The Best Restaurants In Mumbai

Mumbai offers a culinary scene full of rich and delicious flavors. Here’s our guide to 10 of the best restaurants, pop-ups and homes that offer an unforgettable experience of local cuisine and traditional meals in Mumbai.

1. he Konkan Cafe

Cafe, Restaurant, Indian, Asian, Seafood

The Konkan Cafe specializes in cuisines from the coastal regions, using seafood, coconut and rice in its delicious dishes. The menu also includes Mangalorean, South Indian and Goan dishes. Preparations of rawas and curdee mango with East Indian spices are served, as well as regional breakfasts that are rarely found outside a home kitchen. Dishes such as ramasseri idlis from Palghat and the cylindrical rice puttu from the south are also delicious. The restaurant is set up to replicate a Kerelan courtyard house with an open veranda and a courtyard under the sky. It also boasts beautiful carved rosewood panels from South Indian temples and mosaic flooring.

2. Kailash Parbat

Restaurant, Indian

Kailash Parbat is the place to visit for North Indian and Mumbai street food served in a restaurant. They offer a variety of chaats – a savory mix of crisp, fried pancakes with assorted chutneys and vegetables. They also serve a classic Mumbai bhel – a snack that uses puffed rice and chickpea flour noodles, as well as sweet tamarind chutneys, spicy red chutneys and garnishes.

3. The Calcutta Club

Restaurant, Indian

The Calcutta Club has cafeteria-style decor, with vintage sepia colors and photographs of Bengali actors and actress on the walls. Known for their Bengali cuisine that uses a 5-spice mixture called panchphoran and ground mustard and mustard oil, the venue serves up some truly flavorsome dishes. They use rui and hilsa from the lakes and rivers in the city, and are also known for their tasty vegetable combinations.

5. The Bohri Kitchen

Restaurant, Indian

Considered an experimental lunch concept, The Bohri Kitchen is run by the Kapadia family, who invites guests to experience a traditional Bohri meal in their home. The Bohris are a group of Shia Muslims, many of whom migrated from Yemen to India during the 16th century. The dishes they serve are delicious; guests sit together around a large thaal, a round metal plate upon which the various dishes are placed.

6. Golden Star Thali

Restaurant, Indian

Golden Star Thali serves thali – portions of several separate dishes, with traditional delicacies from Rajasthan and Gujarat. Visitors cannot have more than the stipulated dishes, but servers will top up your thali as often as you like. A typical thali might contain flatbreads, a roulade made from chickpea flour and buttermilk, a mix of rice and lentils, and a mix of seasonal vegetables in a spiced curd and coconut gravy. Due to the prominence of Jain and Buddhist religions in the area, both cuisines will typically be vegetarian.

7. Peshawri ITC

Restaurant, Indian, Asian, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Halal

The cuisine at Peshawri ITC is inspired by North West frontier traditions. These include varieties of roasted and grilled meats. They are delicately cooked on tandoors and clay ovens. The succulent meats are spiced at the start, and the chefs are able to gauge these flavors with delicate precision. The restaurant aims to recreate the atmosphere from which northwest cuisine arose. Its warm yellow colors and open kitchen evoke the setting of a frontier camp, full of friendship and camaraderie.

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