The Hot List: New Restaurants in Mumbai
Where to eat, drink, and casually name-drop this month in Mumbai
Mumbai doesn’t just eat; it performs. The city’s appetite is insatiable—restless, curious, always dressed for dinner. One moment, it's sipping miso broth off a porcelain spoon; the next, it’s knee-deep in Sardinian sea urchin balanced on the house-fermented cracker. Just when you’ve pledged allegiance to that perfect bowl of tonkotsu or the sashimi bar that gets you, a new name drops into the group chat—whispered, posted. There’s kombu oil. There’s truffle butter. There’s a mood board of interiors you’ll want to move into.
As ever, Mumbai is always reinventing the wheel in its culinary flex.
This past month, Mumbai’s culinary scene has bloomed with fresh arrivals—each more ambitious than the last. From a pasta-and-parmigiano shrine in Bandra to a rooftop in Andheri where your Negroni gets a smoked-coffee makeover, these are places that demand your attention. Some are the work of pedigreed chefs chasing flavour at molecular levels. Others are gentler experiments in light, texture, ritual. All of them, in their own way, are reshaping how the city dines.
New Restaurants in Mumbai
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Consider this your cheat sheet to what’s hot, what’s new, and what you’ll probably hear about three times this weekend. You're welcome.
Pomodoro – Pasta & Coffee Bar, Bandra
Tucked into one of Bandra’s quieter bylanes, Pomodoro is a little pocket of Italy—filtered through the lens of a chef who knows her pastas. Helmed by Le Cordon Bleu alum Afshaa Rajqotwala, this pasta-and-coffee bar is intimate, confident, and surprisingly bold. The open kitchen is its beating heart—bar stools lined up along the counter give you a front-row seat to dough being kneaded, sauces thickening, and the occasional flourish of truffle oil. The herbed burrata ravioli is plush and delicate, the chicken parm is comforting. And while the seafood vongole speaks to coastal cravings, the espresso bar tempers it all with a bracing cortado or a mellow pour-over. Pomodoro is just trying to make you fall back in love with pasta again.
Khao Man Gai, Bandra
What started as a quiet delivery kitchen has now evolved into a brick-and-mortar ode to Thai comfort food. Khao Man Gai’s new Bandra outpost is compact but vibrant, designed like a Bangkok street stall without the chaos. The centrepiece is its namesake dish—Thai-style Hainanese chicken rice, which you can get steamed, grilled, or fried. The space channels Bangkok’s street-side energy—pared-back, purposeful, and refreshingly un-themed. And while the namesake dish is the star, the supporting cast is equally good—crispy wings, chilli cereal prawns, stuffed taro cake. It’s comfort food, yes, but with soul and that unmistakable Seefah touch.
Blondie, Khar
Tucked away in Khar, this pet-friendly, light-drenched space is Mumbai’s first dedicated matcha bar, but don’t pigeonhole it. The brainchild of Bastian Hospitality, with Natasha Hemani on coffee duty and chef Shreya Aggarwal in the kitchen, it straddles the line between earnest third-wave café and experimental flavour lab. The matcha is ceremonial-grade, flown in from Kagoshima, and shows up in drinks like mango matcha lattes and s’mores-topped green tea freakouts. The food consists of gluten-free benne dosas with bacon and thecha, Eggs Kejriwal reimagined with a carbonara twist, and buff burgers that don’t shy away from indulgence.
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Mezzo Mezzo, JW Marriott, Juhu
Reimagined with Mediterranean finesse, Mezzo Mezzo is less a hotel dining room and more an ode to coastal Europe. Italian chef Roberto Apa crafts a menu that’s both reverent and quietly adventurous with Spanish red prawns, Napoli-style sourdough pizzas, and his signature “Tira-Mezzo”. The interiors, curated by Zoran Dzunic, riff on the idea of a sun-drenched villa—arched windows, soft linens, and terrazzo detailing—all conjuring up a mood that’s leisurely yet transportive.
Muze, Khar West
Located in Khar, Muze is a Euro-Asian love affair where sambal prawns sit on pizzas, udon noodles wear carbonara, and gochujang finds its way into risotto. Helmed by Chef Thevar Chandrahasan Pandian, the menu is inventive but not try-hard, using refined techniques and just enough restraint to keep things clever. The cocktail game’s strong too—the Muze di Gara with pickled ginger and rum is a standout, as is the pandan-laced Negroni. The space itself channels Gatsby-esque Art Deco with flamingo motifs and jewel tones, a little cheeky, a little chic.
Pause, Bandra
Pause is as much a mood as it is a café. Tucked off a quiet corner in Bandra and with Japanese-inspired seating, this 32-seater leans into intentional living. The plant-based menu is both comforting and surprising—kale kala channa toast, tofu schnitzel wraps, rainbow rolls with peanut dip, and a 24-carrot dessert that’ll convert even the staunchest sugar addicts. The drinks are where things get playful—turmeric lattes, blue pea iced tea, and a Havana-style coffee that’s all warm spice and nostalgia. Everything, from the marble counters to the biodegradable packaging, says “conscious” without ever being sanctimonious.
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The Dimsum Room, Kala Ghoda
If HyLo was a love letter to contemporary culinary cool, The Dimsum Room is its more introspective sibling—an ode to the classic charm of Hong Kong's tea houses and dim sum parlours. Chefs Mrigank Singh and Malavika Pratap keep it classic and focused, with over 50 kinds of dim sum (cheung fun, xiao long bao, potstickers and more) that don’t try too hard to be clever—just really, really good. The listening room, acoustically treated and lined with vinyls, nods to founder Mayank Bhatt’s Blue Frog days, while the cocktails—featuring ingredients like yuzu, Yakult, pandan and sesame oil—are inventive, complex, and light on sugar. Go for the pork xiao long bao and the milk-tea poached pear cheesecake. Stay for the vibe.
Moxy Sky, Andheri West
When you think of this bar perched atop the Moxy Hotel in Andheri, think low seating and panoramic cityscapes. Here, you’ll get a Turkish Negroni spiked with house-made coffee, a bourbon-forward Smokey Affair smoked with cherry wood, and even a jaggery-tamarind margarita. For the food, we’re talking crystal dim sums, soft shell crab with scallions, and Malaysian lamb curry that’s spiced to a slow build. But what really sets Moxy apart is its breezy, golden-hour chic.
Berlin Brew, Andheri
While many new-age microbreweries lean on similar aesthetics—bricks, bulbs, and big TVs—Berlin Brew breaks the mould with a space that feels more like a cheeky Berlin loft than a suburban Mumbai watering hole. The beer list is surprisingly expansive for a new launch, with standouts like a honey drip lager that’s smooth without being saccharine, and a gluten-free Hoppy Bliss. The food menu is indulgent, with barbecue-glazed chorizo, English cheddar-stuffed chicken kebabs, and dangerously fluffy Berliner donuts.