New restaurant openings in Mumbai: From Colaba and Lower Parel to Bandra and beyond

New restaurants opening in Mumbai

As part of its ‘Unlock 5.0’ the state government of Maharashtra permitted restaurants, cafes, and bars to start up in the first week of October 2020. This was timed for establishments to make the most of the Diwali holidays. The first two months following ‘Unlock 5.0’, most restaurant owners were simply trying to get their restaurants up and running. But by December, several new properties began opening up too.

Bastian and Woodside Inn opened their new outposts in Worli and Bandra respectively. As did Social which crossed the creek and went over into Thane for the first time. Business in Powai, which had seen some half a dozen launches in the second half of 2019 before the lockdown killed the buzz, is slowly picking up again with restaurants such as Foo and Sesami going so far as to throw open their doors to diners on the same weekend! The two were among these seven restaurants in Mumbai racing to launch just in time for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Even more, have been added to that list since.

Plum by Bent Chair, Bandra

Featuring equally quirky and bright décor is this kitschy restaurant, where literally everything’s on sale. This is the second outlet of Plum, which already has a presence in Kamala Mills in Lower Parel. Plum by Bent Chair serves pan-Asian food and an impressive range of cocktails but its USP is its quirky decor, furniture, and fixtures, all of which can be bought if you so fancy.