21 restaurants · updated November 2026
The Best Restaurants in Mumbai
Mumbai is India's most exciting food city right now, with tasting-menu restaurants on Asia's top lists and street stalls that locals have defended for decades. This guide focuses on Indian cooking: modern dining rooms, Parsi, Gujarati, Goan and coastal specialists, and the vada pav, chaat and pav bhaji spots worth crossing town for.
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Fine dining 8Regional specialists 7Casual and street food 6
Fine dining
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Masque
No. 15, Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026; 5 stars, Culinary Culture 2026; No. 11, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026)Mumbai's most decorated restaurant serves a seasonal tasting menu and now ranks in the top 15 in Asia. Book well ahead.
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Papa's
No. 3, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026); 5 stars, Culinary Culture 2026; No. 66, Asia's 50 Best 2026A 12-seat counter where Hussain Shahzad serves a long, playful tasting menu that draws on Indian flavors. Seats are released monthly and go fast.
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The Bombay Canteen
No. 10, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026); 3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A lively all-day restaurant that showed the city how fun regional Indian cooking can be. Expect a changing menu of dishes from across the country and good cocktails.
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Ekaa
No. 34, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026); 4 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A tasting-menu restaurant that holds four Culinary Culture stars and a place in the national top 50.
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Trèsind Mumbai
No. 43, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026); 4 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A modern Indian tasting-menu restaurant ranked in the national top 50 and rated four stars by Culinary Culture.
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Indian Accent Mumbai
3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026The Mumbai sibling of Delhi's famous modern Indian restaurant, rated three stars by Culinary Culture in 2026.
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Avartana
3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A South Indian tasting-menu restaurant, also found in Chennai, that holds three Culinary Culture stars in Mumbai.
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Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra
3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A modern Indian restaurant named for the late food writer Jiggs Kalra, rated three stars by Culinary Culture in 2026.
Paneer Butter Masala
Dabeli
Kachori
Chole Bhature
Aloo Gobi
Chicken Biryani
Hakka Noodles
Pani PuriRegional specialists
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Trishna
No. 35, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026); 3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A classic seafood restaurant that has stayed on national best lists for years. Order the crab and whatever fish is fresh that day.
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O Pedro
No. 46, Condé Nast Traveller x District Top 50 (2026); 4 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A bright, buzzy Goan restaurant that brings Goa's coastal and Portuguese-influenced cooking to the city.
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Soam
3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A vegetarian restaurant with home-style Gujarati cooking that earned a spot in Culinary Culture's 2026 ratings.
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Shree Thaker Bhojanalay
3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A long-running Gujarati thali house where servers keep refilling your plate until you wave them off.
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A Parsi Irani cafe open since 1923, best known for its berry pulao. It is a lunch spot, so plan an afternoon visit.
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An Irani cafe from 1904 with marble tables, bakery treats and Parsi plates.
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A Matunga favorite since 1940 for South Indian breakfast and filter coffee. Expect a wait on weekends.
Lassi
Medu Vada
Thali
Kulcha
Misal Pav
Masala DosaCasual and street food
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Swati Snacks
3 stars, Culinary Culture 2026A beloved Gujarati snack restaurant that serves carefully made street food in a clean, sit-down room. Expect a queue at peak times.
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A Dadar stall many locals rate as the best vada pav in the city.
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A late-night pav bhaji spot near Chowpatty that stays open until 2 am.
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A Hill Road institution for clean, quick chaat in Bandra.
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A neighborhood chaat counter in Andheri with a loyal crowd.
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An old Churchgate shop known for slabs of ice cream pressed between wafers. A perfect stop after a walk on Marine Drive.
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Chicken Tikka Masala
Pav Bhaji
Sev PuriHow we chose
Entries were picked from Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026, the Condé Nast Traveller x District Top Restaurant Awards 2026, Culinary Culture's 2026 star ratings, and Outlook Traveller guides to iconic eateries and street food. Non-Indian restaurants on those lists were left out. Restaurants change, close and lose or gain stars, so check before you travel. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.