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New Kulfi Centre
New Kulfi Centre is just the ticket for cooling down your dusty gullet after a long walk around Chowpatty. As the name suggests, it serves kulfi, a pistachio-flavoured sweet similar to ice cream.
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Peshwari
Make this Indian northwest frontier restaurant, conveniently located just outside the international airport, your first or last stop in Mumbai. You will not regret forking out for the sublime leg of spring lamb and amazing dhal Bukhara (a thick black dhal cooked for over a day.)
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Pizzeria
If you're fiending for something doughy (and find yourself just a bit over naan), Pizzeria serves up passable pizza-pies with ocean views on the main draw.
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Pot Pourri
In a great corner from which to peruse Bandra streetlife, decent Western-style cuisine is dished up here - everything from Highland Scotch broth to its famed chicken stroganoff. The reasonable prices scoff at much spendier Bandra establishments.
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Rajdhani
This smart place, opposite Mangaldaas Market, is a great spot to refuel with a tasty thali (from around Rs14 ) while shopping in the Crawford Market area.
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Samrat
Samrat is a busy traditional Indian vegetarian restaurant, one of three premises at the same location run by the same company: Relish (open lunch and dinner)is its funkier cousin, with dishes ranging from Lebanese platters to Mexican; 210°C is an outdoor cafe and bakery (open to ).
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Seíjo And The Soul Dish
Serving some of the best pan-Asian fusion dishes around, it's worth coming to this über-hip joint just for the Bladerunner -meets-Sushi-bar design concept alone. The surreal, freestanding, egg-shaped loos inside the main dining room will leave you with lots to talk about over sushi, noodles or a Thai curry.
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Sheesha
This funky, roof-top place pays token homage to the Middle East, and is strewn with curvy concrete lounges and cushions ideal for elegant slumming. The food is good but almost secondary to the ambiance, with Indian fare mixed alongside Arabic dishes like kebabs.
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Swati Snacks
This bustling old-timer has been revamped as a modern cafeteria for discerning grown-ups (all stainless steel and smooth wood). Try the delicious bhelpuri , panki chatni (savoury pancake steamed in a banana leaf) and homemade ice cream in delectable flavour combinations like rose-coconut-pineapple. Don't leave Mumbai without snacking here.
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Tea Centre
A great place to try out some of India's premium teas, as well as sample some excellent light meals and snacks, this is a serene, colonial-meets-contemporary place with severe AC.
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Theobroma
There's dozens of perfectly executed cakes to choose from at this top-notch bakery, as well as pastries and breads to be washed down with coffee. All the cakes are supposedly great, we can't know for sure - we could never go past the lavish chocolate truffle.
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Trishna
If you feel like splashing out, this local legend just keeps getting better with age and has a strong reputation for seafood cooked in a myriad of ways. The prawns and lobsters will be brought to your table for inspection before you order. Try the Hyderabadi pomfret and koliwala (fisherman's style) prawns.
