Bar Directory

Thirty-four floors above sea level, open sky, the entire Worli coastline lit up below. Mumbai's tallest bar doesn't need to try hard — the view does half the work and the cocktails do the rest. Champagne happy hour runs 5 to 7. Dress code enforced. Worth it.

Mumbai's first vinyl-only listening bar. 220 records on the shelf, walnut wood everywhere, cocktails by award-winning mixologist Jishnu Some, and a strict no-streaming policy. The music plays front to back, side A to side B. You sit, you listen, you drink something excellent.

Open sky, fairy lights, a DJ booth that actually knows what it's doing, and cocktails mixed with more care than most Bandra kitchens put into dinner. Saturday nights pack out early. Weekday evenings are the move — same energy, breathing room.

Plastic stools, ceiling fans on full tilt, Old Monk at prices that haven't caught up with inflation. Every generation of Colaba kids has done time at Gokul — art students, theatre folks, broke writers, off-duty bartenders from fancier places. The beer is cold. The vibe is permanent.

Mumbai's first licensed bar, pouring since 1933. Leather seats, low lighting, a view of the harbour through tall windows — and a cocktail list that treats every pour like ceremony. The Bombay Blazer arrives on fire. Literally.

Part cafe, part bar, part co-working space, fully Bombay. Laptops out by noon, drinks flowing by seven, the same tables doing double duty all day. The LIIT is dangerously good, the vibe is permanently creative-chaotic, and the fact that you can nurse a coffee for three hours before switching to cocktails is the whole point.

Bollywood on the walls, Bollywood in the drinks menu, Bollywood on the speakers. Hitchki leans all the way into the theme and it works — drinks named after Hindi films, food that covers every region, and a Saturday BollyTech night that fills the floor by 10. Come with friends, come loud.

Bandra's big-night-out spot where the seafood is pristine and the cocktails match the energy. The bar program runs deep — think Japanese whisky highballs, house-infused gins, and a wine list that actually travels beyond the usual suspects. Dress well, eat the crab, stay for dessert.

Running since 2007 in the Indian Mercantile Mansion, Woodside is the Colaba gastropub that got the formula right before gastropubs were a thing. Good beer list, better burgers, and a room that feels like it's been here longer than it has. The Andheri outpost exists too, but the Colaba original is the one.

Bangalore's favourite brewpub brought its tanks to Mumbai and set up inside the old Blue Frog space. Six house brews on tap at any given time — the Toit Weiss and Tintin Toit IPA are permanent fixtures. Food is solid pub grub, portions are honest, and the afternoon crowd on weekends is half the city's beer nerds.