Indian eatery reborn as new 'hangout' spot in Langley after major rebrand

An Indian restaurant has expanded and now carries a new identity following its grand reopening in Langley last week.

Maidenhead residents Dev Manchanda, 44, and his wife Rakhi, 38, have rebranded and opened Local Adda on Willow Parade in Meadfield Road.

With a background in hospitality, the pair opened Wrapsta in Slough Trading Estate in 2019 and a second location in Langley in 2024, offering a mix of Indian dishes with Italian-themed wraps and pasta.

The couple had a ‘phenomenal’ launch of their third eatery, The Indian Cart in Slough Trading Estate, in February this year, where customers make ‘lunch boxes’ of rice and wraps with an Indian curry.

An extended menu of curries, thalis and chaats is also served in the evening.

Having two successful food outlets in Slough Trading Estate means the pair mainly caters to office workers for lunch, despite interest from neighbouring residents at other times of the day.

Therefore, keen to expand their ‘limited’ offerings in Slough, Dev and Rakhi decided to replace the Langley branch of Wrapsta with a new Local Adda restaurant.

“Adda is a slang [Hindi] word meaning a hangout spot. The word is derived from a local bus stop,” Dev told the Express.

“Modern people use it as a bit of a casual hangout spot where they can go get some drinks and food.

“That’s the kind of vibe we want to create here.

“Have a quick meal, spend a nice evening there or celebrate something, we're open for that, we can provide and cater for that.”

With their eight-person team, they want to expand the existing street food offering at their more ‘lunch-focused’ restaurants in Slough and launch a ‘fully fledged’ dining menu in Langley.

This involved adapting the kitchen to transition from ‘light’ to ‘intensive’ cooking of ‘proper Indian food’, including a wide range of curries, thalis, chaats and Indo-Chinese.

“We have a big Asian community in Langley, so there is a lot of demand, and people kept asking us to add more items to the Indian menu,” said Dev.

“Eventually, we decided to use the bigger space, redecorate and adjust.”

The founder of Khalsa Aid, Ravi Singh Sidhu, inaugurated the restaurant on Thursday, December 4, having first partnered for a food drive when they opened and again during the pandemic, when they donated 2,500 meals.

Speaking about the opening ceremony, Dev said: “It went really well. We were super busy once we opened the doors, and it remained the same for the rest of the day.

“We had to turn away many customers, stop taking online orders and even had to turn the phones off as people wanted to book to come or do a collection.

“There aren’t many places offering a similar kind of menu. The restaurant opposite us is primarily South Indian and vegetarian.

“Although it's an Indian restaurant, ours is quite contrastingly different, where we’ve got predominantly north Indian menu.

“The main objective behind us is no fuss and no frills – just simple food, good food you come and enjoy. We have hand-picked dishes, and we put our heart into it.”