When you step into Mirove Artisanal Kitchen in Jaipur’s C-Scheme, you immediately sense that this is not just another restaurant. With its sweeping concrete façade, central 360-degree bar, and quiet interplay of light and greenery, it feels like both an architectural statement and an emotional sanctuary. But beneath the polished interiors and carefully curated menu lies a deeply personal story—a love letter to Jaipur, and to a young man whose dream lives on through this space.
Jay Sarolia was just 23 when he passed away in a tragic car accident last year. An extrovert who loved hosting people, making them smile, and creating memorable experiences, Jay dreamed of building a café that would grow into something more. His family and close friends, determined to carry forward that vision, brought Mirove to life in May 2025. “I come from literature and publishing; I never thought I’d run a restaurant,” says cofounder Sonali Sharma. “Jay was the larger-thanlife personality, I was the mellow one. He loved music and people, I loved conversations and books. Mirove became the middle ground—a space where both energies coexist.”
The result is a 150-seater restaurant that is as much about conversation as it is about cuisine. The central bar churns out coffees, smoothies, mocktails, and shakes, while the menu takes a playful detour from the expected. Here on a single table, you will find everything on your menufrom the staple yellow dal rice to the Fresh Sushi & Dimsums. The traditional recipes have been given a spin and made somewhat unique. Sonali says- “Instead of the regular Thai curry, we kept the Indonesian curry with bold spices in place of expected Thai notes, layered with tropical warmth. Instead of phogga roti, there is Phogga Quesadilla – a reimagined Rajasthani classic, replacing the traditional phogga roti with a stuffed quesadilla twist. The other signature dish is the Mushroom Ghee Rolls with Malabar Paratha – earthy mushrooms folded into buttery paratha, a clever fusion of south Indian and global flavours. Khatta Meetha mocktail is one of the bestsellers. It’s a deliberate blend of local and global—rooted in Jaipur’s cultural mood but never mimicking its past.”
The interiors, designed over three years of painstaking work, echo that ethos. Brutalist concrete curves soften with Jaipur’s pink hues and summery tiles, while landscaped greens spill into the space, blurring indoors and outdoors. A fresco courtyard invites diners to sit, smoke, and sip coffee under the open sky—a nod to Jaipur’s love for alfresco living. Inside, art adds layers of meaning: sister paintings created by a visiting artist respond to the energy of the space, inscribed with keywords like “In the skin by breath” and “We are you,” evoking the emotional intimacy Mirove aims to cultivate.
What began as Jay’s dream of a tiny café has become one of Jaipur’s most striking new food destinations—an intersection of power and peace, conversation and community, memory and modernity. As Sonali says, “A person enters a restaurant because of how it looks, but comes back to the restaurant, because of how its food tastes. At Mirove, both matter equally. But for us, it will always first and foremost be Jay’s vision—a space where people feel alive.”
