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 Sesame 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.

Watch out our space for more new opening restaurants in Mumbai

Diablo, Lower Parel

Diablo emerges from the remains of Tamasha and its extravagant menu features Lebanese, Turkish, Egyptian & Greek influences. Located in Lower Parel, Diablo also features a rather impressive bar menu and an explosion of colors for its interiors. The menu has been curated by chef Sagar Bajaj and put together by its owners Priyank Sukhija, and Abhimanyu Jakhar who run, among other restaurants, the Badshah-co-owned Dragonfly Experience in Delhi.