Mumbai Restaurants

A finger-linking seafood joint, this modest restaurant in Kala Ghoda is famous for its Hyderabadi fish tikka as well as crab and lobster platters despite its tiny cramped inside with little to no decoration.

Currently run by 3rd generation Panshikars, this 1956 restaurant is famous for serving dry Indian easy-to-go brekfast items such as Sabudani wadi, misal pav and more.

With its attractive art deco, the cane chairs, and sophisticated simplicity, Le 15 is a doorway to Paris. Located in Colaba, this casual chic place hits the right cord with everything, from the menu to the curated playlists. The menu offers an eclectic mix of courses with favourites for good measure. Le 15 Cafe is the place to be as time here often lead to interesting conversations and ideas. There's a lot to pick from their breakfast, salad, and main course menu. A macaroon or waffle of your choice, combined with a cold americano or hot chocolate will be an ideal meal to make your day. People over at Le 15 emphasise quality, and attention to detail, and delivers little joys of everyday life.

This restaurant by Khar Train Statio is the ultimate stop for all your hunger pangs. Served in bronze plates, Raj Bhog boasts of deluxe thalis of Gujarati and Rajasthani style with 33 items in total. There is also an unlimited thali platter offered here.

Modeled after Tamil Nadu's local eateries, Dakshinyan brings rangoli-decorated walls where you get served true tastes of the South - dosas, idlis, rasam, uttapam served by lungi-dressed men. Don't forget to order filter coffee otherwise the meal is incomplete.

Make your own DIY platters at this mix of West pickings (fishes, crabs, lobsters) and delicious East sauces seafood-prominent restaurant which is the brainchild of Kelvin Cheung - a Canadian-Chinese chef.

A legendary outlet next to Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus, Pancham Puriwala is centuries old and is currently run by 6th generation of Pancham Sharma who opened a small stall to sell puri bhaji. Not a fancy place by any means, its budget pricing, delicious North Indian dishes and friendly owners make it worth the experience.

A 20-yeard old restaurant, serving celebrities and Presidents alike, Gajalee in Vile Parle offers a fine dining experience from the best of Maharashtrian cuisine. Get your hands on the famous Bombil fry - a special duck dish - or the randoori clabs, this seafood joint will not disappoint.

Established in 1946, Chetana is a perfect family outing diner that serves the most delectable thalis from around India: Gujarati, Marathi, Rajasthani - they promise it all. Even A la Carte is available from regional Indian dishes. A sandwich corner in the earlier days, this pure veg restaurant has proved its mark in Mumbai.

A Parsi family decided to swtich their grocery business to ice-cream near their seaside corner in 1953. It soon evovled into a classic icecream sandwich between two slices of wafers where customers can pick from 50 flavours ranging from almond crunch, coco mint crunch, walnut crunch, rum and raisin and more.

The Khau Galli occupying the lane between SNDT and Cross Maidan is buzzing with crowd all through the day, most of which are college students. The stalls are conveniently situated near Marine Lines and stays open till late at night. Here you can savour on diverse variety of delicacies like corn cob, aloo chaat, chinese manchurian, pav bhaji, frankie and sandwiches etc. In addition to that, you can also try the yummylicious milkshakes and other beverages.

A tiny, cozy Eurpoean-styled cafe, Poetry By Love and Cheesecake offers mouth-watering dishes on its menu for an all-day experience for whenever you want it. From its sandwiches, cold pressed juices, salads and a variety of desserts to choose from, the warm ambience of the restaurant is adorned with poetry snippets on pastel walls.

A favourite of tea connoisseurs, Tasse de The is a cozy cafe parlour adjecent to a tea shop with the same name. Its menu brims with around 35 tea options to choose from healthy to exotic. A perfect place for brekfast with your friends or a brunch date, the cafe serves sandwiches, quesadillas, soups, amd much more. It is a purely vegetarian place though.

A classic eatery near Crawford Market, Gulshan-e-Iran is a small eatery which is famousfor its biryanis and curries. A budget restaurant it offers large portions. The restaurant doesn't have much of a fine dine ambience but is famous as a local diner.

An iconic 100-years old restaurant, Olympia Coffee House offers a no nonsense interiors with friendly owners and delicious bheja fry, mutton fry, tandoori chicken and more to order. It runs an all-day meal with extra options for breakfast starting at seven.

Crafted after Delhi's famous restaurant Bukhara with the same menu and interior design, Peshwari is just outside Mumbai's international airport where you can enjoy classic Indian savouries like butter daal, kebabs, murgh malal and raan.

A top design of Top Chef Masters winner Floyd Cardoz and Thomas Zacharias, Bombay Canteen brings Indian texture to utmost fullfilment from its Kejriwala toast to mustard chicken curry, you can't miss Mumbai's classic restaurant.

This French inspred cafe offers organic best procured from farms around the world as they serve healthy and hearty meals that fix you up just right. Select from salads ro sandwiches but don't miss the burrata or the juices.

A favourite amongst meat lovers, Khyber is aesthetically decorated straight from Afghan dreams - murals dedicated to Mughal royals, oil lanterns and meticulous brickwork. Khyber's famed red-masala sauce is an addition to many of its delicacies like kebabs, curries and tandoori platters.

In service since 1945, Shree Thakkar Bhojanalay is a perfect thali eatery where you can sit in AC rooms and enjoy elaborate meals of Gujarati and Rajasthani origins at lavender decorated tables.

A perfect match for thali lovers, Revival offers Chowpatty sea-viewing as you dine on delicious curries, chutneys, rotis and rice dishes. The menu is daily updated to keep it fun ad surprising.

A homely affair, O Pedro in Bandra Kurla Complex offers a local Goan cuisine - from stir-fried rawns to green chilli-coconut chutney - this restaurant with its big windows feels a lot like being at the beach itself.

A triple-in-one hamper pack of restaurants in Mumbai, these swanky upscale hotels are the brainchild of celebrity chef Deepa Awchat. Dakshin Culture Curry has covered everything from the South, Goa Portuguesa famously delivers the dishes from Goa's Portuguese culture and Diva Maharashtracha serves impeccably tasty Maharasthrian cuisine.

A healthy, serene retreat, The Yoga House promises a menu filled with healthy creative options. Designed with soft white furniture and pastel walls, this restuarant in Bandra offered a relaxing experience away from the hustle-bustle of Mumbai.

A beautifuly decked Parisian dream, La Folie Du Chocolat knows how to do what the French do best: chocolates and pastries. Nurtured by owner Sanajana Patel who trained in France, this bakery is the perfect for a light evening snack with your best friends.

A quirky mix of Sri-Lankan Hopper & South Indian Appam, Hoppumm brings to you the best of Sri Lankan delights in a budgeted price range. A tiny four-tabled restaurant, assume a bit of waiting involved before you are seated for the best Ceylon roasted-chicken curries or Keralan chutney.

A premier in serving Levantine cuisine, Rue du Liban brings to you the delicacies from an ancient region now defined by Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey. Low lightings, burgundy decor and closely-seated tables, teh restaurant serves brlliant hummus, moutabel, falafel and more.

Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra is experimental and successful in its menu as it brings to customers ancient dishes from around he continent of India and prepares with the same flavour through modern equipments transforming the taste like no other.

A brain child of the Tham brothers, KOKO brings to Mumbai's nightlife a luxury dining experience with Japanese and Cantonese dishes curated specially by Chef Eric Sifu who previously work in a Michelin Star restaurant Din Tai Fung in Signapore. Not only known for its asian cuisine but some of the best cocktails, mixologist Dimi Lezinska perfected the bar menu.

Interested in not losing the authenticy of the dish butter chicken to its easy availability at each stop, Saransh Goila and his co-founder Vivek Sahani tried in a catering college to perfect the most common dish and the result of finger-licking good Goila Butter Chicken.

Opened in 1993 due to the lack of any Malyali diners nearby, A Taste of Kerala found a niche - malyalam cuisine - and aced it. From just serving limitied dishes like Fish curry rice, appam and puti, this southern delight now serves Chinese, evening snacks, Vishu Sadya and even take huge party orders.

Cafe Noorani, succesor to the older Haji Ali Juice Centre, has served loyal customers for 3 decades with delectable dishes ranging from 3 major cuisines: Mughlai, Punjabi and Indian-Chinese. Famous for its classic kebabs, tandooris and biryani, don't miss the sweet lassis or rich faloodas to end your meal.

A perfect delight after a stroll at the seaside, New Kulfi Centre is a small shop that you could miss which serves 36 flavours of kulfi for as cheap as INR 40. Try the regular classics of Choco Chips, Kesar Pista or dive depp into their specials N.K.C. Special, Zafran Rogan and more.

An easily located restaurant, Bombay Vintage in Colaba offers the most delectable range of dishes that one can choose from. Reviving the old dishes of the bygone eras, this tastefully decorated relives Mumbai in paintings that decorate its colourful walls.

Gustoso - a prime Italian restaurant in two locations in Mumbai - does what Italians do best: Pizzas, Pastas and Dessert. This artisan restaurant offers the best in menu and seeing the pizzas cooked in the wood-fired oven is a sight to hold. Authentic to its orgins in taste, Gustoso offers both indoor and outdoor seeting to enjoy a slice of Italy in Mumbai itself.

A classic envisioned by the town of Britanny in Northwestern France, Suzette aims at serving the hest crepes in town follwed by their special croques, original smoozies, French teas and much more.

A simple, chic restaurant that is a gateway to the streetside cafes in Latin quarters of France, The Pantry, located in Fort is all about all day breakfast and healthy, nutritious salads and various choices from deserts. This eatery will surely help you in keeping up with your healthy eating goal. They say salads are not filling but that is not the deal with The Pantry. Their servings are huge and have a great variety of ingredients to turn your salad into a complete, satiating meal.

Located in Bandra, Kofuku is a Japanese restuarant styled in East Asian deor of bamboos, wood and pastel walls. An electic selection of dishes on the menu rages from delicious Katsu Donburi to Yaki Soba Noodles. An affordably charming nook, this restaurant is a must fit if you want to try something different.

This cafe in Bandra gives an aura of colonial culture with its beautiful vintage windows, low hanging lights and a beautiful rustic ambience. Located in the bylane of Bandra just behind the Hill Road, Birdsong Cafe is the ideal place for sitting and having chitchats for hours and has seen an explosion of customers in recent years. This place is always in the list of food bloggers and every other Mumbaikars. The food no doubt is exceptionally good and are vegan and gluten-free.

Mumbai's quintessential Irani Cafe, Kyani & Co was opened in 1904, more than 100 years back, by Mr. Khodram Marezaban to bring to Mumbaikars the taste of Iranian delicacies. Customers can pick from thir special bun maskas, kheema pav, cheese omlette, akuri, cream puffs or salli par eedu. Don't forget ot round this off withdelicious Irani chai.

A classic envisioned by the town of Britanny in Northwestern France, Suzette aims at serving the hest crepes in town follwed by their special croques, original smoozies, French teas and much more.

A Chinese stop, 5 Spice promises to bring to you the 5 tastes that together in sync make a dish worthwhile. The 5 tastes - sour, bitter, sweet,pungent and salty - when cooked well with traditional authentic Chinese platters are woth a try. A half an hour wait line can be expected.

A simple Punjabi diner, Oye Kake serves an all-veg menu of North Indian dishes. Their daily thali is famous amongst office goers so look out for lunch hours, the tables can be difficut to get on time.

A trendy addition to Mumbai's chill cafes, SodaBottleOpenerWala does an amazing job of briniging together Parsi cuisines, Bombay dishes and club specials. Try their Eggs Kejriwal or Vegetable Raasta Sandwich, you won't be disappointed at this restaurant which serves amazing breakfast and brunch spreads.

A Malvani cuisine serving roadside brightly-lit eatery, Pradeep Gomantak Bhojanalaya is famous amongst seafood lovers. If you are looking for a budgeted satisfaction then try some delicious non-veg thalis here along with some cool beverages.

The legendary Prithvi Theatre (where art is celebrated graciously) also has a cafe which is frequented by celebrities too. It is an open-air cafe best known for its stuffed parathas and cutting chai (a match made in heaven). They serve all kinds of delicacies over here. The humongous trees surrounding this cosy place keep it fresh even during peak sunny hours of the day, although the best time to visit is at night when its lit (both regarding lights and crowd). This is one of the most famous cafes in Mumbai! Must visit!

A chique, white, modern cafe, this restaurant serves the best of cakes, cookies, sandwiches and is famous for its coffee. A perfect hangout spot, Kala Ghoda Café uses locally grown ingredients and bakes itws own wholesome bread. The artistic vibe of the cafe is enhanced with the paintaings against the white decor and wooden furnishing.

A book lover's best find, this quaint homely cafe serves the best Sindhi cuisine along with great coffee, hot chocolates, chilli-cheese toat, nutella waffles and mac n' cheese.

A European delight, Salt Water Cafe in Mumbai at both its branches maintains a sporadic menu with tastes from all around the world with polished interiors and a cool dinner vibe that the Bollywood A-listers love to hang around at. Select some amazing cocktails mies from the bar menu to go with the dinner.

Mamagoto serves pan Asian dishes which are mix of Indian street style yummies and the extensive experimentation in various kitchens around the world. A budgeted experience with large portions, this quirky restaurant's name means "to play with food" and their dishes stand true to it!

A family diner, Hotel OCH doesn't disappoint with its lunch thalis and Punjabi startes. The restaurant is decently placed in Kala Ghoda with minimal interiors and a cafeteria buzz to it.

A frequently visited place during lunch hours by office goers and families for dinner, Status is a vegetarian restaurant that offers Gujarati Thalis and holds a Snacks counter that serves Dosa, Idli, Appams and more.

There you can find the legendary Delhi Durbar, Café Mondegar or the Leopold Café and Bar, which is mass-favourite and frequented by most tourists. The famous Theobroma, adjacent to Oak Tree is for those who have a very distinct and posh sweet tooth. The shop is a stylised boutique of European pastries, tarts, croissants, shortcakes and a huge range of many such products.

A muti-cuisine gastropub, The Good Wife offers quirky cocktails mixed by famous bar-tender Dimi Lezinska. The restaurant is not your run-of-the mill diner but boasts wooden furnishing and plush sofas. Run by the Chinese family The Tham's, this swanky venue is a bit on the expensive end of the bill.

This fries haven, a small eatery in Santacruz offers 16 types of fries you can select from. A youngster freuqented venue, Pabulum also offers combo meals including fries, shakes and twisted potatoes!

Ideal Corner is a small cramped restaurant that may not have as fantastic a seating as many but this Parsi restaurant is truly 'ideal' for all your Iranian delicacies" sali boti, akuri, bun maska and more. Improtant to not that it maintains a daily menu and it's only open for lunch until the stock runs out!

Popular known as Jaffar Bhai's Delhi Darbar, this restaruant is famous for Mughal biryanis. In service since 1973, the restaurant has been delivering mouth-watering Indian, Chinese, Mughlai and Middle-Eastern cuisines.

One of Mumbai's legendary diners, Mocambo Cafe and Beer Bar offers Parsi, Indian, Chinese and Italian cuisines. It was recently revamped to add ACs, minimal decor and it offers both, vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes alsong with tasty wines and alcohol.

This pop-up only weekend special was opened by a Munaf Kapadia, a Google employee who wanted to introduce the distinctive cuisine of Bohra Muslim community and the essence of home-cooked food by his mum at this family joint.

Congregating the best dishes from the Southeast Asian delicacies - Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Loatian - Miss T is run by a team of splendid foodies, The Colaba Cartel.

Inspired from all over the world - Japan, America, China, Italy, Thailand, France, The Table in Colaba promises to serve dishes prepared from freshly picked ingredients from their own farms. Designed by Alex Sanchez, American chef from San Fransciso, pieced the philosphy of simpliciy and purity in everything The Table does.

A slice of Burma promised in every bite, this chique modern diner brings to you the Burmese cuisine in a modern, suave setting. A dream of two childhood friends, this restaurant picks freshest of the ingriedents to create a replica of delcious home receipes of Burmese food. The restuarant doesn't serve any alcohol.

100% vegan, Sequel Bistro and Juice Bar brings to its customers freshly picked products from its own farms with a focus on increasing immunity and healthy living with crips, natural tasting all-day breakfast ranging from avocado toasts, wholesome pancakes, all natural smoothies and much more.

A European delight, Salt Water Cafe in Mumbai at both its branches maintains a sporadic menu with tastes from all around the world with polished interiors and a cool dinner vibe that the Bollywood A-listers love to hang around at. Select some amazing cocktails mies from the bar menu to go with the dinner.

One of Mumbai's favourite street food - pav bhaji - is served in 6 varieties at this restaurant. Sardar Pav Bhaji has been serving since 1966 and hasn't lost its essence in taste or even its rush hour. They swerby Amul butteradding the extra zing to all their pav bhajis.

An Asian special, Fatty Bao in Mumbai gives the asian cuisine its own twist in a polished upscale restaurant with red accented decor. A mix of eccentric cocktails and a menu that brings the best of Chinese, Indian and more.