Bar entertainment in Mumbai (Bombay)
- Sort by:
- Popular
-
Vie Lounge
Right on Juhu Beach is this glamorous party spot (opposite Little Italy restaurant). The drinks menu is 18 pages long and includes aged imported whiskies. It’s also a nice place for an early-evening coffee and snack. Call before coming to check there isn’t a private Bollywood bash on.
reviewed
-
A
Gokul Bar
This classic, 100% male, Indian drinking den is a Mumbai icon and a great place for meeting locals. The upstairs air-con section is usually the haunt of the real boozers (and maybe the odd woman). With decor that is at best spartan, and no music, cocktails, or any other frills, you park yourself in a booth and indulge in cheap beer: end of story.
reviewed
-
B
Busaba
Red walls and contemporary art of Buddhas give this loungey restaurant-bar a nouveau Tao. It’s next to Indigo, so gets the same trendy crowd but serves cheaper, more potent cocktails. The upstairs restaurant serves pan-Asian (mains Rs300 to Rs750); its back room feels like a posh treehouse. Reserve ahead.
reviewed
-
Ra
Where the city’s beautiful people come to shake their money-makers. Ra’s glass roof opens wide to the stars, and your wallet will open even wider to pay for its top-notch cocktails. Cover for couples is Rs1000, but you may be able to call ahead and get on the guest list.
reviewed
-
C
Polly Esther’s
Wallowing in a cheesy time-warp of retro pop, rock and disco, this mirror-plated, groovy nightclub still manages to pull a crowd. It comes complete with a Saturday Night Fever illuminated dance floor and waiters in Afro wigs. Wednesday is free for the gals.
reviewed
-
Zenzi
This stylish hang-out pad is a favourite among the well-heeled. Comfy lounges are sheltered by fairy lights and a tree growing out of one wall, and the burnt-orange decor is bathed in soft light. It’s at its best when the canopy is open to the stars.
reviewed
-
D
Insomnia
For Bollywood star-spotting, ultrachic Insomnia remains the place to be seen dropping some serious dough. It doesn't get going till after midnight and the minimum drinks spend is a hefty Rs600 (Rs1600 on Friday and Saturday).
reviewed
-
E
Red Light
This very trendy bar is a huge hit with Mumbai's student scene, particularly on Wednesday's when it's thumping hip-hop sessions are on. The fun-house-mirror trip to the loos is not for the faint hearted.
reviewed
-
F
Café Mondegar
Café Mondegar is usually filled entirely with foreigners, but some find it less overwhelmingly foreign somehow. It also has more character. ‘Purple Haze’ seems to be always playing on the CD jukebox.
reviewed
-
G
Dome
This white-on-white rooftop lounge has awesome views of Mumbai’s curving seafront. Cocktails beckon the hip young things of Mumbai nightly – get out your Bollywood star-spotting logbook.
reviewed
Advertisement
-
H
Samovar Café
This intimate place inside the art gallery overlooks the gardens of the Prince of Wales Museum and is a great spot to chill out over a beer, mango lassi or light meal.
reviewed
