rice sealed under dough with saffron, kewra and ghee-fried potato. The dish we are known for. Allergens: Dairy, gluten (seal), tree nuts	৳1,450
Bhuna Khichuri & Beef	Slow-fried moong dal and rice with a beef bhuna cooked down for five hours, served with achar and a fried egg. Allergens: Egg, mustard	৳890
Saffron Vegetable Pulao	Chinigura rice with saffron, roasted cashew, sultana and the week's vegetables from Manikganj. Allergens: Tree nuts	৳750

Fire-Kitchen Mains

The long-cook section. Everything here started yesterday.

Fire-Kitchen Mains menu items and prices

Slow-Fired Beef Short Rib ★	Twelve hours over dying coals, glazed in tamarind and jaggery, with burnt-onion mash and pickled mooli. Allergens: Dairy, mustard	৳2,150
Lamb Shank Rezala	White rezala of yoghurt, cashew and green cardamom, finished with kewra water. Falls off the bone with a spoon. Allergens: Dairy, tree nuts	৳1,890
Garden of Gulshan	Nine vegetables from the co-operative, cooked nine ways across the hearth, with coconut-curry leaf broth poured at the table. Allergens: None	৳980

Desserts

Bengali sweets that went to pastry school and came back.

Desserts menu items and prices

Nolen Gur Soufflé ★	Date-palm jaggery soufflé with a cold nolen gur ice cream dropped into the middle at the table. Twenty minutes to make. Allergens: Egg, dairy, gluten	৳620
Rose & Pistachio Meringue	Crushed meringue, rose-water cream, Iranian pistachio and a berry compote sharp enough to cut the sweetness. Allergens: Egg, dairy, tree nuts	৳580
Cardamom Tiramisu	Cold-brew masala chai in place of espresso, mascarpone whipped with green cardamom, cocoa from Chattogram. Allergens: Egg, dairy, gluten	৳560

Bar & Zero-Proof

An entirely alcohol-free bar, built to stand up to chilli and smoke rather than apologise for it.

Bar & Zero-Proof menu items and prices

Tamarind & Smoked Chilli Highball	Tamarind shrub, smoked bird's-eye tincture, lime and soda over a single clear block. Allergens: None	৳480
Saffron Lassi Martini	Kashmiri saffron steeped in sweet lassi, shaken hard and served straight up with a pistachio dust rim. Allergens: Dairy, tree nuts	৳420
Cold-Brew Chai Negroni	Twelve-hour cold-brew masala chai, bitter orange, gentian and clove syrup. Bitter, spiced and entirely alcohol-free. Allergens: None	৳450

Ways to eat with us

Set menus

How booking works

1. Pick a date and a sitting (1 minute)
   Choose your date, time and number of guests. Lunch runs from 12:00, dinner sittings start at 18:30 and the last table goes down ninety minutes before close.
2. We call to confirm (within 2 hours)
   Someone from the host desk rings you within two hours to confirm the table and check anything unusual - a wheelchair, a high chair, a proposal.
3. Tell us about allergies (at booking)
   Anything you flag goes onto the ticket before the kitchen sees it. Coeliac, nut, shellfish and dairy adaptations are prepared on a separate section.
4. Arrive and hand over the keys (on the night)
   Valet from 18:00 on Road 11. Your table is held for twenty minutes past your sitting time - just call if the traffic on Gulshan Avenue has other ideas.
5. The table is yours (2.5 hours)
   Two and a half hours for dinner, three for the chef's table. Nobody will hover, and nobody will turn your table out from under you.

Find us

House 42, Road 11, Gulshan-2, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
+880 1711 456 780 · reservations@saffronember.com

Prices include service and VAT and were correct on 30 October 2026. The menu changes with the market, so a dish or two may differ on the night.