Mumbai Reviews
Kala Ghoda Cafe
We’d gladly move into any of the three rooms at this all-day Kala Ghoda cafe that almost feels like you’re in Europe.
Shalimar
The menu at this grand shrine of Mughlai food on Mohammad Ali Road that’s been around since the 1970s is neverending, a rabbit hole of choice with hundreds of dishes.
Sernyaa
For over 20 years, fans have been flocking to the city’s only dedicated Tibetan restaurant for the spicy then-thup soup, aromatic bamboo rice, and momos.
Ekaa
Ekaa is an upscale restaurant in Fort that highlights hyper-seasonal Indian ingredients, fermenting, emulsifying, and roasting them so they feel refreshingly new.
Americano
Every time we enter Americano, we feel a fizzy anticipation, like going to meet a crush who kinda already knows we’re crushing on them.
Ling's Pavilion
For the best traditional Chinese food in Mumbai, cross the gaudily lit footbridge spanning a koi pond inside Ling’s Pavilion, the city’s oldest Chinese restaurant.
Shree Thaker Bhojanalay
Since 1945, Mumbaiites and visitors have been lining up outside Shree Thaker Bhojanalay’s door for their unlimited Gujarati thali.
Anand Stall
At this hectic street kiosk near Mithibai College, students and old loyalists huddle to pay for the sandwich tokens needed to place an order.
Cafe Madras
Ask 10 people in Mumbai to recommend their favorite idli spots, and you'll get 10 different answers. Ask us, and we'll tell you Cafe Madras every time.
O Pedro
The Goan restaurant from the Bombay Canteen team plays with tangy, spicy, meaty, and coconutty flavors to wow diners.
Ode
The menu is an eclectic mashup: modern European- and American-style food with slivers of desi flavor.
The Tanjore Tiffin Room
We're more than happy to revisit this bungalow-like space in Bandra and run through the entire menu, which is inspired by the owner’s grandma’s cooking.
Soam
The all-vegetarian spot makes street food and chaat, but we love it for its traditional Gujarati snacks.
Bharat Excellensea
Bharat Excellensea is an over three-decades-old spot that trumps all other seafood institutions in Fort.
Masque
Masque is a 10-course experience that begins the moment you step into the elegant dining room housed in a former textile mill.
Ideal Corner
Ideal is in the gorgeous Art Deco Horby View building in Fort’s office district, so you’ll eat cutlets and gravy, spicy-sweet patra ni machhi, and mutton dhansak next to lawyers and clerks.
Kari Apla
Flavors from six Deccan coastal regions bump into each other at this casual, earth-toned Bandra West restaurant, and the resulting mashups demand repeat visits.
Lalit Refreshment - Taste of Kerala
You better enjoy coconut if you’re going to Taste of Kerala. It’s all over the sadya, the ₹310, all-you-can-eat vegetarian meal served on a banana leaf.
Aram Vada Pav
Among Mumbai’s many vada pav joints, 85-year-old Aram is an institution that always impresses.
Jimmy Boy
Looking for a Parsi wedding feast without the actual wedding? All roads lead to Jimmy Boy in Fort.
Kailash Parbat
This original, decades-old Colaba outpost of the international chain is an institution for Sindhi chaat, snacks, and sweets.
The Bombay Canteen
You'll fall unfailingly in love with this casual, always busy Lower Parel spot thanks to their playful riffs on traditional Indian dishes.
Chaitanya
When it comes to dependably delicious food from the Malvani region, we turn to the cave-like, village home-inspired dining room of Chaitanya.
Bandra Born
It’s both nostalgic and futuristic, inspired by Bandra in the ‘90s, and also reimagined as a trippy underground venue.