Owner Syed Abdul Quddus

Syed Abdul Motlib came to Britain in the 1940s when there were very few Sylhetis in the country. He started the Dhaka Restaurant then opened Durbar Restaurant in 24 Hereford Road in Bayswater in 1956 with Syed Mahmud Ali, Masrif Ali and the father of the present owners Syed Abdul Quddus. S.A. Quddus came to Britain in the early 1950s leaving his wife and family to follow later. Raised a family of seven, four sons and one daughter of whom continue to run Durbar(see Shamim Syed) and cousin Rekha runs a second restaurant in Greenford The Durbar is the oldest continually family owned "Indian" restaurant in London.