A 3,100 sq ft restaurant in Janpath that translates Chettinad craft, lotus symbolism, and a difficult linear plan into a contemporary dining sequence.
Founder / Principal Architect
Ritika Rakhiani
Ritika Rakhiani founded Urban Mistrii Studio in New Delhi in 2018. She leads the practice across architecture, interiors, hospitality design, and the detailed work required to carry an idea from first brief into built space.
Practice
A design approach shaped by context, operations, atmosphere, and follow-through.
Ritika's work moves between homes, restaurants, bars, workplaces, healthcare interiors, and spatial installations. Across those project types, the consistent questions are practical: how people move, what the space needs to support every day, where material character belongs, and how design intent will survive execution.
Her hospitality work includes Padmanabham and MAD in New Delhi, Bar Bar in Varanasi, The Box in Goa, Echoes in South Delhi, and SEOUL in New Delhi. The studio's projects have been independently covered by architecture and design publications in India and internationally.
Selected Hospitality Work
Restaurant design grounded in real guest and service behaviour.
A 2,600 sq ft Delhi bar and restaurant designed to move from a relaxed daytime bistro into a more energetic night-time venue.
A 1,300 sq ft rooftop bar in Varanasi shaped through flexible seating, metal arches, and a blue palette tied to the River Ganga.
A 1,850 sq ft Korean restaurant in New Delhi planned around communal dining, durability, extraction, and a culturally specific guest experience.
Independent Coverage
Published work and founder perspective.
A founder interview on the practice, its design thinking, and the story behind Urban Mistrii.
Ritika's design for Padmanabham, with its Chettinad references and contemporary New Delhi setting.
SEOUL in New Delhi, documented as a culturally rooted restaurant designed around gathering and operational durability.
An independent practice profile covering the studio's founding, multidisciplinary work, and contextual design approach.
Work With The Studio