New Menus at Manzil Restaurant at Kismet Estate Winery

For Immediate Release

July 30, 2026

Manzil Builds on Growing Culinary Attention with New Lunch and Dinner Menus

Following recent features from Western Living and Daily Hive, the restaurant introduces more regional Indian dishes, a playful bistro lunch, and new pairings with Kismet’s estate-grown wines

Oliver, B.C. -  After being named one of three Okanagan winery restaurants worth visiting this summer by Western Living and selected as the dinner stop in Daily Hive’s guide to an ultimate foodie weekend in the South Okanagan, Manzil Restaurant at Kismet Estate Winery has launched new lunch and dinner menus.

The dinner menu moves further into regional Indian cooking, with highlights including cashew cream mussels, Bengali five-spice lamb lollipops, paneer kale saag, and methi malai kofta. Manzil will soon be preparing its paneer in-house for use across the menus.

The methi malai kofta is one of the menu’s most distinctive additions and a dish rarely found elsewhere in the South Okanagan. Manzil’s bestselling Parsi lamb shank also returns. Together with more familiar favourites, the menu reflects Manzil’s interest in introducing guests to the breadth of Indian cooking beyond the dishes most often seen on Canadian menus.

Lunch takes a more relaxed approach, with butter chicken poutine, masala calamari, dahi puri, pakora, flatbreads made with pork or paneer over a cashew cream curry base, and beef sliders with mint chutney, served alongside masala fries. The menu has a casual Indian bistro feel, designed for afternoon visits, shared plates, and patio dining.

Both menus also feature a seasonal heirloom tomato and peach salad with an Indian twist. Fresh tomatoes are seasoned with Himalayan pink salt and paired with house-made paneer brined in pink salt and lime juice, then finished with honey chaat vinaigrette and chaat masala.

“We wanted lunch and dinner to give guests two different experiences,” said Neelam Dhaliwal, General Manager, Kismet Estate Winery. “Lunch is casual and fun, with dishes people can share over a glass of wine or cocktail on the patio. Dinner gives us more room to introduce regional dishes and combinations that guests may not have tried before.”

Manzil, meaning ‘home’, was created as an extension of the Dhaliwal family’s work at Kismet Estate Winery. After decades spent farming grapes across the South Okanagan, the family opened the restaurant to bring its food traditions and approach to hospitality into the winery experience. 

Rather than presenting Indian cuisine as one style of cooking, the menu draws from different regional traditions and gives equal attention to flavour, spice, texture, aroma, and balance. Familiar dishes sit alongside less commonly seen preparations, creating an accessible entry point while continuing to broaden what Indian dining can look like in Okanagan wine country.

The new menus were also developed alongside Kismet’s full wine portfolio. Head Winemaker Manpreet Dhaliwal and the restaurant team worked through the wines and dishes together, considering how acidity, fruit, texture, richness, and spice would interact. Wine pairing can be especially complex with Indian food, where several flavour elements may be present in a single dish. Rather than relying on one familiar pairing style, Manzil has found a place for Kismet’s whites, rosés, blends, and structured red wines across the menu.

“Indian food is often treated as difficult to pair, but there is so much range within it,” said Dhaliwal. “Some dishes need freshness and acidity, while others work beautifully with fruit, texture, or the structure of a red wine. We worked through the entire portfolio so the wine and food support each other without either one getting lost.”

Dhaliwal is Canada’s first and only South Asian female head winemaker and a BCBusiness 30 Under 30 honouree. She leads Kismet’s winemaking program using estate-grown fruit from the Dhaliwal family’s more than 600 acres of South Okanagan vineyards.

The cocktail menu takes a similarly playful approach, with drinks including the Chai Espresso Martini, Spicy Mango-Chutney Margarita, Chaat and Chutney Caesar, and a Creamsicle Martini finished with French vanilla ice cream.

The new lunch, dinner, and cocktail menus are now available at Manzil Restaurant at Kismet Estate Winery in Oliver. Reservations and current hours are available here. 

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RECIPE: Creamsicle Martini

Manzil’s Creamsicle Martini turns a nostalgic frozen treat into a grown-up cocktail, combining Kelowna-made Spirit Bear vanilla vodka with triple sec, Disaronno, orange peel, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Served in a coupe and finished with an orange twist, it is playful, rich, and unmistakably creamsicle.

Ingredients

1 oz Spirit Bear Vanilla Vodka

1 oz triple sec

½ oz Disaronno

1 strip orange peel

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

Orange twist for garnish

Method

1. Add the vodka, triple sec, Disaronno, and orange peel to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well.

2. Place one scoop of vanilla ice cream in a coupe glass. Strain the cocktail over the ice cream and finish with an orange twist.

   
   

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About Kismet Estate Winery: 

Kismet Estate Winery is a family-owned winery in Oliver, B.C., the Wine Capital of Canada, producing award-winning  wines from estate-grown fruit farmed by the Dhaliwal family across 600 acres in the South Okanagan. Kismet was founded with a clear focus on quality over quantity, selecting the top 10% of fruit from across the family’s vineyards to craft premium BC VQA wines that reflect both the region and the people behind them.

Head Winemaker Manpreet Dhaliwal leads Kismet’s winemaking program, bringing a precise, thoughtful approach that balances tradition with innovation. Guests can experience Kismet through the tasting room, wine clubs, and Manzil Restaurant, the winery’s on-site culinary destination.

Anchored in Indian hospitality and designed for B.C.’s wine country, Manzil is led by a South Asian female-driven team, including General Manager Neelam Dhaliwal and Winemaker Manpreet Dhaliwal. The restaurant features regional Indian dishes that are rare in North America, made with local ingredients and layered, vibrant flavours. Shared plates, wine pairings, and craft cocktails make Manzil a natural extension of the Kismet experience.

Learn more at kismetestatewinery.com and follow @kismetwines.

Media Contact: 

Krista Lochhead

Archer Public Relations 

krista@archerpr.ca 

778.227.2396