Karuna Kumar — Hospitality Consultant
The table is where
great food becomes
a lasting memory.
Delhi Darling Table brings two decades of building restaurants from the ground up to the Bay Area and beyond — concept to kitchen, menu to margin, opening night to steady repeat.
What We Do
Four ways to work together
Restaurant Consulting
Concept development, operations, menu architecture, and launch strategy for new restaurants and turnarounds.
Learn more →Menu Development
Seasonal menus, R&D, regional Indian cuisine curation, and beverage pairing for established restaurants.
Learn more →Private Catering
High-value events, weddings, and corporate dining — curated menus with the care of a private chef.
Learn more →Supper Clubs
Intimate ticketed dinners exploring a single region of India. A table worth travelling for.
Learn more →Past Work
Three restaurants. Three markets. One philosophy.
Three restaurants built from scratch in North Carolina — different markets, different price points, the same uncompromising standard. Now bringing that foundation to the Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, and beyond.
Surf City, NC
Delhi Darling
Destination dining on the Carolina coast.
A 60-cover Pan Indian restaurant that brought Kundapur Ghee Roast, Bengali Daab Chingri, and the Darling Naan Pizza to the North Carolina coast.
Read the story →Apex, NC
Tandoori Trail
Awadhi heart. Pan Indian soul.
A Triangle-area restaurant built around the slow-cooked traditions of Lucknow — Kakori Kebab, Lamb Shank Nihari, dum biryanis — alongside regional Indian breadth.
Read the story →Smithfield, NC
Tandoori Trail
Indian food for everyday North Carolina.
A family restaurant in Johnston County that proved great Indian food works for lunch buffets, sizzler platters, and weeknight dinners alike.
Read the story →The Supper Club
An intimate evening at
the Delhi Darling Table
A series of ticketed dinners exploring one region of India per sitting — the food, the story, the people who shaped it. Small tables. No compromises.
Currently accepting
new consulting clients.
Based in the Bay Area. Available for projects across California and beyond — including Greater Los Angeles.