‘Verandah’ is a two-storeyed, multi-cuisine restaurant located in a commercial complex. The design intended to create a space that evokes a rich sense of timelessness by integrating the restaurant into the ever-evolving fabric of the neighborhood. The space is designed to balance the duality of the traditional culture of rooted Kathyawadi people residing in Varachha area and their aspirations of blending in with the modern ways of living in the growing city of Surat. The atmosphere is elegantly eclectic, taking inspiration from Kathyawadi crafts and their social behavior to evoke a sense of nostalgia.

The space involves minimum intervention in the existing structure but for a reformation in volume by creating a cut out in the slab and adding elliptical staircase for vertical circulation providing strong visual connection between the two levels. The restaurant has a formal dining area for 160 people spread over on the first and second floor, a mocktail counter, brick oven live pizza counter, kitchen, multipurpose area, storeroom and restrooms. The central double-height volume is enveloped with an assortment of plants juxtapositioned with the elliptical staircase integrating both the levels of the space together.