Top 5 Restaurants in Mumbai
Best Dining in Mumbai
The Condé Nast Traveller x Zomato Top Restaurant Awards 2024 just wrapped, and Mumbai emerged with 13 restaurants in the top 50 – more than any other city on the list. Plenty of old favourites dominate the list of winners, proving that for Mumbai diners, comforting classics are sometimes better than the hottest new thing. Japanese cuisine emerged as a top choice, but it was the restaurants reinterpreting regional Indian food ultimately ruled the list.In a sea of Mumbai restaurants serving globally-inspired menus, The Table stands out for its flavour, but also for its consistent farm-to-table approach for over a decade. A lot of the restaurant’s produce comes from The Table Farm a ferry ride away in Alibaug, while the fish and meat is sourced fresh in the city. The menu, which largely features shareable plates, takes inspiration from different corners of the world, from Thailand and Japan to France and the Americans.
The Masque team travels far and wide, from the forests of Kashmir to the shores of Goa, to bring back hyperlocal ingredients from across the country to their restaurant in Mahalaxmi, where these ingredients undergo seemingly magical transformations before they arrive at your table. Born and brought up in Mumbai, chef Varun Totlani started off at Masque as commis chef and rose the ranks to become head chef in 2022. Along with founder and entrepreneur Aditi Dugar, the restaurant’s 10-course seasonal chef’s tasting menus marry tradition and innovation, transforming homegrown produce into fine-dining dishes. So, cured barramundi is zhuzhed up with a prickly pear coulis, Manipuri black rice farra dumplings are topped with fire ants from Chhattisgarh, and sheermal finds a friend in lamb kebab floss. Instagram; Masque, Unit G3, Shree Laxmi Woollen Mills, Shakti Mills Lane, Off Dr Elijah Moses Road, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai